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- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Survey Reveals Depths of US Competitiveness Problem
“the ability of companies in the United States to compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for Americans.” While HBS alumni widely shared a negative view of the country’s competitive... View Details
- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Skills-First Hiring at IBM
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah Mehta
Teaching note for “Skills-First Hiring at IBM,” case no. 422-013. View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Human Capital; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Society; Societal Protocols; Technology Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
- 17 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
If Marketing Experts Ran Elections
political advertising in this year's presidential campaign. Yet there are reasons for hope. Citizen interest in this year's primaries is high because there is no obvious winner and genuinely different candidates are competing on both... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch
- Profile
Tawanda Sibanda
this business or another,” Tawanda says, “I want to go back to Africa one day and employ Africans. We’ll show the world that Africa can compete with the best.” View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
C.D. Spangler, Jr.: A Leadership Role in Business and Academe
systems were retrenching; and his encouragement of faculty to compete more actively for outside grants and contracts, with growth in those areas rising annually from $175 million in 1986 to more than $500 million in 1997. But Spangler's... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry; photo by Ann Hawthorne
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
up a global hedge fund called JGP. "Our focus is on global trading, with a special emphasis on Brazil," Jakurski says. "Today's telecommunications allow those of us in faraway markets to compete with Wall Street's big guys. It's amazing -... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Over 50 and Job Hunting?
currency is the ability to make a positive first impression. “Your attitude, body language, and energy can dispel ageist stereotypes in the first five minutes,” Lassiter states. Although layoffs or extended résumé gaps may have an impact on executives’ self-confidence,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Feedback
the testing that has to be repeated is enormous. There was a very interesting book published in the early 1990s called Competing Against Time. The central hypothesis is that about 90 percent of the time it takes to do something is wasted... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
and geopolitical change and uncertainty; compete on a global scale; and operate in a socially responsible and accountable manner. Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth by Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, and F. Warren... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
Airbnb competed with hotels, the study shows. During busy travel times, guests enjoyed an average "consumer surplus" of $57 per night. This surplus didn't necessarily amount to more money in a visitor's pocket, but it did mean... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
higher percentage of the revenue in order to motivate them." Things get more interesting with the degree that the actions of one professional affect the revenues generated by other professionals—what is known in economic terms as spillovers. If professionals are View Details
- 09 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!
they used to be protected geographically, but no longer. For decades, a paper like the Post competed against a few local and even fewer national newspapers. (Despite its international reputation, the lion's share of its print revenues... View Details
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
progress. The case traces the evolution of the AmazonFresh business model and describes the operating capabilities necessary to compete in grocery. Would there come a day when most grocery shopping was done online? If so, how would Amazon... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
value on average quality and less value on total quantity. With competing platforms, the effect of user preferences for quantity is reversed. Furthermore, exclusion incentives depend in a non-trivial way on the proportion of high-quality... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Nohria Named Tenth Dean
experiences,” said Nohria, who received a bachelor of technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. “With business education at an inflection point, we must strive to equip future leaders with the View Details
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management? Neither Great Leadership Nor Brilliant Strategy Matters Without Operational Excellence By: Sadun, Raffaella, Nicholas Bloom, and John Van Reenen... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century
370, IBM was competing at home and abroad with companies that primarily produced "plug-compatible" products based on IBM-licensed hardware and IBM-licensed software. By the end of the decade the European computer makers were... View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
course of their ordinary activities take place within what Barry Nalebuff and Adam Brandenburger call Value Net. 8 Companies seek to advance their goals by crafting strategies for cooperating and competing with other players in their... View Details
- 03 Jan 2008
- What Do You Think?
Does Judgment Trump Experience?
Summing Up How is good judgment developed? Whether judgment trumps experience quickly gave way in this month's rich exchange of views to other questions about how (and the extent to which) judgment is developed. Most of those addressing the question agreed with the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
Call it corporate alchemy. New research finds that multinational companies can spin gender bias into gold by recruiting and hiring well-educated female managers in countries that traditionally discriminate against women. Employing women who are excluded by their own... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel