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- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
customers. Web3 is “both a technology and an ethos,” Fung says. And that ethos is something every business will benefit from understanding. “We can recognize and reward individuals’ contributions and have them benefit from their... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
The High Risks of Short-Term Management
the financial crisis, companies like New Century Financial or Countrywide Financial built their success by incentivizing their employees on volume--to sell as many mortgages as possible with little regard for quality—and the stock market View Details
- 22 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture
frequent celebrations. In addition, BHC rewards individual accomplishments through such things as "WOW (Workers becoming Owners and Winners) Super Service Certificates," appreciation cards for 90-day employees that list their... View Details
- 11 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
has found his own path. Entering the Asian private equity industry in its infancy was lucky, he will tell you, although hard work also played a part. Taking care of his family and returning the financial rewards of that success to the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974
incredible students with the best experience possible,” Stamps explains. One of Stamps’s most rewarding activities is selecting and getting to know the scholars. Each school recommends a pool of candidates, and Stamps helps pick those he... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
three decades, Klarman has built one of the most successful hedge fund companies in the world. While such accolades are important to Klarman, he is equally proud of the culture at Baupost. "We have a very collaborative environment where people support each other," he... View Details
- Portrait Project
Olga Sokolova
Russia, a country whose birth I saw and which I deeply love. I will work for dinosaur state-controlled companies, and use everything I have learned to set an example, to show that business can be done differently: transparently, ethically, with fair View Details
- 21 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Common Strategy Mistakes
hidden biases embedded in internal systems, organizational structures, and decision-making processes. It's often hard, for example, to get the kind of cost information you need to think strategically. Or the company's incentive system View Details
Keywords: by Joan Magretta
- 11 Aug 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Decision Making Under Information Asymmetry: Experimental Evidence on Belief Refinements
Keywords: by William Schmidt & Ryan W. Buell
- Profile
Madison McIlwain
Coming to HBS is like... Skiing down a double black diamond. You may have trained your whole life for the run, but somehow it is still more exhilarating, challenging, and rewarding than you thought possible. What is your most memorable... View Details
- 16 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Competition Make Us More Creative?
and creativity shines forth. Gross sees this as a very clear indication of the relative risks and rewards of the creative process. “Taking a chance on an untested, new idea is risky, and if the [potential] payoffs are too low—in the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
would otherwise be impossible. The laws of competitive advantage are changing, rewarding those who have the most robust, data-driven insights rather than the most valuable assets. To compete in the new digital age, companies need to use... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
medical relief fund for employees diagnosed with COVID-19. To learn more, read What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis Jill J. Avery, senior lecturer of business Administration, C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator. Tip: View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
The Gift of Global Talent
rewards and shortcomings of skilled immigration in the United States Kevin Shih 17 Oct 2018 | Science The United States Must Embrace Global Talent, As High-Skilled Foreign Workers Go Elsewhere Walter Ewing 10 Oct 2018 | Immigration Impact... View Details
- 28 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)
demographic characteristics. Motivated Managers That is one of the biggest decisions a business can make, Campbell says. Franchising creates a strong motivation for local managers to maximize performance, since they're rewarded with a... View Details
- 18 Nov 2022
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?
emerged: how to preserve the firm’s growth strategy and shift firm ownership while also rewarding its diverse workforce for its investment in the team’s culture, write Harvard Business School Senior Associate Dean Luis M. Viceira, Senior... View Details
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
obvious risk of uncontrolled messaging, but the authors report that the rewards of inclusion often outweigh the risks. A traditional command-and-control company will filter a bunch of top-down messages through the communications... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
managers from pursuing value-destroying opportunities within the firm just for the sake of deploying capital or because they want to run larger companies. And, distributing cash through buybacks can help reward loyal shareholders who... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Team Success Starts with the Individual—and with Love
thrive? Carroll’s inquiry into unleashing human potential began with a well-known idea dating back to the psychologist Abraham Maslow and others: the notion that intrinsic, not just extrinsic, rewards motivate people to excel. My own... View Details
- Portrait Project
Srivatsa Krishna
all for only one higher purpose and that is to better the lot of others, who do not have this opportunity. Further, bringing about enduring change through benevolent and transformational leadership in the public space is infinitely more complex and View Details