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  • November–December 2023
  • Article

Look the Part? The Role of Profile Pictures in Online Labor Markets

By: Isamar Troncoso and Lan Luo
Profile pictures are a key component of many freelancing platforms, a design choice that can impact hiring and matching outcomes. In this paper, we examine how appearance-based perceptions of a freelancer’s fit for the job (i.e., whether a freelancer "looks the part"... View Details
Keywords: Freelancers; Gig Workers; Demographics; Prejudice and Bias; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Analytics and Data Science
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  • June 1991 (Revised October 1991)
  • Case

General Electric: Reg Jones and Jack Welch

By: Francis Aguilar and Christopher A. Bartlett
When GE's retiring Reginald Jones turned the job of CEO over to Jack Welch on April 1, 1981, the Wall Street Journal reported that GE had "decided to replace a legend with a live wire." Some wondered if the young dynamo could fill the elder statesman's very large... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Change Management; Leading Change; Restructuring; Investment; Strategic Planning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Succession
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  • January 1992
  • Case

Johnson & Johnson: Hospital Services

The main issue has to do with the lack of fit or incompatibility between the early environmental requirements for strategy and the cultural constraints on the organization. Describes the internal resistance to the proposed changes and top management's efforts to... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict and Resolution
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  • 26 Oct 2018
  • News

Want to Run a Good Meeting? First, Take a Comedy Class

  • February 2019 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

Honda Innovations: Leveraging External Insights to Accelerate Creation

By: Antonio Davila
Nick Sugimoto, CEO of Honda Innovations—the open innovation organization of Honda, has to decide how to extend his organization’s approach to innovation across the world. Honda Innovations dates back to 2000 when Honda created Honda Research Institute in Silicon... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Radical Innovation; Corporate Venturing; Corporate Innovation; Organization Structure; Management Control; Business Units; Disruption; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Global Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strategy; Auto Industry; San Francisco; Japan
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  • 11 Oct 2011
  • News

The rise of online education

    What You're Really Meant To Do: A Road Map for Reaching Your Unique Potential

    Professor Kaplan's book is published by the Harvard Business Review Press, May 2013.

    Drawing on his years of experience, Rob Kaplan proposes an integrated plan for identifying and achieving your goals.  He outlines specific steps and exercises to help you... View Details

    • August 2018 (Revised August 2019)
    • Technical Note

    A Note on Compensation

    By: Ethan Bernstein and Michael Norris
    This note provides an overview of the important terms, concepts, and frameworks that a manager should know about compensation—whether it be their own or that of an employee. Because compensation in practice is fraught with pitfalls, this note presents an overview of... View Details
    Keywords: Compensation Design; Benefits; Perks; Variable Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Executive Compensation; Stock Options; Profit Sharing; Job Design and Levels; Labor Unions; Wages; United States
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    • July 2010 (Revised September 2011)
    • Background Note

    Hiring Professionals in China: A Practitioner's Guide

    By: Heidi K. Gardner
    This note outlines how leading professional service firms operating in China revise their standard hiring practices to fit local challenges and customs. Based on interviews with professionals in a number of established accounting, strategy consulting, and executive... View Details
    Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Globalized Firms and Management; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Service Industry; China
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    • December 2015
    • Article

    What Is Disruptive Innovation?

    By: Clayton M. Christensen, Michael Raynor and Rory McDonald
    For the past 20 years, the theory of disruptive innovation has been enormously influential in business circles and a powerful tool for predicting which industry entrants will succeed. Unfortunately, the theory has also been widely misunderstood, and the "disruptive"... View Details
    Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Theory
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    • 06 Oct 2014
    • News

    Tom Brady's Demise Was Greatly Exaggerated

    • 05 Feb 2020
    • News

    January at HBS: SIPs Year Three

      Michael Beer

      MICHAEL BEER

      Mike Beer is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About Your Company’s... View Details

      • Article

      New Sales Realities

      By: Frank V. Cespedes
      Business leaders need to understand that it’s the fit of People, Process, Pricing, and Partners that drives sales effectiveness. As firms confront new buying processes, required sales competencies affect hiring, training, and development (People). Without a coherent... View Details
      Keywords: Sales; Performance Effectiveness
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      • 17 Dec 2013
      • News

      Gaining Status with Red Sneakers

      • Clubs

      Health & Wellness Club

      • January 2023
      • Case

      Proday: Calling the Right Play

      By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
      Sarah Kunst knew the elements of a successful startup from her tenure at venture capital firms. In April 2018, however, her own app – Proday, a home fitness platform featuring exercises filmed by professional sports stars – was floundering. Kunst theorized that... View Details
      Keywords: Social Media; Entrepreneurship; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Product Launch; Social Marketing; Failure; Sports; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Technology Industry; United States
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      • April 2006
      • Case

      Managing a Public Image: Cheri Mack

      By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas
      Cheri Mack, an African-American woman, has just arrived at Harvard Business School after working for three years at a major consulting firm where she learned to adopt the demeanor of her male colleagues in order to fit in. Some of her male classmates are critical of... View Details
      Keywords: Management Style; Race; Reputation; Personal Development and Career; Leadership Style; Gender; Massachusetts
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      • May 2019
      • Case

      Whiskey and Cheddar: Ingredient Branding at the Caesan Cheese Cooperative (Brief Case)

      By: John A. Quelch and Katherine B. Hartman
      The Caesan Cheese Cooperative is considering introducing a new high-quality, high-margin artisan whiskey cheddar cheese. Deidra Kelly, vice president of marketing and product development at Caesan, must recommend to the Board of Directors whether to launch the product... View Details
      Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Development; Management; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Food and Beverage Industry
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      • April 2017
      • Teaching Note

      DoubleDutch

      By: Frank Cespedes
      This Teaching Note accompanies HBS No. 815-044 “DoubleDutch” in which the co-founders of the event management start-up, DoubleDutch, have to make a significant decision about their young company's sales function. The teaching note covers: Opportunity analysis,... View Details
      Keywords: Sales Management; Selling; Marketing Management; Strategy Implementation; Business Marketing; Salesforce Management; Marketing; Sales; Marketing Strategy; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Technology Industry; United States; Europe; Asia
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