Professor Robin Ely - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?

Harvard Business School Professor Deepak Malhotra set out to answer a basic question: "Do employees work harder when they are paid more?" As Malhotra, the Eli Goldston View Details

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24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008

Competitive Positioning Through New Product Development Author: Elie Ofek Publication: Chap. 3 in Handbook of New Product Development Management, edited by Christoph Loch and Stylianos Kavadias, 49-85. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jan 2004
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How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

investment deals and 2.3 percent of dollars among the investors surveyed went to women-owned firms, the Center discovered. HBS professor Myra M. Hart, an authority on entrepreneurship—especially the founding of high potential new... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

economic climate of the time. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/810054-PDF-ENG Citigroup's Exchange Offer (A) Robin Greenwood and James QuinnHarvard Business School Case 210-009 Citigroup faced considerable... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

this situation? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412041-PDF-ENG Sealed Air Corporation: Deciding the Fate of VTID Elie OfekHarvard Business School Case 512-029 : In mid-2010 the Sealed Air Corporation has to decide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your performance and your organization's effectiveness. In What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, HBS professor and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 May 2010
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First Look: May 25

auctions when separate. When there is an insufficient improvement, such mergers can harm advertisers. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-055.pdf Agency Costs, Mispricing, and Ownership Structure Authors:Sergey Chernenko, C. Fritz Foley, and View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Nov 2009
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http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110024-PDF-ENG Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service and Company Culture Frances X. Frei, Robin J. Ely, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 610-015 On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a... View Details

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December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
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Managing Diversity at Spencer Owens & Co.

By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas

Spencer Owens & Co, a disguised consulting firm, focuses on domestic and international economic development. As an extension of the firm's commitment to social justice, 20 years ago, Spencer Owens management introduced an affirmative action hiring and promotion... View Details

Keywords: Working Conditions; Selection and Staffing; Development Economics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Employees; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Consulting Industry

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November–December 2020
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Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case

By: Robin Ely and David A. Thomas

Leaders may mean well when they tout the economic payoffs of hiring more women and people of color, but there is no research support for the notion that diversifying the workforce automatically improves a company’s performance. This article critiques the popular... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Change; Trust

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September–October 1996
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Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity

By: D. A. Thomas and Robin Ely

Keywords: Management; Diversity

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17 Feb 2010
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case. Star Power: Colleague Quality and Turnover Authors:Boris Groysberg and Linda Eling-Lee Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change (forthcoming) An abstract in unavailable at this time. What It Takes to Make 'Star' Hires Pay Off Authors:Boris Groysberg, Linda... View Details

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21 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

SolStock In late 2016 drug maker Eli Lilly announced it would stop research on the Alzheimer's drug solanezumab after results proved disappointing over three trials. For competitors such as Biogen, Merck, and Roche, this decision... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

Cases & Course MaterialsEmotiv Systems Inc.: It's the Thoughts that Count Elie Ofek, Jason Riis, and Paul HamiltonHarvard Business School Case 510-050 Emotiv is getting ready to launch its innovative brain-computer interfacing (BCI)... View Details

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23 Feb 2010
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http://hbr.org/product/handbook-of-leadership-theory-and-practice/an/12326-HBK-ENG Women and Leadership: Defining the Challenges Authors:Robin J. Ely and Deborah L. Rhode Publication:Chap. 14 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice,... View Details

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October 2009 (Revised June 2011)
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Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture

By: Frances X. Frei, Robin J. Ely and Laura Winig

On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its board of directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies.... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Internet and the Web; Valuation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry

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May–June 2018
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What Most People Get Wrong about Men and Women: Research Shows the Sexes Aren't So Different

By: Catherine H. Tinsley and Robin J. Ely

Why have women failed to achieve parity with men in the workplace? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not because women prioritize their families over their careers, negotiate poorly, lack confidence, or are too risk averse. Meta-analyses of published studies show that... View Details

Keywords: Working Conditions; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Culture; Change Management

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24 Feb 2021
Lessons from the Classroom

What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace

promising successes on the world’s battlefields as they pursue long-term success. “You don’t want to copy and paste the strategy and tactics” from one war to the next, says Malhotra, the Eli Goldston View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

Authors:Marco Bertini, Dan Ariely, and Elie Ofek Publication:Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming) Abstract The research presented in this article provides evidence that add-on features sold to enhance a product can be more than just... View Details

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July 2010 (Revised March 2016)
Case

MacroMarkets LLC

By: Robin Greenwood and Luis M. Viceira

MacroMarkets co-founder and CEO Samuel Masucci III is meeting with a strategic partner for his firm. Co-founded with Yale University Professor Robert Shiller, MacroMarkets' main innovation is the "MacroShare," which allows investors to take long or short, levered or... View Details