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  • 26 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

motivate employees to learn, may only yield performance benefits among those who are already highly engaged and motivated. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55888 In... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Research Summary

The Early Evolution of Business Groups: A Study of Diversification and Spinoffs by Vietnam's First Generation of Entrepreneurs

This study, done in collaboration with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Central Institute for Economic Management, examines the experience of 95 successful Vietnamese entrepreneurs first surveyed in 1999.  The project aims to build and analyze... View Details
  • 30 Oct 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Housing Collateral, Credit Constraints, and Entrepreneurship-Evidence from a Mortgage Reform

Keywords: by Thais Laerkholm Jensen, Søren Leth-Petersen & Ramana Nanda; Construction; Real Estate; Financial Services
  • August 2006 (Revised May 2007)
  • Case

Management Levels at Staples (A): Company and Organization

By: David A. Garvin and Lynne Levesque
One of six cases that describe the roles and responsibilities of managers at each of the hierarchical levels of management within the U.S. Stores business unit of Staples, the world's largest office supply company. Together, the cases form a complete integrated... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Perspective; Retail Industry
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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance

By: Paul Green, Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats
In this paper, we examine how connecting to beneficiaries of one’s work increases performance and argue that beneficiaries internal to an organization (i.e., one’s own colleagues) can serve as an important source of motivation, even in jobs that—on the surface—may seem... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Motivation; Belongingness; Motivation; Job Design; Field Experiment; Motivation and Incentives; Strategy; Job Design and Levels
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Equal Opportunity? Gender Gaps in CEO Appointments and Executive Pay

By: Matti Keloharju, Samuli Knüpfer and Joacim Tåg
This paper uses exceptionally rich data on Swedish corporate executives and their personal characteristics to study gender gaps in CEO appointments and pay. Both gaps are sizeable: 18% for CEO appointments and 27% for pay. At most one-eighth of the gaps can be... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Executive Compensation; Gender; Sweden
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  • 17 Aug 2022
  • News

To Serve and Protect the Markets

best job you could have—a way to give back,” she says. “That clerkship opened my eyes to the benefits and virtues of public service.” She would later serve with the U.S. Department of Justice, first as a... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

gun restrictions. Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost Transparency By: Mohan, Bhavya, Ryan W. Buell, and Leslie K. John Abstract—Firms do not typically disclose information on their costs to produce a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • November 1991 (Revised August 2005)
  • Case

Whelan Pharmaceuticals: Tax Factors and Global Site Selection

Whelan Pharmaceuticals, a U.S. company with $3 billion in sales, must decide where to manufacture its newest product. In considering possible sites, both foreign and U.S., the firm must identify and make trade-offs between tax, marketing, and manufacturing factors. View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Geographic Location; Cost vs Benefits; Production; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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  • 22 Apr 2014
  • News

Find your passion in business and beyond

Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002), CEO of GrupoBeer, talks about finding balance between building your business and benefitting society. (Published April 2014) View Details
  • Web

Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

influence skills to shift power dynamics Exercise power ethically and responsibly Hold the powerful accountable Who Will Benefit Early- and Mid-Career Professionals Aspiring... View Details
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients: Conflicts of Interest and Mutual Fund Portfolio Choice

By: Lauren Cohen and Breno Schmidt
We explore a new channel for attracting inflows using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial inflows by being named trustee of a 401(k) plan. This affords the plan sponsor potential... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Conflict of Interests; Financial Services Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2016
  • News

Making It Possible to Explore and Grow

Launch X’s bicoastal cohorts. The program provides financial support that enables stu-dents to work on their own ventures during the summer before their second year. Other summer fellowships at HBS help students explore career opportunities at companies View Details
  • April 2012
  • Article

Retail Doesn't Cross Borders: Here's Why and What to Do about It

By: Marcel Corstjens and Rajiv Lal
Most companies assume that the easiest way to grow is by investing overseas and that the developing world offers the best opportunities for boosting revenues and profits today. However, success abroad varies widely, and research shows that it's often tough to... View Details
Keywords: Operations; Growth and Development Strategy; Globalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Local Range; Retail Industry
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  • 29 Aug 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons

Keywords: by Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
  • 17 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

suggest that valuing time over money facilitates social connection. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54685 How Does Product Liability Risk Affect Innovation? Evidence from Medical Implants By: Galasso, Alberto, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
  • Teaching Note

The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations

By: Mihir A. Desai and Suzanne Antoniou
How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Race; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Prejudice and Bias; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Welfare; Tulsa; Oklahoma; United States
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  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs

A strong commitment to community service is a given for most HBS clubs — the challenge lies in determining the most efficient means of leveraging the skills and interests of club members to create change. New York, Boston, San Francisco,... View Details
Keywords: Alumni groups; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
  • 07 Jun 2023
  • HBS Case

3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook

competitive advantage and capture more value in two main ways—by increasing the customer’s willingness to pay or decreasing the minimum compensation paid to employees and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

employees. Restaurant owners must also provide flexibility in scheduling due to childcare needs and the possibility that summer programs and schools may be closed until September or later. Some employees may... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage