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- 10 Apr 2019
- HBS Case
How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold
financial capital is important, generating human capital and social capital can be just as important, if not more so, and often gets short shrift. “We think there should be a ‘demo day’ for hiring employees or developing social... View Details
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
that the tradeoff between scale and friction is complex. For example, what effect does a company's origins, its beliefs, and how these are reflected in management behaviors (reflected in Walmart's emphasis on "family") reduce... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Making Finance Personal
solutions, he has aggressively implemented the notion that customers, through their implicit choices or explicit actions (what Cook calls a “user contribution system”), and his brainstorming employees (in small groups within the company... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
off-boarding,” says Polli. “If somebody is looking to let go of an employee, we will give them career matching and help them connect to other opportunities. It is important to have a solution that will basically work from start to finish.” The company has grown... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
'voice' into action is the way to reach a 'golden era' in marketing productivity." Whether the real potential for improvement in marketing productivity primarily lies in the minds and behaviors of existing or potential customers will... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
practices that will allow people to flourish - the key to organizational success. Do Lunch or Be Lunch by Howard H. Stevenson (Harvard Business School Press) According to HBS professor Howard Stevenson, most of human history and much of human View Details
- 21 Oct 2010
- News
Hell? Maybe Not.
part of the 25 employees of MBA Career and Professional Development. “It’s an all-hands-on-deck situation,” says Director of Employer Relations Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA ’03). Logistics and prepping aside, the week represents a prime... View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
system of global management, to the extent it can still be called American, will look less like it used to and more like something "multinational." People are willing to adjust their behavior to facilitate teamwork, but they... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
industry under deregulation. Largely overlooked in the popular literature on Southwest, this culture combining wacky behavior and a deep commitment to the long-term health of Southwest and its employees was... View Details
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
D. KC, and F. Gino Abstract—Many models in operations management involve dynamic decision making that assumes optimal updating in response to information revelation. However, behavioral theory suggests that rather than updating their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 8
Dynamics of Warmth and Competence Judgments, and Their Outcomes in Organizations Authors:Amy J.C. Cuddy, Peter Glick, and Anna Beninger Publication:Research in Organizational Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract Two traits-warmth and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2016
- News
The Dragon’s Tale
ambitious, creative, and having a great idea that looks promising in terms of making a profit is not enough in China. There are 87 million members of the Communist Party in China. If you have more than 50 employees in your company, you... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 11 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 11
Publications November 2014 Harvard Business Review Cooks Make Tastier Food When They Can See Their Customers By: Buell, Ryan W., Tami Kim, and Chia-Jung Tsay Abstract—While existing theory suggests that increased contact between customers and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55022 Who Should Select New Employees in Geographically Dispersed Organizations: Headquarters or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
similar behavior following periods of poor financial performance. In addition to offering promotions more frequently, we find that firms offer deeper price discounts to manage earnings during these periods. Furthermore, our results... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
or Hands: How Do Employees Respond to a Radical Global Language Change Over Time? By: Reiche, Sebastian, and Tsedal Neeley Abstract— To understand how recipients respond to radical change over time across cognitive, affective, and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2011
- What Do You Think?
Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?
towards empowering employees to be creative and make decisions," which she believes will continue. Penny Cortez thinks that we should see more research on why "bad leadership seems to be more common than good " Illysa would... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
trust, employee commitment, and "ownership" behaviors of both employees and clients-could explain and be used to predict up to half of the difference in operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
2016 Gurgaon, India: Penguin Random House Win-Win Corporations: The Indian Way of Shaping Successful Strategies By: Shah, Shashank Abstract—Why did Ratan Tata decide to pay for all the victims of 26/11 whether injured in the Taj or anywhere else? Why did HDFC’s Aditya... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
business. The book describes a conceptual framework, "the culture cycle," for managing culture that comprises setting and meeting expectations; establishing trust, engagement, and ownership among employees and customers that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne