Matching With Contracts - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2005
News

Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

material rewards of business. They will come if you first take care to match your abilities with the opportunities that are available." CURRENT READING When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, by... View Details

15 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer

the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management. He partnered on the research with HBS doctoral student Kala Viswanathan and Duke University professor Matthew Johnson. Widespread adoption, but does the standard work? Some 2.8... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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1929: The Great Crash - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

toothless state regulations known as “blue sky laws” that were designed to keep companies from selling investors valueless securities such as shares in the sky. These firms could often be listed on other exchanges with no further... View Details

October 2007 (Revised March 2009)
Background Note

Structuring Real Estate Deals: An Investor's Perspective

By: Arthur I Segel

Addresses the following questions: What are the portfolio-level implications? What are the asset-level characteristics? How do I invest? With whom do I invest? What do I get for my investment? What protections do I have? When and how do I get out? View Details

Keywords: Property; Negotiation; Contracts; Real Estate Industry

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

to design use investment capital to create social change. Key Themes: The social impact bond is a unique financial contract that allows investors to fund social service organizations with the potential to... View Details

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Five Ways to Rethink Your Job Description - Recruiting

recruiting platform 12twenty" to do so. Make the job title count Be specific and use searchable keywords that HBS students will likely use when looking for roles. Our MBAs are typically looking for mid-senior level roles, so the job title helps indicate if the job... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

booming. Banks and companies, eager for a piece of the action, invest heavily in production capability. Not surprisingly, a market can soon become saturated with too much product; consequently, demand drops, revenues slow to a trickle,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

08 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?

first receiver to be named Super Bowl MVP since 1989. Though Branch’s statistics did not match those of the top receivers in the game, he earned a reputation as a big-game performer. In 2006 the Patriots offered him a three-year $18.85... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

with how employees are motivated than the actual consequences they receive. Motivation is important in business for one reason: In the contract between employers and employees, it’s simply not possible to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

28 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni

year into his first post-HBS role at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Francis spoke with his manager about occasionally requiring extra turnaround time for certain tasks as a result of his Dyslexia. In response, BCG paired Francis View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

product. De Beers also used a consolidation strategy by creating a Central Selling Organization with exclusive contracts with diamond sellers, and also developed a club for the... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

firms-partly thanks to changes in labor regulations that made labor markets more flexible. Reforms were also effective at cutting red tape that prevented entrepreneurs from starting businesses. The number of days to start a business declined from a staggering 38 in... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

Portrait Project

Jeff Barkas

My grandparents could do everything, until one day, they couldn’t. I was used to the weekends when I would play tennis matches and card games with my grandpa and enjoy my grandma’s famous chicken cutlets.... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

For John Wu (MBA 2000), “Web3” means more than technological innovation. “It’s a mindset,” he says of the movement toward a decentralized internet that accelerates innovation and gives end users greater collaboration with businesses. “It’s a transformative shift in... View Details

Keywords: April White

20 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 20

value-relevant before disclosure, for negative earnings adjustments it is value-relevant only after disclosure. This finding is consistent with managers delaying the communication of bad news until IFRS compliance. A finer model shows... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

Or with Liz Purchia, who is advisor to former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy and helped run public affairs at the EPA. Or Rob Shelton, who focuses on scale-up with a specialization in climate. We also work... View Details

June 2023
Exercise

Clash of Two Giants Simulation Exercise Instructions

By: Feng Zhu and Marco Iansiti

Many markets are organized around platforms that connect consumers with complimentary applications and services. These platforms are two-sided because both sides - consumers and those providing applications or services - need access to the same platform to interact. A... View Details

Keywords: Platform Strategies; Technology Platform; Customer Acquisition; Network Effects; Digital Platforms; Marketplace Matching; Strategy