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- Winter 2021
- Article
Can Staggered Boards Improve Value? Causal Evidence from Massachusetts
By: Robert Daines, Shelley Xin Li and Charles C.Y. Wang
We study the effect of staggered boards (SBs) using a quasi-experiment: a 1990 law that imposed an SB on all Massachusetts-incorporated firms. The law led to an increase in Tobin's Q, investment in CAPEX and R&D, patents, higher-quality patented innovations, and...
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Keywords:
Staggered Board;
Entrenchment;
Life-cycle;
Tobin's Q;
Innovation;
Profitability;
Investor Composition;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Investment;
Innovation and Invention;
Institutional Investing;
Value
Daines, Robert, Shelley Xin Li, and Charles C.Y. Wang. "Can Staggered Boards Improve Value? Causal Evidence from Massachusetts." Contemporary Accounting Research 38, no. 4 (Winter 2021): 3053–3084.
- May 2014
- Article
Dynamics of Demand for Index Insurance: Evidence from a Long-Run Field Experiment
By: Shawn A. Cole, Daniel Stein and Jeremy Tobacman
This paper estimates how experimentally-manipulated experiences with a novel financial product, rainfall index insurance, affect subsequent insurance demand. Using a seven-year panel, we develop three main findings. First, recent experience matters for demand,...
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Cole, Shawn A., Daniel Stein, and Jeremy Tobacman. "Dynamics of Demand for Index Insurance: Evidence from a Long-Run Field Experiment." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 104, no. 5 (May 2014): 284–290.
- March 2006 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
CEMEX: Rewarding the Egyptian Retailers
CEMEX has pursued an aggressive decommoditization strategy focused on its relationship with small Egyptian retailers. In particular, the strategic role and effectiveness of the Rewards Program, a tournament that rewarded the sales performance of the retailers, was...
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Marketing Strategy;
Performance Improvement;
Sales;
Motivation and Incentives;
Construction Industry;
Egypt
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, Joshua Bellin, and Carole Winkler. "CEMEX: Rewarding the Egyptian Retailers." Harvard Business School Case 106-065, March 2006. (Revised January 2011.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
Variation in Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem
By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
Prior work in organizational learning has failed to find a consistent effect of variation in experience on performance. While some studies find a positive relationship between these two variables, others find no effect or even a negative relationship. In this paper, we...
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Keywords:
Experience and Expertise;
Learning;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Improvement;
Groups and Teams;
Familiarity;
India
Huckman, Robert S., and Bradley R. Staats. "Variation in Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-035, September 2008.
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
the General Management Program at HBS. In advising global firms, Thomke has seen that in many cases, a company’s biggest obstacle to success doesn’t necessarily come from competitors, the economy, or other outside forces, but can actually...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- June 2021
- Case
Modern Endowment Management: Paula Volent and the Bowdoin Endowment
By: Luis M. Viceira, Emily R. McComb and Dean Xu
This case examines modern endowment investment management through the lens of a leadership transition between Chief Investment Officers (CIOs). In March 2021, Paula Volent is about to step down as the CIO of the endowment of Bowdoin College after twenty-one years, and...
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Keywords:
Investment Portfolio;
Investment Banking;
Growth Management;
Investment Return;
Capital Markets;
Interest Rates;
Competition;
Cost Management;
Risk Management;
Financial Liquidity;
Performance Evaluation
Viceira, Luis M., Emily R. McComb, and Dean Xu. "Modern Endowment Management: Paula Volent and the Bowdoin Endowment." Harvard Business School Case 221-101, June 2021.
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By: Jill J. Avery
I love brands and have been managing them and studying them for 25 years, as a brand manager and as an academic researcher and teacher. My research program focuses on brand management and customer relationship management and centers on themes relating to the meaning of...
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Overview
By: Susanna Gallani
In her current research, Professor Gallani draws on economic and sociological theories to analyze the design of incentive and performance management systems. She explores the effectiveness of monetary and non-monetary incentives, feedback systems, and types of...
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- May 2011
- Article
The Growing Power of Non-financial Reports
By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
We are exploring the value of forcing corporations to issue sustainability reports, which provide information about corporate performance in terms of social, environmental and governance issues. In a breakthrough study they asked, what is the effect of mandatory...
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Keywords:
Value;
Reports;
Performance;
Management Practices and Processes;
Globalization;
Power and Influence;
Natural Environment;
Governance;
Social Issues
Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim. "The Growing Power of Non-financial Reports." Business Strategy Review (May 2011).
- July 2012
- Article
Collaborating Across Cultures: Cultural Metacognition and Affect-Based Trust in Creative Collaboration
By: Roy Y.J. Chua, Michael W. Morris and Shira Mor
We propose that managers' awareness of their own and others' cultural assumptions (cultural metacognition) enables them to develop affect-based trust in their relationships with people from different cultures, enabling creative collaboration. Study 1, a multi-rater...
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Keywords:
Management;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Relationships;
Trust;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Creativity
Chua, Roy Y.J., Michael W. Morris, and Shira Mor. "Collaborating Across Cultures: Cultural Metacognition and Affect-Based Trust in Creative Collaboration." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 118, no. 2 (July 2012): 116–131.
- 31 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?
of others, the manager has control and the leader does not. The manager can motivate with rewards and punishments, while the leader must win hearts and minds. Therefore, fear is a part of View Details
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by James Heskett
- 08 Jan 2020
- Video
Meet Ryan | Leadership Principles Participant Testimonial
- October 2023
- Article
What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Mean for Patients and Physicians?
By: Amitabh Chandra and Benedic Ippolito
The debate around prescription drug measures in the recently passed U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which limit some patients’ out-of-pocket costs, has not fully addressed their effect on physicians and patients via their effect on payers. Reducing patients’ costs...
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Chandra, Amitabh, and Benedic Ippolito. "What Does the Inflation Reduction Act Mean for Patients and Physicians?" NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery 4, no. 10 (October 2023).
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social...
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Carmen Nobel
- 25 Aug 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers
- September 2002 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Istituto Clinico Humanitas (A)
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Gary P. Pisano and Ning Tang
Istituto Clinico Humanitas is a newly built private hospital, south of Milan, Italy, that has attained unusual profitability while treating public system patients. The hospital was built and is managed by Techosp, a subsidiary of Techint, a global engineering and...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Management Systems;
Infrastructure;
Managerial Roles;
Integration;
Performance;
Health Industry;
Milan
Bohmer, Richard M.J., Gary P. Pisano, and Ning Tang. "Istituto Clinico Humanitas (A)." Harvard Business School Case 603-063, September 2002. (Revised April 2006.)
- 2011
- Working Paper
Collaborating across Cultures: Cultural Metacognition & Affect-Based Trust in Creative Collaboration
By: Roy Y.J. Chua, Michael W. Morris and Shira Mor
We propose that managers' awareness of their own and others' cultural assumptions (cultural metacognition) enables them to develop affect-based trust with associates from different cultures, promoting creative collaboration. Study 1, a multi-rater assessment of...
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Keywords:
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Knowledge Sharing;
Managerial Roles;
Creativity;
Prejudice and Bias;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Trust;
Cooperation
Chua, Roy Y.J., Michael W. Morris, and Shira Mor. "Collaborating across Cultures: Cultural Metacognition & Affect-Based Trust in Creative Collaboration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-127, June 2011.
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
Alexandria The pandemic is not a time for a stern, iron-fisted approach to leadership and management. The virus's vast fallout demands a kinder, gentler approach. What can CEOs and managers do to infuse their leadership with kindness and...
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by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- Research Summary
Understanding Financial Communication Strategy
Greg Miller is investigating financial communication. Financial communication is the process through which managers explain the firm to the external stakeholders. While capital providers are the primary audience for this information, effective financial communication...
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- February 2008 (Revised April 2008)
- Case
The Offshoring of America
By: Richard H.K. Vietor, Jan W. Rivkin and Juliana Seminerio
The movement from jobs in the United States to developing countries, in a process known as offshoring, has become quite a controversial topic. Managers not only need to decide which activities, if any, to move offshore, but where to move them. This case describes the...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Operations;
Business Processes;
United States
Vietor, Richard H.K., Jan W. Rivkin, and Juliana Seminerio. "The Offshoring of America." Harvard Business School Case 708-030, February 2008. (Revised April 2008.)