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  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

management and organisational practices. By this time, social science research had already shown that people’s behaviour is shaped as much by situational and contextual factors as by individual character. The 1963 Milgram experiments by... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

  Working PapersAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Combining new, hand-collected data with a widely studied dataset, we examine how firms use View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • Web

    Research Areas - Doctoral

    international ventures; the environments in which entrepreneurs make decisions; and social entrepreneurship. 4. Performance Measurement and Outcomes scholars study drivers and effectiveness of performance measurement and management... View Details
    • Web

    Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

    Loan Marketing Association, 1973–1990 William Fox Fox Film Company, 1915–1929 Clarence Francis General Foods Corporation, 1935–1943 John M. Franklin United States Lines, 1946–1960 Frank M. Freimann Magnavox Company, 1950–1967 Jack Frye... View Details
    • February 2003 (Revised April 2004)
    • Case

    Pharmaceutical Industry, The: Challenges in the New Century

    By: Stephen P. Bradley and James Weber
    Provides a broad overview of the numerous internal and external forces that were driving change in the global pharmaceutical industry in 2003. These forces--including downward price pressures, political and social pressures, increased development costs, new... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Change; Cost; Price; Globalization; Government and Politics; Brands and Branding; Industry Growth; Society; Competition; Consolidation; Technology; Pharmaceutical Industry
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    • July 2019 (Revised April 2021)
    • Case

    Salary Finance

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In April 2019, Asesh Sarkar, co-founder and chief executive of Salary Finance Limited, a London-based FinTech, faced tough choices. Sarkar had founded Salary Finance with Dan Cobley and Daniel Shakhani in 2015. The company’s value proposition was quite simple: partner... View Details
    Keywords: Credit; Financing and Loans; Wages; Innovation and Invention; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financial Services Industry
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    • 03 Oct 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

    and cross-boundary work. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53289 forthcoming Organization Science Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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    Lifelong Learning - Alumni

    Career Management Climate Change Diversity and Inclusion Economy, Government Entrepreneurship Finance and Operations Governance and Boards Happiness, Purpose and Meaning Health Care Management and Leadership Marketing and Communications... View Details
    • 03 Oct 2023
    • HBS Case

    Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff

    legal obligations Globalization has opened new opportunities and markets for businesses, but it has also brought new complexities. Countries have different legal requirements for layoffs in areas such as required severance pay, advance... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand; Telecommunications; Technology; Financial Services; Manufacturing
    • February 2009 (Revised August 2010)
    • Case

    Saudi Arabia: Modern Reform, Enduring Stability

    By: Richard H. K. Vietor and Nicole Michele Forrest
    This case, along with “Dubai: Global Economy” (709-043), provides an opportunity to discuss Saudi Arabia's efforts to modernize, without really Westernizing, in sharp contrast to Dubai, a nearby Arab Emirate. As Saudi Arabia's development strategy unfolds in the past... View Details
    Keywords: Development Economics; Non-Renewable Energy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Government and Politics; Growth and Development Strategy; Saudi Arabia; Dubai; Middle East
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    • February 1995 (Revised February 1998)
    • Case

    India in the 1990s

    By: George C. Lodge and Ahu Bhasin
    Describes the efforts of Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao to deregulate and open up the Indian economy in the early 1990s. Focuses on the difficulties he encountered, reflected in the poor showing of the ruling Congress Party in state elections in December... View Details
    Keywords: Development Economics; Emerging Markets; Social Issues; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; India
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    • 12 Dec 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: December 12, 2006

    Set Harvard Business School Exercise 807-036 Purchase this exercise: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807036   PublicationsDisruptive Innovation for Social Change Authors:Clayton M. Christensen, Heiner... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 21 Feb 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 21

    multinational, dispersed shareholder, and private-equity owned firms are typically well managed. Stronger product market competition and higher worker skills are associated with better management practices. Less regulated labor View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • April 2004 (Revised August 2004)
    • Teaching Note

    BuildingBlocks International

    BuildingBlocks International (BBI) plans to accomplish its mission to help children in developing countries succeed in school by bringing management expertise to local organizations. Two years after founding BBI, however, the team hasn't figured out exactly how to make... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Developing Countries and Economies; Sales
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    • March 2008 (Revised March 2009)
    • Case

    Microsoft's Unlimited Potential (A)

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
    In April 2007, Bill Gates announced Microsoft Unlimited Potential. Its mission was to enable social and economic opportunity for the next five billion people. To deliver against this mission, Microsoft sought to focus its citizenship efforts and its product development... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Emerging Markets; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Growth and Development Strategy
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    • Research Summary

    Research Thrust

    By: Rakesh Khurana
    I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details
    • 04 May 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

    hard decisions about returning to the market. Here’s a common prediction: Social distancing forces people to do more buying online and communicating through social media, thus accelerating a permanent, big... View Details
    Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
    • November 2020
    • Case

    Guild Education: Unlocking Opportunity for America's Workforce

    By: William A. Sahlman, Michael D. Smith, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar
    Founded in 2015, Guild Education is an education marketplace that connects employers and universities to provide employees with ‘education as a benefit.’ The Denver-based company is transforming traditional tuition assistance programs by facilitating direct payment by... View Details
    Keywords: Education; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Employees; Social Enterprise; Education Industry; Technology Industry; Colorado
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    Anger and Regulation

    By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
    We study a model in which agents experience anger when they see a firm that has displayed insufficient concern for the welfare of its clients (i.e., altruism) making high profits. Regulation can increase welfare, for example, through fines (even with no changes in... View Details
    Keywords: Altruism; Populism; Public Relations; Profit; Consumer Behavior; Perception; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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