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- 01 Dec 2015
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December 1, 2015
penalty for not achieving quota. We find unconditional compensation in the form of reciprocity to be effective at improving sales force performance only when given as a delayed reward of which the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- July 2024 (Revised October 2024)
- Case
Knowledge Transfer: Toyota, NUMMI, and GM
By: Willy Shih
New United Motors Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was a joint venture between Toyota and General Motors. It was an opportunity for GM to learn about the Toyota Production System, which was quite different from the mass production processes American automakers used at the... View Details
Keywords: Culture Change; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Joint Ventures; Transformation; Selection and Staffing; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Sharing; Labor Unions; Management Systems; Performance Improvement; Production; Labor and Management Relations; Auto Industry; Japan; United States
Shih, Willy. "Knowledge Transfer: Toyota, NUMMI, and GM." Harvard Business School Case 625-003, July 2024. (Revised October 2024.)
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Daniela Villafuerte | MBA
specifically interested in the area of biological sensors and the power they have to convert a biological response into an electrical signal. Through this conversion, analysis and research can be performed for View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
and capabilities of associates to improve team performance at the firm. Purchase this supplement:http://hbr.org/search/413027-PDF-ENG Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A) (Abridged) Amy C. Edmondson and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Aline Camargo
MBA. With that deeper knowledge about my personality, I could plan more precisely a career path to leverage my strengths and I started working on improving some of my weaknesses that could affect my effectiveness as a professional going... View Details
- Portrait Project
Mark Plunkett
I have worked hard to define for myself what I consider to be a life without regret, that is, a successful life. In pursuing this, I have come to realize that what is most critical is that I maintain a meaningful balance among the professional, the philanthropic, and... View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
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July 19, 2016
proposals on material versus immaterial issues affect firms’ subsequent ESG performance and market valuation. We find that 58% of the shareholder proposals in our sample are filed on immaterial issues. We document that filing shareholder... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Kevin Dolan
large-scale performance improvement and as a manager and engineer. While at McKinsey, Kevin served clients across logistics, travel, retail, consumer, health care, and industrial sectors, and built on his... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is This a Golden Era for Marketing Productivity?
percent of new products fail within five years ... To the extent that a few, well-chosen customers might provide valuable insights into what would improve the quality of life, Professor Zaltman's ideas might be just what marketing has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
show that it improves short-term productivity. However, although it improves performance in the short-term, we find that an overreliance on this task selection strategy hurts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1998
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service, and knowledge management in examining the implications of this paradigm shift for managers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers. Cost & Effect by Robert S. Kaplan and Robin Cooper (Harvard Business School Press) Cost & Effect: Using Integrated Cost Systems to... View Details
- 29 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
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experimentation will improve performance over time. However, the benefits of experimentation vary. Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics Which managerial skills, traits, and practices matter most for... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
From Lone Star to Team Player
collaboration and cooperation over decentralized individualism. How can large firms like BP collaborate among units and divisions and still remain financially profitable? A: The approach at BP was developed precisely to improve the... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Lessons from Private Equity
firms are the management arsenals of many public companies — strategic due diligence, blueprints for action, tying compensation to performance — but they are not applied with sufficient consistency, rigor, or thoroughness. In short, what... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
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Transforming the IRS
traditional services on the telephones and in local offices, and offered new electronic services for filing, paying, and information. Why did you change the way the IRS measures employee performance? Performance measures have an enormous... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
Using Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Firm Survival, Employment Growth, and Innovative Performance Authors:Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract Scientific research and its translation into... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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How Sharing Smart Ideas on Social Can Boost Sales | Working Knowledge
Managing the Business How Sharing Smart Ideas on Social Can Boost Sales Featuring Tatiana Sandino . By Ben Rand on July 15, 2025 . Sharing content on internal social media platforms improves performance at... View Details
- 13 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors
became. Male doctors performance also improved when emergency rooms had more female doctors. For Huang, the price of that learning curve seems too high for women. “There's lots of these scenarios where... View Details
- 29 Jun 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered: How do I build my business in this environment? What should leaders... View Details
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- 24 Oct 2017
- First Look
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