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  • 01 Aug 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

conclude that 'these corporate attributes match the five basic virtues of Confucianism.'" The researchers conclude that “these corporate attributes match the five basic virtues of Confucianism: benevolence... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • 04 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness

that he was replacing a woman as opposed to a man affect his decision?” Most likely, yes. In studying the appointments of more than 2,000 federal judges and more than 5,000 corporate board members, Chang found that leaders have a strong tendency to replace “like people... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • June 2014
  • Supplement

Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Jordan Ramirez

By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisal; Performance Measurement; Employee Feedback; Motivation; Promotions; Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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  • June 2014
  • Supplement

Chung and Dasgupta: Supplemental Information on Jordan Ramirez and Casey Clark

By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisal; Performance Measurement; Employee Feedback; Motivation; Promotions; Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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  • June 2014
  • Supplement

Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Casey Clark

By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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  • June 2014
  • Case

The Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP

By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisal; Performance Measurement; Employee Feedback; Motivation; Promotions; Human Capital; Performance Evaluation; Management Systems; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Legal Services Industry; United States; Massachusetts
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  • 09 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

newness. 10 Related to the age effect, there is also the strong, but difficult to quantify, possibility that foreign firms experienced management problems because of idiosyncratic features of the U.S. economy, including not only its size but also the regulatory View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail
  • 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
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  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

neglect the unit managers’ knowledge about which individuals would best match local conditions. We use difference-in-differences analyses to examine the effects of a switch from decentralized hiring to centralized hiring at our research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2021
  • Book

In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

match what the US accomplished during this period? Friedman: For one thing, the US benefitted by its vast geographic scale, which allowed for waves of innovation to spread in clusters across the country. This is evident in New Bedford and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
  • 08 May 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018

about the popularity of songs and romantic matches (Experiments 1B and 1C). Yet, researchers predicted the opposite result (Experiment 1D). Algorithm appreciation persisted when advice appeared jointly or separately (Experiment 2).... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2013
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: LEGO

management, product demand was so high at times that executives actually found themselves discussing ways to slow sales. A Shock To The System That all changed in the early 1990s as seismic shifts pounded the toy market. Big Box toy... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 24 Oct 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?

team.” Izzy Azeri & Dan Belcher, co-founders, Mabl They may also be too used to having teams of people and systems in place to cover the more mundane duties of running a company and don’t want to get their hands dirty. On the flip... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
  • December 2018
  • Article

Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones

By: Umut Dur, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak and Tayfun Sönmez
Admissions policies often use reserves to grant certain applicants higher priority for some (but not all) available seats. Boston’s school choice system, for example, reserved half of each school’s seats for local neighborhood applicants while leaving the other half... View Details
Keywords: Neighborhoods; Equal Access; School Choice; Affirmative Action; Desegregation; Marketplace Matching; Fairness; Local Range; Education; Policy
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  • 27 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

distinct, and enduring elements that give meaning and provide purpose to an organization (“who we are”). “A good match between an organization’s design and its identity is often seen as a prerequisite for strong performance,” the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How to Demotivate Your Best Employees

beneficial for companies. But Larkin says corporate managers should manage them closely to make sure that employees aren't gaming the system and that the programs aren't fostering unintended negative effects. "Many award programs have... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Service
  • 14 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

which can be indexed by the number of varieties consumers purchase in equilibrium. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-095.pdf Smith and Rawls Share a Room: Stability and Medians Authors: Bettina-Elisabeth Klaus and Flip Klijn Abstract We consider... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 9

for Auditor Independence Yet? Authors:M.H. Bazerman and D.A. Moore Publication:Accounting, Organizations and Society (in press) Abstract Well before the collapse of Enron and Arthur Andersen, we argued that the auditing system had been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Dec 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

epigenetic, and protein biomarkers—create a better match between individuals with specific disease subtypes and medications that are more effective for those patients. These treatments are expected to be both more effective and more... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

topic of global talent management. It can be used to analyze the performance measurement, incentive, and talent development system used at a major multinational company. This case can also be used to analyze the extent to which this View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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