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Paul Wang
work with the MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). “They’re a group of economists who use randomized evaluation methodologies, similar to those used in pharmaceutical trials, to assess the impact of development projects,”... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
customers by providing them adequate functionality in return for lower prices. The technology of this sort of disruptive innovation offers "good enough" performance along traditional metrics and is supported by a View Details
- 2010
- Working Paper
Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster
By: Nelson P. Repenning and Rebecca Henderson
Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"—delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Performance Improvement; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Management Practices and Processes; Revenue; Quality; Competency and Skills; Motivation and Incentives; Auto Industry; United States
Repenning, Nelson P., and Rebecca Henderson. "Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-033, September 2010.
- August 1992 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Star Distributors, Inc. (A)
By: David A. Thomas
Depicts the conflict and organizational problems that emerged in a franchise operation owned by Paul Logan, an African American, and John Heyman, a white American. Provides the opportunity to examine the ways in which race influences managerial behavior and... View Details
Keywords: Conflict Management; Performance Effectiveness; Franchise Ownership; Race; Management Style; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Stakeholder Relations
Thomas, David A. "Star Distributors, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 493-015, August 1992. (Revised September 2002.)
- 13 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Humblebragging’ is a Bad Strategy, Especially in a Job Interview
generous to them” Humblebragging runs rampant on Twitter, but it turns out to be a lousy self-promotion tactic, especially in business situations such as job interviews, according to recent research by Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 2010
- Working Paper
Accounting Scholarship that Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Recent accounting scholarship has used statistical analysis on asset prices, financial reports and disclosures, laboratory experiments, and surveys of practice. The research has studied the interface among accounting information, capital markets, standard setters, and... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Business Education; Information; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Measurement and Metrics; Business Processes; Performance Improvement; Practice
Kaplan, Robert S. "Accounting Scholarship that Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-043, October 2010.
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
opportunity to create and spread innovative solutions to some of society’s most pressing problems. In doing so, they joined a groundswell of interest in social entrepreneurship. Just as entrepreneurs spot missed opportunities in business... View Details
- 30 Oct 2020
- News
Billion-Dollar Valuations and Exits for Harvard-born Startups
that “(a) part of it is me, but the big part is the team you assemble and where the market has gone. ...And it’s investors that believed in me as a first-time entrepreneur who was a doctor without business or tech experience.” CarePort... View Details
- April 1992 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Otis South Africa (A)
By: Michael Beer
Otis Worldwide CEO, George David, was frustrated with the slow pace of nonwhite advancement within Otis South Africa. After a few years of trying to elicit action from South African management, he decided to send a 28-year old U.S. employee to take over as the human... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Multinational Firms and Management; Race; Operations; Business Headquarters; Performance Improvement; Human Resources; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Industrial Products Industry; South Africa; United States
Beer, Michael. "Otis South Africa (A)." Harvard Business School Case 492-049, April 1992. (Revised June 1993.)
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
moved to the United States in 1993 and settled in Chicago. An early blooming entrepreneur, Efimova founded Russian Pointe, her first company, in 1998 while she was a junior in college. Russian Pointe, a brand of luxury ballet shoes, is a successful, multi-million... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Hit Pause
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong When we take stock of our success, we often consider productivity a key performance metric. But making the most informed decisions—and realizing our fullest... View Details
- 12 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?
The specter of "headquarters" usually looms large in the business world's imagination, but few managers—and few CEOs, especially new CEOs—understand how size, structure, and performance of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
herself, which is a very American thing to do. Bruce Llewellyn, an African-American entrepreneur of outstanding talent, also comes to mind. As a historian, my only advantage over other scholars in other disciplines is perspective. I have to wait until someone is no... View Details
- 05 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Fixing the ‘I Hate Work’ Blues
solution to this dilemma? I believe we need to restructure large organizations by giving much more responsibility and authority to first-line workers and paying them accordingly—with appropriate performance incentives. We need to trust... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Third Force: Indispensable to Society, Nonprofits Should Redirect Oversight Efforts
purposes. They can provide effective and efficient services, but they have a short-term focus and, appropriately, go where the money is. After all, that is their obligation to their stockholders." Herzlinger noted that, unlike business... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
resulted in evaluations strongly related to products' attractiveness or desirability, viewing prices first appeared to promote overall evaluations related to products' monetary worth. Consistent with this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Article
Breakthroughs and the 'Long Tail' of Innovation
The largely erroneous perception that breakthroughs are impossible to predict arises from the tendency to focus on just the breakthroughs while ignoring the iterative process of invention and its distribution of outcomes. When all inventions are considered, they... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Independent Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Business Processes; Performance Capacity; Performance Improvement
Fleming, Lee. "Breakthroughs and the 'Long Tail' of Innovation." MIT Sloan Management Review 49, no. 1 (Fall 2007).
- 16 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process
Looking around a Harvard Business School classroom, you will find students who bring a diverse range of experiences, skills, and perspectives to the conversation. That can include diverse abilities; those that are physical and mental,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 Nov 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Challenge of Leading Financial Firms
challenges that an executive can undertake, requiring mastery of talent management, change management, and ethics. “The business today is much more complex than ten or twenty years ago" —Paul M. Healy "The View Details