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- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
lifelong employer due to global competition and downsizing; rapid turnover of executives and employees; growing concern about the environment; and the crumbling of institutions such as schools and the family. "We're searching for new... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
the United Kingdom, force turnover of their independent directors after nine years. That’s a policy that should be adopted here. The loss of experience would be outweighed by reduced cronyism. If a director were truly indispensable, he or... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
issues yet,” Ely says. “They aren’t talking about disproportionate turnover among women or about women ostentibly ‘opting out.’ ” There are some lessons that the relatively young tech industry can learn from sectors that have been focused... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
transition. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=509005 Sloan & Harrison: The Associate Challenge Harvard Business School Case 409-032 TThe law firm, Sloan & Harrison, was confronting issues... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
competition and downsizing; rapid turnover of executives and employees; growing concern about the environment; and the crumbling of institutions such as schools and the family. "We're searching for new ways of grounding to sustain us... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
quarters of strong revenue growth. James Hoffman, the new Senior Vice President of Human Resources, fears that the chain of success is shifting the company's focus away from effective performance management. Recently, Vitality has been faced with increasing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
than that of other CEOs. CEO turnover sensitivity to firm performance is also significantly higher in founder-director firms compared to non-founder firms. Overall, the evidence suggests that boards with founder-directors provide more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
fixed capacity viable. Another constraint is the poor state of its basic financial systems. Morale is low and thus staff turnover is high, with many clinicians taking patients with them into their private practice when they go. TBC is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Harvard Business Review Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong? By: Garvin, David A. Abstract—The article presents a case study of a business enterprise with high employee turnover that is considering adopting a personnel management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
profitability, small size, safety, and total volatility—also perform well during good times. Stocks with characteristics signifying high liquidity, such as high turnover and low bid-ask spreads, perform well during bad times but otherwise... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
with applications and now employs local residents, many of whom walk to work, with much less turnover than Sprint's suburban call centers. "They took a risk, but it paid off - they now have a solid pool of workers who are very happy to... View Details
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
Working PapersTraveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani Abstract We develop a framework to examine how politicians with short-term electoral pressures control bureaucrats... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients
When the COVID-19 virus spread worldwide and normal life ground to a halt last year, we thought voluntary employee turnover would drop as well. But the opposite happened in one area: Lift outs—a group of workers who defect... View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
U.S., KP is facing an enormous potential liability from future costs of obesity and diabetes. Given low turnover in health plan membership, how should they respond to this crisis? How should they invest in the health of their covered... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
it had taken over 10 years and thousands of hours of meetings. Issues such as the continued availability of funding and leadership turnover still threatened the effectiveness of the collaboration, and the economic recession would almost... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
initiative. Its managers must determine how to alter their strategy going forward. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507052 Ponsse: From Finland to Global Harvard Business School Case 507-002 Finland-based Ponsse Oyj,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
its strategic goals for 2020. It aimed to double its turnover and headcount by that time, which would make SOS Group one of the largest social enterprise groups in Europe and in the world. Jean-Marc Borello, founder of the organization,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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both consistently? Among the most significant challenges facing the industry are the decreasing availability, increasing cost, and high turnover in the labor force. We will examine the responses of the industry to these issues, especially... View Details
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