Leadership And Managing People - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

the Academy of Management Journal. The paper was featured in the Best Paper Proceedings of the 2004 Academy of Management Conference and of the 2003 Babson-Kauffman Research... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

in lean and mean headquarters will be difficult for managers to let go of? A: Lean and mean will be hard to let go of, and to some extent that is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

financing requirements—typically north of $500 million. Why study large projects? Because they offer clear examples into the process used by managers to make important financing and structuring decisions, he... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

25 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?

Farronato: You want to find the optimal mix of online reputation and government regulation to ensure that people trust each other. A platform has every interest in guaranteeing safe, trustworthy transactions... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Service

01 Jun 2021
What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

talent that we know is on the way. A personal experience, however anecdotal it is, may provide food for thought. Last month, a female acquaintance with a long work record, a positive attitude, a high level of motivation, and familiarity... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

to leave, all in about one hour." More than thirty years later, Professor David Upton makes Benihana the very first case he teaches in his Technology and Operations Management course (POM's successor).... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

21 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store

spend X amount and receive an offer or discount of some kind. When you talk to retailers about their frequent shopper programs, they'll say the programs work and are very profitable. Then you ask, "How... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Retail

08 Jan 2014
What Do You Think?

Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?

that people in the bottom 20 percent were not just in low-paying jobs. Unusually large numbers that wanted jobs had none and hadn't had paying work for months. Couple that with the following: How many times... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

In 2012, legendary investor Warren Buffett made a bid to buy a troubled Southeastern US newspaper business just three years after declaring that his influential holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, would no longer invest in newspapers "at any price."... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

25 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation

who co-wrote Firm Turnover and the Return of Racial Establishment Segregation with Stanford University Assistant Professor John-Paul Ferguson. “I’ve had people say, ‘How can this be the case? It can’t be... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

In a 2012 Harvard Business School case on corruption at German conglomerate Siemens AG, Peter Solmssen —brought in to clean house —reflects on how people approach a business bribe. "The stupid ones say, very simply, what are you going to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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