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- 16 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs
and the consequences of CEO succession and selection decisions for subsequent firm performance and strategic choices. Industry wisdom, company relationships, and technological expertise all matter in our new knowledge-based enterprises.—... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
management. That is, for example, roughly 20 percent of employees experience 80 percent of accidents on the job. And roughly 20 percent of customers provide 80 percent of sales. Focused strategies can be based on this kind of information.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
in late 2005. He thought the evaluation program was critical for permeating the vision and values throughout the bank and was eager to roll out the program to a larger number of employees next year. Pedersen wondered how he should improve... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
"That is a big mistake." Predictability allows everyone to know what the rules are, establishing an atmosphere of trust so that people can work together productively in an organization, Stevenson argues. Companies can provide more stable environments by, among other... View Details
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Diversity on Teams: Our Own Harvest - Race, Gender & Equity
framework only raises the bar for us all. (Keeping) all hands on deck A Conversation with David M. Porter on Implicit Bias Don Tomaskovic-Devey on the Inequalities of Pay for Performance Systems If you really want technology to be... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
they know well; but I am not certain that they’ve really considered the alternatives and what workplace would fit into their broader strategy. And then you have other companies and executives that went remote during the pandemic and are still scared to ask their View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are Conditions Right for the Next Accounting Scandal?
set of relationships between audit committees and a very small group of firms who serve them be disrupted in useful ways? What do you think? Original Article Consider this scenario: Acme Corp., the large, long-term client of a Big Four accounting firm, asks its... View Details
- 11 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Saving the Planet
employees are demanding businesses take action. Even business managers who retain doubts about climate change must nevertheless account for the possibility in their risk planning. At Harvard Business School, which studies these issues... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
a waypoint on the road to long-term maximization, or could it be anathema to the achievement of that goal? So let me ask, does paying employees as little as you can get away with serve to maximize profits, or does treating them fairly and... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
and employee-specialist/star? A: From the employer's perspective, one thing to keep in mind is that noncompetes are far from ironclad. Even if one operates in a state that enforces noncompetes, employees may explore their options at... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
meaningful relationships with their people, they also create loyalty and an environment where employees feel secure enough to take chances and suggest innovative and sometimes disruptive ideas . When I speak of leadership, I’m referring... View Details
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
perceived "seller's market," says Jim Heskett. As we select and train future leaders for all levels of our organizations, how much effort do we really spend assessing executive intelligence as opposed to personality and style? What's to Be Done About View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 25
Corporate Performance By: Brochet, Francois, Maria Loumioti, and George Serafeim Abstract—Using conference call transcripts to measure the time horizon that senior executives emphasize when they communicate with investors, we develop a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
How DC is Taxing the Country
performance has been waning since at least the late 1990s. In Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided, Professors Michael Porter, Jan Rivkin—cochairs of the School’s US Competitiveness Project—and Mihir Desai, with program director Manjari... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
across industries, traditional understandings and loyalties between employers and employees are breaking down. Coupled with a growing race to the bottom in wages and benefits, this workplace erosion of trust could negatively affect... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
that revealing the “submerged state”—ensuring that citizens can see the often-hidden work that government performs—enhances both perceptions of and engagement with government. In Study 1, viewing a video highlighting the work performed by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
New Releases
service, and knowledge management in examining the implications of this paradigm shift for managers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers. Cost & Effect by Robert S. Kaplan and Robin Cooper (Harvard Business School Press) Cost & Effect: Using Integrated Cost Systems to... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
http://www.people.hbs.edu/amusacchio/Leviathan/toc.htm 2006 pub Inflated Applicants: Attribution Errors in Performance Evaluation by Professionals By: Swift, S. A., D. Moore, Z. Sharek, and F. Gino Abstract—When explaining others'... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
turnover—the planned simultaneous exit of a large number of experienced employees and a similarly sized entry of new workers—on operational performance in the context of teaching hospitals. Specifically, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne