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- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
liability standards, Feuerstein ended up spending more money than he had. And the company went bankrupt. View VideoA middle-aged worker whose job was replaced by automation reflects on how the loss changed her life. As with many HBS...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Research Brief: Bargaining for Better
Kathleen McGinn (photo by Tracy Powell) Kathleen McGinn (photo by Tracy Powell) By the time they reach eighth grade, about 61 percent of girls in Zambia have dropped out of school—a rate three times higher than their male counterparts....
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Jennifer Myers
- 07 Feb 2020
- News
Women less inclined to self-promote than men, even for a job
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games
national championship game from being played if the number 1 and 2 teams were in conferences committed to different bowls. While the current organization of bowl games leaves much to be desired, it does a much better job of producing good...
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- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
experience I have had," he says. At 44, Dumon has had more experience than most. A self-described "Internet product guy," he has known both success and failure, and he believes that failure can be a good teacher. "Once, when we tried an...
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- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
Perlman knew that, while VCs might have been willing to make small investments in his new firm, they were, at the time, quite wary of making major financial commitments to consumer electronics plays such as WebTV. To better understand the...
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by James K. Sebenius
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
Balanced Scorecard, HBS professor Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton, there is compelling evidence that better measurement, and therefore better information, leads to better...
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by Martha Lagace
- 09 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations
listen to each other's perspective and to learn about each other's interests and constraints. But this isn't the norm for several reasons. First, relatives tend to be less curious and inquiring about their relatives than they are of...
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by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
- July 9, 2019
- Article
Setting Better Sales Goals with Analytics
By: Doug J. Chung, Isabel Huber, Vinay Murthy, Varun Sunku and Marije Weber
Sales compensation is a critical lever in motivating a salesforce and driving growth in the business-to-business sector: Studies show that revising compensation in line with market trends can have a 50% greater impact on sales than advertisements have, for instance. A...
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Analytics;
Salesforce Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Motivation and Incentives;
Goals and Objectives
Chung, Doug J., Isabel Huber, Vinay Murthy, Varun Sunku, and Marije Weber. "Setting Better Sales Goals with Analytics." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 9, 2019).
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
Business Can Do a Better Job Supporting Public Education
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
deeply about taking their team, company, community, or country to a different and better place. You could call this long-term thinking, but it’s more than that. There’s often a big dream, which sometimes...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
2018, Averaging Probability Forecasts: Back to the Future. Grushka-Cockayne, on loan from University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, joined with Darden colleague Casey. Lichtendahl; Bob Winkler of Duke University’s Fuqua School...
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- 30 Nov 2015
- News
Five Ways to Give Better Gifts (Backed by Science)
- 05 Feb 2014
- News
Awful Weather Makes for Better Workers (and More Mouse Trap Sales)
- February 2020
- Case
Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water
By: John D. Macomber and Carla Larangeira
Private companies were being turned to for potable water in the world’s megacities due to impacts of climate change including droughts and flooding. Mexico City had endured several water-related crises, with its population suffering from floods, droughts, water...
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Water Supply;
Water Management;
Finance;
Infrastructure;
Urban Development;
Business and Government Relations;
Latin America;
Mexico
Macomber, John D., and Carla Larangeira. "Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water." Harvard Business School Case 220-064, February 2020.
- April 24, 2024
- Other Article
Presidents Don’t Need Criminal Immunity to Take Bold Action: National Security Is Better Served by a Lawful President Than a Lawless One
By: Louis Caldera
Caldera, Louis. "Presidents Don’t Need Criminal Immunity to Take Bold Action: National Security Is Better Served by a Lawful President Than a Lawless One." If You Can Keep It (April 24, 2024).
- 19 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?
psychology and politics over the centuries. Are two heads better than one, or do too many cooks spoil the broth? Does the collective will of the majority lead to democratic consensus or fundamentalist...
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- 09 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
For Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
innovators conversing with extroverts generate much better ideas Open innovators collaborating with introverts generate worse ideas, on average The traits of both innovators and their collaborators matter in...
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by Michael Blanding
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
also comes from certain institutional investors. But when you come to the internal factors, looking at it from the point of view of a director, you should make changes because they will enable the board to do a better job. The fact is,...
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by Martha Lagace