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  • September 1990 (Revised November 1991)
  • Supplement

Merck & Co., Inc. (C)

Discusses the 1989 modified performance appraisal program by adding performance gradations and allowing for differences in employee rating distributions depending on the division performance for the year. The objective is to have students discuss the revisions in the... View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Change; Pharmaceutical Industry
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Murphy, Kevin J. "Merck & Co., Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 491-007, September 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
  • 2018
  • Working Paper

The Limitations of Dynamic Capabilities

By: David J. Collis and Bharat Anand
The concept of dynamic capabilities draws its theoretical basis from two classic traditions within the strategy field—the resource-based view of the firm (RBV) (Wernerfelt, 1984) and market positioning (Porter, 1996). A dynamic capability qualifies as a source of... View Details
Keywords: Dynamic Capabilities; Business Ventures; Performance; Competitive Advantage
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Collis, David J., and Bharat Anand. "The Limitations of Dynamic Capabilities." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-029, September 2019.
  • June 2013
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Ron Ventura at Mitchell Memorial Hospital

By: Frank V. Cespedes and Heide Abelli
Mitchell Memorial Hospital is a 750-bed regional academic medical center in Ohio. Andy Prescott, Chief of the Cardiovascular Center, is reviewing the performance evaluations of his star vascular surgeon Ron Ventura. The evaluations, the result of a 360-degree... View Details
Keywords: Performance Expectations; Conflict Management; Behavior; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Resignation and Termination; Health Care and Treatment; Performance Evaluation; Health Industry; Ohio
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Cespedes, Frank V., and Heide Abelli. "Ron Ventura at Mitchell Memorial Hospital." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-572, June 2013.
  • 2008
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Are Private Equity Firms Better Managed?

By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from over 4,000 medium sized manufacturing firms across Asia, Europe and the US. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level performance (e.g. productivity,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Performance Improvement; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; United States
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Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Are Private Equity Firms Better Managed?" December 2008. (Slides.)
  • 20 Apr 2017
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Making Health Insurance That Consumers Actually Like

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Participation Constraints in the Vickrey Auction

By: Jerry R. Green and Jean-Jacques Laffont
Economic agents are characterized by two privately observable parameters: their willingness to pay for an item being auctioned, and their reservation utility level which must be exceeded, in expectation, to induce them to participate in this auction. This creates a... View Details
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Green, Jerry R., and Jean-Jacques Laffont. "Participation Constraints in the Vickrey Auction." Economics Letters 16, nos. 1-2 (1984): 31–36.
  • 26 Oct 2010
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Heads I Win, Tails I Win Too

  • August 2004
  • Article

Appearing and Disappearing Dividends: The Link to Catering Incentives

By: Malcolm Baker and Jeffrey Wurgler
We document a close link between fluctuations in the propensity to pay dividends and catering incentives. First, we use the methodology of Fama and French (J. Finan. Econ. (2001)) to identify a total of four distinct trends in the propensity to pay dividends... View Details
Keywords: Dividends; Payout Policy; Catering; Dividend Premium; Investor Sentiment; Investment Return; Motivation and Incentives; Trends; Stocks; Financial Services Industry
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Baker, Malcolm, and Jeffrey Wurgler. "Appearing and Disappearing Dividends: The Link to Catering Incentives." Journal of Financial Economics 73, no. 2 (August 2004): 271–288.
  • 2009
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Do Private Equity-owned Firms Have Better Management Practices?

By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from over 4,000 medium sized manufacturing firms across Asia, Europe and the US. These measures of managerial practice are strongly associated with firm-level performance (e.g. productivity,... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Private Ownership; Performance Improvement; Performance Productivity
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Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Do Private Equity-owned Firms Have Better Management Practices?" Chap. 1 in The Global Economic Impact of Private Equity Report 2009, 1–23. Globalization of Alternative Investments Working Papers. Geneva, Switzerland: World Economic Forum, 2009.
  • 18 Feb 2016
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America's Steps Forward to Improving Health Care

    Allen S. Grossman

    Allen Grossman was appointed a Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice in July 2000. He joined the Business School faculty in July 1998, with a concurrent appointment as a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He... View Details

    Keywords: education industry; nonprofit industry
    • 09 Jun 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: June 9, 2015

    beneficial effect reverses (i.e., cost transparency backfires) when it is revealed that a firm's profit margins are high relative to those of its competitors. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=48019 View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 08 Sep 2015
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    Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

    While some lessons can be learned by watching—a parent’s reaction after touching a hot stove can be a good lesson for a youngster on dangers in the kitchen—other lessons are harder to learn through observation alone. No matter how many... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
    • 2023
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    How Private Investors Value 'Platformness': An Exploratory Study of Unicorns

    By: David B. Yoffie, Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, Sarah von Bargen and Kwesi Acquay
    This paper explores the premium investors have been willing to pay for private companies (unicorns) that are digital platforms vs. traditional companies. View Details
    Keywords: Platforms And Ecosystems; Digital Platforms; Investment Portfolio
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    Yoffie, David B., Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, Sarah von Bargen, and Kwesi Acquay. "How Private Investors Value 'Platformness': An Exploratory Study of Unicorns." Working Paper, October 2023.
    • 08 Sep 2015
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    Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

    • March 2001 (Revised June 2001)
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    Dixon Corporation: The Collinsville Plant (Abridged)

    Specialty chemical company Dixon must decide whether to acquire Collinsville, a business in a new segment, and how much to pay for it. View Details
    Keywords: Decision Making; Chemicals; Acquisition; Chemical Industry
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    Moore, Ronald W., and Peter Tufano. "Dixon Corporation: The Collinsville Plant (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 201-097, March 2001. (Revised June 2001.)
    • 03 Mar 2017
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    Why We Don’t Value Flextime Enough

    • April 1996 (Revised December 2011)
    • Background Note

    Responding to Market Failures

    Broadly defines the concept of market failure and explores options for responding to it. It pays particular attention to the role of business leaders in addressing market deficiencies. View Details
    Keywords: Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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    Dees, J. Gregory. "Responding to Market Failures." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-344, April 1996. (Revised December 2011.)
    • 2012
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    Earnings Management from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives Below the CEO

    By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Julie Wulf
    Performance-based pay is an important instrument to align the interests of managers with the interests of shareholders. However, recent evidence suggests that high-powered incentives also provide managers with incentives to manipulate the firm's reported earnings. The... View Details
    Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Interests; Business and Shareholder Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Earnings Management; Performance Evaluation; Stock Options
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    Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Julie Wulf. "Earnings Management from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives Below the CEO ." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-056, January 2012. (Revised August 2012.)
    • Fall 2021
    • Article

    Job-Hopping Toward Equity: Changing Employers Can Help Narrow the Gender Gap in Executive Compensation

    By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Eric Lin
    Changing employers has been linked to larger pay increases for executives and managers. Although survey-based studies suggest that men gain more than women, an analysis of more than 2,000 job moves found that executive women are commanding bigger increases than men... View Details
    Keywords: Executive Compensation; Gender; Equality and Inequality
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    Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Eric Lin. "Job-Hopping Toward Equity: Changing Employers Can Help Narrow the Gender Gap in Executive Compensation." MIT Sloan Management Review 63, no. 1 (Fall 2021).
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