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Davida Bynum

brilliant and humble students from over 35 countries who are equally impressive as they are kind. The connection we have fostered has left an indelible impact on me and I am so grateful that HBS brought us together. What is your favorite... View Details

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies

What Is Mics? Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) is performed by accessing the heart through incisions made between the ribs and employing a balloon device that is threaded into the heart through a vein to serve as an internal... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

29 Sep 2022
Op-Ed

Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable

Gibson. To help us, we brought on stage a group of performers from Second City, the Chicago-based company that established the first ongoing improvisational theater troupe. Second City is the place where Tina Fey, Bill Murray, and many... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

01 Feb 2001
News

What Makes a Good Leader

under pressure from my boss, and the information technology doesn't give me what I need in order to do my job, and every time I take a risk I get shot down by the performance appraisal system, obviously I'm not going to make any... View Details

Keywords: Management

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Business History - Faculty & Research

; Governance Compliance ; Governance Controls ; Policy ; Political Elections ; Business History ; Information ; Law ; Legal Liability ; Laws and Statutes ; Management ; Marketing ; Advertising ; Media ; Performance ; Problems and... View Details

19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

Egyptian Retailers Harvard Business School Case 106-065 CEMEX has pursued an aggressive decommoditization strategy focused on its relationship with small Egyptian retailers. In particular, the strategic role and effectiveness of the Rewards Program, a tournament that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Nov 2019
News

The Ritual Effect

practice them. KEY THEMES He suggests that rituals are not only surprisingly pervasive and highly effective, they are also immensely versatile. Remarkably, rituals seem to work by helping us exactly wherever we need help most. From alleviating View Details

Keywords: rituals

05 Jul 2022
What Do You Think?

Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

distribution channel on overall inventory levels and costs. One thing that may have helped generate the HBS offer was an experiment I performed using my own crude version of what would become known as the “beer game.” In my approach, my... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

fostered by the established structural context of the firm. We illustrate this model of corporate intervention with a case study in which a high-performing firm seeks to shift its performance trajectory into... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Angela Q. Crispi | About

She was Secretary of the Academic Performance Committee and a founder of the Community Values Initiative. Within Harvard University, Angela serves on the University Risk Management Council, Presidential Committee on Sustainability, and... View Details

30 Nov 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?

little to contribute to processes of creation and innovation. While asking "What isn't management's role in innovation?," Michelle Malay Carter states the case this way: "Nearly all current performance management models are... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

in this primary group have interlocking tasks, their bonds of trust will facilitate their joint task performance and they can be officially recognized as a work group or team. The more extended bonding drive of employees will also... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

cross-sector coalitions (but are too often missing). PART 2: SCALING ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPACT 2:45 p.m. Plenary Sessions Driving Climate Performance through Accountability and Governance Faculty Moderator: George Serafeim (DBA 2010) ,... View Details

26 Apr 2022
Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

companies in part by prompting employees to trust the company more. Some theorize that purpose fosters trust inside companies because it clarifies the company’s decision-making and enhances its credibility. Such trust in turn comes to... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

11 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 11

particularly strongly and to construct risk indicators to predict taxpayers' responses. We show results from an application in Chile and describe lessons learned during the implementation. August 2013 JAMA Surgery Informal Peer Interaction and Practice Type as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jul 2005
What Do You Think?

How Can Business Schools Be Made More Relevant?

substantial costs to faculty and institutions alike in fostering any changes as basic as these. Costs include large investments of time and money as well as risk of personal and institutional reputation (at least in the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

performance indicators that shifts strategic decision making to customer-facing edges of the organization. Others advocate less sweeping but still significant changes: Housing the budgeting and strategic planning functions in one office,... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

actions on performance. However, standard regression models estimate only the average effects of these actions across firms. Our paper discusses how random coefficient models (RCMs) may generate new insights about firm heterogeneity and its effects on View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Juliane Begenau & Erik Stafford NOV 2019 By decomposing bank activities into passive and active components and evaluate the performance of the active components of the bank business model, Juliane and Erik shed light on the bank’s View Details

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

innovation, foster trust, and contribute to an organization’s agility in a fast-moving competitive landscape. It also can build cohesion among employees and provide them a shared sense of mission. Vineet Nayar, former CEO of India-based... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

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