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  • 05 Dec 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

of enablers, such as education, has the potential for leading directly to the development of ideas that actually expand the limits of even those kinds of growth that rely on physical resources with supposedly finite properties. If all... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Jun 2019
  • News

A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy

and Prevention. “We spent the first year understanding the landscape around gun policy and research,” says Luca, whose research largely focuses on applying insights from behavioral economics to improve managerial and policy decisions. “We knew we had the View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
  • 24 Aug 2016
  • Blog Post

Internship In Action

recommended approach to move forward. We redesigned the entire process for an important group of sellers that contribute around 30% of GFG’s Net Merchandise Value, assessed the features and resources required, and developed the roll-out... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • 22 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships

As a student at Harvard Business School, you’ll have the opportunity to realize your personal career vision with the help of resources available to you through the Career & Professional Development Office. The summer internship is... View Details
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How do Private Equity Fees Vary Across Public Pensions?

Keywords: by Juliane Begenau and Emil Siriwardane; Financial Services
  • 21 Sep 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. Of the two, pay dominates the headlines and provokes the most public and political outrage. Pitchfork... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
  • May 2017
  • Article

Distracted Shareholders and Corporate Actions

By: Elisabeth Kempf, Alberto Manconi and Oliver Spalt
Investor attention matters for corporate actions. Our new identification approach constructs firm-level shareholder "distraction" measures, by exploiting exogenous shocks to unrelated parts of institutional shareholders' portfolios. Firms with "distracted" shareholders... View Details
Keywords: Investors; Business and Shareholder Relations; Executive Compensation; Stocks; Mergers and Acquisitions
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Kempf, Elisabeth, Alberto Manconi, and Oliver Spalt. "Distracted Shareholders and Corporate Actions." Review of Financial Studies 30, no. 5 (May 2017): 1660–1695.
  • November 2012
  • Case

Building a Community at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation

By: Christopher Marquis, Zucheng Zhou, Mo Chen and Heng Fan
Over the past decade, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) had developed a unique set of benefits and cultural amenities for its employees, including a beautiful residential campus, known as the Living Quarters (LQ), and an award winning... View Details
Keywords: Culture And Community; Cost vs Benefits; Civil Society or Community; Organizational Culture; Profit; Culture; Compensation and Benefits; Semiconductor Industry
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Marquis, Christopher, Zucheng Zhou, Mo Chen, and Heng Fan. "Building a Community at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 413-083, November 2012.
  • May 2012
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Incentive Schemes, Sorting and Behavioral Biases of Employees: Experimental Evidence

By: Ian Larkin and Stephen Leider
We investigate how the convexity of a firm's incentives interacts with worker overconfidence to affect sorting decisions and performance. We demonstrate experimentally that overconfident employees are more likely to sort into a non-linear incentive scheme over a linear... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Decisions; Employees; Wages
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Larkin, Ian, and Stephen Leider. "Incentive Schemes, Sorting and Behavioral Biases of Employees: Experimental Evidence." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 4, no. 2 (May 2012).
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Individual Rationality and Participation in Large Scale, Multi-Hospital Kidney Exchange

By: Itai Ashlagi and Alvin E. Roth
As multi-hospital kidney exchange clearinghouses have grown, the set of players has grown from patients and surgeons to include hospitals. Hospitals have the option of enrolling only their hard-to-match patient-donor pairs, while conducting easily arranged exchanges... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Resource Allocation; Market Participation; Marketplace Matching; Organizations; Networks; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry
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Ashlagi, Itai, and Alvin E. Roth. "Individual Rationality and Participation in Large Scale, Multi-Hospital Kidney Exchange." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16720, January 2011.
  • September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
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Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur

By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
Marc Abrahams was a media entrepreneur who specialized in science humor. In 2008, he sought to boost the scale and monetization potential of his business. That business, called Improbable Research, encompassed a magazine (Annals of Improbable Research), a high-profile... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Personal Development and Career
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Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Marc Abrahams: Annals of an Improbable Entrepreneur." Harvard Business School Case 409-013, September 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
  • August 2005 (Revised April 2015)
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Employment At Will: A Legal Perspective

By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher M. Bruner
Provides a brief overview of the employment-at-will doctrine, an important concept unique to the U.S. legal system and business landscape. Briefly surveys the history and development of this doctrine and certain limitations and exceptions to it, as well as some of the... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Resignation and Termination; Employment; Common Law; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; United States
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Paine, Lynn S., and Christopher M. Bruner. "Employment At Will: A Legal Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 306-036, August 2005. (Revised April 2015.)
  • September 2003 (Revised October 2005)
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Performance Pay for MGOA Physicians (A)

Examines the transition of an orthopedic surgical group at a premier teaching and research hospital from a system in which the surgeons are compensated with flat salaries to a system where they are compensated based on profitability. Allows for an examination of... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Motivation and Incentives; Nonprofit Organizations; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Health Industry
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Barro, Jason R., Kevin J. Bozic, and Aaron Zimmerman. "Performance Pay for MGOA Physicians (A)." Harvard Business School Case 904-028, September 2003. (Revised October 2005.)
  • April 2001 (Revised April 2002)
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Liz Claiborne China

By: Joseph L. Bower, Sonja Ellingson Hout and Fred Young
A new country manager builds the Shanghai office of Liz Claiborne into a powerful sourcing organization using local talent. She explains the nuts and bolts of transforming the office. View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Transformation; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Market Entry and Exit; Fashion Industry; China
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Bower, Joseph L., Sonja Ellingson Hout, and Fred Young. "Liz Claiborne China." Harvard Business School Case 301-098, April 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
  • July 1995
  • Background Note

Managerial Duties and Business Law

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
Consists of excerpts from Principles of Corporate Governance, a set of legal guidelines that enumerates the principal duties of corporate managers and directors, including fiduciary duty, duty of care, and duty of fair dealing. Also addresses legal obligations relating... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Governance; Retention; Common Law; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Managerial Roles
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Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Jerry Useem. "Managerial Duties and Business Law." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-244, July 1995.
  • September 2003
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Executive Compensation at Reckitt Benckiser plc

By: V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu and Lisa Brem
Investors felt betrayed by the increasingly lucrative pay packages awarded to CEOs and other top executives at multinational companies. Yet, board members charged with adequately rewarding executives were forced to compete with rising packages of salaries and stock... View Details
Keywords: Design; Stock Options; Investment Activism; Corporate Accountability; Compensation and Benefits; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Consumer Products Industry; Netherlands; United States
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Narayanan, V.G., Krishna G. Palepu, and Lisa Brem. "Executive Compensation at Reckitt Benckiser plc." Harvard Business School Case 104-006, September 2003.
  • 17 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Building Communities as Well as Companies

explained, adding, "I also feel an overwhelming obligation to take good care of the money given to me by investors. The resources in this domain are so scarce—I want to succeed so more money will flow into the sector." "I... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 28 Apr 2025
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How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs

both their peers and superiors for their performance. What do they do that’s special or exceptional? Can their “secrets” be surfaced and shared? Brennan also believes that these same stars, by virtue of their own mastery of the corporate culture, can be an excellent... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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2.1.1 Citing Sources & Plagiarism | MBA

2.1.1 Citing Sources & Plagiarism At HBS, collaboration and conversations are at the core of the academic experience. There are immeasurable benefits from the insights of our peers and from an abundance of resources that support learning.... View Details
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1.13 Satisfactory Academic Progress | MBA

support the student's progress, and cites available resources to help the student devise strategies for improvement. Academic Alert : Students placed on Academic Alert are notified of their status with a Letter of Alert as grades are... View Details
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