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- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
them in their home, meeting their family.” That human connection, she says, is often valued above the financial incentive in Cuba. Gordon gives an example: When hiring a group of economists from the University of Havana for a consulting... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Class Acts
one year, GCS had produced a 35 percent return on capital invested and hired twelve employees. Today, the company continues to be one of the largest investment banking firms in Ghana. Richardson, however, wasn't content to rest on his... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
says of conventional farming. Instead, he rebalances the soil's content naturally, adding crushed rock that includes calcium, magnesium, and other essential minerals while letting cow manure, and Mother Nature, do the rest. "When people ask me how many employees work... View Details
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
that are paying careful attention to the hiring, training, and rewarding of store employees. Our favorite example of a retailer that has used labor successfully is the online retailer Zappos.com. The company pays very careful attention to View Details
- 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008
and return unused capital to his investors. With the passing of each venture, he has learned about forming founding teams, splitting equity with his co-founders, hiring executives to work for him, and when to take outside funding. Now,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008
86, no. 2 (February 2008) Abstract In May 2004, with the war for talent in high gear, Groysberg and colleagues from Harvard Business School wrote in these pages about the risks of hiring star performers away from competitors. After... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006
to recruit, hire and develop minority executives at MTN, a South African telecommunications company, Charnley attempts to bring a gentler capitalism to post-apartheid South Africa. Like her other colleagues on the Black Economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
own actions link up to the larger organization's purpose. The time and attention that goes into hiring and retaining those individuals who derive personal meaning from the organization's values and purpose. Q: Does it matter if it turns... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017
driven by scaled-back hiring at HBP in response to slower revenue growth. The majority of the approximately 50 staff positions added across the School in fiscal 2017 were focused on supporting the MBA Program, assisting faculty research... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
hiring to anyone currently driving for the competition. To clinch the deal, he appealed to his countrymen’s sense of national pride in supporting an Indonesian company. The video was not widely well received, but the overall approach... View Details
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
hiring and motivating employees, a dysfunctional relationship with lead investors, and shortcomings in Quincy's go-to-market plan. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815095-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 4
Geibel wondered what he and Ron Johnson, whom he hired and teamed up with to re-envision the Systems group within Disney Animation, could do to improve the flow and the efficiency of the organization's increasingly technical and creative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007
was stopped, leaving JCI with a large organization and strong revenues, but losses and a dwindling balance sheet. He is seriously considering severe personnel cuts; however, layoffs in Japan may cause severe damage to his reputation and make it difficult to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
Transitions for STEM Workers Authors:Pekkala Kerr, Sari, and William R. Kerr Publication:American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Abstract We analyze the career trajectories of STEM workers and firm-level hiring of immigrants... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
of the skills needed to be able to choose appropriate partners, forge alliances that work over time, and develop an exit strategy," notes Barrett, who this year is introducing some new material on performance measures. "Suppose your company View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
adopted home state of Montana, Siebel had spent around $30 million of his own money to “un-sell” the drug, hiring highly regarded Hollywood directors to create graphic, disturbing commercials depicting its harrowing physical and... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Leading In a New Era
"the proven expertise of our most effective veteran executives is complemented by fresh ideas from newly hired managers. In turn, our newer personnel learn from the experience of our veterans." The company is already seeing the results of... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016
were preordered, generating $2.6 million in sales. On one snowy morning in January, CEO Steve Chambers met with co-founder and Chief Scientist Dr. Cynthia Breazeal and newly hired VP of Consumer & Development Relations Lynda Smith to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2022
- News
Well Said
hands and to speak up. And I also remember when it came to the recruiting season, interviews, it was something they were also struggling with. And at the same time, a friend of mine who was really struggling with this, hired an accent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
founders' contribution of about $10,000 in addition to our 2010 HBS fellowship award of $25,000. Our revenues are about $2,000 annually, and the site gets approximately 100 visits daily. We have a staff of four and make an effort to hire... View Details