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The Unexpected Effects of Workplace Transparency
Workplace transparency provides a foundation for learning and control, and therefore for satisfaction and productivity. Yet my research shows that an obsession with transparency-enhancing tools and structures can backfire, producing the unintended consequences of... View Details
- December 2020
- Case
XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives
By: Marco Di Maggio, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
XP, an investment platform, was on the verge of defining whether to do an IPO or selling off a majority stake to Itaú Unibanco, Brazil´s largest financial conglomerate. Under the leadership of Guilherme Benchimol, XP´s co-founder and CEO, XP had risen to become the...
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Di Maggio, Marco, Pedro Levindo, and Carla Larangeira. "XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives." Harvard Business School Case 221-029, December 2020.
- 19 Jun 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Wisdom or Madness? Comparing Crowds with Expert Evaluation in Funding the Arts
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by Ethan R. Mollick & Ramana Nanda
- 27 Feb 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions
that perpetuate the privileges of certain racial groups. “A lot of hiring comes through referrals, and people’s networks tend to be pretty racially segregated. So it’s possible that referrals will reinforce some of these disparities,”...
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by Michael Blanding
- 10 Nov 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Crony Capitalism, American Style: What Are We Talking About Here?
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by Malcolm S. Salter
- 01 May 2024
- What Do You Think?
Have You Had Enough?
a reflection of the policy that everyone at Harvard Business School—students and instructors alike—teaches. That’s how we all learn, for life. It has been a privilege and an honor to conduct a monthly conversation with readers of Working...
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by James Heskett
- 21 Nov 2023
- Op-Ed
The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?
In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between...
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- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
more deeply engage with a diverse range of opinions. Scruton’s Confessions is a provocative book. I probably won’t agree with all he has to say. But that’s part of the adventure. In April, I returned from my sixth visit to Dharamsala, India, where my team had the View Details
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by Avery Forman
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
But a lot of these people have to go off and study and be successful. So I want to I want to wrap this up. And if Arthur, if you don't mind, I want to take the privilege of asking Oprah one last question, which is, you have this audience...
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by HBS Staff
- 29 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Much More Would Holiday Shoppers Pay to Wear Something Rare?
for the privilege of owning the hard-to-get red item—or how much less for the more plentiful black. They found that doubling inventory of an item reduces the willingness to pay by as much as 7 to 15 percent. “That’s one of the fundamental...
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- 19 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space
now, I put the student intellectually on the spot and encourage each to think proactively of how they can be problem-solvers living in constraints, rather than more passive recipients of policy largess. Those of us with the privilege of...
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- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
A mindset of "you get to" rather than "you have to." With this approach, which emphasizes to workers the privilege of working with great people on important work, "you don't ask anyone to do anything," Kotter says. Historically, people...
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by Kim Girard
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
Exeter Business School. You Might Also Like: More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress) The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of...
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- 20 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs
incentives are disproportionately tied to stock price. Surprise Seven: You Are Still Only Human Warning signs: You give interviews about you rather than about the company. Your lifestyle is more lavish or privileged than that of other top...
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- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
today. Meanwhile, from society's point of view, meanwhile, professional closure offers distinct benefits when the privilege of closure is granted in return for the commitments that true professionals make to serve the public good and to...
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- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
educating first generation college students and moving away from prioritizing candidates coming from more privileged backgrounds.” Measurement was on the minds of several respondents. Steve Hopkins said that diversity “needs to be an...
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by James Heskett
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
self-development. In the course of my work, I have had the privilege of developing teaching materials about many experienced leaders and their career development. This chapter builds on stories from some of the talented managers I've...
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by Linda Hill
- 17 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos
videos received upwards of a million views each. CONCEPT: Offer the viewer privileged access to valuable content. EXAMPLE: Virgin Atlantic's sneak peek. Also in 2010, members of Virgin Atlantic's frequent-flyer program received an email...
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- 15 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Remembering Alfred Chandler
longer visited HBS with regularity as he was retired from a long life as a prolific academic and professor. I had the privilege of being present at a ceremony honoring Al Chandler after he donated his personal papers to Baker Library. It...
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by Sean Silverthorne