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- 26 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)
curve,” for example, made employees in the top 20 percent of performance eligible for raises and promotions, while those in the bottom 10 percent risked being demoted or fired. Industries such as investment banking, consulting, and... View Details
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Information Dissemination in Capital Markets
Seeking to bridge economic theory and the role of individuals, Professor Brochet researches the transmission of information in capital markets. He has investigated the effects of information... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
a recent BusinessWeek cover story tracked the impact that Indian managers have had on American management. Q: You have said there is no such thing as a universal global manager. Rather, you say, there are three types of specialists who... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
announced that it would not accept the donation until Disney went further to back up its commitments. Pundits, including at least one investment analyst, dubbed the effort, “a day too late.” And DeSantis began repeatedly characterizing... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
goals, past research on these programs' impact has yielded mixed outcomes. Our goal is to understand why this might be the case. Design/Methodology/Approach: We rely on interview, archival, and longitudinal survey data to examine young... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Giving All Stakeholders a Voice
consumer businesses. Wu recalls studying and discussing the network effects of the internet with his HBS classmates and realized these effects could unlock exponential growth for certain companies. He later invested in those types of Web... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Web
HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
basis points from the prior year. Using the payout formula means that the annual payout rate is generally lower following years of high investment returns and higher following years of lower investment... View Details
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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online
Laguna Health Care Strategy & Innovation Leader Determine which startups to invest in by understanding the key metrics that dictate whether a venture has achieved product-market fit and is ready for scaling. “The course is useful for... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
current operations that could materially impact their contribution margin, such as the failure to record any reserves for their furniture, fixtures, and equipment that are very real current costs. They fail to allocate any of their... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
From Retail to HBS: How I’m Building a Career Path at the Intersection of Arts, Culture, and Business
interesting and inspiring people, it also allowed me to land my ideal summer internship on the Digital Strategy & Investments team at Sony Music Entertainment (alongside two HBS grads). Lastly, on a more personal note, I am grateful... View Details
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A Tradition of Philanthropy - Alumni
Giving A Tradition of Philanthropy Giving A Tradition of Philanthropy Investing in Leadership Donor support advances the School's mission Institutions are made great by the people who support them, and for more than a century alumni and... View Details
- 11 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams
visit we learned that the volatility of the input prices can have a profound impact on renewable energy production. The price of the biomass sourced to produce fast pyrolysis bio-oil fluctuates greatly. In fact, since BTG Bioliquids first... View Details
- 13 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01
Tell us a little about your background. I grew up in Oman, an incredibly beautiful country blessed with mountains, oceans, and deserts. I spent weekends going on treks in the mountains, scuba diving, or just spending time at the beach. But as I got older, I started to... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
Buildings By: Herron, J., Amy C. Edmondson, and Robert G. Eccles, Jr. Abstract—Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
The rewards of research Do those investments pay off? Researchers examined revenue, stock returns, clinical value, and the population impacted by the novel drug. And they quantified the risk of those... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
LOVE At HBS
love to her patients and the people around her, always thinking about others first. I did not realize her love could have such a big impact on my life when I was a child. But gradually I realized she was the reason I am such a loving and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
accelerating research on big, multidisciplinary problems. Their success will be defined by the impact of the research, the creation of a more porous and dynamic research ecosystem, the integration of new content and insights into the... View Details
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
an organization level, that number comes out to $7,600 per physician per year. Most of that cost, they determined, comes from turnover, which had five times the impact of reduced hours, due to all of the associated costs of filling a... View Details
- 17 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally
Recreational marijuana is legal in 18 states. Scant attention has been paid, however, to the profound impact that federal legalization would have on the cannabis market. Essentially, it would squeeze out the illicit cannabis market, along... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
more work to be done. He also notes that Thndr’s valuation was 5.7 times higher in the round following Enan’s investment (one made as managing director at Global Ventures), demonstrating that impact and... View Details