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  • 2018
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Overcoming Barriers to Time-Saving: Reminders of Future Busyness Encourage Consumers to Buy Time

By: A. V. Whillans, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Michael I. Norton
Spending money on time-saving purchases improves happiness. Yet, people often fail to spend their money in this way. Because most people believe that the future will be less busy than the present, they may underweight the value of these purchases. We examine the impact... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Choice; Sharing Economy; Opportunity Cost; Time-as Money; Well-being; Time Management; Happiness; Perception; Behavior
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Whillans, A. V., Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton. "Overcoming Barriers to Time-Saving: Reminders of Future Busyness Encourage Consumers to Buy Time." Social Influence 13, no. 2 (2018): 117–124.
  • February 2008 (Revised November 2008)
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Global Talent Management at Novartis

By: Jordan Siegel
This case tackles the topic of global talent management. It can be used to analyze the performance measurement, incentive, and talent development system used at a major multinational company. This case can also be used to analyze the extent to which this system should... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Multinational Firms and Management; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Adaptation
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Siegel, Jordan. "Global Talent Management at Novartis." Harvard Business School Case 708-486, February 2008. (Revised November 2008.)
  • April 2004
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Do CEOs in Mergers Trade Power for Premium? Evidence from 'Mergers of Equals'

By: Julie Wulf
I analyze chief executive officer (CEO) incentives to negotiate shared control in the postmerger governance of the surviving firm. In order to do this, I study abnormal returns in a sample of "mergers of equals" (MOEs) transactions in which the two firms are... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Negotiation; Governance Controls; Power and Influence; Value Creation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Motivation and Incentives; Market Transactions
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Wulf, Julie. "Do CEOs in Mergers Trade Power for Premium? Evidence from 'Mergers of Equals'." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 20, no. 1 (April 2004): 60–101.
  • November 2008 (Revised May 2009)
  • Supplement

BMW's Project Switch (B): Importers vs. National Sales Companies

By: Das Narayandas, Kerry Herman and Laura Winig
BMW is faced with potential channel conflicts across several EU country markets. The case concludes the (A) case's exploration of BMW's approach to redesigning the channel in Greece. The case provides details on both headquarter and country head perspective on BMW's... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Business Headquarters; Marketing Strategy; Distribution Channels; Conflict and Resolution; Auto Industry; European Union
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Narayandas, Das, Kerry Herman, and Laura Winig. "BMW's Project Switch (B): Importers vs. National Sales Companies." Harvard Business School Supplement 509-024, November 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
  • 01 Mar 2012
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Thinking Green

Sciences and the Design, Medical, and Law Schools for a Harvard Thinks Green forum in Sanders Theatre. “This transition we face as an economy, as a world is going to hit every... View Details
Keywords: awards; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Networks as Covers: Evidence from an On-Line Social Network

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
This paper proposes that networks give actors a cover by giving them the excuse of sociability to engage in normatively prohibited market behaviors. I apply this hypothesis to actors in long-term exclusive relationships who are surreptitiously seeking new relationships... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Behavior; Ethics; Relationships; Social and Collaborative Networks
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Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Networks as Covers: Evidence from an On-Line Social Network." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-083, March 2013.
  • August 28, 2018
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How Intermittent Breaks in Interaction Improve Collective Intelligence

By: Ethan Bernstein, Jesse Shore and David Lazer
People influence each other when they interact to solve problems. Such social influence introduces both benefits (higher average solution quality due to exploitation of existing answers through social learning) and costs (lower maximum solution quality due to a... View Details
Keywords: Transparency; Social Influence; Collective Intelligence; Interaction; Problem Solving; Collaboration; Intermittant; Breaks; Always On; Communication Technologies; Communication; Design; Information; Management; Leadership; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology
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Bernstein, Ethan, Jesse Shore, and David Lazer. "How Intermittent Breaks in Interaction Improve Collective Intelligence." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, no. 35 (August 28, 2018).
  • February 2003
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Silvio Napoli Cross Cultural Management

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Presents an interview with Silvio Napoli regarding cultural aspects of an Italian manager in a Swiss company opening an Indian subsidiary. Issues range from personal and family adjustment to management style, corporate culture, and differences in national... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Business Subsidiaries; Nationality; Organizational Culture; Personal Characteristics; Business Startups; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Italy; Switzerland; India
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Bartlett, Christopher A. "Silvio Napoli Cross Cultural Management." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 303-806, February 2003.
  • Summer 2017
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Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development

By: Daniel P. Gross
Performance feedback is ubiquitous in competitive settings where new products are developed. This article introduces a fundamental tension between incentives and improvement in the provision of feedback. Using a sample of 4,294 commercial logo design tournaments, I... View Details
Keywords: Feedback; Evaluation; Tournaments; Innovation; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Rank and Position; Product Development; Learning
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Gross, Daniel P. "Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development." RAND Journal of Economics 48, no. 2 (Summer 2017): 438–466.
  • November 2000
  • Exercise

Atlantis-Biovent Negotiation: Confidential Instructions for Biovent

By: Michael A. Wheeler
This two-party exercise illustrates bidding strategy in the context of settling a large insurance claim. Specifically, the claimant (Biovent) and the insurer (Atlantis) are asked to submit confidential offers to a dispute resolution website that will determine whether... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Bids and Bidding; Emerging Markets; Agreements and Arrangements; Conflict of Interests; Strategy; Web Sites
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Wheeler, Michael A. "Atlantis-Biovent Negotiation: Confidential Instructions for Biovent." Harvard Business School Exercise 801-263, November 2000.
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Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?

By: Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien
We analyze the incentives to divert search for an information intermediary who enables buyers (consumers) to search affiliated sellers (stores). We identify two original motives for diverting search (i.e., inducing consumers to search more than they would like): 1)... View Details
Keywords: Market Intermediation; Search; Two-Sided Markets; Platform Design; Demand and Consumers; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Distribution Channels; Business Strategy; Retail Industry
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Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien. "Why Do Intermediaries Divert Search?" RAND Journal of Economics 42, no. 2 (Summer 2011): 337–362. (2012 Winner for Best Paper on Competition Economics, Association of Competition Economics.)
  • June 2013
  • Case

Multiasistencia: Redefining the Relationship with Its Service Professionals

By: F. Asis Martinez-Jerez, Maria Garcia Perez and Katherine M. Miller
Multiasistencia, a major Spanish BPO of insurance repairs, is changing the relational contract with its service professionals from a referral model to a guaranteed workload one. View Details
Keywords: Outsourcing; Incentives; Relational Contracts; Business Model; Motivation and Incentives; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Contracts; Insurance Industry; Spain
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Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis, Maria Garcia Perez, and Katherine M. Miller. "Multiasistencia: Redefining the Relationship with Its Service Professionals." Harvard Business School Case 113-143, June 2013.
  • 04 Feb 2014
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Washington State) and by participants with responsibility to enforce rules in an experimental lab setting. We also show that this effect is driven by psychological reactance. We discuss both the theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • March 2023
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Interior Collab

By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
After venture capital-funded online interior design agency Homepolish collapsed, its former freelance designers met to discuss next steps. The bitter experience led some of them to create a workers’ collaborative called Interior Collab. The founding members needed to... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Human Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Cooperative Ownership; Employee Ownership; Trust; Service Industry; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
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Hyde, Lindsay N., Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Tom Quinn. "Interior Collab." Harvard Business School Case 823-006, March 2023.
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Matthew: Effect or Fable?

In a market context, a status effect occurs when actors are accorded differential recognition for their efforts depending on their location in a status ordering, holding constant the quality of these efforts. In practice, because it is very difficult to measure... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Status and Position; Measurement and Metrics; Quality
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Azoulay, Pierre, Toby E. Stuart, and Yanbo Wang. "Matthew: Effect or Fable?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-049, December 2011.
  • 04 Jun 2013
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acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. Publisher's link: http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Startups-Best-Blog-Posts/dp/1449367879 2006 Journal of Economic Behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

psychological implications of asking managers to focus on dual objectives. Having to advance economic performance and be socially responsible, some argue, destines managers to do neither. Some fear it is a... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 30 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness

and monitor the CEO, scrutinize the performance of the company's leadership team, oversee financial reporting and disclosure, and ensure compliance with View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
  • 21 Aug 2012
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who are at the very top of the ability distribution (non-superstars), react positively to increased competition from superstars. For them, we find some evidence of increased effort and no increase in errors of logic, consistent with both... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
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including certificate-of-need laws and the advent of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and bundled payments. CTCA's for-profit status and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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