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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

Associate Professor in the Departments of Sociology and Criminology and African American Studies, University of Iowa; Nonresident Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution; Carr Center Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School... View Details
  • 02 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 2

average patient of medium severity in this ED. We propose that the improved performance comes from a reduction in social loafing and a more distributed utilization of shared resources. These benefits outweigh the expected efficiency gains... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2006 (Revised November 2008)
  • Case

Supergrid

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
Supergrid is a mammoth wind-power development scheme for Europe, recently proposed by Airtricity. This firm, founded in 1997, is a fast-growing power-development company focused on wind. Already having built about 600 megawatts of wind turbines in Scotland and Ireland,... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Performance Capacity; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Europe; United States
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  • 14 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 14

gold-mining company, and to arrive at a decision (whether Wellfleet should accept it or not). At the same time, students will learn that gray-area risk decisions and, in particular, risk-adjusted performance measurement can rarely be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

Abstract—As trust in government reaches historic lows, frustration with government performance approaches record highs. We propose that peoples’ perceptions of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

"Three-Party Exchanges: The Case of Executive Search Firms and the CEO Search," he describes how the function of search firms in CEO recruiting differs from the role they perform when recruiting executives at other levels. Given... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment
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Media

Media

This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

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Andrew Kletzing

see an alternative point of view. In turn, they've impressed me by the quality of their thinking. My sectionmates force me to perform at a higher level." Continued service to country For his summer internship, Andrew will join... View Details
  • 07 Oct 2021
  • News

Bringing Light to the Fight

own businesses and is now director of the Auckland International Airport and chair of Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company. “Measuring performance in charity is as important as in a commercial... View Details
  • September 2011
  • Case

The Wen Group

By: John A. Davis and Matthew G. Pillar
Three brothers that own and lead a second-generation family business in Hong Kong, encounter problems of nepotism and governance, and endure considerable conflict. The case asks how to resolve these family and business issues. View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Performance Effectiveness; Crisis Management; Business or Company Management; Conflict Management; Corporate Governance; Leadership Development; Hong Kong
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  • 18 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 18

(whether Wellfleet should accept it or not). At the same time, students will learn that gray-area risk decisions and, in particular, risk-adjusted performance measurement can rarely be automated. Risk View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

years, we've produced sixteen teaching cases, two conceptual notes, and a working paper. Q: The performance problems of U.S. public education are receiving growing attention. How are urban schools performing... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education
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Harvard Business School

Management: Setting Employees Up for Success Chinenye C. Offor Ogunro (PhD) 2017 Network Administrative Organizations: Using Centralized External Governance to Improve the Performance of Health Care Networks... View Details
  • 24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

Management Journal Discordant vs. Harmonious Selves: The Effects of Identity Conflict and Enhancement on Sales Performance in Employee-Customer Interactions By: Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Nancy Rothbard, and Steffanie Wilk Abstract—Across... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2016
  • Blog Post

HBS and the Arts

philanthropists. After three years in finance I was ready to come to HBS to build a more holistic skillset. At work, it is easy to fall into a given professional function, or limit your engagement to thinking only about the performance of... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government
  • 13 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams

When Harvard Business School professor Vincent Pons went to Kenya to conduct research in advance of the 2013 national elections, he discovered surprising lessons about how the ethnic makeup of teams affects the work they do—now published in a new working paper,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

individuals, subgroups, and teams perform. Paper: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1534-0856&volume=15 The Political Economy of Bilateral Foreign Aid Author:Werker, Eric D. Publication:In Handbook of Safeguarding Global Financial Stability: Political,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jul 2008
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action

reduce the gap between strategy and execution? Does the BSC work in testing strategy? How Can The Balanced Scorecard Improve Corporate Governance? Working Paper: Improving Corporate Governance with the Balanced Scorecard The authors... View Details
  • November 1990 (Revised August 1992)
  • Case

Corning, Inc.: A Network of Alliances

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
Describes James Houghton's actions in assuming the role of CEO at Corning in the midst of a recession. Not only must he turn around operating performance, he must also revitalize a demoralized organization and set a new, clear strategic direction. In doing so, the case... View Details
Keywords: Business Cycles; Policy; Leading Change; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Expectations; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy
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  • 10 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Privatization and the New European Economy

"Privatization and the Role of the Governments in a Global Economy," the prime candidates for state-run operations clustered around five sectors of the European economy— transportation, telecommunications, financial services,... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Air Transportation; Transportation