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  • 05 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It

when the feedback giver and receiver know each other well.” The results highlight a potential disconnect in the workplace: While many workers are eager for feedback, especially constructive feedback, in many cases managers may be... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • September 2003 (Revised September 2004)
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Hearthside Homes

By: Jason R. Barro, Brian J. Hall and Aaron Zimmerman
Investigates the "controllability problem" inherent in bonus systems. Ideally, an incentive system accurately measures performance in areas that the individual can control. But most measures are either too broad, including factors outside the influence of the employee,... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Housing; Performance Evaluation; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Real Estate Industry
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Barro, Jason R., Brian J. Hall, and Aaron Zimmerman. "Hearthside Homes." Harvard Business School Case 904-003, September 2003. (Revised September 2004.)
  • January 2008 (Revised August 2011)
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ProntoWash: Washing the World's Cars to a Tango Beat

ProntoWash management considers whether franchising and the Balanced Scorecard could be combined to help customer-facing employees provide consistent service across the world and capture relevant management information. In 2007, ProntoWash, an international car-wash... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Growth and Development Strategy; Balanced Scorecard; Management Systems; Franchise Ownership; Performance Consistency; Argentina
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Martinez Jerez, F. Asis, and Katherine M. Miller. "ProntoWash: Washing the World's Cars to a Tango Beat." Harvard Business School Case 108-037, January 2008. (Revised August 2011.)
  • April 2024
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Fee Variation in Private Equity

By: Juliane Begenau and Emil N. Siriwardane
We study how investment fees vary within private-capital funds. Net-of-fee return clustering suggests that most funds have two tiers of fees, and we decompose differences across tiers into both management and performance-based fees. Managers of venture capital funds... View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; Fee Dispersion; Search And Negotiation Frictions; Private Equity; Investment Funds
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Begenau, Juliane, and Emil N. Siriwardane. "Fee Variation in Private Equity." Journal of Finance 79, no. 2 (April 2024): 1199–1247.

    Government Needs Inventors, Too

    Public entrepreneurship is entrepreneurship. It’s the pursuit by public officials and their collaborators of opportunity without regard to resources controlled. But still today, we mostly train future public leaders to be public administrators. We school... View Details
    • 08 May 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate and Integrated Reporting: A Functional Perspective

    Keywords: by Robert Eccles & George Serafeim
    • 14 Dec 2015
    • HBS Seminar

    Brian Tomlin, Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

    • March 1987 (Revised October 1993)
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    Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program

    By: W. Earl Sasser
    In recent years, Au Bon Pain (ABP), a chain of upscale French bakeries/sandwich cafes based in Boston, confronted a set of human resource problems endemic to the fast food industry (i.e., a labor shortage which made it difficult to attract and maintain quality crew... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Managerial Roles; Retention; Employees; Performance Improvement; Recruitment; Problems and Challenges; Compensation and Benefits; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; Boston
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    Sasser, W. Earl. "Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program." Harvard Business School Case 687-063, March 1987. (Revised October 1993.)
    • 14 Jul 2017
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    Aiming to Do Good, Not Just Well

      How Leaders Kill Meaning at Work

      In this article, authors Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer seek to help C-suite managers understand the traps that can impair the productivity of their workforce. By identifying the issues that regularly challenge the efficiency and creativity of employees, the... View Details

      • December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
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      The Metropolitan Opera (B)

      By: Anita Elberse and Crissy Perez
      In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances live in high-definition to movie theaters across North America. While the "Live in HD" program has received... View Details
      Keywords: Technology Adoption; Arts; Fine Arts Industry
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      Elberse, Anita, and Crissy Perez. "The Metropolitan Opera (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 509-034, December 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
      • December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
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      The Metropolitan Opera (A)

      By: Anita Elberse and Crissy Perez
      In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances live in high-definition to movie theaters across North America. While the "Live in HD" program has received... View Details
      Keywords: Arts; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Advantage; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Elberse, Anita, and Crissy Perez. "The Metropolitan Opera (A)." Harvard Business School Case 509-033, December 2008. (Revised March 2009.)
      • January 2007 (Revised August 2007)
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      Fulton County School System: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Monica Nah Lee
      Illustrates the adaptation and implementation of a private sector management tool, the Balanced Scorecard, to a public school district. As part of a continuous improvement initiative, the Director of Planning and Policy facilitates the development of a strategy map and... View Details
      Keywords: Education; Governance; Leadership; Balanced Scorecard; Performance Improvement; Strategy; Education Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Monica Nah Lee. "Fulton County School System: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 107-029, January 2007. (Revised August 2007.)
      • April 2006 (Revised April 2020)
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      "The Case of Leadership Inertia"

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
      The CEO of an international bank has raised the bank's performance by emphasizing a new culture of leadership that empowers people at all levels. Managers are rated both on their business results and their leadership—how they model new behaviors—but 12 senior managers... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Performance Evaluation; Employee Relationship Management
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      Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. The Case of Leadership Inertia"." Harvard Business School Case 303-125, April 2006. (Revised April 2020.)
      • October 2021
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      Directors' Perceptions of Board Effectiveness and Internal Operations

      By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng, Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan
      We contribute to the growing literature on the effectiveness of corporate boards by examining the effect of two insights that have been largely unexplored in prior studies that use public data. First, since boards’ responsibilities are wide-ranging, more holistic... View Details
      Keywords: Boards Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Performance Effectiveness; Perception
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      Cheng, J. Yo-Jud, Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy, and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan. "Directors' Perceptions of Board Effectiveness and Internal Operations." Management Science 67, no. 10 (October 2021): 6399–6420.
      • 19 Nov 2018
      • HBS Seminar

      Allie Feldberg, Harvard Business School

      • 09 Mar 2003
      • Research & Ideas

      Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

      Managers today have a problem. They know their companies must grow. But growth is hard, especially given today's economic environment where investment capital is difficult to come by and firms are reluctant to take risks. View Details
      Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony
      • 01 May 2018
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      Why Today's Young Professionals Are Turning To Knowledge Entrepreneurship

      • 2014
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      Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling

      By: Frank V. Cespedes
      There are many books that provide strategy advice and selling methodologies. But there is a gap in the management literature when it comes to linking sales efforts with strategy. Part 1 of this book provides data indicating how and why sales remain (by far) the biggest... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Sales
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      Cespedes, Frank V. Aligning Strategy and Sales: The Choices, Systems, and Behaviors That Drive Effective Selling. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2014.
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      Overview

      By: Srikant M. Datar
      Professor Datar has several research and course development interests. His initial areas of research interest were in cost management and management control, strategy implementation and governance. Over the last few years his areas of interest are management education,... View Details
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