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  • 01 Dec 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?

members of the workforce.” As background material, students read an overview case, "The Offshoring of America," as well as "Monitor's Opportunities in India," a case that follows the decision-making process of the consulting group's CEO... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 20 Sep 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

An example of the influence of these feelings on performance is my finding that if people are in a good mood on a given day, they're more likely to have creative ideas that day, as well as the next day, even if we take into account their mood that next day. There seems... View Details
Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile
  • 12 Feb 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

conjectured they would get a much more natural and powerful way of reaching a conclusion by creating a setting where the students actually go through some kind of competitive process to reach the same outcomes they would otherwise be... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education
  • 26 Nov 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

a small sampling of the twenty-three companies pitched: Michele Honomichl GPSLink. The average corporation uses up to ten systems to manage the human resources process in moving its executives and their families both abroad and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Jan 2019
  • Blog Post

The ABCs of Recruiting at HBS

EC? RC? Aldrich? What’s an Aldrich? Every organization has their own acronyms and jargon and HBS is no exception. Here are some of the terms used at HBS that relate to on-campus company recruiting. Hopefully, you will have an even better understanding of what to expect... View Details
  • Web

Digital Archival Resources - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
  • Web

Digital Archival Resources - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
  • 27 Oct 2020
  • News

HBS Votes

Ballou-Aares told the Financial Times. HBS Professor Michael Porter, an advisor to Leadership Now who also signed the letter, noted that “business leaders need to throw their support [behind] democratic processes at a time when public... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2002
  • News

Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

sanction each year with close to two million dogs in competition. Are there any plans for expansion? We are currently working to upgrade our work process in order to provide better, more timely service to our constituents and to make... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

  Working PapersCorporate Social Entrepreneurship Authors:James Austin and Ezequiel Reficco Abstract Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a process aimed at enabling business to develop more advanced and powerful forms of Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

  Working PapersHow Firms Respond to Being Rated (revised) Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel Abstract While many rating systems seek to help buyers overcome information asymmetries when making purchasing decisions, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni

with HBS. CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT Funding is provided to the recipient for a specific opportunity and may not be transferred to a new opportunity without review and approval of the Review Committee. You must inform HBS if, during the time... View Details
  • 21 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

executives, middle managers, and sales people from companies across a variety of industries. The survey focused on questions about how well their companies’ strategies informed six critical elements of their sales approaches. The results... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Dec 2017
  • News

Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

through the economy, managing the economy. And what are they not going to be good at? Policy and understanding kind of how the democratic process works. The number two answer on what they would be good at is getting stuff done. The number... View Details
  • 26 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

when votes are most valuable. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/cmalloy/pdffiles/malco.pdf Decoding Inside Information Authors:Lauren Cohen, Christopher Malloy, and Lukasz Pomorski Abstract Using a simple empirical strategy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Research in Black and White | Baker Library

In the early days, Land had personal contact with much of his staff. He also encouraged the exchange of information among groups focused on different problems. To this end, Polaroid implemented a sun/satellite system: an employee could... View Details
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

average, use unverifiable discretion to convey private information on future cash flows; in contrast, agency theory predicts managers, on average, use unverifiable discretion opportunistically. We test these alternative hypotheses using a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 10

large information technology firm. We find significant interaction effects between being of the same sex and being in the same business unit or same office on dyadic communication rates, though not with same job function. In an extension,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2024 (Revised July 2024)
  • Case

Unleashing Human Magic at Best Buy

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Sunil Gupta and Amram Migdal
The case examines the transformation of Best Buy under CEO Hubert Joly's leadership from 2012. Facing significant business challenges, including competition from online and physical retailers, Joly implemented the "Renew Blue" turnaround strategy, which focused on... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Communication Intention and Meaning; Communication Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Health Care and Treatment; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Labor; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Business or Company Management; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Failure; Success; Personal Development and Career; Strategic Planning; Adaptation; Competition; Alignment; Business Strategy; Retail Industry; Minneapolis; Minnesota; United States
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  • 16 Dec 2002
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Marrying Distance and Classroom Education

discussions to exchange electronic information and high quality content. SS: One other thing underscored during the conference was that people respond differently to different ways of teaching. Someone in an online environment may be much... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne