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- 01 Aug 2023
- What Do You Think?
As Leaders, Why Do We Continue to Reward A, While Hoping for B?
titled “On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B.” The paper cites examples in many walks of life in which we reward behaviors that we hope to discourage. “The complaint about lack of interest in good teaching continues among...
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by James Heskett
- 17 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price
Think of the last time you went shopping. By the time you decided to buy a product, you knew both what you were buying and how much it cost. But was your decision affected by whether you saw the price or the...
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Raffaella Sadun
Raffaella Sadun is Charles E. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and is a Co-Chair of Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Her research focuses on managerial... View Details
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Valuation Waves and Merger Activity: The Empirical Evidence
By: Matthew Rhodes-Kropf, David Robinson and S. Viswanathan
To test recent theories suggesting that valuation errors affect merger activity, we develop a decomposition that breaks the market-to-book ratio (M/B) into three components: the firm-specific pricing deviation from short-run industry pricing; sector-wide, short-run...
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Rhodes-Kropf, Matthew, David Robinson, and S. Viswanathan. "Valuation Waves and Merger Activity: The Empirical Evidence." Journal of Financial Economics 77, no. 3 (September 2005): 561–603.
- February 2022
- Case
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (Abridged)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Tedards
In 2006, the Cleveland Clinic and Mubadala Investment Company partnered with a bold ambition to deliver world class healthcare in the United Arab Emirates. In 2015, after nearly a decade of planning and construction, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi opened its doors. By...
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Keywords:
Organization Behavior;
Culture;
Alignment;
Organizational Effectiveness;
Purpose;
Impact;
Leadership Development;
Diversity;
Collaboration;
Co-creation;
Learning Organizations;
Empowerment;
Teams;
Team Dynamics;
Teamwork;
Team Effectiveness;
Trust;
Talent;
Talent Development And Retention;
Psychological Safety;
Organizational Evolution;
Coaching;
Board;
Analytics;
Innovation;
Data;
Data Visualization;
Digital Technology;
Digital;
Customer Experience;
Experimentation;
Change Management;
Data-driven Decision-making;
Debates;
Ecosystem;
Partnership;
Telemedicine;
Sustainability;
Global Organizations;
Local;
Hospital;
Healthcare;
United Arab Emirates;
Health Care and Treatment;
Partners and Partnerships;
Globalization;
Quality;
Organizational Culture;
Mission and Purpose;
Innovation and Management;
Information Technology;
Joint Ventures;
Leadership;
Performance Effectiveness;
Abu Dhabi;
United Arab Emirates
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Tedards. "Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 422-056, February 2022.
Summer R. Jackson
Summer Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches LEAD in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Jackson is an organizational ethnographer and field researcher... View Details
- 15 Mar 2016
- News
Why Is It So Hard to Change How We Manage Ourselves?
- 13 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores
Source: iStock If you’re stressed out because it feels like there are never enough hours in the day, here’s a solution: hire a housecleaner, order takeout, and pay the kid next door to mow the lawn. In other words, buy yourself more free...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
important buying episodes. JCR has had a significant effect on the teaching and research directions of marketing departments and on the marketing strategies of major consumer product firms. My vision of consumer research is that it should...
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by Max H. Bazerman
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
the market to adapt to your company; it’s your responsibility to adapt to the market. Senz: What lessons should sales managers learn from changes in buying behavior during the pandemic? Cespedes: First,...
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by Kristen Senz
- May 1993 (Revised May 1994)
- Case
Managing for Integrity: Three Vignettes
By: Lynn S. Paine
Three situations are described. A branch manager for a retail brokerage firm must decide whether to change the branch's cash management techniques to increase interest earnings. An auto mechanic must decide whether to oversell parts and repairs to meet sales and...
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Keywords:
Growth Management;
Ethics;
Decision Making;
Organizational Culture;
Financial Management;
Sales;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Paine, Lynn S. "Managing for Integrity: Three Vignettes." Harvard Business School Case 393-154, May 1993. (Revised May 1994.)
Justine Murray
Justine is a doctoral student in the Micro Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. Her research interests include callings, meaningful work, time, money and happiness and how individuals account for each of these factors when making decisions about...
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- 14 Feb 2013
- News
Heinz CEO Who Turned Food Maker Around Hints He Might Stay
- 01 Nov 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?
(iStockphoto/skynesher) Most CEOs recognize the power of organizational culture and the impact that it can have on the bottom line. They acknowledge the importance of shared values and behaviors that...
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by James Heskett
- October 1989
- Background Note
Managing Major Accounts
Written as an introduction to a module in the second-year MBA course, Marketing Implementation. Discusses issues encountered in the selling and management of major accounts. The topics covered include: 1) reasons for the increasing importance of major account...
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Keywords:
Accounting Audits;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Behavior;
Market Participation;
Relationships;
Salesforce Management
Cespedes, Frank V. "Managing Major Accounts." Harvard Business School Background Note 590-046, October 1989.
- 01 Dec 2021
- News
Behind the Research: Letian Zhang Q+A
- 18 May 2015
- News