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- 17 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’
of compostable fiber. “We thought very highly of ourselves and patted ourselves on the back for doing such an amazing job and for the impact we were going to make.” As workers began harvesting lettuce and putting it into the eco-friendly... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Sendhil Mullainathan Abstract—Economists have become increasingly interested in studying the nature of production functions in social policy applications, with the goal of improving productivity. Traditionally, models have assumed workers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
workers with increased skilled immigrant employment by firm. Employment expansion is greater for younger natives than their older counterparts, and departure rates for older workers appear higher for those... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
line of research examines how best to schedule work to improve operational performance. This literature typically takes the perspective of a central planner who directs individuals to execute tasks in a prescribed order. In many settings, however, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
They instituted an incentive scheme that gave employees a financial stake in the performance of the business. They invested in IT systems and other tools to improve the ability of frontline call-center View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
effects on participation. Overall, these results are consistent with workers having multiple underlying motivations to contribute to public goods inside the organization consisting of a combination of pecuniary and altruistic incentives... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
over time turn even blue-collar workers into capitalists, and Americans-historically passbook savers-into a nation of investors. "For the general public," notes John J. Brennan (MBA '80), chairman and CEO of the Vanguard Group,... View Details
- 12 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 12
(September-October 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/gyu/TWFR%20Sept-Oct%202011%20The%20Return%20Experience%20of%20Hedge%20Fund%20Investors.pdf Dynamically Integrating Knowledge in Teams: A Resource-based View of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
stagnating sales, accounting losses, or a falling stock price. In extreme cases such poor performance may cause the company to default on its debt, resulting in bankruptcy. Restructuring the debt can be difficult and costly, although in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 26, 2008
economic phenomenon in various host countries. The second part deals with the assimilation of immigrant workers in host-country labor markets and the use of social benefits by immigrants. The survey then considers the effect of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
Publications August 2013 California Management Review What Impact? A Framework for Measuring the Scale & Scope of Social Performance By: Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan Abstract—Organizations with social missions, such as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
several mechanisms: by conferring employer recognition, by enhancing social visibility, and by facilitating social comparison. In a nationwide health worker training program in Zambia, we design a field experiment to unbundle these... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
globalization from the 19th century until the present day. The performance of specific multinationals depended on the extent to which their internal capabilities enabled them to respond to these external opportunities and threats.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
logistics and profitability while making life much better for workers. Mercadona offers the lowest prices in Spain, and its operational performance exceeds that of comparable Spanish and foreign chains. In 2008, Mercadona's sales per... View Details
- 13 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 13
overall quality of a country as a place to do business. The focus on output per potential worker, a broader measure of national productivity than output per current worker, reflects the dual role of workforce participation and output per View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
ability to create value. Creating superior performance with strategies optimized for adaptation (adjusting to differences), aggregation (overcoming differences), and arbitrage (exploiting differences), and for compound objectives.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
profiled performed during the recession? A: All the companies I studied, with one exception, outperformed their peers. Their share price declined less at a time when everyone else's declined greatly, and now they're prospering again. They... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 21, 2009
borrowers to restructure their debts. Performing mortgages could then potentially be resold in the secondary market. The case provides cash flow projections in various economic scenarios that are revealing of the economics of troubled... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
engineering development and construction projects. In what ways are the challenges of managing large, complex projects different from the challenges of managing other large industrial activities? How is it possible to evaluate the reasonableness of manager's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
acquisition of Vodafone and its performance in Japan. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/vodafone-in-japan-c/an/711470-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-008 Lufa Farms In 2013, Mohamed Hage, founder of the rooftop farming... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne