Firm Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

A host of organizations — among them Lucent Technologies, the Boeing Company, and Southwest Airlines — have recently begun to ponder such intangibles in an effort to attract and maintain a motivated, performance-boosting workforce. Books... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

11 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

Management Proceedings Affective, Cognitive and Behavioral Trajectories of Change Recipients in Global Organizations By: Reiche, B.S., T.B. Neeley, and N. Overmeyer Abstract—Research rarely addresses how change recipients respond to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2009
News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

education and say that they are only providing opportunities,” writes Tamara Heimur (HBS ’10). “On the other hand I was impressed with the CEOs’ commitment to continually increasing reach and decreasing interest rates. It highlighted the important issue of scale, which... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2004
News

Books

to make a living selling buttons, combs, and other sundry items to suspicious and penny-pinching rural homesteaders. From these humble origins, Friedman traces a series of transitions that imposed ever-greater organization and... View Details

Keywords: book review; faculty books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

Many of the women specified a desire to work for organizations whose goals were compatible with their own values and to have more control over the calendar and the clock when they return to the workplace. Since Charting Your Course is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 May 2016
HBS Case

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

when more than 50 people in 11 states were sickened by an initial E. coli outbreak. “Do those smaller local organic growers have the experience, resources, and commitment to test their products for various food safety risks?” The chain... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

Web

The Strategic Case for Diversity in Digital Transformation - Blog: RGE Report

succession planning. These two aspects of today’s business landscape may appear separate, but they are inextricably linked—especially for board leaders. Diversity across backgrounds, including age, class, and race, can be crucial to helping View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

An Authentic Leader

When Bill George (MBA ’66) talks about leadership, people listen. And well they should. For a decade, he quietly grew a midsized Minnesota medical-device maker into a world-class medical technology company. When George joined Medtronic in 1989 as president and COO, the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?

asking that question through research on the controversial issue of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), agricultural products that are genetically altered to increase yield, incorporate pesticide properties, or exhibit other beneficial... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Biotechnology; Agriculture & Agribusiness

21 Mar 2019
News

Helping Veterans Build Careers

important to get that first job right and connect them with the services they need to be successful in the job search,” he says. Goldenberg, who lives in Los Angeles and joined the organization as its executive director in 2013, says... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Jan 2012
News

Andrew H. Tisch, MBA 1977

first of four sons born to Larry and his wife, Billie. The firm is one of the largest diversified holding companies in the United States, with interests in commercial insurance, offshore drilling, oil and natural gas production,... View Details

12 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs

Invitations to recruiting events Beyond the basics: Seek examples of job descriptions (JDs) and critiques of those you’ve written. Most investors were operators once and have a good sense of how to write a good JD. Investors may also have a recruiting arm at their... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Sep 2008
News

Balanced Equation

process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of his children recently launched Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and adviser... View Details

Keywords: James Aisner;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna;Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

08 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 8

innovations by single user individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation projects. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that innovation by individual users... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

organizations like Braver Angels and the Constructive Dialogue Institute. Encourage leaders to model humility and openness to different viewpoints, setting a tone that discourages stereotyping and contempt. Vincent Pons is the Byron Wein... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Jun 2007
News

Profiles from the class of 2007

After HBS, Hussein will work and gain experience in private equity and venture capital in New York or London, with the long-term goal of setting up his own firm in the Middle East to connect Israeli and Arab companies and help the region... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

housing program. The initiative, Home for Good, collaborates with local service providers and tribal health organizations to deliver high-quality, culturally tailored care to those experiencing homelessness in the Anchorage community, the... View Details

02 Feb 2016
First Look

February 2, 2016

Organization Tax Aversion in Labor Supply By: Kessler, Judd B., and Michael I. Norton Abstract—In a real-effort laboratory experiment, labor supply decreases more with the introduction of a tax than with a financially equivalent drop in... View Details