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  • Research Summary

Mastering Strategy Execution

By: Robert Simons

Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details

  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Structural Closure and Exposure: Formation of Structural Inequality in Managerial Labor Markets

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Positional advantages arise when actors obtain rewards attached to positions they occupy, but these rewards are not merited by their performance. Existing theory suggests that in competitive markets there should be no positional advantages. This paper proposes a model... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Jobs and Positions; Managerial Roles; Performance Improvement; Alignment; Competitive Advantage; Equality and Inequality
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Overview

By: Tatiana Sandino
In studying management control systems, Professor Sandino aims to understand how different control mechanisms can help lead employees within an organization to achieve common goals. Her work builds on contingency theory by exploring environmental, strategic, and... View Details
  • 11 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

And it is changing fast. Its size and importance to human, environmental, and economic health means that no system is viewed with as much... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

subsumed by the other three. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53024 August 2017 Obstetrics & Gynecology Relationship Between Labor and Delivery Unit Management Practices... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Nov 1999
  • Research & Ideas

John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922

John H. Patterson created an intricate system of management to monitor and train company salesman. He gave them scripts to memorize and assigned... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

    Srikant M. Datar

    Srikant M. Datar became the eleventh dean of Harvard Business School on 1 January 2021. During his tenure as a faculty member, he served as Senior Associate Dean for University Affairs (including Faculty Chair of the Harvard Innovation Lab), for Research, for... View Details

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    • 25 Jul 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

    profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth, and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • TeachingInterests

    Strategy Execution

    By: Dennis Campbell

    This course takes strategy as given and teaches what students need to know to execute and win in highly competitive markets. Using fundamental building blocks based on accountability systems and structures, this course is divided into seven modules:

    1.... View Details

    • 01 Sep 2014
    • News

    Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

    Houdt) Thirty or forty angry Afghan police officers crowded into Karim Khoja’s office. Someone had stolen their pay, and the prime suspect was the CEO of Roshan, the company offering the new mobile payment View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna
    • 24 Feb 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software

    accounts were less likely to employ the same level of security measures (such as multifactor authentication) common among organizational accounts. According to the study, “changes to code under the control... View Details
    Keywords: by Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman; Computer
    • 24 Jul 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

    to change your life. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54720 in press Health Care Management Review Innovation Contest: Effect of Perceived Support for Learning on Participation By: Jung, Olivia S., Andrea... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 14 Nov 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    Lindsey Cameron, University of Michigan Ross School of Business

    • 03 Oct 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

    industries. Extreme Teaming provides new insights into the world of complex, cross-industry projects and the ways they must be managed. The authors analyze contemporary cases that expose the complex demands of cross-boundary collaboration... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 Apr 2022
    • Op-Ed

    Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

    steps: Create a system for evaluating and reviewing crisis plans. Building a process for reviewing crisis management plans and implementing new... View Details
    Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
    • 20 Nov 2018
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    New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

    organizations is based on value, on average. While three-quarters of their revenue remains fee-for-service, we see a remarkable change to a reimbursement system that was static for decades. In particular, survey respondents’ organizations... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 24 Nov 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: Nov. 24

    and Frances X. Frei Publication:Chap. 8 in Operational Control in Asset Management: Processes and Costs. 1st ed., edited by Michael Pinedo, 154-168. Denmark: SimCorp... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 12 Mar 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

    War I, the management of political risk became a central concern for firms operating internationally. These risks were on many levels, from expropriation to exchange controls View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical
    • 2005
    • Chapter

    Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States

    By: David Vogel, Michael W. Toffel and Diahanna Post
    The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) are federal systems in which the responsibility for environmental policy-making is divided or shared between the central government and the (member) states. The attribution of decision-making power has important policy... View Details
    Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Climate Change; European Union; United States
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    • 08 Feb 2023
    • Op-Ed

    Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

    underrepresented communities. As the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on, executives worked to continue these efforts, despite supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and erratic consumer spending. Beyond the moral imperatives of confronting... View Details
    Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore