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- 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
motivation. Should bonuses be tied to quotas or should they be given unconditionally? Is it better to use bonuses as a reward or as punishment? A randomized field experiment at a large Indian company investigated these questions, finding that conditional bonuses were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Business Administration and faculty chair of the HBS Race, Gender & Equity Initiative. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on organizational change, group dynamics, learning, conflict, power,... View Details
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
plus city and industry fixed effects explain between sixty and eighty percent of manufacturing entry. We use spatial distributions of natural cost advantages to address partially endogeneity concerns. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20
hand in a clear manner. It offers recommendations for both those seeking and giving advice to make the process as effective as possible. Publisher's link: https://hbr.org/2015/01/the-art-of-giving-and-receiving-advice January 2015 Journal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 7
of organizational features during growth; the second, their dramatic change. We juxtapose the two narratives to reveal ongoing gaps in the study of how growth can effect change along three dimensions: organizational design, team... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3
quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
researchers also learned that, in some cases, Cook’s activism could potentially lead to increased product sales, although that was not the intent of his opposition. “The people in the group exposed to Cook’s activism, we found, expressed... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
entity is controlled by a fluid disaggregated group of public shareholders. Thus, the Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a proposed merger of Time Incorporated and Warner Communications did not effect a... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
for hundreds or thousands of people, ensuring clear, consistent communication of your ideas to the entire group is a difficult challenge. As Steven demonstrates, blogs are highly effective in aligning an... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
importance. The paper explores how this heuristic can produce erroneous inferences and influence broader beliefs about decision-makers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54771 forthcoming RAND Journal of Economics The Price View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Inside the Partnership
best young executives and to see firsthand how effective each one really was, what work he was best at, and with whom he worked particularly well. After the war, hundreds of these same executives went back to run their companies, and many... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51538 July–August 2016 European Business Review The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors By: Teixeira, Thales S., and Peter Jamieson Abstract—A new wave of Internet startups is disrupting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
challenge facing today's business leaders is threefold. While the old strategy-structure-systems doctrine was very effective at allocating capital, he explains, it has proven a constraint as companies try to manage information, knowledge,... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
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Rex Tillerson—about their most difficult negotiations. As chair of the Great Negotiators Award program and co-chair of the American Secretaries of State initiative, I am deeply involved in a multi-year project to systematically distill the strategies and tactics of... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
using money to buy time can protect people from the detrimental effects of time pressure on life satisfaction. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52953 Governance Through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
to Washington Hospital Center as a pair. Jeffrey Lurie enticed Joe Banner to join him at the Philadelphia Eagles. Dusty Baker brought a cadre of coaches with him from the San Francisco Giants to the Chicago Cubs. One person may have the top title and the official... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
workers”—those who want a job or more hours but are thwarted by employer policies. Who is in this group and why do they leave the workforce? Joseph B. Fuller: They are people who have some significant care obligations within their... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
brainstorming groups to work on a problem. What they don’t know is that the groups have been assembled to create maximum diversity in cultures, disciplines, and backgrounds — the intersection where... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
opportunities for executives to reap enormous personal gains from gaming accounting and SEC rules. If Enron-type breakdowns are to be avoided in the future, corporate boards need to keep in mind seven propositions that collectively address the potentially perverse... View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
Equity Investing Authors:Lily H. Fang, Victoria Ivashina, and Josh Lerner Abstract Bank-affiliated private equity (PE) groups account for 30% of all PE investments. These affiliated groups' market share is highest during peaks of the PE... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne