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Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

market. We recommend beginning this pathway with Leading with Finance. Leading with Finance Alternative Investments Sustainable Investing Why Should You Learn Finance and Accounting? Today’s managers depend on performance evaluation.... View Details
  • June 2011
  • Article

Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act

By: Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin J. Forbes
This paper analyzes the impact of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings and thereby reduced the cost to U.S. multinationals of accessing a source of internal capital. Lawmakers and lobbyists... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Performance Effectiveness; Code Law; Taxation; Cost; Capital; Financial Strategy; Research and Development; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
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Leadership - Faculty & Research

and access to real-time data. But less transparent work environments can yield more-transparent employees. Employees perform better when they can try out new ideas and approaches within certain zones of privacy. Organizations allow them... View Details
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

The Link Between Integrative Bargaining and Leadership Evaluations

By: Julian J. Zlatev and Francis J. Flynn
We draw from implicit leadership theory and the dual concern theory of conflict resolution to posit a link between negotiation style and leadership evaluations. Specifically, we propose that individuals who are more skilled at integrative, but not distributive,... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Leadership; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Performance Evaluation
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  • 2015
  • Working Paper

Crowdsourced Digital Goods and Firm Productivity: Evidence from Open Source Software

By: Frank Nagle
As firms increasingly rely on crowdsourced digital goods, understanding their impact on productivity becomes critical. This study measures the firm-level productivity impact of one such good, non-pecuniary (free) open source software (OSS). The results show a... View Details
Keywords: Open Source Distribution; Performance Productivity; Software
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Faculty & Research | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

These efforts have resulted in more than 30 case studies focused on adapting and applying management concepts within urban public school systems to drive improved performance and on using entrepreneurial strategies to View Details
  • 08 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

by relevant "experience," which is the most frequently used criterion by sales managers. In his new book, Aligning Strategy and Sales, Cespedes discusses why the gap is so common—and outlines effective steps to bridge it. This... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Sep 2019
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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

effectively discuss race, but if they approach it with a sense of openness and learning, they can play an important role in advocating change.” Managers must learn to create safe spaces at work to have these conversations and let... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • June 2001
  • Teaching Note

Teaching IT Executive Education Courses TN

By: Richard L. Nolan
In the information age, it is important that IT be addressed in an effective way accessible to practicing executives. Teaching IT to executives continues to change in concepts and content as IT penetrates deeply into every area of business. Driven by Moore's Law, the... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Developing Countries and Economies; Business Education; Managerial Roles; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Improvement; Information Technology
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Providing Assessment & Feedback - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

assessing student and instructor performance. This section features advice in the following areas: Judging Success Student Performance Instructor Performance Christensen Center Tip Sheets Characteristics of... View Details
  • 07 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

retention when compared to competitors. It was fun to find a virtuous cycle within a business model that has nothing to do with the network effects of a tech platform. The case was extremely important in highlighting why we should look... View Details
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Aligning Reimbursement with Value - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

and interventions performed over a full care cycle for an acute medical condition. Such bundled payments create benefits for all the principal players. Bundled payment in health care is the simplest and most View Details
  • 03 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How to Succeed With Your New Boss

relationship with your new boss, they need to work effectively with you. In the past, have you done a good job of helping subordinates make their own transitions? What might you do differently this time? Planning For Five Conversations... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
  • August 2012
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Consumer Response to Versioning: How Brands' Production Methods Affect Perceptions of Unfairness

By: Andrew Gershoff, Ran Kivetz and Anat Keinan
Marketers often extend product lines by offering limited-capability models that are created by removing or degrading features in existing models. This production method, called versioning, has been lauded because of its ability to increase both consumer and firm... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Production; Competency and Skills; Welfare or Wellbeing; Cost vs Benefits; Perception; Customers; Performance Evaluation; Fairness; Business Ventures
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  • 27 Oct 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

sales should not be the same because the functions they perform require important differences. But, they can be complementary and operate in such a way that customers are efficiently and effectively... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
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Exchange rates: current & historical

indices back to 1973. Onanda Currency Converter:  Current and historical exchange rates for different currencies. Bank of International... View Details
  • May 2011
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The Power of Small Wins

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
What is the best way to motivate employees to do creative work? Help them take a step forward every day. In an analysis of knowledge workers' diaries, the authors found that nothing contributed more to a positive inner work life (the mix of emotions, motivations, and... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Interpersonal Communication; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Emotions; Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Working Conditions; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Performance Productivity; Attitudes; Behavior; Happiness; Perception; Trust; Time Management; Resource Allocation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Managerial Roles
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  • 03 Jun 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business

loss of soldiers during the American Civil War. It got him to wondering whether rituals were merely a traditional part of the grieving process, or whether they truly alleviated grief. "We see in every culture—and throughout history—that people who View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

business systems worldwide, including how leadership affects performance. As an example of very capable leadership of a high performing family enterprise, I introduced Nelson Sirotsky, Chairman of RBS, who two years ago successfully... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis
  • 13 Feb 2020
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Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

buying Alstom, GE’s chief energy competitor, but ignored warnings from wary board directors and senior executives who claimed Alstom had made bad deals and otherwise performed poorly. Since the acquisition, Alstom has struggled—and today... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman