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rewards are more effective when the peer group is larger. Overall, the findings demonstrate the power of non-financial rewards to motivate agents in settings where there are limits to the use of financial incentives. August 2001 (Revised... View Details
- 16 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders
the researchers, is intensive mentoring and monitoring of staff. “Because many young companies face both technological and market risks, founders may prioritize dealing with these challenges rather than the more mundane aspects of human... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities
making all decisions solo), and still needs some oversight. More than 100 employees: Capable of borrowing the car for a weekend road trip with friends. Hand over the keys! If your leaders feel that you won’t give them the keys, that you are backseat driving or View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online
Concepts Develop a robust set of vital and forward-looking business skills to grow as a leader Engage with a global cohort of like-minded peers and build a network that lasts far beyond the program Practice effective teamwork and... View Details
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
according to Larkin's 2009 paper "Paying $30,000 for a Gold Star: An Empirical Investigation into the Value of Peer Recognition to Software Salespeople." The paper describes a field study at a large enterprise software firm, where... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online
Monitoring Performance Create performance measurement systems that account for all dimensions of strategy execution while conserving scarce time and attention. Highlights The Benefits of Diagnostic Control Systems Putting the Three Wheels... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
addition, we encourage you to collaborate with your peers to find answers to any questions you may have. We appreciate your understanding that HBS Online faculty and guest experts featured in our courses are not available to communicate... View Details
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
decisions Apply frameworks to measure and monitor sustainable investment opportunities Analyze cutting-edge implementation strategies Gain insights into the climate risk inherent in investment opportunities Discover how to integrate risks... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
students. Following extensive experimentation, HBS launched the academic year with new hybrid classrooms that could seat up to 25 students in person and the rest remote, optimizing the experience for both groups through the addition of View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
fade, without peering through a telescope. That's because his stars aren't heavenly bodies but high-performing investment bank analysts. "My dissertation examines how firms can achieve competitive advantage in a knowledge-based industry,"... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
some policy implications for regulators designing third-party monitoring regimes. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51917 The Search for Peer Firms: When Do Crowds Provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Can Increase Market Rewards for Sustainability Efforts
that believe their sustainability efforts are not being fully rewarded by the market. In particular, the research shows companies with overall good performance in their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) programs can increase their market value by carefully... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 12
control rights and cash-flow rights in the borrowing firms exacerbates potential tunneling and other moral hazard activities by large shareholders, thereby increasing credit risk and monitoring needs. Consequently, lenders form syndicates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25
Provide Wisdom? By: Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We compare the performance of a comprehensive set of alternative peer identification schemes used in economic benchmarking. Our results show the View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
successful dual-purpose companies build a commitment to creating both economic and social value into their core activities. This approach, which they call hybrid organizing, includes: setting and monitoring social goals alongside... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11
performance of a comprehensive set of alternative peer identification schemes. Our results show the peer firms identified from aggregation of informed agents' revealed choices in Lee, Ma, and Wang (2014)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2013
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Minding The Gap
of Education Arne Duncan, who first attended PELP in 2003 when he was CEO of Chicago's public schools. The popular program engages eight-person district teams in an intensive learning experience that includes analyses of education- and business-based cases, group study... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
sustained, recipients will flee these threats or otherwise reshape their network to attenuate the negative psychological effects of the threat. Analyzing four years of peer feedback and social network data from an agribusiness company in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23
for Competitive Advantage, edited by Jeffrey Word. Jossey-Bass, 2009 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470528346,descCd-tableOfContents.html Workplace Peers and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace