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  • Fall 2013
  • Article

The Role of Performance Measures in the Intertemporal Decisions of Business Unit Managers

Accounting performance measures are often argued to lead to short-sighted behavior by managers facing intertemporal decisions. We assess the association between different types of performance measures and the time horizon of business unit managers who have profit... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Performance Evaluation
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    Don’t Focus on the Most Expressive Face in the Audience

    Research has shown that when speaking in front of a group, people’s attention tends to gets stuck on the most emotional faces, causing them to overestimate the group’s average emotional state. In this piece, the authors share two additional findings: First, the... View Details
    • 31 Jan 2014
    • News

    Research Shows Which TV Ads Are Likely to Make Multitaskers Buy

    • 28 Jan 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: January 28

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=13-063.pdf The Rising Cost of Consumer Attention: Why You Should Care, and What You Can Do about It By: Teixeira, Thales S. Abstract—Attention is a necessary ingredient for effective advertising. The market for... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Sep 2013
    • Case

    IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept

    This case explores the motivation behind P-TECH (a growing skills gap), how it was developed along with the challenges, and the attention generated by the unique school design. View Details
    • 09 Aug 2017
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Productivity Tips You Probably Haven't Considered Before

    Unexpected Breaks Let You Rest, but Not Lose Focus Work breaks are usually considered as a necessary evil—inevitable but nonproductive. This study shows that properly structured breaks maintaining employee attention can actually yield... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • October 2014 (Revised June 2016)
    • Case

    MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion

    By: Sunil Gupta, Rajiv Lal and Natalie Kindred
    MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga was investing significant time and attention to increase financial inclusion among individuals with historically no access to banking or financial services in countries around the world with large underserved populations. The effort included... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing; Financial Services; Financial And Social Return; Financial Inclusion; Strategic Management; South Africa; Nigeria; Ajay Banga; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; South Africa; Nigeria
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    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    G.I. Joe Phenomena: Understanding the Limits of Metacognitive Awareness on Debiasing

    By: Ariella S. Kristal and Laurie R. Santos
    Knowing about one’s biases does not always allow one to overcome those biases— a phenomenon referred to as the G. I. Joe fallacy. We explore why knowing about a bias doesn’t necessarily change biased behavior. We argue that seemingly disparate G. I. Joe... View Details
    Keywords: Biases; Judgment; Decision-making; Nudge; Debiasing; Illusions; Prejudice and Bias; Decision Making; Behavior; Change
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    • October 6, 2015
    • Article

    The Equity Imperative in Collective Impact

    By: Mark R. Kramer and John Kania
    The five conditions of collective impact, implemented without attention to equity, are not enough to create lasting change. View Details
    Keywords: Collective Impact; Equity; Inclusion
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    • 01 Oct 2015
    • News

    The Rise of the Angel Investor

    • 20 Nov 2019
    • Video

    Seema Aziz

    Seema Aziz, founder of high quality fabrics company Sefam in Pakistan, describes the process of creating a corporate culture of excellence and attention to detail.

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    • 15 Jun 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    These VC Partners May Make Your Firm Less Innovative

    hit-driven business,” says McDonald. VC firms spread their wealth around to dozens of startups, hoping to hit that one jackpot that might be the next Facebook or Google. The problem comes when they have to choose between supporting one company over another. Such a case... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking
    • April 2018 (Revised October 2023)
    • Case

    Coco Chanel: From Fashion Icon to Nazi Agent

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
    This case describes the career of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel who created a transformational business during the first half of the 20th century. Beginning in her early adulthood, Chanel leveraged relationships with acquaintances, friends, and... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Biography; Entrepreneurship; Relationships; Brands and Branding; Ethics; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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    • March 2009 (Revised November 2021)
    • Case

    The Walt Disney Company and Pixar Inc.: To Acquire or Not to Acquire?

    By: Juan Alcacer, David J. Collis and Mary Furey
    Soon after Robert Iger took over as CEO of the Walt Disney Company in late 2005, he turned his attention toward Pixar, the animation studio with which Disney had worked since 1991 and was responsible for producing hits such as Toy Story and Finding Nemo. Disney's own... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Making; Animation Entertainment; Film Entertainment; Contracts; Distribution; Partners and Partnerships; Vertical Integration; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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    • 03 Oct 2012
    • News

    Tonight's Presidential Debate Will Be Decided by Body Language

    • February 2023 (Revised March 2023)
    • Case

    Twitter Turnaround and Elon Musk

    By: Andy Wu and Goran Calic
    Late afternoon on Friday, October 27th, 2022, Elon Musk was the center of attention at Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. The night before, Musk officially took the company private and became Twitter’s majority shareholder, finally ending a months-long acquisition... View Details
    Keywords: Elon Musk; Twitter; Acquisition; Revenue; Advertising; Social Media; Business or Company Management; Public Opinion; Job Cuts and Outsourcing
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    • 04 Aug 2014
    • News

    Market Basket Shows the Best and Worst of Family Business

    • 15 Jan 2015
    • News

    The Other Debt Bomb in Public-Employee Benefits

    • 04 Dec 2019
    • News

    Under-the-Radar Companies, including OYO Hotels, Carbon Engineering, Whim, and more!

    • March 2007 (Revised August 2009)
    • Case

    Grupo Bimbo

    By: Jordan I. Siegel
    In 2007 Grupo Bimbo, a leading global player in the baking industry, expands into China while at the same time undertaking initiatives to make its U.S. and South American operations more profitable. Allows students to analyze the company's entire global strategy.... View Details
    Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Government Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; China; Mexico; United States; South America
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