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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Alumni Author
After two semesters at HBS, Daisy Wademan (MBA ’02) found herself looking forward to the last day of class when faculty members traditionally share personal stories and dole out life advice. So inspiring did she find these gems that she decided to take on the task of... View Details
Authors @ Google
Professor Gautam Mukunda's Indispensable presentation as part of the Authors at Google series. October 26, 2012. View Details
- Awards
Case Centre Best Selling Case Author
By: David J. Collis
Recognized as one of the Top Twenty-five Best-selling Case Authors (out of over 8,000 authors) for The Case Centre in 2016, 2017 and 2018. View Details
- May 2009
- Article
Authority versus Persuasion
This paper studies a manager's trade-off between using persuasion and using interpersonal authority to get an employee to 'do the right thing' from the manager's perspective (when the manager and employee disagree on the right course of action). It... View Details
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Managerial Roles; Projects; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence
Van den Steen, Eric J. "Authority versus Persuasion." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 99, no. 2 (May 2009): 448–453.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Authority versus Persuasion
This paper studies a principal's trade-off between using persuasion versus using interpersonal authority to get the agent to "do the right thing"; from the principal's perspective (when the principal and agent openly disagree on the right course of action). It shows... View Details
Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Managerial Roles; Projects; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence
Van den Steen, Eric J. "Authority versus Persuasion." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-085, January 2009.
- February 2003
- Case
Dubai Ports Authority (A)
The Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) wishes to digitize many of the documents it shares with its external partners, including shipping lines and agents, merchants, and the country's customs authority. DPA also wishes to automate the many document transmissions related to... View Details
Keywords: Communication Technology; Information Technology; Cooperation; Globalized Markets and Industries; Shipping Industry; Dubai
McAfee, Andrew P., Karen Ooms-Walls, and Lubna Al Qasimi. "Dubai Ports Authority (A)." Harvard Business School Case 603-061, February 2003.
- 08 Mar 2021
- News
Building Influence Without Authority
- 2007
- Article
Managers, Workers, and Authority
By: Nien-he Hsieh
Hsieh, Nien-he. "Managers, Workers, and Authority." Journal of Business Ethics 71, no. 4 (2007): 347–357.
- 30 Apr 2011
- News
Formal Authority Is Overrated
- April 2024
- Article
Decision Authority and the Returns to Algorithms
By: Hyunjin Kim, Edward L. Glaeser, Andrew Hillis, Scott Duke Kominers and Michael Luca
We evaluate a pilot in an Inspections Department to explore the returns to a pair of algorithms that varied in their sophistication. We find that both algorithms provided substantial prediction gains, suggesting that even simple data may be helpful. However, these... View Details
Keywords: Algorithmic Aversion; Algorithmic Decision Making; Algorithms; Public Entrepreneurship; Govenment; Local Government; Crowdsourcing; Crowdsourcing Contests; Inspection; Principal-agent Theory; Government Administration; Decision Making; Public Administration Industry; United States
Kim, Hyunjin, Edward L. Glaeser, Andrew Hillis, Scott Duke Kominers, and Michael Luca. "Decision Authority and the Returns to Algorithms." Strategic Management Journal 45, no. 4 (April 2024): 619–648.
- March 1999
- Article
Informal Authority in Organizations
By: George P. Baker, Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
Keywords: Organizations
Baker, George P., Robert Gibbons, and Kevin J. Murphy. "Informal Authority in Organizations." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 15, no. 1 (March 1999).
- February 2007
- Module Note
The Prince Summary: Exercising Authority
By: Sandra J. Sucher
A summary of the major themes discussed in the ninth class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details
Sucher, Sandra J. "The Prince Summary: Exercising Authority." Harvard Business School Module Note 607-073, February 2007.
- 24 Mar 2015
- News
Best-Selling Author Touts Walter Friedman Work
- Research Summary
Delegation of Authority in Oligopoly
This paper studies the consequences of product-market competition on firms' decisions to delegate more or fewer decision-making responsibilities to managers. By simultaneously addressing the choice of both competitive actions and organizational design, the paper... View Details
- 15 Sep 2011
- News
Boston Redevelopment Authority Approves Tata Hall Construction
- June 1991 (Revised June 1992)
- Case
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)
Herman, Ellen D. "Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)." Harvard Business School Case 391-202, June 1991. (Revised June 1992.)
- 22 Apr 2009
- News
Clayton Christensen, Disrupting Class Author
- 07 Feb 2015
- News