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Employee Selection as a Control System

By: Dennis Campbell
Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study... View Details
Keywords: Management Systems; Governance Controls; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Motivation and Incentives; Decision Making; Business Model
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Campbell, Dennis. "Employee Selection as a Control System." Journal of Accounting Research 50, no. 4 (September 2012): 931–966.
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The Art of Balancing Autonomy and Control: What Managers Can Learn from Hackathon Organizers about Spurring Innovation.

By: Hila Lifshitz - Assaf, Sarah Lebovitz and Lior Zalmanson
Today, managers recognize that innovation requires a high level of work autonomy for their employees. This encourages curiosity, enables independent thinking, and provides an environment in which employees can experiment and test new problem-solving approaches with... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Hackathon; Autonomy; Control; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management
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Lifshitz - Assaf, Hila, Sarah Lebovitz, and Lior Zalmanson. "The Art of Balancing Autonomy and Control: What Managers Can Learn from Hackathon Organizers about Spurring Innovation." MIT Sloan Management Review 60, no. 2 (Winter 2019): 1–6.
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Take Control of Your Personal Brand

branding is all about. We all want to be well thought of in the minds of others who are important to our happiness and to the achievement of our goals. We all have a personal brand, whether we like it or not. In and outside of work, people will have ideas about you.... View Details
  • Feb 23 2018
  • Testimonial

Keeping the Missions Under Control

  • 11 Apr 2017
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Keeping the Missions Under Control

Norman Knight (GMP 9, 2010) is Executive Flight Director at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In this interview, he talks about the unique blend of scientific and technical skills and the management expertise needed to send... View Details
  • July 2004
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Determinants of Control System Design in Divisionalized Firms

By: Margaret A. Abernethy, Jan Bouwens and Laurence van Lent
We investigate two determinants of two choices in the control system of divisionalized firms, namely decentralization and use of performance measures. The two determinants are those identified in the literature as important to control system design: (1) information... View Details
Keywords: Design; Organizational Design; Business Divisions; Management Systems; Performance Evaluation
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Abernethy, Margaret A., Jan Bouwens, and Laurence van Lent. "Determinants of Control System Design in Divisionalized Firms." Accounting Review 79, no. 3 (July 2004): 545–570.
  • 18 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

water management technologies because they were aware of its weaknesses. "The basic problem from the farmers' point of view is that the water is in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Reinhardt. It's also one of the reasons... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • March 2005 (Revised July 2007)
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Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)

By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
In 1991, Chile adopted a framework of capital controls focused on reducing the massive flows of foreign investment coming into the country as international interest rates remained low. Capital inflows threatened the Central Bank's ability to manage the exchange rate... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Capital; Governance Controls; Business and Government Relations; Chile
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Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "Capital Controls in Chile in the 1990s (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-031, March 2005. (Revised July 2007.)
  • February 2019
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Can Multiunit Organizations Remain Agile as They Grow?

By: Tatiana Sandino
This note discusses how multiunit organizations incorporate flexibility into their management control systems, some by authorizing all or a select number of their dispersed units to make input and process decisions, some by investing in data-analytic technologies to... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Flexibility; Management Systems; Business Units; Decision Making
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Sandino, Tatiana. "Can Multiunit Organizations Remain Agile as They Grow?" Harvard Business School Technical Note 119-067, February 2019.
  • 2012
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Managerial Control of Business Press Coverage

By: Eugene F. Soltes and David H. Solomon
The business press plays a significant role in distributing firm news to investors. We investigate the extent to which managers can influence their firm's level of coverage in newswires and newspapers. We consider three choices under managerial control: press release... View Details
Keywords: Announcements; Governance Controls; News; Communication Strategy; Journalism and News Industry
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Soltes, Eugene F., and David H. Solomon. "Managerial Control of Business Press Coverage." October 2012.
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Information and Control in Modern Manufacturing

Ratna Sarkar's research in management accounting focuses on the effect of information and incentives on performance. She has investigated the role of worker empowerment, training and inventory in modern manufacturing settings and her findings suggest that these... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2014
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A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control

Thanks (or no thanks) to social media, brand managers have lost the power to control the perception of their products through carefully orchestrated advertising campaigns. These days, consumers are in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising
  • March 2018 (Revised January 2021)
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China Vanke: Battle for Control (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau and Anthony K. Woo
In June 2016, the board of China Vanke, one of China’s largest and best-known private residential real estate developers, must vote on a proposed acquisition that is opposed by its largest shareholders, state-owned China Resources Co. and the lesser-known property... View Details
Keywords: China Vanke; China Resources; Hostile Takeover; Board Of Directors; Shareholding Structure; Shareholder Rights; Asset Restructuring; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Real Estate Industry; China
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Paine, Lynn S., Charles C.Y. Wang, Dawn H. Lau, and Anthony K. Woo. "China Vanke: Battle for Control (A)." Harvard Business School Case 318-117, March 2018. (Revised January 2021.)
  • February 1989
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Reorder Point Based Inventory Control Systems

By: Janice H. Hammond
Keywords: Logistics; Management
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Hammond, Janice H. "Reorder Point Based Inventory Control Systems." Harvard Business School Case 689-026, February 1989.
  • July 1987 (Revised October 1995)
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Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis

By: Lynda M. Applegate
The downstream operations subsidiary of a major U.S. petroleum company is faced with major restructuring decisions and responds by developing an Executive Information System (EIS) which allows for increased responsiveness, wider span of control, and higher levels of... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Information Management; Governance Controls; Organizational Design; Crisis Management; Communication; Management Teams; Growth Management; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; United States
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Applegate, Lynda M. "Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 189-006, July 1987. (Revised October 1995.)
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Risk Management

The recent proliferation of risk management, as a management control system, and the continuing failures in risk oversight suggest that risk practices warrant further research and understanding.

My mission, ambition, and indeed passion is to document,... View Details

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Discussion of 'The Use of Management Control Mechanisms to Mitigate Moral Hazard in the Decision to Outsource'

By: Dennis Campbell
Keywords: Management; Decision Making; Ethics; Job Cuts and Outsourcing
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Campbell, Dennis. "Discussion of 'The Use of Management Control Mechanisms to Mitigate Moral Hazard in the Decision to Outsource'." Journal of Accounting Research 50, no. 2 (May 2012): 593–604.
  • 1 Nov 2013
  • Conference Presentation

The Entrepreneurial Gap: How Managers Adjust Span of Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy

By: Robert L. Simons
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Simons, Robert L. "The Entrepreneurial Gap: How Managers Adjust Span of Accountability and Span of Control to Implement Business Strategy." Paper presented at the All-Island Innovation Conference, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 1, 2013.
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Keeping Track: Performance Measurement, Control & Strategy

Beginning with the influential work of Professor Emeritus Robert N. Anthony in the 1960s and 1970s, Harvard Business School has given a prominent place to research and course development focusing on the intersection of strategy and View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert Simons
  • 2000
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Performance Measurement and Control Systems for Implementing Strategy

By: R. Simons
Keywords: Performance Capacity; Strategy; Management Systems
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Simons, R. Performance Measurement and Control Systems for Implementing Strategy. Prentice Hall, 2000.
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