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  • 30 Aug 2018
  • Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

can mean a lot of things, but which I came to define as very sharp, very passionate, and very kind. Both before and during my time at Google, I had casually considered an MBA. I was a few more years into my career than most MBA applicants, so many of my Google View Details
  • 24 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

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poverty and to support microentrepreneurs in their endeavors? That's the bigger picture." Under-savers Anonymous In 2008, Pomeranz's research team began interviews with microentrepreneurs in Chile that led to a 2012 working paper, Under-Savers Anonymous: Evidence... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 21 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 21

mechanism that amplifies interest rate volatility. I find strong support for these predictions in the time series of U.S. government bond returns. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/MBS_Paper_20140104.pdf Working Papers Separating Homophily and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2014
  • HBS Seminar

Robert Kraut, Carnegie Mellon

  • Teaching Interest

Overview

Professor Mukunda teaches Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD.)  This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise.

The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks in the context... View Details

  • December 2021 (Revised February 2022)
  • Case

Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy to Drive Shareholder Value

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel W. Fisher
At one time, Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most successful specialty retailers in the United States—its growth and profit margins far exceeded both peer retailers in the home goods market as well as many other discount retailers. But in 2014, its stock price peaked,... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Diversification; Corporate Governance; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Valuation; Investment Activism; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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  • 26 Jun 2018
  • Blog Post

6 Lessons I learned from HBS Peek

analyzing real business cases, and use morning study groups and classes to examine and debate their ideas through lively interaction with peers and faculty. This is the life of an MBA student at HBS. My name... View Details
  • December 2014
  • Article

No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Public Services Delivery

By: Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and B. Kelsey Jack
A substantial body of research investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social spillovers. We conduct a field... View Details
Keywords: Incentives; Non-monetary Rewards; Intrinsic Motivation; Motivation and Incentives; Employees; Service Industry; Health Industry
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  • 2014
  • Other Unpublished Work

No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Public Services Delivery

By: Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera and Kelsey Jack
A substantial body of research investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social spillovers. We conduct a field... View Details
Keywords: Incentives; Non-monetary Rewards; Intrinsic Motivation; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 2017
  • Chapter

The Swedish Competitiveness Scorecard 2017

By: Christian H.M. Ketels
The Swedish Competitiveness Scorecard assesses Sweden's current competitiveness across a broad range of indicators, applying an impact logic from competitiveness fundamentals to productivity and prosperity outcomes. On these indicators Sweden is compared to a peer... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; Sweden; Economic Policy; Economy; Policy; Competition; Sweden
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  • February 2023
  • Article

Homophily and Acrophily as Drivers of Political Segregation

By: Amit Goldenberg, Joseph M. Abruzzo, Zi Huang, Jonas Schone, David Bailey, Robb Willer, Eran Halperin and James J. Gross
Political segregation is an important social problem, increasing polarization and impeding effective governance. Previous work has viewed the central driver of segregation to be political homophily, the tendency to associate with others who have similar views. Here we... View Details
Keywords: Political Affiliation; Extremism; Values and Beliefs; Identity; Groups and Teams; Emotions; Civil Society or Community
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  • 22 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 22

competition and stability in the long-term, outside the period that may be observed empirically. We employ both conceptions in this paper. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2199055 Prominent Job Advertisements, Group Learning... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 1990 (Revised March 1994)
  • Case

Digital Equipment Corp.: The Kodak Outsourcing Agreement (A)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Herminia M. Ibarra
Describes grassroots effort which culminated in Digital's winning a competitive bid for the outsourcing of Kodak's internal telecommunications business. Describes the "Telstar" project, from the initial identification of the business opportunity to the process of... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Leading Change; Agreements and Arrangements; Business or Company Management; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Management Teams; Telecommunications Industry
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  • 10 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

paper, "Cost of External Finance and Selection into Entrepreneurship," Nanda looks at how entrepreneurial activity is affected across various groups of individuals when a tax reform increases the cost of financing a business.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 11 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

A Journey of Discovery, Teamwork, and Impact with FIELD Global Immersion

peers to support our project sponsor, DoctorNow, a Korean telehealth start-up. In the weeks leading up to our Seoul adventure, we diligently forged a solid working relationship, delved into comprehensive research of the company and the... View Details
  • October 2020
  • Case

PraDigi Open Learning: Transforming Rural India

By: John J-H Kim and Malini Sen
Pratham is a non-governmental organization, focusing on high-quality, low-cost and replicable interventions to address gaps in the Indian education system. Co-founder Madhav Chavan is interested in using technology for education but differed in the way it is used in... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Social Entrepreneurship; Education; Information Technology; Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; Education Industry; India; Asia
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  • May 2017
  • Teaching Note

Partners Group: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz
Partners Group (PG), a Swiss-based PE manager, initiated a series of strategic shifts and evolved from a predominately fund-of-funds manager into a large, multi-asset class PE firm focused on direct investments. PG was the first PE firm to go public in 2006. A number... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Management Practices and Processes; Private Equity
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  • 19 Nov 2018
  • HBS Seminar

Allie Feldberg, Harvard Business School

  • Research Summary

Leadership Development

Professor George has completed his research study on leadership development, based on in-person, in-depth interviews with 125 business and non-profit leaders, over half of whom are chief executive officers. They range in age from 23 to 93, with thirty per cent... View Details

    Bed Bath & Beyond: The New Strategy Drive Shareholder Value

    This case analyzes the creation, loss, and attempted re-creation of competitive advantage. At one time, Bed Bath & Beyond was one of the most successful specialty retailers in the United States-it's growth and profit margins far exceeded rates at peer... View Details