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- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
that black families’ median wealth will decrease to $0 by the year 2050, while white families’ median wealth will exceed $100,000. There are currently no black women Fortune 500 CEOs, and at the sixteen Fortune 500 companies that share... View Details
- October 2008
- Article
Minimally Altruistic Wages and Unemployment in a Matching Model with Monopsony
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Minimally Altruistic Wages and Unemployment in a Matching Model with Monopsony." Supplement. Journal of Monetary Economics 55 (October 2008): 97–110.
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
Clubs News Clubs News New York Alumni Honor Outstanding Leaders at Annual Dinner The HBS Club of New York held its 54th Annual Leadership Dinner on April 24, honoring three alumni who embody the HBS mission to "educate leaders who make a difference in the world," and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
the book? How did your writing of the book unfold? Kanter: There were a couple of things that led to Men and Women of the Corporation. First of all, almost as soon as I began working in a faculty position in... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 2009
- Working Paper
'I read Playboy for the Articles': Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences
By: Zoe Chance and Michael I. Norton
Keywords: Job Search; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Marketplace Matching; Relationships; Social and Collaborative Networks
Chance, Zoe, and Michael I. Norton. "'I read Playboy for the Articles': Justifying and Rationalizing Questionable Preferences." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-018, September 2009.
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Dean Clark on Leadership, Educational Priorities, and Funding the Future
world needs principled leaders. Business has become one of the most dynamic forces in our society. If you look at what our graduates are asked to do, you will find them holding influential positions on the boards of major nonprofit View Details
- 1991
- Chapter
The Future of Bureaucracy and Hierarchy in Organizational Theory: A Report from the Field
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "The Future of Bureaucracy and Hierarchy in Organizational Theory: A Report from the Field." In Social Theory for a Changing Society, edited by P. Bourdieu and J. Coleman. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1991. (University of Chicago/Russell Sage Foundation Conference on "Social Theory and Emerging Issues for a Changing Society," April 1989.)
- 25 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market
outcome with potentially significant positive results. This change will allow debtors and creditors alike to better understand and acknowledge the risk inherent in sovereign... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Alfaro
- 2024
- Working Paper
Health, Human Capital Development and the Longevity of Japanese Elites Since 710
By: Tom Nicholas and Hiroshi Shimizu
We examine the lifespan of over 40,000 elites in Japan born between 710 and 1912, including samurai warriors, feudal lords, business, political, cultural, and religious leaders at the apex of the social hierarchy. Japanese elites experienced increases in lifespan about... View Details
Nicholas, Tom, and Hiroshi Shimizu. "Health, Human Capital Development and the Longevity of Japanese Elites Since 710." Working Paper, June 2024.
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
focus on employees and more on business and profitability." Phil Clark posited that knowledge work that deals with intangible results and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- October 2007
- Article
The Influence of Financial Statement Recognition and Analyst Coverage on the Market's Valuation of R&D Capital
By: Michael D. Kimbrough
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 141 (SFAS No. 141)'s requirement that an acquirer in a business combination estimate the fair value of the target's separately identifiable assets and liabilities (including research and development capital) provides a rare... View Details
- May 2022
- Case
Thinking Outside the Wine Box (A): Mekanism and the Franz for Life Campaign
This case provides an overview of “Franz for Life,” an advertising campaign that independent advertising agency Mekanism created and executed to revitalize the brand image of Franzia, a low-cost boxed wine. For several years, Franzia’s popularity declined among... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Digital Marketing; Social Marketing; Marketing Communications; Product Positioning; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Amano, Tomomichi, Elie Ofek, Mengjie Cheng, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Thinking Outside the Wine Box (A): Mekanism and the Franz for Life Campaign." Harvard Business School Case 522-055, May 2022.
- 08 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences
Tell us about your life before HBS. I grew up in Antwerp, Belgium as part of the Jewish community. Having four grandparents who are Holocaust survivors, I felt it was important to experience life in Israel, and so, after taking a gap... View Details
- 2017
- Working Paper
Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance
By: Paul Green, Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats
In this paper, we examine how connecting to beneficiaries of one’s work increases performance and argue that beneficiaries internal to an organization (i.e., one’s own colleagues) can serve as an important source of motivation, even in jobs that—on the surface—may seem... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Motivation; Belongingness; Motivation; Job Design; Field Experiment; Motivation and Incentives; Strategy; Job Design and Levels
Green, Paul, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats. "Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-073, February 2017.
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?
sustainable basis? Should firms sacrifice profits for positive environmental impacts? And do firms at least sometimes behave this way? Striving to find authoritative insights into those questions, three... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- January 1996 (Revised September 2001)
- Teaching Note
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function Series TN
Teaching Note for (9-193-144), (9-193-145), and (9-193-178). View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Corporate Culture Homogeneity and Top Executive Incentive Design: Evidence from CEO Compensation Contracts
By: Dennis Campbell, Ruidi Shang and Zhifang Zhang
We examine how corporate cultures characterized by high degrees of homogeneity in the underlying values and beliefs of organizational members are related to the design of CEO incentive compensation contracts. We argue that culture homogeneity within firms lowers... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Culture; Compensation Design; Accounting; Management Control; Incentive Systems; Organizational Culture; Job Design and Levels; Governance; Executive Compensation; Motivation and Incentives
Campbell, Dennis, Ruidi Shang, and Zhifang Zhang. "Corporate Culture Homogeneity and Top Executive Incentive Design: Evidence from CEO Compensation Contracts." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-054, February 2024.
- May 2022
- Supplement
Thinking Outside the Wine Box (C): Mekanism and the Franz for Life Campaign
This case reveals the events that took place after the conclusion of the cases “Thinking Outside the Wine Box (A-B): Mekanism and the Franz for Life Campaign.” After selecting a creative direction for the Franz for Life 2.0 campaign, independent advertising agency... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Digital Marketing; Social Marketing; Marketing Communications; Product Positioning; Advertising; Communication Strategy; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Amano, Tomomichi, Elie Ofek, Mengjie Cheng, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Thinking Outside the Wine Box (C): Mekanism and the Franz for Life Campaign." Harvard Business School Supplement 522-068, May 2022.
- 05 Nov 2024
- Book
Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech
evidence suggests the opposite. If new intelligence is developed that will help them succeed, small businesses will find a way to adopt it. Small businesses are hungry for new solutions. They responded so positively to the early fintechs’... View Details
- Web
Strategies for Cross-National Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
case on Estonia: From Transition to EU Membership The Nordic Region How can the Nordic countries continue to be competitive on a global scale? The Nordic Globalization Barometer identifies central issues related to the dynamics of globalization View Details