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- 29 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Faculty Symposium Showcases Breadth of Research
financial industry and those who regulate it, there are strong but conflicting viewpoints about the impact of private equity buyouts of public firms, especially in the wake of the recent global financial crisis. Some critics focus on the large-scale View Details
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity
found that the creative environment, and creativity itself, remained depressed four months after the layoffs had been completed. To corroborate this conclusion, Amabile and Conti compared how many invention disclosures had been filed by... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
which was facing numerous challenges: a rapidly decreasing market share, falling revenues, and cratering investor faith. Heins went about cutting costs—including the layoff of more than 5,000 workers in May 2012—scrapped plans to make the... View Details
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) How to Manage Coronavirus Layoffs with Compassion (Harvard Business Review) Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate... View Details
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
disability expenses, (2) Health insurance affects health status positively, (3) Layoffs are harmful to everything from mental and physical well-being to work behavior, (4) Work schedules and length of hours affect physical well-being and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
Beyond How to Manage Coronavirus Layoffs with Compassion (Harvard Business Review) Organizational Responses to COVID-19 and Climate Change: A Conversation with Rebecca Henderson (Environmental Insights) COVID-19 Business Impact Center... View Details
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
started the turnaround of the company by first working on values—redefining them and communicating them widely. First, they do not merely focus on cost cutting and layoffs when a crisis arrives. While they may lay off employees (though... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief
work-related perceptions, too, the researchers say. For instance, a candidate who applies for two jobs might privately wish to get rejected by one rather than have to choose between two options, notes Barasz, a former assistant professor at HBS. Or a business leader... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
But in a world of constant layoffs and dying industries, it has become increasingly difficult to "plan" your way to success. So what is the solution? Well, when it comes to dealing with uncertainty, nobody handles it better than... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
globalized business world, and technologies that are constantly changing. Within that dynamic environment, a curveball can come from anywhere: a portion of their businesses may suddenly dry up, belt-tightening layoffs may loom, or... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
High Ambition Leadership
these and many other disciplines (marketing, operations, etc.) into a coherent, internally consistent set of practices that collectively reinforce a higher- ambition mission. If financial considerations require cost cutting, what should be the stance of the company... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
practitioners admire in organizations like Tesla, Amazon, and Salesforce. THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) How to Manage Coronavirus View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Redefining Success: Women & Work.
her community. New Priorities, New Skills Forced layoffs often cause women to reevaluate their priorities, and severance pay can ease the financial burden, allowing them time to figure out what they want to do. But even without such... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
effectively; how to minimize the negative impact on laid-off employees, “surviving” employees, the firm’s reputation, and the community; and what alternatives any firm contemplating layoffs should consider. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
mainly in automobile catalytic converters), iron ore, coal, copper, nickel, zinc, and diamonds. Revenues in 2008 were $26 billion. At Anglo, despite a dividend cut and substantial layoffs prompted by the economic downturn and a collapse... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
Harvard Business School Case 314-097 Furloughs: An Alternative to Layoffs for Economic Downturns This note describes the practice of employee furloughs (also known as work sharing or short-time work) including their regulatory frameworks... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
few exceptions, true. In scores of first-person accounts and on social media, people are reporting they are working harder than they did pre-COVID. This makes perfect sense; as layoffs and furloughs skyrocket, employees live in fear of... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
block it. That’s thanks in part to Bond’s lead-witness testimony on Microsoft’s behalf. Since closing the deal, the company has implemented multiple rounds of layoffs and closed some smaller game studios. Then there’s slowing growth in... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
some,” one CEO explained. Another CEO was able to avoid layoffs and broad salary reductions by “[asking] my top 10 percent to take a 30 percent pay cut today, which I converted into [employee stock] and they would receive twice as much as... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
layoffs and declining performance at the Big Three. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/417018-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-036 Diversified Alpha at Acadian Asset Management No abstract available.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel