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  • 06 Mar 2020
  • Book

A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

there as a security net to help them, guide them, and confront them, they look at me and say, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” I believe those 30-year-olds want the same thing the 60-year-olds want. They want an effective manager... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • Web

Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online

happen. Highlights The Challenges of Change Implementation Making Change Happen Show Hide Details Concepts The Challenges of Change Implementation Understanding the Conditions that Enable Change Performing a Stakeholder Analysis Building... View Details
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

substantial variation in management practices across organizations in every country and every sector, mirroring the heterogeneity in the spread of performance in these sectors. One factor linked to this variation is ownership. Government,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions

By: Craig James Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh

Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the reduction of discretionary expenditures, to manage earnings to meet or beat key benchmarks. This paper examines this hypothesis by testing how different types of marketing expenditures are used... View Details

Keywords: Performance Expectations; Earnings Management; Marketing Strategy; Financial Reporting; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 27 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 27

firms' propensities to adopt new administrative and governance practices (Davis and Greve, 1997; Westphal et al., 1997). Read the paper: http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/msytch/pdfs/Sytch&Gulati.Markets.as.Networks.pdf How Do Networks Matter? Unpacking the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Research Summary

Career Histories and the Biotechnology Industry

Professor Higgins' other major project focuses on the consequences of individuals' career experiences for firms and industries. This second research stream centers on the careers of executives in the biotechnology industry.

Professor Higgins has written... View Details

  • Web

John H. McArthur | About

Boston region as well as organizations and institutions around the globe, including in his home country of Canada. McArthur’s association with HBS began in 1957 when he arrived on campus from Vancouver. His standout performance in the MBA... View Details
  • 02 Jun 2021
  • Research & Ideas

A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity

to wait 20 or 50 years to reduce them.” "This is something we could change tomorrow." The findings emerge as health care institutions are wrestling with the deep-seated effects of institutional racism. During the past year, amid a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health
  • 25 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 25, 2016

analysts, to consumers—need to know about how new products and services are expected to perform in the marketplace. The book develops a compelling framework that connects the rich academic knowledge on innovation diffusion with that on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • 11 Feb 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI

messaging in marketing. Given the hype around AI that has raised everyone’s curiosity, an AI-forward positioning might be an effective strategy to get a first meeting. However, when it comes to actual buying decisions, customers do not... View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu
  • 30 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 30

scale of the relationship relative to location-specific and other effects. We find cluster presence to be significantly related to higher wages, with the effect being moderate but meaningful. This suggests that cluster presence enhances... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 31 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 31

performance of business units can be evaluated using measures of economic value creation. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211061-PDF-ENG China Environment Fund: Doing Well by Doing Good Christopher Marquis and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

It's academic. (Not!)

dollars in lost sales and customer goodwill. Ton is currently working with a nationwide chain to estimate the magnitude of this problem and identify its drivers. "We have found large and systematic variation in performance in 250 stores... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 23 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 23

year gains. We evaluate the performance of all policies under consideration using the same statistical and simulation tools and data as the U.S. policymakers use. Other case studies perform a sensitivity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 11

unconscious thought (UT), more so than after conscious thought (CT). We aimed to test the hypothesis that UT decreases intrusions and increases conceptual organization in memory. Methods. Participants were shown a stressful film and were required to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

"The most effective learning strategy depends on the situation," writes David A. Garvin. "There is no stock answer, nor is there a single best approach." In Learning in Action, he illustrated the diversity of learning organization... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
  • 26 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?

and payday is courtesy of Assistant Professor Doug J. Chung, who reviewed 117 schools with Division I football and basketball teams, matching athletic performance with revenue flow covering an 11-year period. The findings were... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports; Education
  • 10 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

fabricated or real crisis is an essential ingredient for effective change management, as an existential threat breaks down many barriers to change. With such an unprecedented crisis, it is stretching and breaking apart even the strongest... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
  • Web

Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Research for "Facts and Figuring: An Experimental Investigation of Network Structure and Performance in Information and Solution Spaces" ( Organization Science , 2015) with Jesse Shore and David Lazer. Ethan S. Bernstein : Winner of the... View Details