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- October 2004
- Background Note
A Note on Interviewing
Discusses issues involved in the job interview process. Teaching Purpose: To assist in career planning. View Details
Higgins, Monica C. "A Note on Interviewing." Harvard Business School Background Note 405-014, October 2004.
- 13 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Paid Search Ads Pay Off for Lesser-Known Restaurants
advertising and profit generated through those observations, they could get a sense it by also matching the number of restaurant clicks to sales data for the subset of businesses being given the free advertising. The calculation suggested... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
positioning brands, directing marketing messages, and improving products and services may be leading away from vast surveys or focus group inquiries of consumers' conscious... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
as possible enter and graduate from college, expanding the list of acceptable partners might make sense. But CEO Deborah Bial believed that selective colleges provided Posse scholars with more than just superior career opportunities—they... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
inspiring showcase for its new technology, helped business partners connect with the company in a positive way, and offered individuals all over the globe the chance to contribute to something big. Expanding... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
staying out of trouble is only part of the story. Perhaps more importantly, the book will show managers how to use the law and the legal system as a positive force to create View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
In discussions that continue to swirl in the aftermath of the financial crisis, the question of corporate governance's role is often front and center. In The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 04 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 4
globalization that embraces neoliberal institutions on average increases MFIs' interest rates. Moreover, the proportions of female borrowers and of poorer borrowers negatively moderate the relationship between social globalization View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.
Starting a new job often brings excitement and high hopes of mingling with colleagues, sharing innovative ideas, and making a positive impact on an organization. Soon, however,... View Details
- September 2006
- Teaching Note
OfficeTiger (TN)
Teaching Note to (804-109). View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
that over time they appear more skewed, more dispersed, and exhibit greater inequality. The share of total receipts realized by small agencies fell while that of large agencies rose. However, the position of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
activity between strategic (operating firms) and financial (private equity) acquirers. What are the economic factors that drive either financial or strategic buyers to dominant positions in M&A activity?... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
from these temporal inconsistencies, positing that the "should" self dominates during the prediction and recollection phases but that the "want" self is dominant during the critical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2009
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 15, 2009
first outsider Chairman and CEO in Gillette history, Jim Kilts led a remarkable turnaround. But by late 2004 he had to make a difficult decision. To better position the 104-year-old, Boston-based company, he... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
management friendly provisions, we identify the economic determinants of the resulting trade-offs for shareholder value. Consistent with the theory, our empirical analysis shows that provisions that allow managers to delay takeovers have a significant bargaining effect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2009
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?
Summing Up Do authentic leaders need "masks of command"? Instructors seek case studies posing issues that provoke discussion on both sides of an issue and raise many questions. We seem to have found such an issue this month: Can... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
part on his former role as CEO of a highly respected S&P 500 U.S. corporation. He makes clear his position by asserting that boards' almost single-minded devotion to shareholder returns may be an important cause of the recent... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
performance problems in the United States. This seems surprising at first sight. The United States is by far the world's largest host economy for multinationals. Foreign firms hold large, and sometimes commanding, View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- June 2013
- Case
Multiasistencia: Redefining the Relationship with Its Service Professionals
By: F. Asis Martinez-Jerez, Maria Garcia Perez and Katherine M. Miller
Multiasistencia, a major Spanish BPO of insurance repairs, is changing the relational contract with its service professionals from a referral model to a guaranteed workload one. View Details
Keywords: Outsourcing; Incentives; Relational Contracts; Business Model; Motivation and Incentives; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Contracts; Insurance Industry; Spain
Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis, Maria Garcia Perez, and Katherine M. Miller. "Multiasistencia: Redefining the Relationship with Its Service Professionals." Harvard Business School Case 113-143, June 2013.
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
collection look at how to improve decision making, encouraging employees to speak up, and the difficulty of coordinating communication in a complex organization. Enjoy! Most Popular Articles 2000-2010 Creating a View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne