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    ShotSpotter

    SST offered a subscription-based gunfire detection service, ShotSpotter Flex, to cities across the United States, and a few abroad. Over its 20-year history, SST had mostly honed a reliable business to government sales model, and the company had been focused on... View Details
    • March 2022 (Revised May 2022)
    • Case

    Winning Business at Russell Reynolds (A)

    By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
    In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting–and... View Details
    Keywords: Compensation; Collaboration; Executive Search Firms; Consulting Firms; Compensation and Benefits; Restructuring; Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Consulting Industry; Employment Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America; Oceania
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    Take Control of Your Personal Brand

    demonstrate financial skills in your current job, or you’re up against someone applying an incorrect stereotype—that women are not as good at math, for example. That is a personal branding challenge; you want the hiring manager to... View Details
    • 09 Mar 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Accounting Scholarship That Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice

    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Education
    • Web

    Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

    has encountered. The donors' mother interrupted her own education to raise her family, spent her life devoted to the education of her children and others, and takes great pride... View Details
    • Web

    Lehman Brothers Timeline | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    established in response to the financial panic of 1907. 1925–1969 Robert Lehman takes over leadership of Lehman Brothers. 1929 Lehman Brothers forms the Lehman Corporation, a closed-end investment company.... View Details
    • 17 Oct 2023
    • HBS Case

    With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees

    fact, they can just as easily lose great customers in the process. “There is such a thing as a poorly thought-out subscription model,” says Ofek, the Malcolm P. McNair... View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Information; Information Technology
    • 17 Jan 2023
    • In Practice

    8 Trends to Watch in 2023

    As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman

      Unleashed

      When leaders seek out advice, they’re often told to fix themselves. Should they?

      When leaders want to improve, they will find no shortage of ideas to help them. They’re told to identify and develop their natural-born strengths, mine failures... View Details

      • 24 Oct 2018
      • Sharpening Your Skills

      Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?

      have more role models to learn from and stronger teams to collaborate with, a clear direction, and a mature board. The role you consider may have a narrow scope, but could offer deeper learning and of course View Details
      Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
      • 24 Jul 2000
      • Research & Ideas

      Value Maximization and Stakeholder Theory

      game. It just tells them how the score will be kept. That is the role of value maximization in organizational life. It doesn't tell us how to have a great defense or offense,... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

        Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick - Or Keep You Well

        For too long we’ve designed buildings that haven’t focused on the people inside—their health, their ability to work effectively, and what that means for the bottom line. An authoritative introduction to a movement whose vital importance is now all too... View Details

        • 2021
        • Chapter

        Sostenibilidad y negocios verdes en América Latina

        By: Geoffrey Jones
        This chapter in the first-ever business history textbook on Latin America examines the impact of modern business enterprise on the natural environment of the region between the 19th century and the present day. It argues that although global capitalism created much... View Details
        Keywords: Environment; Business History; Environmental Sustainability; Latin America; North and Central America
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        • 2018
        • Working Paper

        Sustainability and Green Business in Latin America During Globalization Waves

        By: Geoffrey Jones
        This working paper examines the impact of modern business enterprise on the natural environment of Latin America during the globalization waves between the 19th century and the present day. It argues that although global capitalism created much wealth for the region,... View Details
        Keywords: Globalization; Natural Environment; Outcome or Result; Business History; Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Tourism Industry; Latin America
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        • 20 Mar 2012
        • First Look

        First Look: March 20

        financial value. Yet scholars have recently shown that entrepreneurial activity by users is more widespread than previously believed. We present data and statistics documenting the prevalence, technological impact, and economic impact of... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • Research Summary

        Firm and aggregate volatility

        US publicly traded companies have become more volatile over the postwar period. This trend has been the result of increased competition in product markets through deregulation, through more intensive innovation activity, and through easier access to capital markets.... View Details

        • 27 Jun 2005
        • Research & Ideas

        Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

        sophisticated programs for developing executives within the firm, and ordinarily choose a next chief executive officer from among them. American CEOs average about thirty years with their firms and own less than 4 percent of its shares.... View Details
        Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
        • Web

        Marketing - Faculty & Research

        influenced by social factors. Companies are recognizing that there is a large market at the "bottom of the pyramid" and marketing to these consumers may require a new framework. These and related... View Details
        • 2022
        • Book

        Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick—or Keep You Well

        By: Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber
        For too long we’ve designed buildings that haven’t focused on the people inside—their health, their ability to work effectively, and what that means for the bottom line. An authoritative introduction to a movement whose vital importance is now all too clear, Healthy... View Details
        Keywords: COVID-19; Buildings and Facilities; Health; Health Pandemics; Safety
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        • 02 Sep 2015
        • What Do You Think?

        What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?

        certainly strong opinions about such policies. As TNoble101 said, “a low retention, ‘chew ‘em up and spit ‘em out’ strategy highlights the negative side of unbridled capitalism against which the current... View Details
        Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Consumer Products; Fashion