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  • May 2017
  • Case

Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund

By: Steven Rogers and Valerie Mosley
Vicki Fuller traveled from a four-room tenement bordering Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green housing projects to speaking at conferences around the world and typically holding court wherever she went. As a teenager, she helped raise her siblings. As a Wall Street... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Public Sector; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Governance; Government Administration; Employee Relationship Management; Compensation and Benefits; Selection and Staffing; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Experience and Expertise; Asset Management; Financial Strategy; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Recruitment; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Attitudes; Trust; Financial Services Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)
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  • 01 Mar 2021
  • What Do You Think?

What Does Remote Work Mean for Middle Managers?

bosses and peers, something (including boards in some organizations) that CEOs don’t have to worry so much about. In fact, middle managers are often blamed when problems arise. Some leaders say that middle View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • April 2012
  • Article

Teamwork on the Fly

By: Amy C. Edmondson
In a fast-paced and ever-changing business environment, traditional teams aren't always practical. Instead, companies increasingly employ teaming: gathering experts in temporary groups to solve problems they may be encountering for the first and only time. This... View Details
Keywords: Teaming; Cross-functional Integration; Organizational Learning; Groups and Teams; Experience and Expertise; Interpersonal Communication; Projects; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competency and Skills; Learning
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    F. Warren McFarlan

    Professor McFarlan earned his AB from Harvard University in 1959, and his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1961 and 1965 respectively. He has had a significant role in introducing materials on Management Information Systems to all major programs at... View Details

    Keywords: communications; computer; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; nonprofit industry

      Eugene F. Soltes

      Eugene Soltes is a Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School where his work focuses on corporate integrity and risk management. His research utilizes data analytics to identify organizational cultures and compliance systems that can effectively... View Details

      • Research Summary

      Financial Incentives

      My research examines how the performance effects of internal governance and the design of compensation vary by managerial position. For example, I document links between innovation and stock options for corporate R&D heads;... View Details

      • Research Summary

      Service Excellence by Design

      By: Frances X. Frei
      This research addresses how to design sustainable service models that deliver ongoing value to both customers and the firm. In particular, the research reveals three principles of effective service management (see View Details
      • January 22, 2020
      • Article

      Making Honest Conversations the Norm

      By: Michael Beer
      Much admired companies like Boeing and Wells Fargo sacrifice their competitive advantage. Some make huge ethical blunders. As a result, shareholders suffer huge losses in value while employees, customers, and society lose trust and confidence in the institution. Based... View Details
      Keywords: Honesty; Interpersonal Communication; Framework; Organizational Culture; Trust; Performance Effectiveness
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        Roy D. Shapiro

        Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

        • November 2012
        • Case

        Bonnier: Digitalizing the Media Business

        By: Lynda Applegate, Daniel Nylen, Jonny Holmstrom and Kalle Lyytinen
        The case follows leading Scandinavian media company Bonnier as it establishes a designated R&D division for the first time. The case, in particular, focuses on its first flagship project, called Mag+, in which it creates a digital platform for publishing digital... View Details
        Keywords: Media And Publishing; Media; Publishing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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        • 2011
        • Working Paper

        The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision Making

        By: Pablo Casas-Arce, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez and V.G. Narayanan
        This paper analyzes the effects of providing forward-looking metrics on employee decision making. We use data from a southern European bank that, in April 2002, started providing its branch managers with customer lifetime value (CLV) information about mortgage... View Details
        Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Mortgages; Employees; Information; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Service Delivery; Banking Industry; Europe
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        • 14 Sep 2021
        • Blog Post

        How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development

        example, some companies choose to have a career coach on retainer that employees can work with, or they will hire career coaches for employees on an ad-hoc basis for discussions around career progression, professional development, and View Details
        Keywords: All Industries
        • 14 Sep 2021
        • Blog Post

        How to Support Your Employees' Career Development

        some companies choose to have a career coach on retainer that employees can work with, or they will hire career coaches for employees on an ad-hoc basis for discussions around career progression, professional development, and managing... View Details
        • September 2024
        • Technical Note

        How to Pay Family Employees in a Family Business

        By: Christina R. Wing, Maryann G Bell and Kara A Perusse
        Family businesses play a pivotal role in global economies, contributing significantly to employment and wealth creation. However, managing compensation for family members within these enterprises can be complex. Family employees frequently intertwine their roles as... View Details
        Keywords: Family Business; Fairness; Compensation and Benefits; Business or Company Management
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        Winning Coalitions

        By: James K. Sebenius
        James K. Sebenius is examining the most effective ways to generate and sustain cooperation among a corporations many stakeholders. As the number of stakeholders grows, and management actions more often involve players outside the traditional chain of command and... View Details
        • 22 Nov 2010
        • Research & Ideas

        Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

        Business leaders can't develop and execute effective strategy without first gathering the right information, says Harvard Business School professor Robert Simons. In his new book, Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better... View Details
        Keywords: by Robert Simons
        • 01 May 2018
        • News

        Why Today's Young Professionals Are Turning To Knowledge Entrepreneurship

        • 01 Aug 2022
        • What Do You Think?

        Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

        (“use of knowledge in a prudent way”), and trustworthiness. One can raise all kinds of questions about this research. First, the time line for cause and effect extends over a very long period of time. Obviously, religion is only one... View Details
        Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
        • October 2013 (Revised August 2015)
        • Supplement

        Outotec (B): Action Plan

        By: Robert J. Dolan and Doug J. Chung
        Outotec was a market leader in providing mining solutions to large mining companies. The company’s specialization and proprietary technology created value for its customers and helped the firm differentiate from its competitors. Yet, Outotec was not pricing or... View Details
        Keywords: Value-based Pricing; Bargaining Power Of Buyers; Marketing; Segmentation; Price; Policy; Sales; Management; Value Creation; Mining Industry
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        • October 2013 (Revised August 2015)
        • Case

        Outotec (A): Project Capture

        By: Robert J. Dolan and Doug J. Chung
        Outotec was a market leader in providing mining solutions to large mining companies. The company’s specialization and proprietary technology created value for its customers and helped the firm differentiate from its competitors. Yet, Outotec was not pricing or... View Details
        Keywords: Value-based Pricing; Bargaining Power Of Buyers; Marketing; Segmentation; Price; Policy; Sales; Management; Value Creation; Mining Industry
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