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- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
individual performance-based compensation, building a theoretical framework predicting more prominent use of team-based, seniority-based, and flatter compensation. We argue that compensation is strategic not only in motivating and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How an Order Views Your Company
about customers and products or services. But, because of increasingly intense competition, one now had to look at individual orders. My research assistant (at the time) and I wrote a case with such detail that it proved to be very... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
Chandler Then in the 1980s the microprocessor transformed the industry with the introduction of computers for use by individuals rather than corporations or other large institutions. Here again, IBM defined the recast industry by being... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
assignment. It's a takeoff on the attempt after the Civil War. Freed slaves were promised 40 acres and a mule. They, as a rule, didn't receive that promise, but we can and we should embrace this concept again and stretch assignments can open incredible doors to... View Details
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
eating seafood with you” What this means is that for emotional closeness to develop, we have to share a bit of ourselves in the casual conversation that may occur at the beginning or end of group meetings or in the course of digital communications with View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
cost-benefit approach is proposed to analyze an individual’s incentives to produce speech and is then applied to assess the role social communities play vis-à-vis individual dissent. This analysis underscores the important and complex... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
clinical trials will increase the efficiency of the FDA approval process.—Mara Aspinall Privacy is an issue for those who worry that complete knowledge of an individual's genetic makeup could have negative effects. If employers know an View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
the Box: 40 Stories of Leading CEOs by Aparna Piramal (MBA 2002) (Random Business) The author explores the connections between work spaces and work styles of 40 progressive leaders, capturing their quirks, individual styles of working,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
juggernaut.” While much has changed for Goldman and other investment firms in the last year, its rise to prominence — driven by extraordinary individuals — is a matter of record. The following excerpts from The Partnership look at two of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
with 250 students will typically include 20 teachers and 50 tutors, with students spending five hours a day in classes and two hours in small-group or individual tutoring. In addition to operating charter schools, Match Education won... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
they will be as busy in the future as they are today increased the likelihood that customers would both open the email and click a link to purchase various services. In sum, making the future feel as busy as the present encourages View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 21
largely emphasizes the collective benefits of market creation and overlooks the costs borne by individual evangelists. Through an inductive multiple-case study of five startup competitors, we traced firms’ efforts to stake out a new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
Overwhelming evidence and experience shows, however, that most companies are unable to transfer employee learning into changes in individual and organization behavior or improved financial performance. Put simply, companies are not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
corporate culture— and not against the law in Germany until 1999. The competitive environment and permissive culture both played a role in the future bribery scandal. "There are three elements that lead individuals in companies to get... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Polluters, Encouraging Protectors
its infancy, Toffel concurs. From a public health perspective, it would be quite useful to map, for instance, how individuals are exposed to pollutants based on where they live: Living upwind or downwind from a smokestack, at the same... View Details
- 16 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020
assuming a managerial position where I can direct teams and individuals that are leveraging data and using machine learning to help set strategy/ make investment decisions. ANYTHING ELSE? Kyle Betts: During the capstone client projects,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 29 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS
of your first year so that you have time to acclimate to academic requirements as well as to just settle in and to establish a community. When I analyzed various industries, my top priorities were: a company that provided the framework for work-life balance, a respect... View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water
primary focus is water education. “Water is the missing link in the climate discussion,” Tim said. “People take water for granted. Once we’re educated, we’ll change our behaviors. We need to understand that water is essential to life itself. If you own your View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
in economically important contexts and designing and testing policies aimed at closing them. Her work focuses on the role of beliefs: How do stereotypes bias the beliefs that individuals hold about themselves (and others), and how do... View Details
- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
block-size markets.” Nancy Weinstein (MBA 2000) took the runner-up spot with Mindprint Learning, a service that provides educators with assessment tools and resources to harness individual learning styles. Sergio Rattner (MBA 2001), won... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley