encouragement - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Nov 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?

Harvard Business School, has written recently decrying the practice of tying executive compensation to a company's stock price. He equates P4P to "outsourcing" the appraisal of management to compensation committees—a practice that View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

individual receives in relation to what he or she perceives and expects. Because this is highly subjective, the argument goes, generalizations (many of them currently taught in conventional courses) about how to manage are practically useless. Instead, managers should... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Europe

buyout side and the early venture capital side in Europe, said Kuemmerle. Europe, Asia and Latin America still lag behind the U.S., he said, but "the hunt for the best entrepreneurial teams is still on, so I encourage everybody who... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

17 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News

testing the idea that reputation motives encourage people to be undiscerning in the information that they share,” she explains. These questions led Jordan and her coauthors to devise a two-part investigation, in which they first conducted... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

Profile

Hiroshi Mikitani

to customize their web presence rather than be forced to conform to a standard design. “We encouraged them to interact directly with customers because we’d found that merchants who told their personal stories and made a connection... View Details

20 Aug 2020
Blog Post

“Business as Usual, In a Different Way” – Creating an Impactful Remote Internship at Actis

their team in the first week, and employees from across the business volunteered to hold 10-15 minute video conference chats. “With most employees working remotely, we knew they were eager to engage with others so we were proactive in View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Other Financial Services

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

financial gains of diversity are not limited to venture capital but also expand to goods and service-based businesses. Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting There are excellent resources to help train your managers and employees to confront unconscious bias, and we... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Apr 2022
Blog Post

The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Enterprise Track The Sacerdote Prizes were initially established in 2003 by Peter M. Sacerdote (MBA 1964) to encourage more HBS graduates to become involved in social enterprises and to support their efforts. Peter M. Sacerdote $75,000... View Details

06 Mar 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Sustainability in Action: Inside Hindustan Unilever’s Public Sanitation and Plastic Recycling Facilities

transparency. With land provided by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the initiative has become self-sustaining, even generating a small profit. Encouraged by its success, BMC plans to scale this model citywide. The impact is... View Details

21 Jun 2022
News

Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead

feature some books about Dallas in a book group he’s organizing for the club. In all club planning, Sheets says, the board is focused on developing programs that build relationships, through content that encourages engaging discussions... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2012
News

Curb Your Smartphone Habit

what happens behind the scenes, such as better work processes, internal communication, collaboration, and renewed creativity that fuels innovative problem-solving. A key reason why BCG or any company would be interested in this research has to do with the concepts of... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; smartphones; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Telecommunications; Information

01 Oct 1999
News

Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

and - much as in word processing - efficiently, with minimal keystrokes." Bricklin made good use of the School's computer resources as he struggled to germinate the seed that would grow into today's ubiquitous spreadsheet, and he found near unanimous View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

Portrait Project

Victoria Song

I will master my own destiny. As a young child, I took note of the sharp contrast between the standards that existed for boys and girls in my stoic, conservative family. My brother was encouraged to speak his mind, to defend himself, to... View Details

Portrait Project

Sarah Shanfield

and invested in. I will be remarkable by being approachable, and purposeful through listening. Like my mother, I will challenge myself to raise the standard of each interaction and encourage others to meet me there. View Details

Portrait Project

Pothik Chatterjee

me. Two nights before she passed away, I had a dream where she spoke to me. In my dream, she appeared young, healthy, and serene. She reassured me she loved and accepted me. She encouraged me to live and love on my terms, fearlessly and... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Andrews, Raymond Remembered

increasingly interested in the study of ethics and personal values in the workplace and encouraged practicing managers to write about this subject for the magazine. Raymond was a member of the HBS faculty from 1950 to 1987. As faculty... View Details

01 Jun 2004
News

Social Enterprise Celebrates Tenth Year, Looks Ahead

World Banking. She encouraged SEI to recognize nonprofits as catalysts for social change, influencing the larger sectors of business and government. Panelist and SEI board member Thomas J. Tierney (MBA ’80), founder and chairman of The... View Details

Keywords: SEI; Social Enterprise Initiative; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

03 Sep 2009
What Do You Think?

Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?

encourage employees in an acquired company to "preserve and internally disseminate the knowledge that made the smaller (acquired) company attractive to the larger one." Vladimir Pavelko expressed his support for such a bonus,... View Details