Global Human Resource Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Mar 2004
Research & Ideas

Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”

mountain in the world or how many zeros you tally up in your portfolio. New levels of human performance take us closer to the gods and set the stage for what we hope is excellence in our own DNA. These moments also make good copy.... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson

October 2018
Case

American Family Insurance and the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity

By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson

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Educators

05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current global... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007

Tata & Sons helped revolutionize business practices in India. From instituting the eight-hour work day and paid leave to providing a retirement gratuity, Tata's policies created a standard to which other companies—and eventually Indian government... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2000
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Market Makers Bid for Success

whereas if you're a kind of a single-purpose performer, if you change the play, you're in trouble. Sahlman: It's an interesting human resources strategy to try to make sure that you don't have people who... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

Business School Case 207-092 How should creditors pursue their claims in a multi-jurisdiction bankruptcy? David Butters, Managing Director at Lehman Brothers, negotiates a restructuring of Navigator Gas Transport, a shipping company that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

Management Journal Monitoring Global Supply Chains By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Firms reliant on supply chains to manufacture their goods risk reputational harm if the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

doesn't increase its debt limit on October 17, it will start defaulting on its bills—an unprecedented event in the nation's history. Senior Lecturer Joseph B. Fuller, a member of the School's Entrepreneurial Management Unit and an expert... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

CEO, rising leader of a firm in transition, and manager of massive complexity-thanks to our incredibly networked and increasingly unpredictable world of business. What if you were in his shoes? If you're a top executive today, you... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

with us and explained more about the drivers of The Story of American Business and the book's implications for managers and leaders. Martha Lagace: Please give us a bit of backstory to this project. Nancy F. Koehn: The New York Times... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

Hildreth had one day in Berkeley. “We went to lunch and started arguing about moral philosophy,” says Hildreth, who had previously worked as a manager at a global accounting firm for eight years. “When you... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

January 2024 (Revised June 2024)
Case

School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)

By: Tatiana Sandino, Jeffrey Rayport, Samuel Grad and Stacy Straaberg

In summer 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before CEO Rob Price’s hire in 2017, School of Rock’s nonconformist rock ‘n’ roll culture led to variability in teaching styles,... View Details

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Educators

Purchase

24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

macro components. The micro component comes from the selection of low beta stocks. The macro component comes from the selection of low beta countries or industries. The two parts both contribute to the low beta anomaly, with important implications for the construction... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Feb 2004
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Marketing Wine to the World

"The Changing Structure of the Global Wine Industry," won the Best Paper award at the 2003 European Applied Business Research Conference. Roberto recently shared his thoughts on wine for HBS Working Knowledge in an e-mail... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

why managers may respond to the demand for dividends from local seniors. Overall, these results are consistent with the notion that the investor base affects corporate policy choices. Utilizing Team Member Expertise Under Pressure... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
Case

Pittsburgh: A Successful City?

By: Karen Mills, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck and Zeke Gillman

Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of... View Details