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- June 2012
- Article
Leadership Is a Conversation
By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
Globalization and new technologies have sharply reduced the efficacy of command-and-control management and its accompanying forms of corporate communication. In the course of a recent research project, the authors concluded that by talking with employees, rather than...
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Keywords:
Employees;
Management Style;
Interpersonal Communication;
Leadership;
Cooperation;
Partners and Partnerships
Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Leadership Is a Conversation." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 6 (June 2012).
- March 2009
- Case
Barbara Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit
By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria and Deborah Bell
Barbara Norris struggles to address the many problems facing her as a recently promoted nurse manager in the General Surgery Unit (GSU) at Eastern Massachusetts University Hospital (EMU). She has inherited a unit with the lowest employee satisfaction scores and highest...
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Keywords:
Employee Relationship Management;
Leading Change;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Groups and Teams;
Motivation and Incentives;
Satisfaction;
Health Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Nitin Nohria, and Deborah Bell. "Barbara Norris: Leading Change in the General Surgery Unit." Harvard Business School Case 409-090, March 2009.
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Placement - Doctoral
studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy! Students are supported throughout their job search...
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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment
Tufano General Management 7 results Boris Vallee Finance 2 results Philippe van der Beck Finance Richard H.K. Vietor 34 results Ashley V. Whillans Negotiation, Organizations & Markets 4 results Initiatives...
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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research
Information featured in The New Yorker Kodak's Old-School Response to Disruption By: Ryan Raffaelli More Information HBS Working Knowledge CEOs and Coaches How Important is Organizational 'Fit'? By: Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik How big...
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- September 2015 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?
By: Boris Groysberg, John D. Vaughan and Matthew Preble
Scott and Ally Svenson, the founders of MOD Pizza, had to make a number of decisions in planning how to scale their small company. They wanted to grow MOD from 45 stores as of May 2015 to 200 stores by the end of 2016, and while the two believed that MOD could manage...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Employees;
Employee Relationship Management;
Selection and Staffing;
Leadership;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing;
Service Delivery;
Organizational Culture;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Mission and Purpose;
Service Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, John D. Vaughan, and Matthew Preble. "MOD Pizza: A Winning Recipe?" Harvard Business School Case 416-004, September 2015. (Revised February 2017.)
- October 2010 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University
By: Boris Groysberg, Maureen Gibbons and Joshua Bronstein
It is October 2009 and Barry Salzberg, CEO of Deloitte LLP, has just returned from the groundbreaking of Deloitte University. When completed, Deloitte University would be a world class learning and development center owned by, and for the exclusive use by the employees...
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Keywords:
Leading Change;
Problems and Challenges;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Management Teams;
Competency and Skills;
Training;
Employees;
Values and Beliefs;
Education Industry;
Consulting Industry;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, Maureen Gibbons, and Joshua Bronstein. "Building a Developmental Culture: The Birth of Deloitte University." Harvard Business School Case 411-059, October 2010. (Revised May 2017.)
- February 2018 (Revised August 2018)
- Case
OpenInvest
By: Shawn Cole, Boris Vallée and Nicole Tempest Keller
Founded by a team of hedge fund and NGO alumni, OpenInvest launched its platform in 2015 to enable retail investors to tailor their portfolios to their personal values in an automated way, for instance by screening out weapons manufacturers stocks or overweighting...
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Keywords:
Fintech;
Impact Investing;
Investment Portfolio;
Customization and Personalization;
Technological Innovation;
Social Issues;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Business Model;
Financial Services Industry
Cole, Shawn, Boris Vallée, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "OpenInvest." Harvard Business School Case 218-064, February 2018. (Revised August 2018.)
- January–February 2021
- Article
Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino and Metin Aksoy
By aligning executives’ financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard to get pay packages right. In this article four experts break down the key elements of compensation and explain how to...
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Keywords:
Executive Compensation;
Compensation and Benefits;
Motivation and Incentives;
Strategy;
Performance
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino, and Metin Aksoy. "Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 1 (January–February 2021): 102–111.
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South Asia - Global
recent episode of its webinar, Alumni on Air. Ms. Godrej, Executive Chairperson of Godrej Consumer Products Ltd., shared her remarkable journey during the insightful conversation which was moderated by Vivek Gambhir (MBA 1997), Venture...
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- November 2016 (Revised February 2017)
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BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leadership Team
By: Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and John D. Vaughan
BrightStar Care was a rapidly growing franchise of home health care agencies. Founded by husband and wife team JD and Shelly Sun as a single agency near Chicago in 2002, BrightStar had opened nearly 300 franchises across the United States by 2016, generating over $300...
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Keywords:
Health Care Services;
Entrepreneurs;
Board Of Directors;
Boards Of Directors;
Health Care Industry;
Growth Strategy;
Organizational Change;
Brand Positioning;
Entrepreneurial Organizations;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Franchising;
Family-owned Business;
Home Health Care;
Managing Growth;
Management Styles;
Organizational Development;
Talent Management;
Women Executives;
Women And Leadership;
Business Startups;
Family Business;
Small Business;
Talent and Talent Management;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Health Care and Treatment;
Human Capital;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Business or Company Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Management Skills;
Management Style;
Management Succession;
Management Systems;
Management Teams;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Strategy
Groysberg, Boris, Colleen Ammerman, and John D. Vaughan. "BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leadership Team." Harvard Business School Case 417-020, November 2016. (Revised February 2017.)
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Falk’s other research here and Victoria’s other research here . More Info Weak Credit Covenants By: Victoria Ivashina & Boris Vallee JUNE 2020 Using novel data on 1,240 credit agreements, Victoria and View Details
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Insurance: Regulation and Cross-Subsidies" with Sangmin Oh and Ana-Maria Tenekedijieva. Boris Vallee : Recipient of the Distinguished Referee Award from the Review of Financial Studies in 2022. 2021 Malcolm...
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Overview
By: Boris Vallee
Professor Vallée focuses on financial innovation, investigating it from different angles. This research thread has led him to relate the methods and insights of corporate finance and banking with those of other subfields, including household finance, public finance,...
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Making Exit Interviews Count
By: Everett Spain and Boris Groysberg
In the knowledge economy, skilled employees are the assets that drive organizational success. Thus companies must learn from them—why they stay, why they leave, and how the organization needs to change. A thoughtful exit interview—whether it be a face-to-face...
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Spain, Everett, and Boris Groysberg. "Making Exit Interviews Count." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 4 (April 2016): 88–95.
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Faculty Mentors | Predoctoral Researchers
Miller Emil N. Siriwardane Boris Vallee Philippe van der Beck Marketing Academic Unit Eva Ascarza Ayelet Israeli Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Academic Unit Katherine B. Coffman Thomas Graeber Leslie...
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- June 2016
- Teaching Note
The Rawlinsons: Facing Life and Career Decisions as a Couple
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
David and Nadia Rawlinson are a dual-career power couple who both seek executive careers in large organizations. At the beginning of the case, Nadia has taken a new job in San Francisco, while David has been offered an opportunity in London. What are the risks of...
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Research - Global
Greenthal and Sarah Mehta This case is about Open Door Legal (ODL), a San Francisco-based civil legal aid nonprofit. CEO Adrian Tirtanadi founded the organization in 2012 with a mission to achieve universal access to legal representation for all city residents. View Details
- March 2016 (Revised November 2020)
- Case
Tableau
By: Boris Vallee
Matrix Capital Management, a long-short equity hedge fund based in Waltham, Massachusetts, is assessing its investment in Tableau, a data visualization company. Tableau, which conducted an IPO a few years ago, has been experiencing substantial growth as it aims at...
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Keywords:
Hedge Fund;
Long-short Equity;
Growth Investing;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Investment;
Valuation;
Technology;
Technology Industry;
Waltham
Vallee, Boris. "Tableau." Harvard Business School Case 216-045, March 2016. (Revised November 2020.)
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Faculty & Research - Leadership
Art of Leading Teammates By: Tom Brady and Nitin Nohria When our society talks about leaders, we focus on formal roles, such as the CEO. This view undervalues the role of informal leaders—team members who influence outcomes by the tone...
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