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  • November 2019 (Revised June 2020)
  • Case

Shiseido Acquires Drunk Elephant

By: Jill Avery
On October 7, 2019, the Shiseido Group announced that it would acquire clean skincare brand Drunk Elephant for $845 million, a valuation of 8.5 times sales. Did Shiseido pay too much or too little for this brand asset? How much was the Drunk Elephant brand worth and... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care; Startup; Brand Equity; Brand Valuation; Brand Value; Brand Storytelling; Brand Management; Brands and Branding; Valuation; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Mergers and Acquisitions; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Japan
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Avery, Jill. "Shiseido Acquires Drunk Elephant." Harvard Business School Case 520-052, November 2019. (Revised June 2020.)
  • 06 Oct 2014
  • Blog Post

Leveraging LinkedIn to Recruit Candidates

It is no surprise that recruiters are turning to social media, and particularly LinkedIn, to source prospective employees. Here are 5 tips for using LinkedIn as part of your recruiting strategy (whether or not you View Details
  • 31 Mar 2021
  • News

A new barrier to diverse hiring in tech

  • 25 Jan 2017
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Effects of Quota Frequency on Sales Force Performance: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Keywords: by Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas
  • February 2003
  • Other Article

The Emergence and Sustainability of Abnormal Profits

By: Michael E. Porter and Anita M. McGahan
In this paper, we examine the emergence and the sustainability of abnormal profits among businesses that were part of U.S. public corporations between 1981 and 1994 and that reported financial results for at least six years. Our results reveal strong asymmetries... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; United States
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Porter, Michael E., and Anita M. McGahan. "The Emergence and Sustainability of Abnormal Profits." Strategic Organization 1, no. 1 (February 2003): 79–108.
  • 14 Nov 2012
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Can Huge CEO Golden Parachutes Hurt You?

  • 2022
  • Book

Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies

By: Ranjay Gulati
This book offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get purpose right. Few business topics have aroused more skepticism in recent... View Details
Keywords: Purpose; Business And Society; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Performance Effectiveness; Organizational Culture
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Gulati, Ranjay. Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies. New York: Harper Business, 2022.
  • 11 Jul 2021
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Will Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Jaunt Boost Space Tourism?

    Grow Your Stars -- Don't Buy Them

    An interview with Boris Groysberg, Professor, Harvard Business School. Many star performers hired from outside don't perform as expected at their new company. So, develop stars within your company; for example, through strong training and mentoring programs. View Details
    • April 2006 (Revised June 2008)
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    New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.

    By: H. Kent Bowen, Robert S. Huckman and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    Considers whether New Balance, one of the world's five largest manufacturers of athletic footwear, should respond to Adidas' planned acquisition of Reebok--a transaction that would join the second- and third-largest companies in the industry. Highlights the unique... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Production; Supply Chain Management; Performance Improvement; Competition; Consolidation; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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    Bowen, H. Kent, Robert S. Huckman, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 606-094, April 2006. (Revised June 2008.)
    • 2011
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    Incentive Compensation and the Likelihood of Termination: Theory and Evidence from Real Estate Organizations

    By: Christopher Parsons, G. Hallman and J. Hartzell
    We analyze two managerial compensation incentive devices: the threat of termination and pay for performance. We first develop a simple model predicting that these devices are substitutes: when termination incentives are low, optimal contracts provide stronger... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Resignation and Termination; Compensation and Benefits; Real Estate Industry
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    Parsons, Christopher, G. Hallman, and J. Hartzell. "Incentive Compensation and the Likelihood of Termination: Theory and Evidence from Real Estate Organizations." Real Estate Economics 39, no. 3 (Fall 2011): 507–546.
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    Optimizing Organic Waste to Energy Operations

    By: Baris Ata, Deishin Lee and Mustafa H. Tongarlak
    A waste-to-energy firm that recycles organic waste with energy recovery performs two environmentally beneficial functions: it diverts waste from landfill and it produces renewable energy. At the same time, the waste-to-energy firm serves and collects revenue from two... View Details
    Keywords: Business Ventures; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Revenue; Customers; Strategy; Corporate Governance; Wastes and Waste Processing; Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cost Management; Urban Scope
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    Ata, Baris, Deishin Lee, and Mustafa H. Tongarlak. "Optimizing Organic Waste to Energy Operations." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 14, no. 2 (Spring 2012): 231–244.
    • 28 Apr 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: April 28, 2009

    behaviors led to undesirable consequences, even if they saw those behaviors as acceptable before they knew the consequences. Furthermore, our results demonstrate that a rational, analytic mindset can override the effects of one's intuitions in ethical judgments.... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace

      Thomas J. DeLong

      Thomas J. DeLong is a Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice and the former Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior Department at the Harvard Business School. He is an expert in leader development, organizational... View Details

      • July 2023
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      Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics

      By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
      Do productivity and managerial quality vary within the firm? If so which managerial traits and practices matter most for team productivity? Combining granular garment production data with survey data on managers across 120 production lines in India, we document... View Details
      Keywords: Productivity; Non-cognitive Skills; Learning By Doing; Ready-made Garments; Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Performance Productivity; Fashion Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India
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      Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Managerial Quality and Productivity Dynamics." Review of Economic Studies 90, no. 4 (July 2023): 1569–1607.
      • Apr 11 2019
      • Interview

      Navigating Rapid Change and Uncertainty

      • September 1996
      • Case

      Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision (Abridged)

      By: Robert L. Simons
      The managing director of one of ADP's divisions must recommend whether to divest, harvest, or grow the division. Recent performance has been excellent and the near-term outlook for profitability is very promising. Despite some strategic concerns, the strong financial... View Details
      Keywords: Business Divisions; Success; Performance Expectations; Strategic Planning; Strategy
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      Simons, Robert L. "Automatic Data Processing: The EFS Decision (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 197-018, September 1996.
      • 12 Feb 2013
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Do Bonuses Enhance Sales Productivity? A Dynamic Structural Analysis of Bonus-Based Compensation Plans

      Keywords: by Doug J. Chung, Thomas Steenburgh & K. Sudhir
      • June 2018
      • Case

      Candor at Clever

      By: Ethan Bernstein and Om Lala
      Clever, a high-growth EdTech company based in San Francisco, had grown quickly in market share and headcount. As with many high-growth companies, however, early employees (many of whom had never managed people before) had been given the opportunity to manage teams, and... View Details
      Keywords: Performance Feedback; Talent Development And Retention; Talent Management; Feedback; Difficult Conversations; Radical Candor; Scaling Start-ups; Scaling And Growth; Developing Effective Managers; Effective Managers; First-time Managers; Kim Scott; Clever; Bay Area; Silicon Valley; Interpersonal Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Management Style; Organizations; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Conflict and Resolution; Technology Industry; Education Industry; San Francisco; United States
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      Bernstein, Ethan, and Om Lala. "Candor at Clever." Harvard Business School Case 418-087, June 2018.
      • 02 May 2018
      • Blog Post

      Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

      How Should Organizations Draw the Line on Pay Transparency? There is general support for the widespread practice of disclosing pay data in "bands" associated with... View Details
      Keywords: All Industries
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