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    Christopher T. Stanton

    Christopher Stanton is Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit. Professor Stanton's research streams focus on personnel economics, organizational economics, labor markets, and entrepreneurship. His MBA... View Details

    • October 2012
    • Case

    Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A)

    By: Sandra J. Sucher and Elena Corsi
    Royal Dutch Shell has been among the early players to implement diversity and inclusion policies in the 1990s, first in the U.S. and then globally. In May 2009, Peter Voser, CFO and soon-to-be CEO, wants to adjust the company's business, headcount, and cost levels to... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Managerial Roles; Restructuring; Resignation and Termination; Diversity; Financial Crisis; Energy Industry; Netherlands
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    • December 2014 (Revised March 2018)
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    John D. Rockefeller: The Richest Man in the World

    By: Tom Nicholas and Vasiliki Fouka
    By the late nineteenth century scale and managerial hierarchies had extended to several major industrial sectors of the U.S. economy. Although the precise mechanisms often varied, this process mainly involved horizontal integration, some form of legal or administrative... View Details
    Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Wealth; Business History; Vertical Integration; Consolidation; Personal Development and Career; Energy Industry; United States
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    Managers and Employees: Justice at Work

    By: Nien-he Hsieh

    The employment relationship represents another significant area for managerial decision making. While much of what managers and employees owe one another depends upon mutual agreement, not all of the terms can be specified in advance. Given these conditions, what... View Details

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    Journal of Financial Economics. Jensen Prize. Second Place

    Winner of the Second Place 2006 Jensen Prize for Best Paper on Corporate Finance and Organizations presented by Journal of Financial Economics for her paper with Raghuram G. Rajan, "Are Perks Purely Managerial Excess?" (January 2006). View Details
    • 14 Aug 2010
    • News

    'Focus On Mid-Level Managers'

    • 12 Jul 2016
    • News

    Prof. Howard Raiffa, Giant in Game Theory and Decision Analysis, Dies at 92

    • 05 Sep 2013
    • News

    Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus John E. Bishop Dead at 93

    • 01 Jan 2004
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    • spring 1994
    • Article

    Unilateral Commitments and the Importance of Process in Alliances

    By: Ranjay Gulati, Tarun Khanna and Nitin Nohria
    How the partners in an alliance view their joint venture can have much to do with its success or failure. Each partner fears that the other will get the larger payoff by acting opportunistically while it cooperates in good faith. The result is that both partners choose... View Details
    Keywords: Management Style; Partners and Partnerships; Joint Ventures; Management Practices and Processes; Alliances; Trust; Game Theory
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    Leadership and Corporate Accountability

    By: Christina R. Wing

    In this course, students learn about the complex responsibilities facing business leaders today. Through cases about difficult managerial decisions, the course examines the legal, ethical, and economic responsibilities of corporate leaders. It also teaches students... View Details

    • November 2007 (Revised September 2010)
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    The Rong Family: A Chinese Business History

    By: Elisabeth Koll
    Provides the complex historical background to understanding the development of family businesses in China from the late 19th century to the present. Using the example of the Rong family, China's most prominent industrialist family in pre-1949 China, analyzes the... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Business History; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; Social and Collaborative Networks; China
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    China and India in comparative perspective

    China and India both have the potential of becoming economic superpowers. The conventional wisdom is that China is far ahead of India in economic reforms and economic performance. Together with my HBS colleague, Professor Tarun Khanna, we are re-examining this... View Details

      Cynthia A. Montgomery

      Professor Montgomery's research centers on strategy and corporate governance. Of particular interest are the unique roles leaders play in developing and implementing strategy; the means organizations use to create value across multiple lines of business; and issues... View Details

      • 09 Sep 2015
      • HBS Seminar

      Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University

      • 06 Jan 2015
      • News

      Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Paul Vatter Dies at 90

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      Non-Financial Incentives

      My research shows how firms combine many facets of internal governance to motivate managers. A perspective that underlies much of my research is that managers are not motivated by financial rewards alone: “it’s not just about the... View Details

      • February 2008 (Revised September 2010)
      • Case

      Enterprise Culture in Chinese History: Zhang Jian and the Dasheng Cotton Mills

      By: Elisabeth Koll
      This case focuses on the legal and managerial evolution of limited-liability firms in China, using the example of the Dasheng cotton mills in Nantong near Shanghai. Dasheng, one of the earliest and most successful industrial enterprises in pre-war China, was founded by... View Details
      Keywords: History; Law; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; State Ownership; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations; Entrepreneurship; Change; Manufacturing Industry; Shanghai; China
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      Financial Incentives

      My research examines how the performance effects of internal governance and the design of compensation vary by managerial position. For example, I document links between innovation and stock options for corporate R&D heads;... View Details

      • March 2008 (Revised March 2010)
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      Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture

      By: Laura Alfaro
      This module note presents a series of case studies taught in the Harvard Business School course Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy (IMaGE). The course addresses the opportunities created by the emergence of a global economy and proposes strategies for... View Details
      Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; International Finance; Globalized Economies and Regions; Macroeconomics
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