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Non-Financial Incentives
My research shows how firms combine many facets of internal governance to motivate managers. A perspective that underlies much of my research is that managers are not motivated by financial rewards alone: “it’s not just about the... View Details
- October 2009 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group
By: Lynn S. Paine and Lara Adamsons
Richard Wingfield considers whether to continue a cooperative agreement with industry peers in the deep-sea parcel tanker shipping industry. What are the economic and strategic implications of ending the agreement? What are the legal implications of continuing? Where... View Details
Keywords: Lawfulness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Cooperation; Ship Transportation; Shipping Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Lara Adamsons. "Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group." Harvard Business School Case 310-043, October 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
- 20 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Exploring Cleantech at HBS
1.3 billion people around the world lack access to energy, and for everyone else, most of their energy comes from sources that are often unreliable, expensive, and detrimental... View Details
- September 2017
- Case
Christine Lagarde
By: Julie Battilana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas and Noemie Assenat
The case covers the youth and career trajectory of Christine Lagarde across her time at Baker & McKenzie, as a minister in the government of France and as the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The case highlights the challenges and opportunities she faced... View Details
Keywords: Change; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Leadership; Gender; Leading Change
Battilana, Julie, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas, and Noemie Assenat. "Christine Lagarde." Harvard Business School Case 418-007, September 2017.
- 06 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray
identifying value stocks.” Wang teamed up with Ki-Soon Choi and Eric C. So from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 08 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Management Education’s Unanswered Questions
law school in the nation-state that you're educated in. If you want to be a doctor, while there's movement internationally, this profession tends to be seen as a national asset. It's very interesting: The... View Details
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
blame game engulfed politicians and S&P itself. In the midst of all this angst, four Harvard Business School faculty members offer their views on what went wrong View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 25 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business
doctoral student at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business; and Vladimir Mukharlyamov, an assistant professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
multiple stakeholders, including funders, boards, and clients—all while staying true to a core mission and values. In today's climate of scarce View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Jun 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards?
- 31 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back
Americans fled the harsh Jim Crow laws of the South between 1940 and 1965, they shared their experiences with white people in cities such as View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
Summing Up How will sustainability be achieved? To sum up responses to this month's column, the question is not whether global sustainability will be achieved but how. One school of thought could perhaps be... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
forthcoming Abstract Since the mid-1970s neoclassical economic theory has dominated business school thinking and teaching in dealing with the nature View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive
The American economy is a mess, and our broken political system is largely to blame, according to a Harvard Business School US Competitiveness Project report released today. Harvard’s Michael E. Porter, Jan... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 12
Publications August 2014 Journal of Economic Perspectives Seeking the Roots of Entrepreneurship: Insights from Behavioral Economics By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2001
- Case
Valuing Project Achieve
By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs
Project Achieve is a start-up providing information management solutions for schools. Its founders see a need for software both to manage the volumes of information necessary to administer a school and to connect parents, teachers, and students in a more effective way.... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Valuation; Venture Capital; Cost of Capital; Cash Flow; Forecasting and Prediction
Desai, Mihir A., and Kathleen Luchs. "Valuing Project Achieve." Harvard Business School Case 201-080, January 2001.
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
farms of Europe and the US. It helps explain laws to protect small business from the ravages of the A&Ps and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51680 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics What Do Measures of Real-Time Corporate Sales Tell Us About Earnings Surprises... View Details
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
change its strategy in order to keep up with India's changing social, political, and economic landscape? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516116-PDF-ENG Harvard Business View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Doctoral
New Ideas for a Changing World New Ideas for a Changing World Some of the greatest intellectual challenges of our time are emerging from the broad fields of business... View Details