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- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
Reorientation in New Ventures By: McDonald, Rory, and Cheng Gao Abstract—New ventures often experience deviations from their plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of better fit between their evolving products and their target...
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Dina Gerdeman
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Rock Summer Fellows - Entrepreneurship
include the quality of the plan and application (clarity of problem hypothesis and strength of customer discovery findings), demonstrated commitment to a high-level of focus and a shared learning orientation within the exploration and...
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- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
conditional compensation in the form of quota-bonus incentives to improve performance; however, it may lead to lower future performance. We find little evidence that effectiveness differs between a quota-bonus plan and a punitive-bonus...
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Carmen Nobel
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Propose an Independent Project - MBA
project, and have a clear understanding of the final deliverable. The sponsoring organization and the student team should develop a work plan ahead of time that outlines the expectations for time spent on-site. Please keep in mind that...
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- 02 Apr 2020
- What Do You Think?
What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?
simple guideline, that every 10 years or so, expect a major disruption. So you need 6 months cash on hand to weather it.” Larry recommended contingency planning. As he put it, “Operational contingency View Details
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by James Heskett
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
industry leaders to participate in a course capstone panel discussion of the COVID-19 crisis and what it means for the future of the industry. What we heard was that the restaurant industry was in deep economic trouble and that ill-conceived government bailout View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
employees in a large information technology firm. These findings have implications for research on homophily, gender relations in organizations, and formal and informal organizational structure. Exclusivity, Contingent Control Rights, and...
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Carmen Nobel
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
information in the form of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data. However, progress is contingent on collecting evidence regarding which sustainability disclosures are financially material. To inform this issue, we examine...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
the design commons organization was robust, although it displayed some areas of fragility. We conclude with the rudiments of a contingency theory describing when and why a commons organization can be advantageous for design production. We...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World
external circumstances, without altering strategic course. This is not a time for continuing the financial engineering so prevalent in the past decade. Rather, leaders need multiple contingency plans while...
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by Bill George
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
Theory and Practice does not offer a set of simple prescriptions such as "here's the leadership style of Genghis Khan; it works in all situations under all conditions." Our chapters look at which elements of leadership are View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- What Do You Think?
What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?
management should have” first sought to have the tariffs on motorcycles to the EU removed, but failing that: “restated HOG commitment to American manufacturing of its products adding that if (the) tariff stands HOG will have no choice but to move EU production...
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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Planning Academic Research Conference for “Lazy Prices” with Christopher Malloy and Quoc Nguyen. Robin Greenwood: Winner of the 2019 Fama-DFA Second Place Prize for the Best Paper Published in the Journal of Financial Economics in the...
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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Analysis in the Context of Airbnb” (Marketing Science, September–October 2021) with Nitin Mehta, Param Singh, and Kannan Srinivasan. 2021 Eva Ascarza: Finalist for the 2021 Weitz-Winer-O'Dell Award for “The Perils of Proactive Churn Prevention Using View Details
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
kinds of mistakes from the U.S. Midwest. In this case, environmentalists and farmers opposed a power company's plans to build a dam. On the surface, the parties appeared to have deep, irreconcilable positions, which had resulted in a long...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Egon P.S. Zehnder (MBA '56)
among all the partners, regardless of when they joined the firm. In addition, he established a compensation plan that has nothing to do with the revenues of a particular office or the client billings of an individual partner. Instead,...
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- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
of developing its third set of 10‐year goals, with the aim of producing a plan that will ensure the viability of the company 50 years from now. With this end in mind, Dow's leaders understand their obligation to continue investing in the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Trek Talk
The tradition of the HBS “trek” continued this year with hundreds of future graduates pounding the pavement and working the HBS network to investigate career options near and far. In early January, while one group of Eurotrekkers crossed the Channel from London to...
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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
biggest barrier—and this sounds crazy—is the lack of a billing code for contingency management.” A participant who remains substance-free and follows a treatment plan can earn up to $100 a month (up to $599...
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- 31 Jan 2016
- News
Studios Back App, Hoping to Fill Cinema Seats
Backed by $50 million in capital from three movie studios, startup Atom Tickets is planning a nationwide launch this summer, reports the Wall Street Journal. Cofounded by Matthew Bakal (MBA 2004), Atom is entering a market as “first...
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