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of Avoidable Health Care By: Amitabh Chandra , Pragya Kakani and Simone Matecna We measure whether expert patients – those trained as physicians and nurses – have fewer emergency department visits and the reasons for these differences.... View Details
  • August 31, 2017
  • Article

CEOs Should Get Personally Involved in Talent Development

By: Frank V. Cespedes, Jay Galeota and Michael Wong
Estimates indicate that, globally, human capital has a value about 2.3 times that of physical capital. This difference is likely to widen in increasingly service-driven economies. Yet, most companies maintain their equipment better than their people. The issue is not... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Training
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CRNX), among others. Earlier in her career Dr. Chang was a Project Leader at The Boston Consulting and a member of the Healthcare Practice. Dr. Chang trained clinically in internal medicine and... View Details
  • 16 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 16, 2016

mortgages, accumulating twice the holdings of more seasoned managers. Moreover, inexperienced managers who personally experienced severe or recent adverse investment outcomes behaved more like seasoned managers. Training and institutional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Employment | Harvard Business School

backgrounds, skills, education levels, and personal experiences to their work. Employees have the opportunity to join a variety of v oluntary, employee-led groups that center and celebrate shared identities, interests, and experiences.... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Bless this Stress

National Geographic for Disney+/Craig Parry In the first episode of the National Geographic docuseries Limitless with Chris Hemsworth, Modupe Akinola (MBA 2001/PhDOB 2009) and the Australian actor gaze across downtown Sydney to a skyscraper in the distance, teetering... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
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Technology & Operations Management - Doctoral

Technology & Operations Management The doctoral program in Technology & Operations Management prepares students to conduct important research on a broad range of issues in operations and innovation. Students in the Technology & Operations Management are View Details
  • March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
  • Supplement

OneTen At Delta Air Lines: Catalyzing Family-Sustaining Careers for Black Talent (B)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In January 2023, Delta Air Lines (Delta) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ed Bastian and his team had just launched the third iteration of an internal skills-first apprenticeship program, designed to move frontline employees into "merit" positions in four job categories.... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Diversity; Race; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Human Resources; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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Michael R. Bloomberg

launched the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative to provide intensive leadership training for mayors and senior city officials. In 2021, that partnership grew into the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University, which... View Details
  • November 2017
  • Case

Loss Prevention at Mac's Convenience Stores (A)

By: Francesca Gino, Katherine DeCelles and Olivia Hull
Faced with a persistent robbery problem at his convenience store company, Sean Sportun, security and loss prevention manager at Mac’s of Central Canada, looked to standardize safety measures and devise a new way of preventing employee injury. But as a 32-year old with... View Details
Keywords: Public Relations; Community Relations; Change Management; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Training; Knowledge Dissemination; Crime and Corruption; Law Enforcement; Legal Liability; Business and Community Relations; Retail Industry; Canada
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  • 22 Nov 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Humans vs. Machines: Untangling the Tasks AI Can (and Can't) Handle

Consulting Group employees work with AI: Humans are still needed to make that call. To operationalize AI successfully, managers must carefully select its applications, train workers in using it properly, and... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology
  • 14 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 14

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715416-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 615-043 Oberoi Hotels: Train Whistle in the Tiger Reserve Celebrated as one of the world's premiere luxury hotel brands, Oberoi Hotels attracts and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences

philanthropic efforts but more often helping communities through core business practices, such as gaining flexibility to hire and fire from the union by raising wages and increasing training or helping laid-off View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 26, 2007

billion. The company had 41,000 employees in 11 countries, but it was ill-prepared for the increasingly competitive market. With the shift from hardware to software and services, HCL had slipped behind its Indian competitors and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

costly for both employees and employers, in terms of direct medical costs as well as costs stemming from lost productive time and missed days at work. Resilience training has been shown to improve workplace... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • March 1987 (Revised October 1993)
  • Case

Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program

By: W. Earl Sasser
In recent years, Au Bon Pain (ABP), a chain of upscale French bakeries/sandwich cafes based in Boston, confronted a set of human resource problems endemic to the fast food industry (i.e., a labor shortage which made it difficult to attract and maintain quality crew... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Managerial Roles; Retention; Employees; Performance Improvement; Recruitment; Problems and Challenges; Compensation and Benefits; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; Boston
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Placement - Doctoral

Management Control Systems: Evidence from the Field Advisors: Dennis Campbell (Chair), Tatiana Sandino , and Susanna Gallani Jihwon Park Accounting & Management, 2020 Placement: CUNY, Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business Dissertation: Does Compliance View Details
  • 26 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out

employers: Don’t worry about losing your best employees to training—take the risk. “This is one way to really educate your employees and keep them fresh,” Lane says. For students: Finish your application... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 22 Aug 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Master the One-on-One Meeting

Whether you’re a CEO or a line manager, your team is just as important as a group as its members are as individuals. Today’s tech companies offer many perks to attract and retain the best employees. We offer competitive salaries, training... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
  • 14 Dec 2021
  • Op-Ed

To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture

Culture change is probably on your leadership agenda. You may want (or feel forced) to create a post-pandemic culture, or become more collaborative, innovative, or aggressive. But most companies fail in this because they try to change culture directly—through speeches,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer