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- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
sociology, and history who want to know about the latest research in business history, as well as to a wider audience beyond academia, including practitioners, who are interested in learning from the past of business. Handbooks such as the Oxford series View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies
amount of anxiety for people," says Lakshmi Ramarajan, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Harvard Business School. "A lot of times the context of the conversation is around diversity as a problem—isolation,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
performance of the district's lowest performing schools. But, relatively few BTR graduates joined these schools-they were free to pursue teaching openings at any school in the district. Solomon knew the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
schools are teaching ethics and corporate social responsibility, but they do not teach these subjects in the context of building a higher-ambition or a high commitment, high performance firm. Students learn about finance and View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
costs. But to realize those benefits, the acquirer needs to achieve economies of scale by absorbing the target's resources into its operations. CEOs, who are often unrealistic about the performance boost from such acquisitions, must be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
associate professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. And yet, investors take chances over and over often with great success when they hit it big with a game-changing... View Details
- 14 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?
they do like the United States—and leave the issue alone? The answer may lie in determining when, why, and how businesses can thrive by balancing their boards, says Harvard Business School Professor Boris Groysberg, whose research on drivers of individual and View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
greater customer satisfaction and employee retention after six months as compared to (a) socialization that focused on organizational identity (emphasizing the pride to be gained from organizational... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
compared to a simple deficit rule that limits the maximum amount of deficit per period. Whereas the deficit rule does not perform well, the debt rule yields welfare gains virtually equal to the optimal rule. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
significantly reduces dishonesty. When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance Authors:L.P. Tost, F. Gino, and R. Larrick Publication:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper makes an attempt at bringing economic theory and management strategy... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30
this area in a variety of disciplines—economics, geography, marketing, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, and strategy—in order to explore the many ways that locations matter for firms. In eleven varied papers, the authors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?
About GenderGender discrimination in a typically male workplace is not necessarily driven by misogyny. Rather, employers are less willing to hire applicants associated with a lower performing group—even if that group is defined by a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
relatively soon? How will the Metaverse affect productivity? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Editor's note: Heskett explores the leader's role in his upcoming book, Win From Within: Build Organizational... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad
frustrated employees among Japanese speakers, but also affected their work performance and promotions. The Favored Side Of The Strategy Her most recent research, though, flipped the question on its head. Her research team delved into how... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
which company politics should improve government, from breaking up entrenched old boys' networks to leveraging a company's existing organizational expertise. Private firms have realized efficiency and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
blues, and a job set up for failure. If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer Researcher Ethan Rouen discovers that rank-and-file employees understand the boss deserves a big salary, but only when... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
among NFL coaches now support this idea. We examined this link between tenure and job performance among business managers, finding that some are able to maintain job performance by adapting and staying... View Details
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Mandatory information disclosure regulations seek to create institutional pressure to spur performance improvement. By examining how organizational characteristics moderate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2025
- Case
Taylor Guitars: Making Employee Ownership Work the Taylor Way
By: Dennis Campbell, Petros Kusmu and Stacy Straaberg
In 2013, guitar manufacturer Taylor Guitars’ co-founders Bob Taylor and Kurt Listug were considering several exit options including selling to a competitor or to a private equity firm. The co-founders decided, instead, to embark on a seven-year process to transfer 100%... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Communication Strategy; Announcements; Decisions; Music Entertainment; Values and Beliefs; Borrowing and Debt; Geographic Location; Global Range; Governance; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Private Ownership; Business Strategy; Management Succession; Transition; Employee Ownership; Performance; Manufacturing Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; California; San Diego; Mexico; Netherlands
Campbell, Dennis, Petros Kusmu, and Stacy Straaberg. "Taylor Guitars: Making Employee Ownership Work the Taylor Way." Harvard Business School Case 125-054, March 2025.