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- Article
What's so Institutional about Leadership?: Leadership Mechanisms of Value Infusion
By: Ryan Raffaelli and Mary Ann Glynn
Leaders are important social actors in organizations, centrally involved in establishing and maintaining institutional values, a view that was articulated by Philip Selznick (1957) nearly a half-century ago, but often overlooked in institutionalists' accounts. Our... View Details
Raffaelli, Ryan, and Mary Ann Glynn. "What's so Institutional about Leadership? Leadership Mechanisms of Value Infusion." Research in the Sociology of Organizations 44 (2015): 283–316.
- 1994
- Chapter
Biases and Rationality in the Mediation Process
By: K. Gibson, L. L. Thompson and M. H. Bazerman
Gibson, K., L. L. Thompson, and M. H. Bazerman. "Biases and Rationality in the Mediation Process." In Applications of Heuristics and Biases to Social Issues. Vol. 3, edited by L. Heath, F. Bryant, J. Edwards, E. Henderson, J. Myers, E. Posavac, Y. Suarez-Balcazar, and R. S. Tindale. Social Psychological Applications to Social Issues. New York: Plenum Press, 1994.
- Fall 2024
- Article
Redemption Mechanisms in Poison Pills: Evidence on Pill Design and Law Firm Effects
By: Olivier Baum and Guhan Subramanian
We present the first evidence on the incidence of “trip wire” versus “last look” poison pills. Using a hand-collected data set of 130 poison pills implemented and/or amended between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2023, we find that pills are almost evenly divided... View Details
Baum, Olivier, and Guhan Subramanian. "Redemption Mechanisms in Poison Pills: Evidence on Pill Design and Law Firm Effects." Business Lawyer 79, no. 4 (Fall 2024).
- March 2006
- Teaching Note
Redesigning Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanisms (TN)
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
- 2015
- Working Paper
Strategy-Proofness, Investment Efficiency, and Marginal Returns: An Equivalence
By: John William Hatfield, Fuhito Kojima and Scott Duke Kominers
We show that a mechanism induces an agent to make efficient ex ante investment choices if and only if it rewards that agent with his marginal surplus; additionally, for an ex post efficient mechanism, these properties are equivalent to strategy-proofness for the agent.... View Details
Keywords: Strategy-proofness; Investment Efficiency; Providing Marginal Rewards; Vickrey-Clarke-Groves Mechanisms; Mechanism Design; Market Design; Human Capital
Hatfield, John William, Fuhito Kojima, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Strategy-Proofness, Investment Efficiency, and Marginal Returns: An Equivalence." Working Paper, January 2015.
- September 1991 (Revised January 1998)
- Case
Chaparral Steel: Rapid Product and Process Development
By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Gil Preuss
One of the nation's foremost mini-mills' core competence is the rapid realization of technology into products. This case describes the development of a highly innovative casting technique and features the role of the company's culture in achieving its goals. The... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Information Infrastructure; Product; Organizational Culture; Business Processes; Competency and Skills
Leonard-Barton, Dorothy, and Gil Preuss. "Chaparral Steel: Rapid Product and Process Development." Harvard Business School Case 692-018, September 1991. (Revised January 1998.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Categorical Processing in a Complex World
By: Marco Sammon, Thomas Graeber and Christopher Roth
In real-world news environments, quantitative information is rarely presented in isolation; it is characterized through qualitative comparisons with various reference levels. Company earnings, for example, are commonly compared to analyst forecasts, previous earnings,... View Details
- spring 1994
- Article
Unilateral Commitments and the Importance of Process in Alliances
By: Ranjay Gulati, Tarun Khanna and Nitin Nohria
How the partners in an alliance view their joint venture can have much to do with its success or failure. Each partner fears that the other will get the larger payoff by acting opportunistically while it cooperates in good faith. The result is that both partners choose... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Partners and Partnerships; Joint Ventures; Management Practices and Processes; Alliances; Trust; Game Theory
Gulati, Ranjay, Tarun Khanna, and Nitin Nohria. "Unilateral Commitments and the Importance of Process in Alliances." MIT Sloan Management Review 35, no. 3 (spring 1994): 61–69.
- 2006
- Working Paper
Changing the Boston School Choice Mechanism
By: Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Parag A. Pathak, Alvin E. Roth and Tayfun Sonmez
- 2024
- Working Paper
Empirical Guidance: Data Processing and Analysis with Applications in Stata, R, and Python
By: Melissa Ouellet and Michael W. Toffel
This paper describes a range of best practices to compile and analyze datasets, and includes some examples in Stata, R, and Python. It is meant to serve as a reference for those getting started in econometrics, and especially those seeking to conduct data analyses in... View Details
Keywords: Empirical Methods; Empirical Operations; Statistical Methods And Machine Learning; Statistical Interferences; Research Analysts; Analytics and Data Science; Mathematical Methods
Ouellet, Melissa, and Michael W. Toffel. "Empirical Guidance: Data Processing and Analysis with Applications in Stata, R, and Python." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-010, August 2024.
- 2000
- Working Paper
The Process of Strategy Development and Implementation
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Tara Donovan
- Article
Market Mechanisms for Newborn Health in Nepal
By: Karsten Lunze, Rosie Dawkins, Abeezer Tapia, Sidharth Anand, Michael Chu and David E. Bloom
Lunze, Karsten, Rosie Dawkins, Abeezer Tapia, Sidharth Anand, Michael Chu, and David E. Bloom. "Market Mechanisms for Newborn Health in Nepal." BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 17 (December 2017).
- May 2014 (Revised September 2015)
- Teaching Note
The Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
Teaching Note for 914-044, 914-045, 914-046 and 914-047. View Details
- Article
Revitalizing Organizations: Change Process and Emergent Model
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Revitalizing Organizations: Change Process and Emergent Model." Academy of Management Executive 1, no. 1 (February 1987): 51–55.
- 2023
- Working Paper
ESG: From Process to Product
By: George Serafeim
ESG measurement, analysis, management, and communication is a process that the financial industry has turned into a product, resulting in many investment funds using the ESG label. This has caused confusion, generating demand for a framework that defines... View Details
Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; ESG Ratings; ESG Reporting; Investment Fund; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Financial Services Industry
Serafeim, George. "ESG: From Process to Product." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-069, May 2023.
- November 2018
- Supplement
Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process
By: Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
Ruback, Richard S., and Royce Yudkoff. "Nashton Partners and Its Search Fund Process." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 219-703, November 2018.
- August 1981
- Background Note
Types of Processes
By: David A. Garvin
Provides a general introduction to the major types of production processes, their differences, and the implications that those differences have for management. View Details
Garvin, David A. "Types of Processes." Harvard Business School Background Note 682-008, August 1981.
- Research Summary
Projects in Process
Intermediaries and Accountability in Internet Advertising
Fraud Prevention in Internet Advertising Markets
Competition in Search and Search Advertising
Gaming and Incentives from Steeply-Tiered Affiliate Commission Schedules
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Fraud Prevention in Internet Advertising Markets
Competition in Search and Search Advertising
Gaming and Incentives from Steeply-Tiered Affiliate Commission Schedules
- Article
Considering Concessions: A Survey Experiment on the Colombian Peace Process
By: Aila M. Matanock and Natalia Garbiras-Díaz
Designing peace agreements that can be signed and sustained can be difficult in civil conflict. Many recent cases of successful settlements include electoral provisions, often for rebel groups to participate as political parties. Engaging the electoral process,... View Details
Keywords: Peace Process; Political Parties; Politics; Government; Agreements; Political Backlash; Political Discourse; Civil Unrest; Civil War; Political Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; Policy; Conflict and Resolution; Latin America; Colombia
Matanock, Aila M., and Natalia Garbiras-Díaz. "Considering Concessions: A Survey Experiment on the Colombian Peace Process." Conflict Management and Peace Science 35, no. 6 (November 2018): 637–655.