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  • 01 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

the opportunity for self-expression is indeed directly related to employee retention. Lessons For Businesses For employers, the implications of the findings are pretty clear: "Given that the standard, organization-focused approach of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Service; Telecommunications

    Trading on Talent: Human Capital and Firm Performance

    How does a firm's human capital impact financial performance? By directly observing the employment and education trajectories of a significant proportion of U.S. public company employees from 1990 to the present, we explore the relationship between performance and two... View Details
    • May–June 2019
    • Article

    Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think

    By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Judith K. Wallenstein and Alice de Chalendar
    In 2018 the Project on Managing the Future of Work at HBS teamed up with the BCG Henderson Institute to survey 6,500 business leaders and 11,000 workers about the various forces reshaping the nature of work. The responses revealed a surprising gap: While the executives... View Details
    Keywords: Management; Employees; Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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    Fuller, Joseph B., Manjari Raman, Judith K. Wallenstein, and Alice de Chalendar. "Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 3 (May–June 2019): 118–126.
    • February 2008 (Revised February 2009)
    • Case

    Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG

    By: Belen Villalonga, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Vincent Dessain
    Der Spiegel is Germany's most influential political news magazine. In the 1970s, its founder Rudolf Augstein gave a 50% ownership stake to his employees and sold another 25% to rival publisher Gruner+Jahr, but retained significant control during his lifetime by... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Governance Controls; Employee Ownership; Family Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry; Germany
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    Villalonga, Belen, Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Vincent Dessain. "Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG." Harvard Business School Case 208-096, February 2008. (Revised February 2009.)
    • 17 Jun 2020
    • News

    The Future of the Office: Remote Work after the Pandemic

    • 10 May 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

    “Missteps can be perilous for these employees,” Ely says, “because managers see their slip-ups as reason to write them off.” Meanwhile, those deemed stars are given the benefit of the doubt, even when they make mistakes. Ultimately, View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • 06 Sep 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails

    Early COVID-19 lockdowns sparked a contentious debate that rages on in the workplace: Can businesses thrive if employees continue to work remotely? Skeptical CEOs, such as the leaders of Goldman Sachs and Starbucks, say they need workers... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 23 Jul 2015
    • News

    Work Schedules: The False Tradeoff Between Fair and Productive

    • 12 May 2020
    • News

    Coronavirus and the future of the workplace: 8 trends to watch

    • March 2020
    • Case

    Maven Clinic: Women's Health in the Digital Age

    By: Ariel D. Stern and Sarah Mehta
    In late 2017, Kate Ryder, the founder and CEO of digital women’s health telemedicine company Maven Clinic, faced an important decision. Maven offered both a direct to consumer (D2C) product that anyone could use to book virtual appointments with health practitioners... View Details
    Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Strategy; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Health Industry; Technology Industry; United States
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    Stern, Ariel D., and Sarah Mehta. "Maven Clinic: Women's Health in the Digital Age." Harvard Business School Case 620-035, March 2020.
    • 08 Mar 2021
    • In Practice

    COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

    A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • April 2019 (Revised December 2021)
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    Sears: The Demise of an American Icon

    By: Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott
    In 2019, ESL Investments’ $5.2 billion offer to purchase Sears Holdings out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, was accepted, despite opposition from the company's unsecured creditors and other parties. ESL, which was led by Eddie Lampert, had acquired a stake in Sears following... View Details
    Keywords: Bankruptcy; Reorganization; Bonds; Restructuring; Business Divisions; Transformation; Fairness; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance; Motivation and Incentives; Retail Industry; United States
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    Mugford, Kristin, and Sarah L. Abbott. "Sears: The Demise of an American Icon." Harvard Business School Case 219-106, April 2019. (Revised December 2021.)
    • 08 Oct 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

    [This is the sixth installment in a monthly series on management issues in the time of COVID-19.] We recently asked 600 CEOs: What is keeping you awake at night during this global pandemic? A major and multifaceted concern that emerged is how to keep View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
    • News

    Time, Not Money, Buys You Happiness. Here’s How to Get More of It.

    • 04 Sep 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

    The main goal of any government should be, the authors maintain, to enlarge the pie of resources that society has available to distribute. This is done by identifying wise tradeoffs for society as a whole. But it's not just politicians who can View Details
    Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
    • 01 Oct 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner

    demands. "What we’re beginning to understand is that life at the top isn’t that easy." The historical study by Harvard Business School Professor Tom Nicholas, who tracked the status and mortality rates of more than 1,000 managers and other View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
    • June 2016
    • Article

    Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics

    By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds
    Background: Routine annual influenza vaccinations are recommended for persons 6 months of age and older, but less than half of U.S. adults get vaccinated. Many employers offer employees free influenza vaccinations at workplace clinics, but even then take-up is... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Employees; Health Care and Treatment
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    Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds. "Vaccination Rates Are Associated with Functional Proximity but Not Base Proximity of Vaccination Clinics." Medical Care 54, no. 6 (June 2016): 578–583.
    • 12 Oct 2022
    • Video

    Lumumba Seegars: Inequality & Agency in ERGs

    • 05 Jul 2012
    • What Do You Think?

    Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

    "transparency, honesty, communication, consistency and predictability are present" in everything we do as managers. Jill Machol noted the importance of keeping employees "informed as information (regarding change) becomes... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • March 2014
    • Case

    LGBT Issues at Exxon Mobil Corporation

    By: Joseph L. Badaracco and Matthew Preble
    In late September 2013, Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that it would begin offering benefits to the spouses of its employees in same-sex marriages. This short supplement touches upon what led Exxon Mobil to this decision, some insights into its previous relationship... View Details
    Keywords: Human Capital; Welfare; Human Resources; Utilities Industry; United States
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    Badaracco, Joseph L., and Matthew Preble. "LGBT Issues at Exxon Mobil Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 314-116, March 2014.
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