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- November 2020
- Article
When the Boss Comes to Town: The Effects of Headquarters' Visits on Facility-Level Misconduct
By: Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos
We study the effects of headquarters’ visits on facility-level misconduct. We use the staggered introduction of airline routes to identify exogenous travel-time reductions between headquarters and facilities and test whether such reductions affect facility-level... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Misconduct; Visits By Management; Flight Routes; Control Systems; Compliance Programs; Performance Pressure; Business or Company Management; Management Systems; Governance Controls; Governance Compliance; Performance Expectations
Heese, Jonas, and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos. "When the Boss Comes to Town: The Effects of Headquarters' Visits on Facility-Level Misconduct." Accounting Review 95, no. 6 (November 2020): 235–261.
- Article
Corporate Misconduct and Manager Visits
By: Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos
Heese, Jonas, and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos. "Corporate Misconduct and Manager Visits." Strategic Finance 102, no. 12 (June 2021): 19–20.
- September–October 1993
- Article
Managing by Wire
By: S. H. Haeckel and R. L. Nolan
Keywords: Management
Haeckel, S. H., and R. L. Nolan. "Managing by Wire." Harvard Business Review 71, no. 5 (September–October 1993): 122–132.
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Rating Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
Many tools for rating the performance of mutual funds and their managers rely heavily on past performance. But what about the future? Now comes a system devised by Randolph B. Cohen and Joshua D. Coval of... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- Article
Management by Accounting is Not Management Accounting
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Management by Accounting is Not Management Accounting." Forum. CFO 4, no. 7 (July 1988).
- 06 Jun 2016
- News
Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management
- 27 Mar 2009
- News
Management by heart, not by mind: Shehnaz Husain
- 10 Apr 2023
MBA Class Visit
The excitement, energy, and unexpected insights generated by case method make it a hallmark of the HBS distinctive learning environment. We invite you to experience our stimulating academic environment by observing an MBA class in session. View Details
- Article
Managing Information Systems by Committee
By: R. L. Nolan
Nolan, R. L. "Managing Information Systems by Committee." Harvard Business Review 60, no. 4 (July–August 1982).
- Article
Price and Quality Decisions by Self-Serving Managers
By: Marco Bertini, Daniel Halbheer and Oded Koenigsberg
We present a theory of price and quality decisions by managers who are self-serving. In the theory, firms stress the price or quality of their products, but not both. Accounting for this, managers exploit any uncertainty about the cause of market outcomes to credit... View Details
Keywords: Causal Reasoning; Self-serving Bias; Strategic Orientation; Managerial Decision-making; Price; Quality; Decision Making; Theory
Bertini, Marco, Daniel Halbheer, and Oded Koenigsberg. "Price and Quality Decisions by Self-Serving Managers." International Journal of Research in Marketing 37, no. 2 (June 2020): 236–257.
- 15 Apr 2024
- Book
Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters
cut through all the questions that inevitably run through their heads so they can instinctively choose the right path. The best way to tackle a tough call: Start by defining on a personal level what is right, says Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- September 16, 2022
- Article
Bored at Work? Learn to Manage It by Putting It to Work
By: Katherine Connolly Baden, Boris Groysberg and Heather Poco
Do you often feel bored at work or in life? Do you want to feel less bored? If so, what can you do to make that happen? Boredom has a bad rap, but is it really so bad? View Details
Baden, Katherine Connolly, Boris Groysberg, and Heather Poco. "Bored at Work? Learn to Manage It by Putting It to Work." Newsweek (September 16, 2022), 18–19.
- 20 Jun 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management
- 18 Oct 2019
LGBTQ+ Visit Day
Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions and PRIDE, this event is designed for prospective applicants to experience the MBA program at Harvard Business School. Over the course of the day, participants will have the opportunity to interact... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- News
Managing By Walking Around — Digitally
The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership
The Emergence of Charismatic Business Leadership is an examination of how the role of the business leader in the U.S. has changed from World War II to the present. A small number of high-profile individuals have transformed the face of modern-day... View Details
- 27 Sep 2019
Military Visit Day
Jointly sponsored by HBS MBA Admissions and the Armed Forces Alumni Association (AFAA), this event is designed for prospective applicants to experience the MBA program at Harvard Business School. Over the course of the day, participants... View Details
- 2004
- Working Paper
Judging Fund Managers by the Company They Keep
By: Randolph Cohen, Joshua Coval and Luboš Pástor
We develop a performance evaluation approach in which a fund manager's skill is judged by the extent to which his investment decisions resemble the decisions of managers with distinguished performance records. The proposed performance measures are estimated more... View Details
Cohen, Randolph, Joshua Coval, and Lubo Pástor. "Judging Fund Managers by the Company They Keep." NBER Working Paper Series, No. W9359, January 2004.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Learning by Doing: The Value of Experience and the Origins of Skill for Mutual Fund Managers
By: Elisabeth Kempf, Alberto Manconi and Oliver Spalt
Learning by doing matters for professional investors. We develop a new methodology to show that mutual fund managers outperform in industries where they have obtained experience on the job. The key to our identification strategy is that we look "inside" funds and... View Details
Kempf, Elisabeth, Alberto Manconi, and Oliver Spalt. "Learning by Doing: The Value of Experience and the Origins of Skill for Mutual Fund Managers." SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 2124896, May 2017.
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Visit | MBA
Visit By virtue of its immersion in the case method, the richness of its section life, and the depth and breadth of its extracurricular activities, the MBA Program is best appreciated through direct... View Details