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- November 2007
- Article
Innovation and Incentives: Evidence from Corporate R&D
By: Josh Lerner and Julie Wulf
Beginning in the late 1980s, American corporations began increasingly linking the compensation of central research personnel to the economic objectives of the corporation. This paper examines the impact of the shifting compensation of the heads of corporate research... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Research and Development; Patents; Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Lerner, Josh, and Julie Wulf. "Innovation and Incentives: Evidence from Corporate R&D." Review of Economics and Statistics 89, no. 4 (November 2007): 634–644.
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
approximately welfare neutral. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-011.pdf Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity: Evidence from Software Development (revised) Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
parties) have issued executive orders requiring federal agencies to use environmentally preferable products and services whenever possible, as has the European Commission. These procurement policies are specifically aimed to "spur private sector View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
use their particular brand of shampoo after decades of investment in product development and marketing. The dot-com bubble brought practices, ambitions, and goals to China that are here to stay— Nicholas... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- September 1990
- Case
Bain & Co., Inc.: Growing the Business
Raises management issues facing Bain & Co. in formulating its future global strategy and implementation of that strategy. View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Management; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Strategy; Expansion; Consulting Industry; Service Industry
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Bain & Co., Inc.: Growing the Business." Harvard Business School Case 391-069, September 1990.
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
target of success in their new book Just Enough: Tools for Creating Success in Your Work and Life (Wiley, 2004). After conducting hundreds of interviews with high achievers, they developed a framework for thinking about integrating four... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for James Austin
within both the business and the nonprofit. Q: Integrative collaboration would seem a lofty goal for most companies, as this level of collaboration requires a true meshing of business goals with those of the... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- November 1996 (Revised June 1997)
- Case
Harvard Business School Publishing
By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March
Linda Doyle, president and CEO of Harvard Business School Publishing Corp., has succeeded in turning around the organization after several difficult years. She has launched several strategic and organizational initiatives, and has instilled a new philosophy and vision.... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges
Garvin, David A., and Artemis March. "Harvard Business School Publishing." Harvard Business School Case 397-028, November 1996. (Revised June 1997.)
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
experiment that ultimately enabled consultants at Boston Consulting Group to reclaim at least a small portion of their lives from the onslaught of communication technology. In her initial work Perlow chose the goal of engaging a... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy
Beginning with the influential work of Professor Emeritus Robert N. Anthony in the 1960s and 1970s, Harvard Business School has given a prominent place to research and course development focusing on the intersection of strategy and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- January 2007
- Teaching Note
Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance (TN)
By: Nancy F. Koehn
Teaching Note to 803127. View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
- December 1992 (Revised March 1993)
- Case
Mark Miller (A)
Describes the career of Mark Miller, who went into his family's motel business as a young man, took over active management, and grew the enterprise to the point where it is a $25 million in revenue, $30 million equity value business. Focuses on a growth acquisition... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Family Business; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Revenue; Leadership Style; Goals and Objectives; Personal Development and Career
Roberts, Michael J. "Mark Miller (A)." Harvard Business School Case 393-082, December 1992. (Revised March 1993.)
- October 2000 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
NTT DoCoMo (A): The Future of the Wireless Internet?
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Matthew Sandoval
NTT DoCoMo was established in 1992 and became publicly held in 1998. This case tracks how DoCoMo became the number one mobile phone company in Japan and how its i.mode service revolutionized the cellular phone market. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Japan
Bradley, Stephen P., and Matthew Sandoval. "NTT DoCoMo (A): The Future of the Wireless Internet?" Harvard Business School Case 701-013, October 2000. (Revised September 2002.)
- 05 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt
crisis of 1994 The Asian financial crises of 1996 and 1997 The Argentinian crisis of 2001 The Eurozone crisis of 2009 and 2010 The authors parsed the in-depth data by industry. They focus on lending to: Agriculture, manufacturing, retail, and wholesale trade, which are... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- December 1999 (Revised December 2000)
- Case
Charles Schwab: A Category of One
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Thomas H. Esperson
Examines Charles Schwab's on-line discount brokerage firm and questions whether or not Schwab has effectively balanced the old and new world of stock trading, and has remained a leader between giants like Merrill Lynch and Internet pure plays like E-Trade. Also looks... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Technological Innovation; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Thomas H. Esperson. "Charles Schwab: A Category of One." Harvard Business School Case 700-043, December 1999. (Revised December 2000.)
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
include: How does a team leader win the confidence of the group? What's the best method for developing team goals? How can individual performers be developed into team players? How do teams learn? When View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
America's Innovation & Development Team quickly realized that it would be very difficult to conduct a diverse array of experiments within the confines of a traditionally designed bank branch. Experiments require frequent changes in... View Details