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  • 20 Nov 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation

Keywords: by Claudine Gartenberg & Julie Wulf
  • Research Summary

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ECONOMICS OF THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICEC INDUSTRY

Professor Silk’s recent research has been focused on the economics of the advertising and marketing services industry. He has conducted econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on the... View Details

  • Research Summary

Developing Organizational Capabilities to Compete

By: Michael Beer

Michael Beer’s current research focuses on the question of what makes an Effective Organization. Based on his extensive research and practice about this question Beer has identified six highly interrelated core capabilities:

  1. Capacity of the... View Details
  • 2021
  • Book

Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise

By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
Navigate the complex decisions and critical relationships necessary to create and sustain a healthy family business--and business family. Though "family business" may sound like it refers only to mom-and-pop shops, businesses owned by families are among the most... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Family and Family Relationships; Outcome or Result; Business Model; Conflict and Resolution; Organizational Culture
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  • 2019
  • Article

The Social Desirability of Offshoring: A Swiss Consensus (1945–1975)

By: Sabine Pitteloud
This article focuses on the evolution of the rhetoric and practice of corporate offshoring in Switzerland from the post-war economic boom to the industrial crisis in the mid-seventies. The virtue of a historical perspective on the issue of offshoring is to show how... View Details
Keywords: Multinationals; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Relocation; Labor Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Labor and Management Relations; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Switzerland
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Toward a Corporate Culture of Health: Results of a National Survey

By: Michael Anne Kyle, Lumumba Seegars, John M. Benson, Robert J. Blendon, Robert S. Huckman and Sara J. Singer
Context: The private sector has a large potential role in advancing health and well-being, but attention to corporate practices around health tends to focus on a narrow range of issues and on large businesses. Systematically describing private sector engagement in... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Health Policy; Public Health; Organizations; Health; Policy; Surveys
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

From Social Control to Financial Economics: The Linked Ecologies of Economics and Business in Twentieth Century America

By: Marion Fourcade and Rakesh Khurana
As the main producers of managerial elites, business schools represent strategic research sites for understanding the formation of economic practices and representations. This article draws on historical material to analyze the changing place of economics in American... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Business Education; Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business History; Chicago
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  • 19 Mar 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’

to workers, who were expected to pay for their own English classes and learn during off-hours. Neeley, who drafted some best practices that the company began to implement, says Rakuten has quickly moved to make substantial changes,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 04 May 2021
  • Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

Indian friends, I went to school with my Malay classmates, and I practiced tennis with Eurasians. My international tennis career exposed me to the harsh realities of living life abroad as an Asian. Coming to the U.S. for my undergraduate... View Details
  • 18 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 18

  PublicationsSidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed and How We Can Stick to the Plan Authors:Francesca Gino Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, forthcoming Abstract You may not realize it but simple, irrelevant factors can have profound consequences on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

    Conquer the most essential adaptation to the knowledge economy

    The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who... View Details

      Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

      * Top 10 Technology Books of 2020 (Forbes)
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      * Top Shelf Pick of Best Business Books 2020: Technology & Innovation (Strategy + Business)
      * 9 Best Business Books for 2020... View Details

      • 05 Nov 2021
      • Op-Ed

      Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

      Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
      Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail
      • 07 Apr 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

      Value. She is a former brand manager at Gillette, AT&T, and Samuel Adams and an advertising agency executive, and remains close to practice by serving as a board member, consultant, educator, and advisor to companies and their... View Details
      Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
      • 03 Jan 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Most Popular Articles of 2010

      goods can activate the concept of self-interest and affect subsequent cognition. Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers How can front-line workers be encouraged to speak up when they know how to... View Details
      Keywords: by Staff
      • 15 Mar 2022
      • Research & Ideas

      This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer

      according to the working paper Do Management System Standards Indicate Superior Performance? Evidence from the OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Standard. To earn the voluntary certification, workplaces need to demonstrate that their processes adhere to the... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 17 Dec 2008
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      ‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’

      interesting to note that he didn't go to the academy to get his ideas accepted; his approach was to convince important people in the practical world of marketing. Then the academic community would pay attention." "His approach... View Details
      Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Retail
      • 09 Dec 2002
      • Research & Ideas

      Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad

      fundamental changes to the way accounting firms and their clients operate. If we are really going to restore trust in the U.S. system of auditing, we will need to go well beyond the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We will need to embrace View Details
      Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, George Loewenstein & Don A. Moore; Accounting; Financial Services
      • 01 Jun 2022
      • What Do You Think?

      Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

      captured the spirit of respondents when she said, “For Harvard Business School to give up on the case method would be a step backward, not forward.” Reminding us that the method was adapted from teaching techniques practiced at Harvard... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett
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      Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About

      himself or herself from the recruiting process and the hiring decision. Note that these restrictions do not apply to the practice of hiring students for non-graded academic duties such as being a teaching assistant or a research... View Details