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28 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

much more likely to remain in an organization, leading directly to fewer hires from outside the organization," Heskett writes in the book. "This, in turn, results in lower wage costs for talent; lower recruiting, hiring, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

rating agencies that applied AAA ratings to subprime loans for which little documentation was required from the borrower. Lehman Brothers and other investment banks became heavily invested in MBSs and CDOs that yielded high relative returns. At the same time, View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat bank and business failures Introduction of Federal Deposit Insurance SEC established Federal regulations prohibit false advertising Influence: Low 40 1940 s 19 Military spending explodes... View Details

02 Jun 2020
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Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving

to continue to limit their capacities to allow for better physical distancing. Future diners might well put more of a premium on space than on white tablecloths and candles. Employing a cloud kitchen model can give restaurants the ability... View Details

Keywords: by Lena Ye and Geoffrey Jones; Food & Beverage

13 Jan 2020
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Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

it with their employees. In the study’s most disturbing finding, employee wages actually dropped an average of 2 percent (again relative to peer firms) in the two years following the buyout. “It seems essentially all of the pie is going... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

related to the workforce, including the skills gap, degree inflation, care economics, the role of artificial intelligence in employment outcomes, the effectiveness of social entrepreneurs in improving education to employment outcomes, mechanisms for enhancing the... View Details

22 Jul 2002
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Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

with care and vigor.It is not a half-way solution" Performance-based pricing differs from usage-based pricing in that it charges for the quality of performance as well as the quantity of usage. If the telephone company charged a performance View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

15 Jun 2021
News

Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Pete Stavros (MBA 2002) got his first lessons in labor relations as a kid at the dinner table, when his father, who operated a road grader at construction sites, told the family about his day. The elder Stavros earned an hourly View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Industry Information - Alumni

Philanthropy News publication that includes articles and data on donors, charities and foundations, corporate donations and CEO compensation. Premium articles require a fee-based subscription. Guide Star Provides information about the... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Airmail service starts Influence: High 30 1930 s 19 The New Deal Commercial and investment banking separated Reconstruction Finance Corp. created to combat bank and business failures Introduction of Federal Deposit Insurance SEC... View Details

December 2003 (Revised August 2006)
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Malden Mills (A)

By: Nitin Nohria, Thomas R. Piper and Bridget Gurtler

CEO Aaron Feuerstein of Malden Mills decided to pay idled workers after a massive fire at his mill in 1995. Focuses on the decisions made post-fire and the rebuilding process and eventual bankruptcy of the company. Also outlines creditors' struggle to decide whether to... View Details

Keywords: Wages; Situation or Environment; Ethics; Financing and Loans; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Manufacturing Industry; Massachusetts

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12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case

four to one. When another premium brand lowers its wholesale price in an attempt to stimulate sales, Heublein’s president decides to increase the price of Smirnoff and put the additional revenue into advertising. This case taught me that... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

12 Jul 2016
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July 12, 2016

forecasts as an input into the government budgeting-making process would probably reduce official forecast errors for budget deficits. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51324 College Tuition, Public View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Economic Association . Marco E. Tabellini : Recipient of the 2021 Excellence in Refereeing Award from the Review of Economic Studies . Marlous van Waijenburg : 2021: Recipient of a National Science Foundation Research Grant (No. 2116150, $329,925) for "Investing in... View Details

23 Jun 2008
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Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

support every low- to moderate-income family, says Tufano. Beyond valuable programs like Social Security, tax breaks for savers, or auto-enrollment initiatives, there are more innovative and exciting projects: Prize-linked savings accounts like the United Kingdom's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

company to create better jobs,” shared Ari Medoff. “We’ve had 30 or 40 years now of growing wage inequality and we have community institutions that have decayed. I think that one of the core factors is the erosion of job quality which... View Details

June 2010
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Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers

By: David I. Levine and Michael W. Toffel

Several studies have examined how the ISO 9001 Quality Management System standard predicts changes in organizational outcomes such as profits. This is the first large-scale study to explore how employee outcomes such as employment, earnings, and health and safety... View Details

Keywords: Quality; Management; Standards; Employees; Wages; Organizations; Profit; Safety; Health; Policy

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07 Sep 2021
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Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Insurance

21 May 2012
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OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

With an election looming and the economy continuing to struggle, the effectiveness of government regulation has become a political football. While advocates hold regulations up as necessary to protect public health and safety, critics see them as arbitrary and costly... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

subscription offer, introduced in fiscal 2019, that enables readers to choose between a digital, digital and print, or premium subscription. The offer helped attract a record monthly average of nearly 12 million visitors to the HBR.org... View Details

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