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  • 08 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

be best performing in terms of annual profitability; membership was considered highly prestigious. We document that index-inclusion incentives led firms to increase return on equity (ROE) proportionally by 35% on average through higher... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

measures' informativeness about managerial effort and talent depends critically on the judicious selection of peer firms as performance benchmarks. By evaluating the efficacy of firms' chosen relative TSR... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

Demand: Model and Estimation Methodology Authors:Nathan Craig, Nicole DeHoratius, and Ananth Raman Abstract To set service levels, firms must understand how changes in service affect customer demand. Supply learning is a process whereby customers use past supplier... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

concerning the degree to which scientific activity can be evaluated via numerical metrics, the extent to which R&D can be structured as a process, and the degree to which decision-making should be centralized in commercial R&D... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Reversing the Queue: Performance, Legitimacy, and Minority Hiring

By: Andrew Hill and David A. Thomas
Studies of minority hiring have found that poor-performing firms or firms in highly competitive contexts are more likely to hire minority candidates. However, most work has examined hiring for entry and mid-level positions, not senior management. Management positions... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Selection and Staffing; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Performance Effectiveness; Sports Industry; United States
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  • 2022
  • Article

Gender Inequality in Research Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Ruomeng Cui, Hao Ding and Feng Zhu
We study the disproportionate impact of the lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak on female and male academics' research productivity in social science. The lockdown has caused substantial disruptions to academic activities, requiring people to work from home.... View Details
Keywords: Gender Inequality; Research Productivity; Telecommuting; COVID-19 Pandemic; Research; Performance Productivity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Health Pandemics
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  • 09 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times

that avoids liquidation of human and cultural assets." The book looks broadly at what it takes to build a high commitment, high performance (HCHP) system inside companies. It asks and answers questions such as: What outcomes must... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 13 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

readily be reclaimed by investors in the firm who lost money." In a new research paper, coauthored with World Bank economists Martin Kanz and Leora Klapper, Cole explores how various performance incentives affect lending decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking
  • 17 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men

colleagues do, and could perform their own analysis on whether they are treating women and minorities fairly within their ranks. While no one committing financial misconduct should go unpunished in the long run, firms can at least ensure... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 15

reporting (information and transformation) and why currently isolated financial and sustainability reporting are not likely to perform those functions effectively. We describe the concept of integrated reporting and why integrated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2001
  • Background Note

Country Analysis in a "Global Village"

By: Bruce R. Scott
Substantially rewritten to establish the relevance of countries in the global context. It does so in terms of their differing economic performance in recent decades, and also by contrasting those that have "converged" toward the rich country norm (as theory would... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Economies and Regions; Macroeconomics; Trade; Business Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Industry Growth; Currency; Policy; Development Economics
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  • 18 Oct 2023
  • News

Spreading the Words

Shafiq Khan (MBA 1982) loves to solve problems. It’s what attracted him to the case study method at HBS and, after graduation, to consulting at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Then, at United Airlines, Khan encountered another challenge: The company was spending one-sixth of... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 15 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

Course MaterialsPerforming Industry Research to Inform Investment Decisions Harvard Business School Note 207-069 Conducting thorough research about an industry is often an important component of investment analysis. Written specifically for HBS MBA students, provides... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

in buying and selling, why understanding the difference matters, and the implications for areas such as sales hiring, training, pricing, use of new tools, and performance management. Slides How to Make Hybrid Work Work Associate Professor... View Details
  • 14 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

corporations need corporate boards that are also ambitious and accommodative of them. According to the authors, good corporate governance and financial performance are the main requirements for good board-CEO relations. Topics including... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2024
  • Supplement

Winning Business at Russell Reynolds

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry
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  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

  Working PapersLearn-how to Improve Collaboration and Performance Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Joseph H. Carpenter, and Jeffrey D. Horbar Abstract Organizational learning, a prerequisite for high... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

with more than 200 MBA students from their regions in a pilot networking event. Dining Services Partner Affirmed As part of the broader effort to ensure excellence in its service partnerships, the School reviewed its Dining Services supplier in fall 2020. Following a... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

Exploration creates new knowledge, enabling organizations to innovate and adapt to changing conditions. Enduring organizational performance requires ambidexterity, the ability to sustain both exploration and exploitation. Various... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace