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  • 13 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Breaking Through the Self-Doubt That Keeps Talented Women from Leading

short-term positions that put an emphasis on managerial or analytical acumen. The ads called for expertise in these stereotypically male domains that struggle with female underrepresentation and lack of advancement , Coffman explains. The... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

entrepreneurship researchers.   Working PapersSpeaking Up Constructively: Managerial Practices That Elicit Solutions from Front-line Employees Authors:Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Ideas that could... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Jerry R. Green

    Jerry R. Green

    David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy

    John Leverett Professor in the University

    Harvard University

     

    Jerry Green is the John Leverett Professor in the University and the David A. Wells... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; education industry; insurance industry; professional services
    • 19 Feb 2019
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    New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55439 Compensation Interdependence and Performance Consequences of Managerial Discretion By: Cai, Wei, Susanna Gallani, and Jee-Eun Shin Abstract— We examine the performance consequences of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 30 Aug 2016
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    August 30, 2016

    patient-reported outcomes, at an accelerated pace. These comprehensive sets are integrated with electronic health records and incorporated into clinical practice, and they will underpin internal quality improvement and external... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • February 2003
    • Background Note

    Leading Teams

    By: Jeffrey T. Polzer
    This note which describes the architecture and processes that characterize effective teams, begins by detailing the steps involved in designing a team, from diagnosing the complexity, interdependence, and objectives of the task to harnessing the key resources teams... View Details
    Keywords: Communication; Decision Making; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams
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    • 26 Jan 2010
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    First Look: Jan. 26

    706-714 Abstract Background: The increased focus on quality and efficiency improvement within academic surgery has met with variable success among plastic surgeons. Traditional surgical performance metrics, such as morbidity and... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • March 1987 (Revised October 1993)
    • Case

    Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program

    By: W. Earl Sasser
    In recent years, Au Bon Pain (ABP), a chain of upscale French bakeries/sandwich cafes based in Boston, confronted a set of human resource problems endemic to the fast food industry (i.e., a labor shortage which made it difficult to attract and maintain quality crew... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Managerial Roles; Retention; Employees; Performance Improvement; Recruitment; Problems and Challenges; Compensation and Benefits; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; Boston
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      Suraj Srinivasan

      Suraj Srinivasan is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration, a member of the Accounting and Management faculty unit, and chair of the View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; financial services
      • 17 Aug 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: August 17

      deployed to handle uncertain tasks. How can they effectively use their knowledge resources to assure quality communications and high performance when confronting uncertainty? Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm, we... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 2010
      • Working Paper

      Making the Numbers? 'Short Termism' and the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster

      By: Nelson P. Repenning and Rebecca Henderson
      Much recent work in strategy and popular discussion suggests that an excessive focus on "managing the numbers"—delivering quarterly earnings at the expense of longer-term investments—makes it difficult for firms to make the investments necessary to build competitive... View Details
      Keywords: Investment; Performance Improvement; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Management Practices and Processes; Revenue; Quality; Competency and Skills; Motivation and Incentives; Auto Industry; United States
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      • 27 Sep 2016
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      September 27, 2016

      a substantial anticipation effect that presents as a gradual decrease in operational performance beginning several months before the actual cohort turnover. We identify higher overall quality of nursing and increased intensity of... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 05 Feb 2007
      • Research & Ideas

      Business and the Global Poor

      undertaking traditional value creation activities—from sourcing to engaging the poor in production to distribution and sales—in low-income markets. To the degree that these ventures empower the poor—either by improving their quality of... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
      • 23 Feb 2011
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      First Look: Feb. 23

      measures of national political instability—Alesina and Perotti's (1996) well-known index of instability, a subsequent index derived from Banks' (2005) work, and two indices of managerial perceptions of nation-by-nation political... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 26 Apr 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: April 26

      expected profits. Using an extension to the newsvendor model, we focus on a relatively common scenario in which the firm's investor has imperfect information concerning the quality of the firm's investment opportunities. We apply Perfect... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 27 Jun 2005
      • Research & Ideas

      Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

      organization to pursue the direction. This is appropriate because managerial techniques are being spread fast by imitation, adoption, and MBA education. Administrative techniques were generalized around the world decades ago. So what is... View Details
      Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
      • 08 Oct 2013
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      First Look: October 8

        Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, and Andrew Charlton Abstract—In this paper we... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 27 Jun 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance

      practices that act exactly as a new technology would, like advanced machinery might help companies increase output. Universal management practices can help increase a company’s productivity, just as technology can do. Credit: Kadmy “The point for practitioners is that... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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      Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

      service-based for-profit venture. The program is competitive and offers one-time loan reduction awards of up to $20,000 to a limited number of graduating students who are selected based on a financial aid assessment, quality of the... View Details
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      Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online

      Management Essentials Professors Joseph Fuller & David Garvin Master four vital managerial processes: decision-making, implementation, organizational learning, and change management. 8 weeks, 4-7 hrs/week Pay by July 24 $1,850 Certificate... View Details