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Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives

By: Oriana Bandiera, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat and Raffaella Sadun
We combine unique administrative and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The data include manager characteristics, firm characteristics, detailed measures of managerial practices, and outcomes for the firm and the manager. A parsimonious model of... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Talent and Talent Management; Organizations; Management Teams
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  • 12 May 2015
  • News

A Flash of Insight

high school years, but I had put it off twice to pursue other career options. I realized then that medicine required the same skill sets, and it also represented a return to service—a very personal form of service.” Cooper took a job as a... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; 9/11; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 15 Feb 2012
  • Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

entrepreneurial skills on a broader canvas” We classified what we heard as ten potential disruptors of the global market system: the functioning of the global financial system, barriers to world trade, inequality and consequent populism,... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine
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Salsa Society | MBA

Salsa Society The mission of the Salsa Society is to provide a social forum for students of all levels to practice salsa dancing, improve their dancing skills and form an active community to enjoy salsa... View Details
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Believe Me, I Have No Idea What I Am Talking About: The Effects of Source Certainty on Consumer Involvement and Persuasion

By: Uma R. Karmarkar and Zakary L. Tormala
This research explores the effect of source certainty-that is, the level of certainty expressed by a message source-on persuasion. The authors propose an incongruity hypothesis, suggesting that source certainty effects depend on perceived source expertise. In three... View Details
Keywords: Research; Experience and Expertise; Risk and Uncertainty; Consumer Behavior; Performance Expectations; Interests; Power and Influence
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  • 01 Mar 2018
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)

Above: Rickards on Jamaica’s sense of community: “It’s good to live in a place where the people are expressive and vibrant.” (photo by Marina Burnel) I had a strong sense when I was at HBS that the skills I learned there would have a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

Research Brief: Ending the Legacy of Poverty

skills development. Those qualities, known as human capital, provide a better predictor of economic status, says Associate Professor Scott Duke Kominers. “A Theory of Intergenerational Mobility,” authored by Kominers, Kevin Murphy and the... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Educational Services
  • 06 Oct 2022
  • News

On the Road to Recovery

their skills has given nurses greater bargaining power to negotiate higher salaries and better working conditions. Prior to the pandemic, Nightingale Nurses charged about $85 an hour for its nurses (about 75% goes to the nurse, about 25%... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 05 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

emergency medical workers, and medical researchers all demand cadavers or cadaver parts. As an illustration, orthopedic surgeons use human joints to fine-tune their skills to learn new procedures. Similarly, some researchers studying... View Details
Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health
  • Profile

Roniesha Copeland

needs; in bridging a community’s economic gaps.” Balancing two compelling interests Throughout college at Howard University and in her subsequent professional career, Roniesha sought to develop skills relevant to both interests – business... View Details
  • 01 Dec 1997
  • News

Short Takes

hospitals build cross-functional and cross-organizational teams that coordinate patient care more effectively. "Given the diversity of skills and backgrounds of doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers,... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
  • 14 Dec 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature

Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, and Tina Xu
  • June 2010
  • Article

Leadership Competencies for Implementing Planned Organizational Change

By: Julie Battilana, Mattia Gilmartin, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul and Jeffrey A. Alexander
This paper bridges the leadership and organizational change literatures by exploring the relationship between managers' leadership competencies (namely, their effectiveness at person-oriented and task-oriented behaviors) and the likelihood that they will emphasize the... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Competency and Skills; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Planning; Relationships; Business Processes; Projects; Theory; Change; Behavior; Health Industry; United Kingdom
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  • May–June 2021
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How to Close the Gender Gap

By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
Most companies say they’re committed to advancing women into leadership roles. What they may fail to recognize, though, is that systemic barriers are holding women back. As a result, women remain disadvantaged at every stage of their employment and underrepresented in... View Details
Keywords: Gender Discrimination; Employment; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • May 2009
  • Teaching Note

Equity International: The Second Act (TN)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Ben Creo
Teaching Note for [209110]. View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Alignment; Leadership Style; Experience and Expertise; Globalization; Interests; Brazil; Mexico
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  • May 1997
  • Background Note

Institutional Perspective on Management

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
Discusses the dimensions of the institutional environment surrounding business, including the role of stakeholders and the need for new collaborations in emerging markets; the key assumptions of the institutional perspective on businesses and markets, especially in... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Skills; Emerging Markets; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Perspective
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  • 01 Oct 1999
  • News

You goal, girl

sports fashion), Love's new magazine, Amy Love's REAL SPORTS, offers analysis of teams and players, methods for improving game skills and performance, and profiles of sports heroines. With an eye to the more than thirty million... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Faculty Books

and geopolitical change and uncertainty; compete on a global scale; and operate in a socially responsible and accountable manner. Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth by Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, and F. Warren... View Details
  • 01 May 2013
  • News

Michael F. Cronin, MBA 1977

“I wish more alumni could get to know the students we meet at the annual fellowship dinners,” says Michael F. Cronin, a former HBS Fund Chair and longtime supporter of fellowships at HBS. “I’ve met idealists who are committed to social... View Details
  • Profile

Jacqueline Beato

As an undergraduate, her business ambitions percolated within what might seem to be a technically oriented degree. "Industrial engineering is the best major there is," Jacqueline says. "Yes, it does include the core skills... View Details