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Public Health Debate Over Smoking
In research relevant to the current public health debate about smoking, Professor King and co-authors examine the effect of the tobacco settlement on cigarette advertising in magazines, the advertising behavior of cigarette companies in recruiting underage teenagers... View Details
- March 2023
- Case
Interior Collab
By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
After venture capital-funded online interior design agency Homepolish collapsed, its former freelance designers met to discuss next steps. The bitter experience led some of them to create a workers’ collaborative called Interior Collab. The founding members needed to... View Details
- 22 Nov 2010
- News
How to Give Away Your Money More Effectively
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 13 Sep 2016
- Webinars: Career
How Organizations Are Using LinkedIn to Find Talent
Organizations are increasingly using LinkedIn to find talent. Do you know what they are looking for? LinkedIns Bradley Lawrence (MBA 2013) will share key insights into understanding how organizations are utilizing LinkedIn. After this webinar, you... View Details
- June 2003
- Case
Peabody Simpson at the Crossroads
By: Rajiv Lal, Nitin Nohria and Leslie Freeman
Three managing directors at Peabody Simpson had just returned from a firm-wide recruiting event at Columbia University, which they had covered together, as all were alumni. They were commiserating about having to submit revised forecasts to their division heads by the... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Capital Budgeting; Recruitment; Reports; Organizational Design
Lal, Rajiv, Nitin Nohria, and Leslie Freeman. "Peabody Simpson at the Crossroads." Harvard Business School Case 503-112, June 2003.
- 16 Jan 2012
- News
All hands on deck: How can we make more heroes?
- January 22, 2012
- Article
The Power of Mentoring
Starting at around age 13, I had a series of weekend and summer jobs — everything from scooping ice cream, making doughnuts and pumping gas to working at the local golf course, where I had to line up carts for the players by 5 a.m. One of my high school teachers... View Details
Chertavian, Gerald. "The Power of Mentoring." New York Times (January 22, 2012), BU.9.
- Career Coach
Katherine Manweiler
Katherine is eager to support students in a variety of ways including: consulting, VCPE, and hedge fund case interview prep; behavioral interview prep; crafting a cohesive and compelling personal narrative; deciding between different offers; evaluating commitment to... View Details
- 24 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Why We Recruit is a series of interviews with our recruiting partners covering everything from their experience working with HBS to what they would like students to know. Each week, we will release a new... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- June 18, 2015
- Article
What Makes FC Barcelona Such a Successful Business
By: Andres Hatum and Luciana Silvestri
This article explores how FC Barcelona's identity as "more than a club" fuels the team's impressive performance on the field. We focus on the role of La Masía, the club's youth academy, to explain how a strong sense of organizational identity underlies the team's style... View Details
Hatum, Andres, and Luciana Silvestri. "What Makes FC Barcelona Such a Successful Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (June 18, 2015).
- December 2003 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
Circon (A) (Abridged)
By: Brian J. Hall, Christopher Rose and Guhan Subramanian
In 1996, U.S. Surgical launched a hostile takeover bid against Circon Corp. CEO Richard Auhll recruited an old HBS friend, George Cloutier, to the Circon board to help him defend the company. Circon's primary defenses include a "poison pill" and a staggered board and... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Trust; Relationships; Acquisition; Business and Shareholder Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
Hall, Brian J., Christopher Rose, and Guhan Subramanian. "Circon (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 904-023, December 2003. (Revised August 2004.)
- August 1999
- Case
Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers
Describes Rob Waldron's actions upon assuming leadership of SCORE! Educational Centers, an after-school tutoring enterprise. Examines the issue of acquiring and growing a small, self-owned company into a professional organization. Focuses on the steps Waldron takes to... View Details
Burton, M. Diane, Jeffrey L. Bradach, and Naomi Atkins. "Rob Waldron at SCORE! Educational Centers." Harvard Business School Case 400-040, August 1999.
- 26 Oct 2012
- News
Brazil's Neymar Seeks World Cup, Advertising Gold
- January 2004 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Executive Remuneration at Reckitt Benckiser plc
Reckitt Benckiser plc has developed an executive compensation system. This case outlines the structure of the system, its emphasis on performance-based pay and a global outlook, and explains the role of the human resources department, the board of directors, and... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Employee Relationship Management; System; Executive Compensation; Retention; Performance; Human Resources; Recruitment; Business and Shareholder Relations
Lorsch, Jay W., V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu, Lisa Brem, and Ashley Robertson. "Executive Remuneration at Reckitt Benckiser plc." Harvard Business School Case 104-062, January 2004. (Revised July 2006.)
- March 2024 (Revised August 2024)
- Case
Darktrace: Scaling Cybersecurity and AI (A)
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Alexis Lefort
In 2023, Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson was contemplating her growth strategy at a leading U.K.-based cybersecurity venture, launched in 2013 by a group of anti-terror cyber specialists, University of Cambridge mathematicians, and artificial intelligence (AI) experts.... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Talent; Scaling; Entrepreneurship; Cybersecurity; Leadership; Business Growth and Maturation; Recruitment; Resignation and Termination; AI and Machine Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Going Public; Technology Industry; United Kingdom; Europe; United States
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Alexis Lefort. "Darktrace: Scaling Cybersecurity and AI (A)." Harvard Business School Case 824-092, March 2024. (Revised August 2024.)
- October 2022
- Case
Star Magnolia Capital: Becoming Experts at Finding Experts
By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, River Ewing and Grace Headinger
Shinya Deguchi, Founder and Managing Partner of Star Magnolia Capital, a Shanghai-based multi-family office (MFO), considered how to convince a new prospective family that the MFO’s endowment model approach would best suit their needs. In recent decades, there has been... View Details
Keywords: China; Asia; Family Office; Shanghai; Financial Industry; Asset Management; Financial Instruments; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Investment; Investment Return; Investment Portfolio; Human Capital; Family Business; Financial Services Industry; China; Shanghai
Cohen, Lauren, Hao Gao, River Ewing, and Grace Headinger. "Star Magnolia Capital: Becoming Experts at Finding Experts." Harvard Business School Case 223-038, October 2022.
- 16 Nov 2021
- News
Shift Hidden Workers to Human Assets to Meet Talent Needs Now
- October 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
"Friendly Skies, The": Welfare-to-Work at United Airlines
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
In 1997 United CEO Gerald Greenwald was appointed chairman of the national Welfare-to-Work Partnership by President Clinton and committed United to hiring from the welfare rolls. A welfare-to-work recruitment program was rapidly established and soon followed by a... View Details
Keywords: Programs; Selection and Staffing; Retention; Employees; Recruitment; Welfare; Air Transportation Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ellen Pruyne. "Friendly Skies, The": Welfare-to-Work at United Airlines. Harvard Business School Case 399-013, October 1998. (Revised May 1999.)