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- 28 Aug 2020
- Video
Ian Fuhr
Ian Fuhr, who later founded Sorbet, the largest chain of beauty salons in South Africa, describes how he was sent to a refinery owned by the Murray & Roberts group in the 1990s and encountered appalling racism at the top management. The CEO eventually took steps to... View Details
- 21 Apr 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Why Do Firms Use Non-Linear Incentive Schemes? Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Overconfidence
Keywords: by Ian Larkin & Stephen Leider
- 25 Mar 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Demographics, Career Concerns or Social Comparison: Who Games SSRN Download Counts?
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ian Walsh
Ian Walsh was like many other students at Hamilton College - he majored in English and biology and played hockey and lacrosse. But he and his twin brother, Eric, were in a class by themselves when it came to... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- Portrait Project
Ian McLean
believe cancer was fatal. I wish to hear laughter in my classroom when I remind students of how serious and pretentious they were on their oh-so-important first day of university. I want to make my wife laugh as we lazily watch the sunset from a newly climbed mountain... View Details
Ian K. Ballantine
In 1952, the year of Ballantine Books' founding, Ballantine introduced four titles, including Executive Suite by Cameron Hawley, which became a bestseller and a successful motion picture. Ballantine proved to the publishing industry that... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
- 04 Mar 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field
- 28 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Strategic Compensation
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Bankers, Industrialists, and Their Cliques: Elite Networks in Mexico and Brazil During Early Industrialization
- 04 Mar 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism
- 28 Feb 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Patent Trolls and Small-Business Employment
- 10 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing Reputation: Evidence from Biographies of Corporate Directors
- 09 Jul 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences
- 23 Aug 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
CEO Personality and Firm Policies
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Demotivate Your Best Employees
motivated to work harder over the long term. But new research suggests that some awards may actually have the opposite effect, according to a recent paper called The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field, written View Details
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
by the same person. "It's like having a convenience store that's not manned, and everyone who comes in can either steal or pay, but there's a video camera that nobody knows about, and it's tracking everyone's every move," View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research
A large amusement park. A long line at an airport. A children's summer camp in Italy. What do these places have in common? Surprisingly, all are settings for serious research by Harvard Business School faculty. There's a sea change afoot... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
fill."—Allan Page "There is no definitive answer to the question of how any given board balances the needs of various classes of shareholders, employees, vendors, etc."—Amy Savin "The board should be guided by the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jul 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Much of Leadership Is About Control, Delegation, or Theater?
excites, and pushes the team or, you could say, choreographs an output that (moves) the company towards the vision." The mix of control, delegation, and theater employed by successful leaders depends on the timing and circumstances... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
consumers and workers, and the political realities of modern governments. That appears to be a central message conveyed by responses to this month’s column. Ian Brinkley raised the issue of shifting needs of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett