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- May 2000
- Supplement
Bain & Co., Inc.: Phyllis Yale in Conversation with MBA students
By: Ashish Nanda
Phyllis Yale, chairman of Bain's Compensation and Promotion Committee (CPC), discusses how the CPC decided on four promotion cases. She reflects on the impact of the promotion decision-making process on the firm.
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Nanda, Ashish. "Bain & Co., Inc.: Phyllis Yale in Conversation with MBA students." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 800-503, May 2000.
- January 2000 (Revised April 2010)
- Case
Heidi Roizen
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Nicole Tempest
Heidi Roizen, a venture capitalist at SOFTBANK Venture Capital and a former entrepreneur, maintains an extensive personal and professional network. She leverages this network to benefit both herself and others. The case considers the steps she's taken to build and...
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Keywords:
Venture Capital;
Personal Development and Career;
Power and Influence;
Social and Collaborative Networks
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Nicole Tempest. "Heidi Roizen." Harvard Business School Case 800-228, January 2000. (Revised April 2010.)
- November 2010 (Revised April 2011)
- Supplement
Aman Resorts (B)
By: Eugene Soltes and Aldo Sesia
The (B) case describes how employees are rewarded and compensated and is used to supplement the (A) case.
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Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Employees;
Performance Evaluation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Accommodations Industry
Soltes, Eugene, and Aldo Sesia. "Aman Resorts (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-015, November 2010. (Revised April 2011.)
- February 1999 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
Bain & Company, Inc.: Making Partner
By: Ashish Nanda
In June 1998, Bain's compensation and policy committee meets to review candidates for elevation to partnership. The case presents the profiles of four candidates and ends with the promotion committee debating the merits of the candidates.
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Nanda, Ashish, and Perry Fagan. "Bain & Company, Inc.: Making Partner." Harvard Business School Case 899-066, February 1999. (Revised April 1999.)
- 19 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Black History: Elevating the Voices of Our Student and Alumni Communities
during her time as a White House intern (Fall 2010), Camille and her sister Rachel founded Healthy Girls Save The World (HGSW) on August 8th, 2011. HGSW seeks to provide "transformational experiences and...
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- February 2000 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
Boston Medical Group
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer and Bruce L. Hall
Describes the structure of a variable compensation plan for physicians implemented by a Massachusetts medical group practice. Examines issues such as balancing group and individual risk and selection of performance metrics (productivity and patient satisfaction).
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Keywords:
Customer Satisfaction;
Health Care and Treatment;
Executive Compensation;
Management Practices and Processes;
Risk Management;
Standards;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Health Industry
Bohmer, Richard M.J., and Bruce L. Hall. "Boston Medical Group." Harvard Business School Case 600-086, February 2000. (Revised April 2001.)
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
hold these positions? Do they strike you as wise? Near-Pareto improvements include policy changes that create vast benefits for some and comparatively trivial losses for others. —From "You Can't Enlarge...
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- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?
distinguished academics, one from each field, to examine these issues and write a careful, sophisticated essay arguing their conclusions on the issue. There are companies that benefit from environmental...
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by Manda Salls
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
affordable housing is the low-income housing tax credit, part of the Tax Reform Act of 1986," she says. "In essence, it provides a tax benefit to private investors — typically banks and insurance...
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Why Do Consumers Contribute to Connected Goods? A Dynamic Game of Competition and Cooperation in Social Networks
Social network platforms and media rely on the voluntary contributions of individual users to stay relevant. Consumers (users) contribute content such as photographs, videos, tweets etc.: these are available to any of their friends or peers, but not... View Details
- Web
An Inspiring Experience
Hear from Joanna and Chip Gaines, Ciara Wilson, Julius Randle, and other program participants about the challenges that brought them to The Business of Entertainment, Media, View Details
- November 2008 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (Abridged)
By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Robin Abrahams
Teena Lerner, the CEO of Rx Capital, had a problem. Her three-year-old hedge fund was highly profitable, but in 2004, one of her four equities analysts lost a lot of money for the firm. If Lerner followed her existing compensation system, designed to reward teamwork,...
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Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits;
Employee Relationship Management;
Performance Evaluation;
Groups and Teams;
Financial Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 409-058, November 2008. (Revised January 2012.)
- November 2012
- Case
Teaming at GE Aviation
Describes the challenges and successes encountered by GE's Aviation business in implementing a teaming work structure and culture in plants across its supply chain. GE Aviation leadership had seen dramatic gains in productivity, quality, and worker satisfaction in...
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Keywords:
Organizational Behavior;
Aviation And Aerospace;
Capacity Management;
Competitiveness;
Corporate Culture;
Corporate Structure;
Labor Relations;
Manufacturing;
Production Planning;
General Electric;
Teaming;
Managing Change;
Transformation;
Labor Unions;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Productivity;
Leading Change;
Management Style;
Job Design and Levels;
Aerospace Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
United States
Khurana, Rakesh, Jeffrey Polzer, Willy Shih, and Eric Baldwin. "Teaming at GE Aviation." Harvard Business School Case 413-074, November 2012.
- 26 Jan 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Relative Performance Benchmarks: Do Boards Get It Right?
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
Should We Encourage the Redistribution of Benefits of Globalization? If So, How? The benefits of globalization outweigh the costs. But the costs are not being distributed equitably among investors, workers,...
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- June 2006 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)
By: Boris Groysberg, Victoria Winston and Robin Abrahams
Teena Lerner started her own hedge fund firm in 2001 after nearly 20 years as a star biotechnology analyst and hedge fund manager. After the start-up phase, her firm became highly profitable. In 2004, however, one of her four analysts lost a lot of money for the firm....
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Keywords:
Managerial Roles;
Investment Funds;
Performance;
Business Startups;
Compensation and Benefits;
Corporate Finance;
Financial Services Industry
Groysberg, Boris, Victoria Winston, and Robin Abrahams. "Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx Capital (A)." Harvard Business School Case 406-088, June 2006. (Revised January 2012.)
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
efforts, so adding Teams management to that regime is also one-stop shopping. In my information governance consulting practice, I adopted Zoom as the pandemic hit (moving away from older products like WebEx and GoToMeeting), but quickly...
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by Danielle Kost
- January 2002 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Massachusetts Financial Services
By: Brian J. Hall and Jonathan Lim
This case describes the compensation and performance evaluations at an investment management company. The senior management team of Massachusetts Financial Services (MFS) Investment Management was contemplating an introduction of hedge funds at the firm, but many...
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Keywords:
Motivation and Incentives;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Evaluation;
Management Teams;
Compensation and Benefits;
Financial Services Industry;
Massachusetts
Hall, Brian J., and Jonathan Lim. "Massachusetts Financial Services." Harvard Business School Case 902-132, January 2002. (Revised August 2004.)
- 15 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
PART 3: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Getting on the JD/MBA Path
Read Parts 1 and 2 of Military Transition and the JD/MBA: Part 1: Setting Career GoalsPart 2: The Path to your Goals Applying If I haven’t scared you off yet, you want to get down to brass tacks—how you...
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- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
relationships with the parliamentarians--he built his business in part around this opportunity. Many academics emphasize the benefits of stability. When we see wobbly political regimes or uncertainty in the law, we assume it is...
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by Sean Silverthorne