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  • February 2009 (Revised August 2021)
  • Supplement

Jieliang Phone Home! (B)

By: Willy Shih, Ethan Bernstein and Nina Bilimoria
At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators—bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao—are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and have... View Details
Keywords: Managing People; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Production; Innovation and Invention; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Management Practices and Processes; Compensation and Benefits; Labor; Surveys; Decisions; Manufacturing Industry; China
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    Lynda M. Applegate

    Lynda M. Applegate is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS and is Chair of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University’s Masters Degree of Liberal Arts in Finance and Management at the Harvard University Extension School.  She has also played a... View Details

    • February 2009 (Revised July 2012)
    • Supplement

    Jieliang Phone Home! (C)

    By: Willy Shih, Ethan Bernstein and Nina Bilimoria
    At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators - bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and... View Details
    Keywords: Globalization; Compensation and Benefits; Surveys; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Labor and Management Relations; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Manufacturing Industry; Telecommunications Industry; China
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    • Profile

    Leo Markel

    HBS, I flex my decision-making muscle and learn by stepping into the shoes of the case protagonist. Furthermore, I feel fortunate to hear the perspectives of the Marines, political leaders, and many other students who come from... View Details
    Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Other Financial Services; Nonprofit / Government

      NGOs and Organizational Change

      The organizational dynamics of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly complex as they have evolved from small local groups into sophisticated multinational organizations with global networks. Alnoor... View Details

      • Summer 2016
      • Article

      Motivated Bayesians: Feeling Moral While Acting Egoistically

      By: Francesca Gino, Michael I. Norton and Roberto A. Weber
      A growing body of research yields ample evidence that individuals’ behavior often reflects an apparent concern for moral considerations. Using a broad definition of morality—to include varied non-egoistic motivations such as fairness, honesty, and efficiency as... View Details
      Keywords: Behavior; Ethics
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      • 28 Oct 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

      Now, consumers learn about a product in different ways—receive directly from the firm through traditional or digital advertising, seek out information themselves through search, or learn from other consumers... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising
      • 02 Apr 2007
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Making the Move to General Manager

      Manager Program (TGMP), which together have more than 11,000 alumni. As a modular program—with on-campus learning interspersed with work back at the organization—GMP's target market is executives with fifteen to twenty years of... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace
      • 05 Mar 2010
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Will I Stay or Will I Go? Cooperative and Competitive Effects of Workgroup Sex and Race Composition on Turnover

      Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn & Katherine L. Milkman
      • February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
      • Case

      Microsoft Latin America

      By: Robert S. Kaplan, Alberto Ballve and Antonio Davila
      Mauricio Santillan, regional vice president for the Latin American division of Microsoft, has introduced a new performance measurement system to help his country managers formulate and control strategy. Microsoft Latin America's priorities are rolling out of an... View Details
      Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Applications and Software; Emerging Markets; Crime and Corruption; Motivation and Incentives; Management Skills; Global Strategy; Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Latin America
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      • 21 May 2018
      • Blog Post

      Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

      not be more proud of my involvement in this transformative project. I employed much of what I learned at HBS to make it happen. It’s a terrific end cap on a career focused on making the world a better place. Hopefully, The Hatchery will... View Details
      Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
      • February 2016
      • Teaching Note

      Advanced Leadership Pathways: General Gale Pollock and Services for the Vision Impaired

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Tessa Natanay Hamilton and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
      Following a successful military career as an Army Nurse, achieving rank as Major General, becoming the first female Acting Surgeon General of the Army, and the 22nd Chief of the Army Nurse Corps, Pollock developed a vested interest in improving the lives of the... View Details
      Keywords: Health
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      • September 2005
      • Article

      Affect and Creativity at Work

      By: Teresa M. Amabile, Sigal G. Barsade, Jennifer S. Mueller and Barry M. Staw
      This study explored how affect relates to creativity at work. Using both quantitative and qualitative longitudinal data from the daily diaries of 222 employees in seven companies, we examined the nature, form, and temporal dynamics of the affect-creativity... View Details
      Keywords: Creativity; Attitudes; Employees; Theory
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      • February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
      • Case

      Mistry Architects (A)

      By: Amy C. Edmondson, Robert G. Eccles and Mona Sinha
      Describes an architecture firm founded and run by a husband and wife team, Sharukh and Renu Mistry, that emphasizes "green" building. The firm presents an unusual mix of projects-spanning the spectrum from larger corporate projects to small private homes. The mix also... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Customer Focus and Relationships; Design; Housing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Nonprofit Organizations; Conflict and Resolution
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      • 2014
      • Chapter

      Negotiation Processes as Sources of (and Solutions to) Interorganizational Conflict

      By: Elizabeth Long Lingo, Colin Fisher and Kathleen L. McGinn
      We investigate how structural features of negotiations can affect interaction processes and how negotiations can be not only a solution to, but also a source of, inter-organizational conflict. Principals, agents, and teams face different sets of constraints and... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Conflict; Organizational Management; Organizations; Conflict Management; Negotiation Process; Theory
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      • 31 Jan 2007
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Behavioral Decision Research, Legislation, and Society: Three Cases

      Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
      • May 2020
      • Article

      Value-Based Health Care in Undergraduate Medical Education

      By: Jessica N. Holtzman, Bhushan R. Deshpande, Jessica C. Stuart, Thomas W. Feeley, Mary Witkowski, Edward M. Hundert and Jennifer Kasper
      Problem: Value-based health care (VBHC) is an innovative framework for redesigning care delivery to achieve better outcomes for patients and reduce cost; however, providing students with the skills to understand and engage with these topics is a challenge to... View Details
      Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Higher Education; Curriculum and Courses
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      • 2017
      • Working Paper

      A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies

      By: Valeria Giacomin
      Clusters are defined as geographically concentrated agglomerations of specialized firms in a particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper... View Details
      Keywords: Industry Clusters; Research; Theory; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Analysis; Globalization
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      • 28 Jun 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: June 28

      and George Serafeim Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract In tests of the equity market timing theory of external finance, the prior literature has used overvaluation identifiers such as high market-to-book and high prior... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Web

      Publications - Faculty & Research

      agendas. But the maturity of boards’ climate-oversight processes and activities varies widely. To better... View Details Keywords: Corporate Governance ; Climate Change ; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact ; Governing and Advisory... View Details