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- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
we care about. Care about the sound of our own voice (E or I) and we don’t listen. Care about the other person too, and things shift radically.” Alan ArnettLondon, UK Re: "Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia
To what extent do multinational corporations have an institutional obligation to the Asian countries in which they serve, and does that obligation include holding higher standards than Asian law requires? These questions were debated at... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
negatively impact job performance. But companies can mitigate these effects by adopting specific human resource policies, says Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. The... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
emotional address, as Rabbitt tried to inspire the company to move forward, while holding back her own tears. For Rabbitt and for everyone else at the company, the loss was both professional and personal.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
512-004 Domino's Pizza is the world's second largest pizza company with 9,436 stores globally, 95% of which are franchised. Domino's franchisees in the U.S. market were able to purchase fresh dough, cheese, pizza toppings, and other menu... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
(September 8, 2009) Abstract Boards members of failed banks in 2008 or of the many companies like Enron who were caught up in scandals are by and large honorable, well intentioned, and competent people. So... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jan 2020
- What Do You Think?
Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?
This may have sparked the rage leading, on at least one occasion, to the murder of an H-1B visa holder. Another concern is the tight control that the sponsor holds over an individual during the process. Sponsoring View Details
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
much larger piece of the company that he appears to be leading toward ruin. It's true that the value of John's existing holding of options and shares will vary considerably with changes in stock price. But... View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
- 14 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting
helping companies separate their accountability reporting into what in financial accounting is called "stocks" and "flows"; and (3) by helping companies develop technologies to clearly... View Details
- 03 Feb 2018
- Op-Ed
How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility
entities across sectors to refine them and arrive at meaningful and useful standards. Besides holding companies accountable, we also have to help them as they transition to pursuing social objectives... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Battilana
- 25 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 25, 2007
For more, under additivity, the geometric mean separates the prices where uniqueness holds and where it fails; it holds for the geometric mean except in one case where refinement is needed. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Sep 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO
women in the workplace. Such stereotypes have been used for decades by majority groups to hold people back and put them down for their race, ethnic origins, sexual preferences, and religion, as well as their gender. The aftermath of the... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
examine the most up-to-date best practices and explain how companies can put a smile on customers’ faces and keep them coming back for more. In a recent interview, they explained some of their findings. Aisner: Why is it so important to... View Details
- 02 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Spending on Happiness
little as $5 in our final study—may be sufficient to produce non-trivial gains in happiness on a given day." Norton and colleagues found these results to hold in three different studies: a nationally representative survey, a field... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Surveying the VC Landscape
investors. Second, venture capitalists and limited partners might explore the possibility of longer-lived funds: today, the typical venture fund is expected to liquidate its holdings at the end of ten to twelve years. If a fund was... View Details
- 29 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019
2020. Forget Cash: There are Better Ways to Motivate EmployeesIn today's tight job market, employers must focus on how to attract and keep top talent. Giving away stacks of money may not always be the best incentive. How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Become Influential? A Field Study of Toolmaking and Expertise in Two Financial Institutions Authors:Hall, Matthew, Anette Mikes, and Yuval Millo Abstract In this study, we examine transformations in the influence of risk managers in two large UK View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
investors and investment funds. Furthermore, it was creating a network of microfinance banks through a microfinance holding company. However, in a context of rapid change and explosive growth of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
European Private Equity—Still a Teenager?
make companies more efficient when public markets are largely flat, they said. According to Nikos Stathopoulos (HBS MBA '95), a partner in Apax Partners, which was founded thirty years ago, "If you look at what drives the sources of... View Details
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
Miami-based startup offering online English language learning services, had more than 30,000 active students across Latin America in 2012. The company had just closed a $43 million financing round in order to rapidly scale its service to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne