Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links.
What’s to Be Done about Performance Reviews?
Professor James Heskett asks what can we do to make performance reviews more productive and less distasteful. Should they be disengaged from the determination of compensation and, if so, how? Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5563.html.
Grooming Next-Generation Leaders
Professors Earl Sasser and Das Narayandas, who cochair the School’s executive Program for Leadership Development, discuss the fine points of leadership development. Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5512.html.
What’s Behind the Private-Equity Boom?
More than $200 billion worth of private-equity deals were agreed to in 2006. Are public markets being eclipsed? Are investors and employees being victimized? In this video podcast, Professor Josh Lerner looks at historical trends and current deals to put it all in perspective. Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5577.html.
The Business of Free Software
Large IT vendors have invested several billion dollars in open-source software development. What’s their motivation? The observations presented in research by Professor Marco Iansiti and Gregory Richards (MBA ’99) suggest some fundamental changes in strategy used by technology companies. Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5574.html.
