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  • 29 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 29

and performance in most organizations but require effective leadership to succeed. This note summarizes the conditions leaders can create to increase the chances of creating, managing, and participating in successful teaming environments.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Apr 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Can an Organization’s “Deep Smarts” Be Preserved?

but only by the firms that have employee longevity and a valued ... way of life." This may not mean retaining everyone, however, as Horacio Cavallero suggests in commenting that "I have always thought that it was very important... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

Setting Published: February 11, 2009 For decades, goal setting has been promoted as a halcyon pill for improving employee motivation and performance in organizations. Advocates of goal setting argue that for goals to be successful, they... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Aug 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

industry by talking to as many people as possible. That was a very good discipline that I still apply," says Machiels, a partner at private equity firm Pegasus Capital Advisors. "I also learned to work with scientists. They're brilliant,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 26 Jul 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities

Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Maryland, and Michigan, were all established between 2005 and 2015 to allow time for the researchers to study how the firms fared in getting to market. The researchers focused explicitly on... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Biotechnology; Health
  • 10 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 10

from the incorporation of non-directed donors in transplant chains rather than simple exchanges. It is controversial whether these chains should be performed simultaneously ("domino paired donation," DPD) or nonsimultaneously... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

River in identifying investments, performing due diligence, and working with portfolio companies and asks how Blue River should build itself into a top-tier private equity fund, particularly as more and more foreign View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 15, 2015

compensation incentives for CSR. We test our predictions using novel executive compensation contract data and find that firms with more shareholder friendly corporate governance are more likely to provide compensation to executives linked... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 26

functional specialists, not general managers responsible for cross-functional integration. Three decades ago, COOs outnumbered CFOs in Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies, but the proportions have flipped. Many CFOs are now charged with driving strategic planning in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

highlighting the work performed by the government of an archetypal American town increased trust in government and support for government services. In Study 2, Boston residents who interacted with a website that visualized both service... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2013 (Revised September 2016)
  • Supplement

Governance and Sustainability at Nike (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Nien-he Hsieh and Lara Adamsons
Two members of Nike's executive team must decide what sustainability targets to propose to Nike's CEO and to the corporate responsibility committee of Nike's board of directors. Set in 2012, the case traces the evolution of Nike's approach to environmental and social... View Details
Keywords: Nike; Hannah Jones; Mark Parker; Phil Knight; Philip Knight; Eric Sprunk; Jill Ker Conway; Phyllis Wise; Don Blair; Sustainable Business And Innovation; SB＆I; Flyknit; DyeCoo; Footwear; Athletic Footwear; Apparel; Athletic Apparel; Sustainability; Greenpeace; Detox Campaign; Dirty Laundry; Water; Water Use; Water Pollution; Water Resources; Corporate Responsibility Committee; Judgment; Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Footwear Industry; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Ethics; Fairness; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Goals and Objectives; Management Practices and Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance; Alignment; Supply Chain; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Judgments; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Asia; China; United States; Oregon; Portland
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  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

education, not for use as a political weapon. The board conditionally agreed to end the disputed investments. The result: With investments constricted over a number of years, the fund experienced a $3 million performance shortfall, which... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Where Will Management Innovation Take Us?

extraordinary amount of information at all levels and devote a great deal of resources to making sure that all employees are connected. All "herald a future in which the work of managers is performed less and less by... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 16 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

respond to a revised proposal from two private equity firms to take the company private. In November of 2006, the Board had unanimously approved an offer of $37.60 per share after going through intense negotiations with numerous firms,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

that the Chinese wall was no protection at all for the independence of the analysts. Trying to sell IPOs, analysts gave glowing recommendations to firms which collapsed within months. Trying to support the stocks of View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
  • 19 Jan 2022
  • In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

performance and health outcomes will mean that 2022 will be a year of learning and reflection. Digitization in health care should be seen as a means to an end—improving the quality, patient-centricity, equity, and convenience of the... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
  • 02 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

Gareth Olds grew up toeing the poverty line. For years his parents struggled to support three children in Anchorage, Alaska, where food costs run high. His stepfather held down a steady but low-paying job as a dental assistant, and his mom View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 10 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 10

  Publications February 2015 RAND Journal of Economics Performance Responses to Competition Across Skill-Levels in Rank Order Tournaments: Field Evidence and Implications for Tournament Design By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Karim R. Lakhani, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

How Electronic Patient Records Can Slow Doctor Productivity

use of electronic health records and greater delegation were independently associated with higher levels of production. That is, practices that increased the number of tasks performed using EHR saw an increase in clinician productivity,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health
  • 13 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 13

Institute/Taubman Center Policy Brief, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2010. An abstract is unavailable at this time.   Working PapersThe Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms Authors:Laura Alfaro and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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