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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
Glass (MBA 1994), a serial entrepreneur and co-owner of an esports team, explains, “Esports is the most gigantic industry that nobody’s ever heard of.” Bjerg, third from left, and Team SoloMid compete in a League of Legends tournament in... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
tournament will garner 770 billion minutes of attention. The fact that most will view the matches as they are played makes the tournament even more valuable to advertisers—a key principle of "Attention... View Details
- 30 Nov 2019
- News
Land of the Rising Scrum
MBA 1972 and Regan Turner MBA 2003 Mike Rush MBA 1972 and Regan Turner MBA 2003 The Old Boys, which are today predominately alums from the 1970s, were formed in 1978 by Mike Rush (MBA 1972) and other alumni ruggers to play in an Easter View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Dan Geffken (MBA '87)
adoption. “It's easy for my classmates to keep track of how old Molly is,” laughed Geffken, SVP, finance, and CFO of Transkaryotic Therapies in Cambridge. “They can chart her age by our reunions.” This year Geffken was treasurer for his 15th Reunion, in addition to... View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
Feedback in Tournament and Individual Performance Compensation Plans Authors:Lynn Hannan, Ranjani Krishnan, and Andrew Newman Publication: The Accounting Review 83, no. 4 (July 2008) Abstract This study investigates the effects of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
Rank-Order Tournaments Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau, Constance E. Helfat, Karim R. Lakhani, and Michael Menietti Abstract Economic analysis of rank-order tournaments has shown that intensified competition leads... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes: Minorities in the Executive Suite
positions. One of the first things Thomas and Gabarro discovered in their research was a variation in the rules of the traditional "corporate career tournament." According to the tournament concept, Thomas explains, managers who... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Harvard Business School Case 518-041 The ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Should the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament gamble most of its player budget on superstar player Rafael Nadal, even after the event’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over
deep into the tournament a team will go, because that will affect the number of over-the-air impressions that are generated for the brand. They must consider many other factors such as the global appeal of an opponent or of a particular... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
platform, Lakhani developed the NASA Tournament Lab to create contests that improve computer codes and data analytics solutions. With Harvard Medical School researchers, he designed a competition to break data bottlenecks and speed up DNA... View Details
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
Publications February 2015 RAND Journal of Economics Performance Responses to Competition Across Skill-Levels in Rank Order Tournaments: Field Evidence and Implications for Tournament Design By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Karim R. Lakhani, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Sep 2014
- Blog Post
A Summer Reflection
Q&A with the CEO, watched a golf tournament from the CFO’s house, and had a training on strategic thinking led by the SVP of corporate strategy (an HBS alumna). Beyond this, I had the chance to meet several SVPs to discuss my project... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
Glaeser, Kominers, and Harvard doctoral candidate Andrew Hillis further honed the algorithm to develop a tool for the City of Boston. After officials were asked to identify health violations of the most concern, the researchers and Boston ran an open View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
Embarrassing losses to the JVs have the varsity crew members dispirited and complaining about one another. Confidence is fading fast. The national rowing tournament is a week away. Should Coach P simply declare the JV boat to be the new... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53787 Subjectivity in Tournaments: Implicit Rewards and Penalties and Subsequent Performance By: Cai, Wei, and Susanna Gallani Abstract—This study explores the effects of subjective adjustments of objective performance... View Details
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53958 Effects of a Tournament Incentive Plan Incorporating Managerial Discretion in a Geographically Dispersed Organization By: Deller, Carolyn, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Using retail... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition
I’d recommend to other companies looking to bring new employees into the fold. For example, we had a Maverick-wide poker tournament (nothing like losing money that bonds you), and organized a wine tasting experience across the country... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963
awards, buildings, scholarships, a professorship, and even a hockey tournament bear McArthur’s name. In 2013, he received the Order of Canada, a prestigious civilian honor, and last year he accepted the Harvard Medal. Now 83 and retired,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
in self-confidence, assessments of others, and behavior in a cooperative game. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55101 forthcoming Management Science Effects of a Tournament Incentive Plan Incorporating... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
increase medical business skills and raise clinical performance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53281 Tournament Incentive Plans Incorporating Objective and Subjective Criteria: Implications for a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne