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- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
club induction are actually willing to pay to get over the margin and into the club," Larkin says. Importantly, Larkin observed that there were no apparent financial benefits to attaining club membership....
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by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation
Verticals team in October of 2020. How have you used career services since graduating? One of the benefits of being an alum is that you have access to continued career coaching. About a year after graduating I went back to Martha View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
lot of hard work, it gradually turned into a department store," Barron explains. "He treated people fairly and was well-respected. I think I gained a more positive view of business than others in my generation because I saw how a small...
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Thomas Frick
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
preventable deaths, despite its world-class resources and medical technology. The Democratic presidential candidates have been debating the benefits of the “Medicare for All” approach versus a public...
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- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
several strategic imperatives: the need to build a strong, desirable, and prestigious brand identity and grow a profitable and sustainable business. The case also provides an...
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Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
than 35 Israeli-Jordanian and Israeli- Egyptian joint ventures are already up and running. Why are top Middle Eastern business leaders now seeking out strategic alliances with their neighbors? What View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
emerging and developed markets. The stated objective was to create a corruption-proof social security infrastructure that enables the disenfranchised to access benefits without any diversion to middlemen...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience
put themselves out there and many feel they benefit from having a partner by their side. For Uwais Razack (MBA ’21, Old Section C), the HBS experience has been enhanced by having his wife, Azrah, here by his...
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- 01 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?
lamenting the move away from free trade concepts, Thom Dammrich said, “Protected industries and their workers benefit in the short term, but beyond that protected industries become globally uncompetitive,...
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by James Heskett
- June 2017
- Article
The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital
By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
This paper traces the career of Michael Jensen, a Chicago finance PhD turned Harvard Business School professor to reveal the intellectual and social conditions that enabled the emergence and institutionalization of what we call the “neoliberal common sense of capital,”...
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Keywords:
Executive Pay;
The Firm;
Michael Jensen;
Neo-Liberalism;
Shareholder Value;
Agency Theory;
Corporate Governance;
Executive Compensation;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Transformation
Fourcade, Marion, and Rakesh Khurana. "The Social Trajectory of a Finance Professor and the Common Sense of Capital." History of Political Economy 49, no. 2 (June 2017): 347–381.
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
Great chefs, like great artists, go far beyond their materials (in this case, food) to provoke an experience that fulfills their creative vision. Unlike artists, however, they are running a business that requires putting diners in the seats, balancing costs, View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and...
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- July 2010 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Kaitlyn A. Simpson
Senior Partner Rob Smith just led construction consultancy firm Davis Langdon through a major organizational change in Europe and the Middle East. In the past, compensation arrangements had not incentivized partners to collaborate across the firm to serve clients'...
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Profit Sharing;
Global Strategy;
Compensation and Benefits;
Leading Change;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Partners and Partnerships;
Cooperation;
Expansion;
Consulting Industry;
Europe;
Middle East
Eccles, Robert G., and Kaitlyn A. Simpson. "One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 411-006, July 2010. (Revised March 2013.)
- 2007
- Working Paper
The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices
By: Muriel Niederle and Alvin E. Roth
New gastroenterologists participated in a labor market clearinghouse (a "match") from 1986 through the late 1990's, after which the match was abandoned. This provides an opportunity to study the effects of a match, by observing the differences in the outcomes and...
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Health;
Employment;
Marketplace Matching;
Selection and Staffing;
Job Offer;
Compensation and Benefits;
Health Industry
Niederle, Muriel, and Alvin E. Roth. "The Effects of a Centralized Clearinghouse on Job Placement, Wages, and Hiring Practices." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13529, October 2007.
- April 2022
- Teaching Note
Tempur Sealy International (A, B & C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 718-422, 718-423, and 718-424. The cases explore the long-term relationship between Tempur Sealy (TPX, a mattress manufacturer) and Mattress Firm (MFRM, a bedding retailer and TPX's largest customer). For almost 20 years, the firms...
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Porter's 5 Forces;
Bargaining Power;
Buyer Power;
Customer Power;
Supplier Power;
Negotiations;
Value Capture;
Private Equity;
Consumer Durables;
Consumer Discretionary;
Mattresses;
B-2-B;
Industry Dynamics;
Leadership;
Compensation;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Value Creation;
Competition;
Cooperation;
Distribution;
Negotiation;
Industry Structures;
Customers;
Relationships;
Distribution Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States;
South Africa
- Article
Signaling When Nobody Is Watching: A Reputation Heuristics Account of Outrage and Punishment in One-shot Anonymous Interactions
By: Jillian J. Jordan and David G. Rand
Moralistic punishment can confer reputation benefits by signaling trustworthiness to observers. However, why do people punish even when nobody is watching? We argue that people often rely on the heuristic that reputation is typically at stake, such that reputation...
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Signaling;
Morality;
Trustworthiness;
Anger;
Third-party Punishment;
Moral Sensibility;
Behavior;
Trust;
Reputation
Jordan, Jillian J., and David G. Rand. "Signaling When Nobody Is Watching: A Reputation Heuristics Account of Outrage and Punishment in One-shot Anonymous Interactions." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 118, no. 1 (January 2020).
- 24 Aug 2021
- News
Having a Moment
offering products that use ingredients such as Ashwagandha and Tulsi that Chottani saw her mother use in Ayurvedic recipes. “It’s so interesting to see people returning to their roots,” she says. “As the world gets more globalized, we’re...
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- June 2011
- Supplement
Arck Systems (F)
By: Ian Larkin
The Arck Systems series of cases describes the dilemmas faced by a senior sales manager in determining a sales compensation plan at an enterprise software company. The existing compensation plan is aggressive and highly rewards "star” performers. The cases track a...
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Larkin, Ian. "Arck Systems (F)." Harvard Business School Supplement 911-073, June 2011.
- December 1993 (Revised November 1995)
- Case
Wetherill Associates, Inc.
By: Lynn S. Paine
Top managers of Wetherill Associates, Inc., a small, privately held distributor of electrical parts to the automotive aftermarket, are considering whether to modify the company's compensation system for its salesforce. The management wants a compensation system that...
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Ethics;
Business or Company Management;
Organizational Structure;
Compensation and Benefits;
Salesforce Management
Paine, Lynn S. "Wetherill Associates, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 394-113, December 1993. (Revised November 1995.)