Filter Results:
(2,506)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,506)
- People (3)
- News (817)
- Research (1,269)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (37)
- Faculty Publications (572)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(2,506)
- People (3)
- News (817)
- Research (1,269)
- Events (4)
- Multimedia (37)
- Faculty Publications (572)
- 27 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 27
describe the characteristics of Roth contributions. Approximately one year after the Roth is introduced, 9% of 401(k) participants have positive Roth balances. Roth participation is more than twice as high among 401(k) participants who were View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
organizations that really ends up with no trend line” “For decades, we’ve been in this cycle where an organization hires a consulting firm to help design and execute a restructuring, and then, as soon as they’re done, they start that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
States. In short, their study shows that family CEOs on average work fewer hours relative to nonfamily-affiliated managers in all the countries they studied. Family Vs. Professional To launch the study, the researchers hired 15 students... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part Two
talents. But the stories in Brand New would not have been written if these entrepreneurs had not also been institution builders, if they had not figured out how to organize the production of top-quality offerings on a large scale, or the stewardship of a powerful... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
age 24, McNamara was the youngest professor ever hired at HBS, shortly after getting his business degree there in 1939. When HBS temporarily shut down to support the war effort during World War II, McNamara was asked to design and teach a... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
employees will protest or leave if they tried to do that. And a lot of companies were able to hire from a broad geographic scope that they wouldn’t have otherwise done outside of the pandemic. What do you even do about people who are in... View Details
- Web
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020 - Recruiting
Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012) Allison Boxer 16 Sep 2024 Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities Becca Carnahan Student Clubs Partner with one of the 50 career-related clubs on campus to engage with... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Meaghan Fitzgerald (MBA 2016)
current and future people will hire VR and VR applications for.” What are your short- and long-term career goals? “Short-term, I am focused on building a strong team at Facebook that can continue to build best practices for designing and... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
redefine the meaning of success in business. B Lab’s mission is to assemble a global community of Certified B Corporations, which are companies that meet certain prescribed standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
goal of the case is to provide an opportunity for students to develop a framework for understanding the factors that might lead to a less diverse workforce and for evaluating approaches to increase diversity. The case opens in 2014, when Yelp View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
recently vacant creative director position. Did Shanghai Tang need to hire a new creative director at this uncertain economic time? Or could he take on the role of the creative director himself? In addition, Ie Masne had to grapple with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
affiliate marketing programs in which merchants oversee thousands of affiliates they have never met. Some merchants hire specialist outside advisors to set and enforce policies for affiliates, while other merchants ask their ordinary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms
the riskiness of hiring formerly incarcerated people,” says one faculty member as “Jack,” a white male. “While I think offering a second chance is admirable, I don't entirely agree that this is a workforce that should be prioritized." In... View Details
- 06 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 6
Authors: Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera, and Kelsey Jack Abstract A substantial body of research investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
patient care; and the next generation is taking up the cause too. To help build momentum among young physicians, Oishi has hired a cadre of them to split their time across Platanus and Mediva, to practice medicine and consult with... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
the CEO, and ideally I become the COO over the course of the process if I hire the right director. And what I mean by that is the producer starts out with the original idea, puts together the whole team, so it starts out with the idea, in... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
a detailed financial model that will help students analyze the impact of hiring additional sales people and the consequent impact on sales and profits. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/813114-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
negotiate in the right order. Sorting Out The Possibilities When Steve Perlman was preparing to launch WebTV in 1996, he faced a critical sequencing dilemma. He had obtained seed funding, developed the technology to bring the Internet to ordinary television sets,... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
As more and more corporate executives have been paraded on perp walks these last few years, a question has repeatedly been raised: Where was the board? After all, isn't it the board's responsibility to make sure the fox isn't hired to run... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
diversity issues, notes, "Even companies that once were mostly interested in hiring women and minorities either out of a sense of moral obligation or merely to comply with the law now see the value that comes from broadening the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons