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- 05 Dec 2024
- News
Trump’s Plans To Deport Immigrants Likely To Harm U.S. Workers
- November 2022 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
'A Marshall Plan for Africa': James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings
By: Caroline M. Elkins, Debora L. Spar, Zeke Gillman and Julia M. Comeau
Financial Inclusion. Dignity. Trust. These were the core principles driving James Mwangi’s transformation of Equity Building Society, insolvent in 1991, into what is, today, Equity Group Holdings, East and Central Africa’s largest retail banking institution. Raised in... View Details
Keywords: Income Inequality; Micro Finance; Microcredit; Microfinance; Banks and Banking; Equality and Inequality; Mission and Purpose; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Africa; Kenya
Elkins, Caroline M., Debora L. Spar, Zeke Gillman, and Julia M. Comeau. "'A Marshall Plan for Africa': James Mwangi and Equity Group Holdings." Harvard Business School Case 323-048, November 2022. (Revised October 2024.)
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
could be prescribed, assembled, and fitted in the field by trained microentrepreneurs rather than by optometrists or ophthalmologists. The next step was to form a "Low Cost Available Eyeglasses" (LCAE) team and enter the HBS Business Plan... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 2010
- Working Paper
Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans
By: Doug J. Chung, Thomas J. Steenburgh and K. Sudhir
We estimate a dynamic structural model of sales force response to a bonus based compensation plan. The paper has two main methodological innovations: First, we implement empirically the method proposed by Arcidiacono and Miller (2010) to accommodate unobserved latent... View Details
Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Performance Productivity; Mathematical Methods; Salesforce Management; Motivation and Incentives
Chung, Doug J., Thomas J. Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir. "Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-041, October 2010.
- March–April 2014
- Article
Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans
By: Doug J. Chung, Thomas Steenburgh and K. Sudhir
We estimate a dynamic structural model of sales force response to a bonus based compensation plan. Substantively, the paper sheds insights on how different elements of the compensation plan enhance productivity. We find evidence that: (1) bonuses enhance productivity... View Details
Chung, Doug J., Thomas Steenburgh, and K. Sudhir. "Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans." Marketing Science 33, no. 2 (March–April 2014): 165–187. (Lead article. Featured in HBS Working Knowledge.)
- 18 Jan 2023
- Blog Post
Career Planning and Development: Interview with Career Coach Wendi Zhang (MBA/MPP 2013)
completely unsure of what to do or they seem to be exactly where they want to be, one thing is certain: the only constant is change when it comes to life/career planning. Life is dynamic, and as a result, preferences and needs naturally change over time as well. Career... View Details
- June 2013 (Revised February 2019)
- Case
Harvard University Defined Contribution Pension Plan in 2013: Looking Ahead
By: Luis M. Viceira, Jordan Chapman and John Souther
Viceira, Luis M., Jordan Chapman, and John Souther. "Harvard University Defined Contribution Pension Plan in 2013: Looking Ahead." Harvard Business School Case 213-108, June 2013. (Revised February 2019.)
- June 1982 (Revised May 1984)
- Supplement
General Electric Co.: Clock and Timer Market Strategy, Planning Exercise
Cady, John F. "General Electric Co.: Clock and Timer Market Strategy, Planning Exercise." Harvard Business School Supplement 582-151, June 1982. (Revised May 1984.)
- 27 Jun 2011
- News
A Plan to Tax the Foreign Income of U.S. Companies
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Rewriting the Script: Social Enterprise Start-ups Expand Business Plan Contest's Parameters
The story of how nonprofit start-up Montage Entertainment came about would be familiar to many past participants in the HBS Business Plan Contest. “Some friends and I were sitting in the café at Shad, discussing film and the way women and... View Details
- February 1986
- Article
Design of a Management Support System for Hospital Strategic Planning
By: L. M. Applegate, R. O. Mason and D. Thorpe
Applegate, L. M., R. O. Mason, and D. Thorpe. "Design of a Management Support System for Hospital Strategic Planning." Journal of Medical Systems 10, no. 1 (February 1986): 79–95.
- winter 1976
- Article
Please Note Location of Nearest Exit: Exit Barriers and Planning
By: M. E. Porter
Porter, M. E. "Please Note Location of Nearest Exit: Exit Barriers and Planning." California Management Review 19, no. 2 (winter 1976): 21–33.
- July 1979
- Supplement
Norton Co. (A): Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations, Appendixes
By: Francis Aguilar
Keywords: Strategy
Aguilar, Francis. "Norton Co. (A): Strategic Planning for Diversified Business Operations, Appendixes." Harvard Business School Supplement 380-004, July 1979.
- October 10, 2024
- Article
How to Build a Life: Get Off the Family Plan
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Get Off the Family Plan." The Atlantic (October 10, 2024).
- December 2000 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Victor Semenov: A Journey From the Plan to the Market
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Pavel Sorokin
Goldberg, Ray A., and Pavel Sorokin. "Victor Semenov: A Journey From the Plan to the Market." Harvard Business School Case 901-018, December 2000. (Revised December 2001.)
- February 1979 (Revised July 1983)
- Case
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (A): Long-Term Planning in 1977
Bupp, Irvin C. "Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (A): Long-Term Planning in 1977." Harvard Business School Case 679-080, February 1979. (Revised July 1983.)
- 21 Aug 1991
- News
CEOs’ plans to reset capitalism bump into reality of pandemic
- 06 Dec 2017
- News
Largest Mass. Companies Are Mostly Silent On GOP Tax Plans
- 25 Feb 2021
- News
A CEO’s Guide to Planning a Return to the Office
- 2013
- Book
Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed and How We Can Stick to the Plan
By: Francesca Gino
You may not realize it but simple, irrelevant factors can have profound consequences on your decisions and behavior, often diverting you from your original plans and desires. Sidetracked will help you identify and avoid these influences so the decisions you make do... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decision-making; Judgment; Decisions; Strategy; Behavior; Ethics; Attitudes
Gino, Francesca. Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed and How We Can Stick to the Plan. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2013.