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Work and Workplace

By: Kai Ruggeri, Jana Berkessel, Jascha Achterberg, Gerhard M. Prinz, Alessandra Luna-Navarro, Jon M. Jachimowicz and A. V. Whillans

Work is a major part of many lives. While individual experiences with work will differ—from how long we work to what jobs we have and to what extent we enjoy them—almost everyone is affected by employment, whether they have a job or not. Decades of research in the... View Details

Keywords: Workplace; Behavioral Insights; Retirement Savings; Working Conditions; Employees; Performance; Happiness; Health; Job Search; Change

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13 Dec 2022
News

The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

Christine Keung (at podium) and Reginald Smith (both MBA 2020) present recommendations for economic development to the West Virginia State Senate in May 2022. How did you meet? Reggie Smith: "We first met before classes started RC year at a big social event in... View Details

17 Nov 2021
News

Why Inclusion Benefits the Economy and Economics

01 Dec 2008
News

What Went Wrong?

Until recently, I thought of myself as a fairly well-informed observer of this country’s financial marketplace. In years past, I wrote about personal finance for a business magazine. I keep up with business news. And I’m no stranger to the type of investment decisions... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

25 Jan 2018
News

A Whole New Game

According to research compiled by the Federal Reserve, cities, not suburbs, are now the leading generators of US economic growth. From 2010 to 2016, urban populations grew faster than those in the suburbs, reversing a nearly 70-year-old trend. And sports teams are a... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World

Building an Evidence Base for Emerging Markets It’s one thing to research the history of companies in Europe, the United States, or Japan, where libraries, archives, and public records are abundant. But what about emerging markets, where such resources are either... View Details

Keywords: faculty research

23 May 2014
News

A Crossroads for Indian and Its Business Landscape

Keywords: India; economic policies; Narendra Modi

30 Jul 2010
News

Fashion Meets Business

Keywords: fashion; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

March 1993 (Revised April 1995)
Case

Singapore

By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Edward Prewitt

Since winning independence in 1965, Singapore achieved some of the world's highest rates of economic growth. A large part of GDP and employment came from direct investment by multinational companies in low-cost assembly work, but in the 1990s Singapore's rising wage... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Decision Choices and Conditions; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Employment; Wages; Singapore

September 1989 (Revised July 1991)
Case

Caterpillar, Inc.: George Schaefer Takes Charge

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

For over half a century, Caterpillar, Inc. (CAT) had been a world leader in the manufacture of earthmoving and construction machinery. In 1982, just months after it recorded the highest sales and profits in its history, CAT experienced its greatest crisis. Demand fell... View Details

Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Crisis Management; Labor Unions; Demand and Consumers; Management Teams; Problems and Challenges; Competitive Strategy; Business Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Industrial Products Industry

01 Dec 2007
News

Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?

No sector of our economy is more in need of innovation than health care, yet its many regulations handcuff entrepreneurs. A consumer-driven health-care system will unlock these shackles to bring about a much-needed entrepreneurial revolution. Health care’s $2.2... View Details

Keywords: Regina E. Herzlinger; Health, Social Assistance; Management

Profile

Mike Watitwa

efforts elsewhere. What is your favorite childhood memory? My parents practised small-scale farming. During the holidays, they would occasionally allow my siblings and me to join other casual laborers to work their maize plantation and... View Details

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Driving Social Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

implement the public sector reforms that were being proposed by Tony Blair’s Labor government. The challenge is trying to explain to people why they should do things differently in a deeply institutionalized system—a lot like today’s... View Details

21 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

historically distressed communities nationwide. He later served as an HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Summer Fellow, working to address the labor shortage within the restaurant industry, developing service models to protect and... View Details

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historical Perspective: Levitt Shaped the Debate

one hand, could write a doctoral dissertation titled, "World War II Manpower Mobilization and Utilization in a Local Labor Market" and, three decades later, pen an opinion piece for The New York Times headlined, "Yes, Throw... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

March 2022
Case

The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program: 2009-2021

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Julia Kelley

In December 2021, more than a decade after its founding, Goldman Sachs’s 10,000 Small Businesses program was still going strong — and the firm now needed to evaluate potential program modifications to reach a wider group of small business owners. Launched in the... View Details

June 2014 (Revised January 2017)
Case

YAAS's Service Center

By: Brian Hall and Sara del Nido

This case is about a compensation change at an automotive service company in the Middle East. The case allows investigation and analysis of many issues related to compensation design and human resource management, and even change management. The focus of the case is... View Details

Keywords: Compensation; Emotions; Values; Compensation and Benefits; Human Resources; Labor; Negotiation; Organizations; Social Psychology; Value Creation; Motivation and Incentives; Auto Industry; Service Industry; Kuwait; Middle East

August 2005 (Revised August 2006)
Case

PalmSource 2005

By: David B. Yoffie and Barbara Mack

PalmSource is facing stiff competition from handheld, wireless handheld, and smart phone vendors in 2005. In addition, changes in leadership and corporate structure have altered its relationship with its leading customer--PalmOne. Although Palm renews its license with... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Innovation Strategy; Alliances; Software; Market Participation; Wireless Technology; Trends; Working Conditions; Change Management; Information Technology Industry; United States