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    12 Questions About Hybrid Work, Answered by Tsedal Neeley

    At the beginning of the pandemic, I View Details

    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting

    By: Lisa D. Ordonez, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Adam D. Galinsky and Max H. Bazerman
    Goal setting is one of the most replicated and influential paradigms in the management literature. Hundreds of studies conducted in numerous countries and contexts have consistently demonstrated that setting specific, challenging goals can powerfully drive behavior and... View Details
    Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives
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    Ordonez, Lisa D., Maurice E. Schweitzer, Adam D. Galinsky, and Max H. Bazerman. "Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-083, January 2009.
    • March 2025
    • Article

    Global Talent and Economic Success

    By: William R. Kerr
    Access to top performers sets an upper bound on a country’s aspirations. View Details
    Keywords: Immigration; Talent and Talent Management
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    Kerr, William R. "Global Talent and Economic Success." Finance & Development 62, no. 1 (March 2025): 30–33.
    • 22 Aug 2012
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    A Randomized Field Study of a Leadership WalkRounds™-Based Intervention

    Background: Leadership WalkRounds have been widely adopted as a technique for improving patient safety and safety climate. WalkRounds involve senior managers directly observing frontline work and soliciting employees' ideas about... View Details
    Keywords: by Anita L. Tucker & Sara J. Singer; Health
    • Forthcoming
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    Subordinating Humanism: How Colliding Beliefs About a Living Wage Shape Personal Fulfillment and 'Professional-Class' Identities in Working-Class Jobs

    By: Lumumba Babushe Seegars, S. Lee, Erin Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan
    In a society dominated by market-based ideology and management practices that prioritize financial considerations, some organizations are shifting toward humanistic ideology and practices that emphasize human welfare. To examine this transformation in pay-setting, we... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Moral Sensibility; Wages; Welfare; Performance Expectations; Identity; Employee Relationship Management; Management Practices and Processes
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    Seegars, Lumumba Babushe, S. Lee, Erin Reid, and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Subordinating Humanism: How Colliding Beliefs About a Living Wage Shape Personal Fulfillment and 'Professional-Class' Identities in Working-Class Jobs." Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming). (Pre-published online June 26, 2025.)
    • 20 Apr 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It

    Keywords: by Kash Rangan, Lisa A. Chase & Sohel Karim
    • 13 Feb 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    In Search of Organizational Alignment Using a 360° Assessment System: Evidence from a Retail Chain

    Keywords: by Carolyn Deller, Susanna Gallani, and Tatiana Sandino; Retail
    • March 2010 (Revised February 2011)
    • Case

    Cognizant 2.0: Embedding Community and Knowledge Into Work Processes

    By: Robert G. Eccles and Thomas H. Davenport
    Knowledge management has been a high priority for Cognizant Technology Solutions since its inception since its global delivery model requires the global sharing of knowledge. Its first major tool was called the Knowledge Management Appliance but as Web 2.0 tools came... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Product Development; Service Delivery; Business Processes; Organizational Structure; Cooperation; Information Technology Industry
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    Eccles, Robert G., and Thomas H. Davenport. "Cognizant 2.0: Embedding Community and Knowledge Into Work Processes." Harvard Business School Case 410-084, March 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
    • December 1992 (Revised March 1997)
    • Case

    Peoria Engine Plant (A)

    By: Robert S. Kaplan and Amy P. Hutton
    Describes the cost control system used at an automobile engine plant for labor and overhead costs. The finance staff prepares daily, weekly, and monthly variance reports against budgets. Department supervisors, finance staff, and the plant manager discuss the use and... View Details
    Keywords: Cost Management; Cost Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Earnings Management; Reports; Financial Reporting; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Auto Industry
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    Kaplan, Robert S., and Amy P. Hutton. "Peoria Engine Plant (A)." Harvard Business School Case 193-082, December 1992. (Revised March 1997.)
    • 11 Oct 2016
    • First Look

    October 11, 2016

    case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-104 Management Control Systems Module 4: Organizing for Performance This module explores the implications of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    The Unfairness Trap: A Key Missing Factor in the Economic Theory of Discrimination

    By: Jordan I. Siegel, Naomi Kodama and Hanna Halaburda
    Prior evidence linking increased female representation in management to corporate performance has been surprisingly mixed, due in part to data limitations and methodological difficulties, and possibly to omission of a fairness factor in the economic theory of... View Details
    Keywords: Managerial Roles; Fairness; Performance Productivity; Gender; Japan
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    Siegel, Jordan I., Naomi Kodama, and Hanna Halaburda. "The Unfairness Trap: A Key Missing Factor in the Economic Theory of Discrimination." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-082, March 2013. (Revised January 2014, June 2014.)
    • April 1997
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    Peoria Engine Plant (A): (Abridged)

    By: Robert S. Kaplan and Amy P. Hutton
    Describes the cost control system used at an automobile engine plant for labor and overhead costs. The finance staff prepares daily, weekly, and monthly variance reports against budgets. Department supervisors, finance staff, and the plant manager discuss the use and... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Cost Management; Financial Reporting; Performance Improvement; Budgets and Budgeting; Auto Industry
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    Kaplan, Robert S., and Amy P. Hutton. "Peoria Engine Plant (A): (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 197-099, April 1997.
    • 2019
    • Chapter

    Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations

    By: Bruce J. Fried and Amy C. Edmondson
    Book Abstract: Completely updated to address the challenges faced by modern health care organizations, this edition of Shortell and Kaluzny's Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior offers a more global perspective on how the United States and... View Details
    Keywords: Groups and Teams; Performance Effectiveness; Health; Health Industry
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    Fried, Bruce J., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations." Chap. 5 in Shortell & Kaluzny's Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior. 7th ed., edited by Lawton Robert Burns, Elizabeth H. Bradley, and Bryan Jeffrey Weiner, 98–131. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2019.
    • 19 Apr 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Birth of the American Salesman

    Walter A. Friedman's new book Birth of a Salesman chronicles the rise and development of modern sales management from the 18th century to the present day. Its fascinating cast of dynamic business figures and academic leaders includes John... View Details
    Keywords: by Laura Linard
    • July 2018
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    Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature

    By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Tina Xu
    We review the extensive literature since 2000 on the personality traits of entrepreneurs. We first consider baseline personality traits like the Big-5 model, self-efficacy and innovativeness, locus of control, and the need for achievement. We then consider risk... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Venturing; Personality Traits; Characteristics; Big-5; Risk Attitudes; Goals; Skills; Entrepreneurship; Personal Characteristics; Goals and Objectives; Competency and Skills; Success; Demographics; Research
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    Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and Tina Xu. "Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature." Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship 14, no. 3 (July 2018): 279–356.
    • October 2004 (Revised October 2005)
    • Case

    ORIX KK: Incentives in Japan

    In the context of Japan's struggling economy of the 1990s, ORIX, a leading Japanese financial services company, implemented a new performance evaluation and compensation system. At the time, many higher-paying western firms were entering the Japanese market and... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Compensation and Benefits; Financial Services Industry; Japan
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    Beaulieu, Nancy D., and Aaron Zimmerman. "ORIX KK: Incentives in Japan." Harvard Business School Case 905-013, October 2004. (Revised October 2005.)
    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    Collaborating across Cultures: Cultural Metacognition & Affect-Based Trust in Creative Collaboration

    By: Roy Y.J. Chua, Michael W. Morris and Shira Mor
    We propose that managers' awareness of their own and others' cultural assumptions (cultural metacognition) enables them to develop affect-based trust with associates from different cultures, promoting creative collaboration. Study 1, a multi-rater assessment of... View Details
    Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Knowledge Sharing; Managerial Roles; Creativity; Prejudice and Bias; Social and Collaborative Networks; Trust; Cooperation
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    Chua, Roy Y.J., Michael W. Morris, and Shira Mor. "Collaborating across Cultures: Cultural Metacognition & Affect-Based Trust in Creative Collaboration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-127, June 2011.
    • June 1994 (Revised December 1997)
    • Case

    Safeway, Inc.'s Leveraged Buyout (A)

    After years of deteriorating financial performance and eroding market position, Safeway, Inc., the largest public grocery store chain in the United States, found itself the target of a hostile takeover offer. Management decided to take the company private in a $4.3... View Details
    Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Retail Industry; United States
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    Wruck, Karen, and Steve-Anna Stephens. "Safeway, Inc.'s Leveraged Buyout (A)." Harvard Business School Case 294-139, June 1994. (Revised December 1997.)
    • June 2013
    • Case

    Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S.: Customer Loyalty Battles

    By: John Deighton and James T. Kindley
    The marketing and operations managers for Olympic Rent-A-Car meet to decide how to respond to changes in the loyalty rewards program at the market-leading competitor. The competitor's program gives awards based on dollars spent instead of days rented and eliminates... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Competitive Strategy; Marketing; Operations; Auto Industry; Service Industry
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    Deighton, John, and James T. Kindley. "Olympic Rent-A-Car U.S.: Customer Loyalty Battles." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-568, June 2013.
    • November 2016 (Revised April 2018)
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    Darby's Investment in Sirma: Professionalizing an Entrepreneurial Firm

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Eren Kuzucu
    In March 2010, Burak Dalgın (HBS MBA 2004) led private equity firm Darby's investment in Sırma, a local Turkish water and beverage company. Sırma was owned and managed by members of two Turkish business families. The existing management, while being highly... View Details
    Keywords: Control Systems; Variance Analysis; Emerging Markets; Debt; Family Ownership; Turkey; Valuation; Business or Company Management; Private Equity; Financial Reporting; Investment; Budgets and Budgeting; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey
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    Srinivasan, Suraj, and Eren Kuzucu. "Darby's Investment in Sirma: Professionalizing an Entrepreneurial Firm." Harvard Business School Case 117-033, November 2016. (Revised April 2018.)
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