Filter Results:
(235)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (235)
- Faculty Publications (31)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web (235)
- Faculty Publications (31)
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- Web
Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About
information systems for Salomon Brothers. In 1981, with the idea for a technology company that would bring greater transparency and fairness to the financial system, he launched a small startup in a one-room office. Today, Bloomberg L.P.... View Details
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
working in this area, the field was just beginning to emerge. At the time, corporations were being taken to task for a host of moral failings—neglecting consumer and employee safety, ignoring civil rights, polluting the environment,... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 21 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms
middlemen in the industry. The company works directly with Kenyan coffee cooperatives to source coffee beans that Kahawa roasts in San Francisco. Kahawa originally sold its beans to Bay Area offices, but when most of the region’s office View Details
- Web
2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
reconceptualizing career development post-pandemic and the implications for us and our organizations. CASE STUDY Behavioral Economics and Choice Architecture: Helping Customers and Employees Make Better Decisions Associate Professor John... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
additional informational benefit, allowing firms to fully grasp the magnitude of the pandemic in its early days, when exact information on COVID-19 was still scarce. This was the case of VacuumCo, a German company with over 3,500 View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Silence Spells Trouble at Work
employees in organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 corporations to government bureaucracies reveal that silence can exact a high psychological price on individuals, generating feelings of humiliation, pernicious... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
challenges of professional practice. In the halcyon days of print newspapers, journalists and editors had a fair amount of gate-keeping power. There was a very real deference to editorial expertise. But as newsrooms have collapsed and... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- Web
US Business Immigration Overview - Alumni
requires that an employer place 2 Sunday print newspaper advertisements for the offered position and also document at least 3 of the following additional recruitment efforts:. Posting the position on the employer's web site Participation in Job View Details
- January 2021 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: William W. George and Amram Migdal
This case examines the leadership of Corie Barry, the new CEO of Best Buy, with a focus on actions the company took in 2020 to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. The case includes a history of Best Buy’s strategy and leadership, including the transitions between the... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Change; Disruption; Volatility; Communication; Competency and Skills; Customers; Decision Making; Ethics; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Finance; Cash Flow; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Goods and Commodities; Corporate Governance; Health Pandemics; Human Resources; Executive Compensation; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Invention; Jobs and Positions; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Job Offer; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Law; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Management; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Systems; Management Teams; Risk Management; Operations; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Logistics; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career; Retirement; Work-Life Balance; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Science; Strategy; Retail Industry; North and Central America; United States; Minnesota
George, William W., and Amram Migdal. "Best Buy's Corie Barry: Confronting the COVID-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Case 321-073, January 2021. (Revised April 2022.)
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
Mediatrician’s Guide. Shared Value: Improving Outcomes for Frontline Workers Professor Ethan Rouen + More Info - Slides – Less Info - Slides This session will highlight various programs and experiments that have sought to increase View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Healthy Profit
crew is offered medical checkups, and more than 90 percent of employees participate in yearly health fairs that provide free screenings and educational resources. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH “All of their cruise... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-004.pdf Children Develop a Veil of Fairness Authors:A., N. Montinari Shaw, M. Piovesan, K.R. Olson, F. Gino, and M.I. Norton Abstract Previous research suggests that children develop... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
Business Customers Featured Exercises Examine gray-area decisions related to customers Apply the reflective leadership model to work through a crisis Differentiate between customers, clients, and counterparties 7-9 hrs Module 2 - 1 Week Ensuring View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers
Here's a tip for companies looking to woo customers away from the competition: Besides advertising fair prices for your products, try advertising fair wages for your employees. Recent research from Harvard... View Details
- Web
Use of Electronic Resources | Baker Library
materials in pursuit of research, teaching and private study Use quotes or excerpts of licensed materials in academic work with proper citation and in accordance with fair use Under our license agreements, users may not: Permit anyone... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
using the fair to tell the world that he and IBM—the two were inseparable in his mind—mattered. On May 2, IBM held a huge meeting at the fair, with 2,200 employees in attendance. Watson told the listening... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Listen to “Yes”
outlines concrete steps that managers at all levels can take to spark positive conflict and make sure that all views get a fair hearing, and he outlines as well a fair and open process for making more... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
Allocation for Kidney Transplantation Authors:Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias, and Nikolaos Trichakis Abstract We propose a scalable, data-driven method for designing national policies for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys to patients on a waiting list in a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne