by Paul Lawrence - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2021
Teaching Note

July 2020 (Revised May 2022)
Case

Ketchup and Hotdog Synergies: Intangibles Created by the Kraft Heinz Merger

By: Paul Healy and Marshal Herrmann

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20 Mar 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Stock Selection and Performance of Buy-Side Analysts

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Paul Healy, George Serafeim, Devin Shanthikumar & Gui Yang; Financial Services

19 Nov 2014
Working Paper Summaries

The Search for Benchmarks: When Do Crowds Provide Wisdom?

Keywords: by Charles M.C. Lee, Paul Ma & Charles C.Y. Wang

25 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

C-suite roles than their classmates, says Paul Gompers, the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who is one of the study’s co-authors. “It certainly makes sense that that kind of intense... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

27 Feb 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance

Keywords: by Paul Green, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats

27 Jan 2017
Working Paper Summaries

The Microstructure of Work: How Unexpected Breaks Let You Rest, but Not Lose Focus

Keywords: by Pradeep Pendem, Paul Green, Bradley R. Staats, and Francesca Gino

03 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

aspects of the firm: operations, marketing, finance, communications, and product development. Clearly, general management skills win the day, says one of the paper’s coauthors, Paul A. Gompers, who is the Eugene Holman Professor of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Article

Discussion of Earnings-based Bonus Plans and Earnings Management by Business Unit Managers

By: Paul M. Healy

Keywords: Management; Compensation and Benefits; Earnings Management

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22 Apr 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

the Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Paul W. Marshall, the MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management Practice and course head for The Entrepreneurial Manager, and Richard G. Hamermesh, senior lecturer and instructor for... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat

Who really runs the world? We're not talking in a power-brokers-conspiring-in-the-back-room sort of way. Rather, by looking at the institutions that countries themselves have set up to organize the world's affairs, can we determine who is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

Columbia; Paul Smeets of Maastricht University in the Netherlands; and Rene Bekkers of Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Norton and Dunn are co-authors of the book Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending, which says that purchasing... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Oct 2010
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Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

Keywords: by Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, John Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James & Michael I. Norton

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

are external hires, and roughly two-thirds are “complete outsiders,” finds a recent working paper by Paul Gompers, the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

03 Dec 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Performance Persistence in Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers, Anna Kovner, Josh Lerner & David S. Scharfstein

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

yuri_arcurs Recent research shows for the first time that diversity in venture capital firms not only spawns creativity and alternative viewpoints, but also improves financial performance. Paul Gompers, Eugene Holman Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

08 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform

For companies to redeem credibility with investors, argue Harvard Business School professors Paul Healy and Krishna Palepu, "fundamental and even radical reforms must be made to the way America's markets process the flows of... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

counterparts, but a woman in a senior leadership role who switches to a new firm can now expect a salary bump of 25 percent on average, whereas a man making a similar move will see 9 percent more pay, says Paul Healy, the James R.... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz