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- 01 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters
who want to push performance very strongly shouldn’t expect employees to engage in extra-role behavior as much,” Gallani says. “There is a little bit of a tradeoff between pay for performance and extra-role behaviors, such as innovation.”...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- 01 Feb 2021
- What Do You Think?
Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?
intentions but more about actions.” Patti Gillenwater suggested that companies should change their hiring policies. In her words, “hiring individuals that have ‘grown up’ in diverse, inclusive environments is spot on. This would View Details
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by James Heskett
- 11 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Meet the MBA Class of 2020
Michael Macfarlane “I WANT TO WORK ON BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY TO SCALE THE BEST IDEAS AS RAPIDLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.” HOME REGION Vancouver, Canada UNDERGRAD EDUCATION Middlebury College,...
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- January 2015 (Revised May 2023)
- Technical Note
FIELD Global Immersion: Orchestrating a Compelling Presentation
By: Jill Avery
This note was written to help you organize and orchestrate your FIELD Global Immersion final project presentation to your global partner. It is designed to illustrate ways to make your final presentation persuasive, inspiring, and powerful — a presentation with...
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Presentation Skills;
Communication;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Communication Strategy;
Interpersonal Communication;
Management Skills
Avery, Jill. "FIELD Global Immersion: Orchestrating a Compelling Presentation." Harvard Business School Technical Note 315-085, January 2015. (Revised May 2023.)
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
board do not intrude on each other's territory, the board, management, the shareholders, and the family council must cooperate, coordinate their activities, and communicate...
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- March 2004 (Revised April 2004)
- Background Note
Seeing What's on Red Auerbach's Mind
Analysis of an interview with Red Auerbach, HBR No. 87201. Alan M. Webber, who conducted the interview, probed for the lessons that Auerbach has learned from a long and productive career coaching and managing the Boston Celtics, a professional basketball team in the...
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Markets;
Research;
Sports;
Product Development;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Sports Industry
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and John T. Gourville. "Seeing What's on Red Auerbach's Mind." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-160, March 2004. (Revised April 2004.)
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
very notion of a level playing field is a myth. There never has been a level field and there never will be. . . . Let the market decide for itself and it will work out." Radhika Unni adds, "I don't...
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by James Heskett
- Portrait Project
Uzoma Nwagba
bolder and better version. Our governments will work. I will be a part of it—not in spite of my MBA, but because of it. I want to run African public institutions like ethical businesses. It is my duty to the largest View Details
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Demonstration Policy | About
to the USRR’s application. Principles The USRR begins by noting, The central functions of an academic community are learning, teaching, research, and scholarship. By accepting membership in the University,...
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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
value of education, changing the world through entrepreneurship, and finding meaning by helping others. Dahod’s first taste of entrepreneurship came as a teenager, when he helped his physician father produce...
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Susan Young
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
When the dust settled, Luca determined that each ratings star added on a Yelp review translated to anywhere from a 5 percent to 9 percent effect on revenues (depending on the control variables and means of...
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- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
LinkedIn, Google and increasingly networked communities means that every leader has the informal equivalent of a “Yelp” score that will come to light. If people see their...
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by Bill George
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
in your community and in the organizations that are important to you. When I think about the future, though, I look to John Whitehead (MBA 11/'47) as a terrific role model. After he left Goldman Sachs, he...
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Deborah E. Blagg
- Web
Connecting Remotely to WRDS on Windows - Research Computing Services
communication access method (=> comamid); */ %let wrds=wrds.wharton.upenn.edu 4016; options comamid=TCP remote=WRDS; signon username=_prompt_; /* After SAS reads the signon statement and executes...
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- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
that millennials will come to appreciate their predecessors over time, Fred Olande commented, " life is just a circle and we all transit from one level to another ." And there were some worries as...
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by Jim Heskett
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
The decline of the community newspaper in the United States has been steep and severe. A quarter of American papers have folded in the last 15 years, and industry-wide...
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- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
started to create a new life, a separate life, but that I fully embraced that I needed to move on and that Sheila was going to move on, that I was able to start living a new, normal life. And in living the...
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- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
Ebrahim cites his research on two NGOs in western India: the Sadguru Water and Development Foundation and the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme. These nonprofits work in hundreds, if not thousands, of rural...
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by Julia Hanna
- 07 May 2024
- Blog Post
Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria
Interested in offsetting your travel carbon footprint? Click here. Are you traveling soon, but feel concerned about the carbon footprint of your flight or drive? Planes and cars release greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) such as carbon dioxide, along with other pollutants...
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- August 2011 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
Ramesh Patel at Aragon Entertainment Limited
By: Anthony J. Mayo and Joshua D. Margolis
Ramesh Patel, a high potential employee, was excited to be named to the company's New Horizons Board, a select team responsible for producing recommendations for new products or line extensions for Aragon Entertainment. Patel's co-worker and friend, Jeremy Gibson was...
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Groups and Teams;
Conflict and Resolution;
Conflict Management;
Interpersonal Communication;
Spoken Communication;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Jobs and Positions;
Performance;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Mayo, Anthony J., and Joshua D. Margolis. "Ramesh Patel at Aragon Entertainment Limited." Harvard Business School Case 412-042, August 2011. (Revised November 2012.)