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The focus of my research is on the systems of social innovation. How small groups of individuals come up with new products and services targeting important problems; how they finance these initial efforts, and convert prototypes into viable organizational strategies;...
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Keywords:
(General) Management;
Social Business;
Non-profit Management;
Entrepreneur;
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;
Entrepreneurial Finance;
System Dynamics;
Non-profit;
Evaluation;
Impact Investing;
Venture Philanthropy;
Social Enterprise Initiative;
Advanced Leadership Initiative;
Investment;
Innovation and Invention;
Organizations;
Social Enterprise;
Civil Society or Community;
System;
Financial Services Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Health Industry;
Energy Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Service Industry
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected But Not Accounted For
By: Christine L. Exley and Kirby Nielsen
We investigate how the gender gap in confidence affects the views that evaluators (e.g., employers) hold about men and women. If evaluators fail to account for the confidence gap, it may cause overly pessimistic views about women. Alternatively, if evaluators expect...
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Keywords:
Confidence;
Experiments;
Gender;
Perception;
Values and Beliefs;
Performance Evaluation;
Analysis
Exley, Christine L., and Kirby Nielsen. "The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected But Not Accounted For." Working Paper, October 2022.
- February 1998 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (A)
Rob Parson was a star producer in Morgan Stanley's Capital Markets division. He had been recruited from a competitor the prior year and had generated substantial revenues since joining the firm. Unfortunately, Parson's reviews from the 360-degree performance evaluation...
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Keywords:
Management;
Personal Development and Career;
Performance Evaluation;
Financial Services Industry
Burton, M. Diane. "Rob Parson at Morgan Stanley (A)." Harvard Business School Case 498-054, February 1998. (Revised July 1998.)
- 12 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Publish or Perish: What the Research Says About Productivity in Academia
To succeed in academia, professors often feel the pressure to “publish or perish.” But in evaluating professors’ productivity based on total published studies and grant funding, are institutions overlooking other factors that affect a...
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- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements
Organizations inevitably face crises, but few are well prepared to deal with them. The following elements summarize the findings of research and experience about what it takes to respond effectively in crisis situations. The accompanying table is a tool for View Details
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by Michael Watkins
- November 1972 (Revised July 2023)
- Case
Benihana of Tokyo
By: W. Earl Sasser
Discusses the development of a chain of "theme" restaurants. The student is asked to evaluate the current operating strategy and suggest a long-term expansion strategy.
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Keywords:
Expansion;
Business Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Service Industry
Sasser, W. Earl. "Benihana of Tokyo." Harvard Business School Case 673-057, November 1972. (Revised July 2023.)
- 03 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact
A new study of startups sharing a coworking space offers a new wrinkle in the debate over work-from-anywhere: Proximity matters, especially close proximity, to spread knowledge between disparate enterprises. “The more different the startups are, the more they’re going...
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by Ben Rand
- 25 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway
people who should not be admitted, and rejecting people who should not be rejected.” Inflated Applicants: Attribution Errors in Performance Evaluation by Professionals paints a picture of businesses repeatedly promoting or hiring...
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- December 2011 (Revised July 2013)
- Background Note
Hypothesis-Driven Entrepreneurship: The Lean Startup
By: Thomas Eisenmann, Eric Ries and Sarah Dillard
Firms that follow a hypothesis-driven approach to evaluating entrepreneurial opportunity are called "lean startups." Entrepreneurs in these startups translate their vision into falsifiable business model hypotheses, then test the hypotheses using a series of "minimum...
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Eisenmann, Thomas, Eric Ries, and Sarah Dillard. "Hypothesis-Driven Entrepreneurship: The Lean Startup." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-095, December 2011. (Revised July 2013.)
- May 2016
- Case
Revitalizing State Bank of India
By: Srikant M. Datar, N. M. Bhatta, Rishikesha T. Krishnan and Rachna Tahilyani
State Bank of India is India’s oldest and largest bank with the government of India as its majority shareholder. Arundhati Bhattacharya, a 35-year veteran of the bank, is appointed as its chairman in October 2013. Her appointment coincides with Moody’s downgrading the...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Transformation;
Communication Strategy;
Leadership Style;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change And Adaptation;
Performance Evaluation;
Culture;
Corporate Social Responsibility And Impact;
Human Resources;
Employees;
Compensation And Benefits;
Recruiting;
Capital Markets;
Performance Expectations;
Financial Services Industry;
Asia;
India
Datar, Srikant M., N. M. Bhatta, Rishikesha T. Krishnan, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Revitalizing State Bank of India." Harvard Business School Case 116-043, May 2016.
- January 2010 (Revised December 2011)
- Background Note
A Framework for Ethical Reasoning
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Nien-he Hsieh
A practical framework for evaluating the ethical dimensions of a proposed course of action for managers and executives.
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Ethics;
Values and Beliefs;
Framework;
Corporate Accountability;
Leadership
Sucher, Sandra J., and Nien-he Hsieh. "A Framework for Ethical Reasoning." Harvard Business School Background Note 610-050, January 2010. (Revised December 2011.)
- April 2003
- Background Note
Sunk Costs: The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (E)
This case summarizes the technical evaluation methodology Shell employed to evaluate the alternative proposals submitted to its engineering competition for disposing of the Brent Spar. It also details the results of the evaluation process.
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Keywords:
Natural Environment;
Business and Community Relations;
Projects;
Energy Sources;
Energy Industry
Watkins, Michael D., and Samuel Passow. "Sunk Costs: The Plan to Dump the Brent Spar (E)." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-014, April 2003.
- January 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.: The "Talk to Chuck" Advertising Campaign
By: John A. Quelch
Schwab management is evaluating the success of the recently launched "Talk to Chuck" advertising campaign. This campaign aims to differentiate Schwab in the cluttered financial services marketplace. Test market results facilitate discussion of advertising objectives,...
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Communication Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Media;
Performance Evaluation;
Financial Services Industry
Quelch, John A., and Laura Winig. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.: The "Talk to Chuck" Advertising Campaign. Harvard Business School Case 507-005, January 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
- August 2023
- Case
Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR
By: Boris Groysberg, Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney and Carolina Bartunek
Unicorn human relationships startup Beamery evaluates it's growth versus depth strategy as its strategic partners and customers could become future competitors in a quickly changing AI based human resources and talent management industry
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Keywords:
Acquisition;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Startups;
Competency and Skills;
Experience and Expertise;
Talent and Talent Management;
Customers;
Nationality;
Learning;
Entrepreneurship;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Retention;
Selection and Staffing;
Values and Beliefs;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Analytics and Data Science;
Applications and Software;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Job Offer;
Job Search;
Job Design and Levels;
Employment;
Human Capital;
Europe;
United Kingdom;
United States
Groysberg, Boris, Alexis Lefort, Susan Pinckney, and Carolina Bartunek. "Beamery: Using Skills and AI to Modernize HR." Harvard Business School Case 424-004, August 2023.
- 26 Feb 2019
- HBS Seminar
Christopher Hsee, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
- May 1991 (Revised October 1998)
- Case
NIKE (A) (Condensed)
By: David B. Yoffie
Describes the history of Nike, its strategy, and the industry in which it competes. The teaching objective is to ask the student to identify and evaluate Nike's economic/technical strategy.
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Yoffie, David B. "NIKE (A) (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 391-238, May 1991. (Revised October 1998.)
- 1990
- Article
Social Influences on Creativity: Evaluation, Coaction, and Surveillance
By: T. M. Amabile, P. Goldfarb and S. C. Brackfield
Two experiments examined the effects of evaluation expectation and the presence of others on creativity. In both experiments, some subjects expected that their work would be evaluated by experts, and others expected no evaluation. Evaluation expectation was crossed, in...
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Keywords:
Creativity;
Social Psychology;
Situation or Environment;
Motivation and Incentives;
Performance Evaluation
Amabile, T. M., P. Goldfarb, and S. C. Brackfield. "Social Influences on Creativity: Evaluation, Coaction, and Surveillance." Creativity Research Journal 3 (1990): 6–21.
Samuel B. Antill
Samuel Antill is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Finance II course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Antill’s research interests are in corporate... View Details
Professor Antill’s research interests are in corporate... View Details
- February 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Store24
By: Susan L. Kulp, V.G. Narayanan and Dennis Campbell
Illustrates how nonfinancial performance measures can be used to manage a business and evaluate the success of a strategy.
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Keywords:
Business or Company Management;
Balanced Scorecard;
Performance Evaluation;
Strategy;
Retail Industry
Kulp, Susan L., V.G. Narayanan, and Dennis Campbell. "Store24." Harvard Business School Case 103-058, February 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 21 May 2019
- Working Paper Summaries