Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (5,359) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (5,359) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 170 of 5,359 Results →
  • August 2008
  • Case

Sloan & Harrison: Non-Equity Partner Discontent

By: Boris Groysberg and Eliot Sherman
The law firm, Sloan & Harrison, was dealing with some discontent among its junior non-equity partners. These partners were concerned with the transparency of the advancement process, their ability to position themselves as both leaders within the firm and rainmakers,... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Human Resources; Leadership Development; Management Style; Performance; Work-Life Balance; Legal Services Industry
Related
  • February 2008
  • Case

SPECIALISTERNE: Sense & Details

Three-quarters of Specialisterne's expert software testing staff are diagnosed with some form of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Usually a handicap, ASD conveys talents especially suited to software testing and other highly repetitive tasks that require very high... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Health Disorders; Employees; Performance Evaluation; Quality; Software; Information Technology Industry
Related
  • July 1993 (Revised October 2004)
  • Case

Aston-Blair, Inc.

By: John J. Gabarro
Describes the formation, selection, and experience of a task force with multidepartmental membership. The problems faced by the task force leader at the end of the case raise issues of who does the selection; the establishment of group norms, values, and goals; the... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Leadership; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management
Related
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

As every company knows, employees are its greatest resource. It's more than a shame, then, that many workers are either not encouraged or afraid to speak up and communicate ideas at work. Employers are losing valuable knowledge and... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • June 2000
  • Teaching Note

Vermeer Technologies (C), (D), and (E) TN

By: Steven C. Wheelwright
Teaching Note for (9-397-081), (9-397-082), and (9-397-085). View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Employees; Groups and Teams; Information Technology Industry
Related
  • 08 Oct 2019
  • Blog Post

Balancing Act: Kate Eberle Walker’s Action Plan for C-suite Diversity

successor and two years later, after Tutor.com had merged with The Princeton Review, she became CEO of the combined company. For Eberle Walker, being in charge came with the responsibility of fostering other women, starting with her executive team. The first step was... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
  • 01 Sep 2003
  • News

Mark Fuller

start-up with five employees to a global powerhouse with sixteen hundred employees in 23 countries. From day one, Fuller and his colleagues knew they wanted to build a firm with global reach — a cutting-edge... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Mar 2013
  • News

Faculty Books

employees (what we buy, how we manage others) to the choices we make more broadly as human beings (whom we date, how we deal with friendships). She identifies the factors likely to sway decisions in wrong directions and how to correct for... View Details
  • June 10, 2025
  • Article

Research: When Help Isn’t Helpful

By: Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa M. Amabile
Asking for and receiving help at work can boost employees’ creativity, help them learn new skills, and strengthen their interpersonal ties. Yet a years-long study at a global design consultancy found that even in organizations with strong helping cultures, a... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Employees; Talent and Talent Management
Related
  • Fall 2023
  • Article

Identify Critical Roles to Improve Performance

By: Boris Groysberg, Eric Lin, Abhijit Naik and Sascha L Schmidt
Putting strategy into play requires knowing your organization’s crucial roles and making sure your best talent occupies them. View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Organizational Structure
Related
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Politics at Work

By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Valdemar Pinho Neto and Edoardo Teso
We study how individual political views shape firm behavior and labor market outcomes. Using new micro-data on the political affiliation of business owners and private-sector workers in Brazil over the 2002–2019 period, we first document the presence of political... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Employees; Prejudice and Bias; Brazil
Related

    Edward A. Fox

    Fox was the first employee and president of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae). Under his guidance, the organization grew to become a $25 billion financial enterprise and the largest provider of loans for college... View Details
    Keywords: Finance
    • November–December 2024
    • Article

    Loss of Peers and Individual Worker Performance: Evidence From H-1B Visa Denials

    By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Kirk Doran, Astrid Marinoni and Chungeun Yoon
    We study how restrictive immigration policies that result in the unexpected loss of co-workers affect the performance of skilled migrants employed in organizations. Specifically, we examine the impact of the loss of team members on their co-workers’ performance in... View Details
    Keywords: Immigration; Performance Productivity; Employees; Human Capital; Ethnicity; Groups and Teams
    Related

      Cyrus H. McCormick, Jr.

      McCormick was responsible for International Harvester’s successful consolidation. During his tenure, the firm developed more efficient types of machines, research departments were greatly expanded with “model farms” set up throughout the country, and View Details
      Keywords: Agriculture & Mining
      • Web

      Introduction - The Worker - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

      portraits created by Hine and others illustrate employees handling tools and machinery with focused intensity and skill—classically composed photographs that projected a message of employee pride within a... View Details
      • Web

      Hidden Workers: Caregivers - Managing the Future of Work

      childcare and eldercare, it's in the best interest of employers to invest in fostering a care culture—one that attracts caregivers on the margins of the workforce and helps current employees succeed. Read the Report Related Research... View Details
      • 22 Sep 2020
      • News

      Balancing Act

      women role models and mentors in business, being in charge came with the responsibility of fostering other women, starting with a gender-balanced executive team. The first step was sharing her plan with her employees and listening to... View Details
      Keywords: April White
      • 01 Mar 2015
      • News

      Communicating the Language of Business Across Borders

      employees of diverse skill sets to adopt English as their business language. For the past four years, with extensive support from the School’s research centers in Asia, Europe, and Latin America, she has gathered data from View Details
      • 01 Mar 2017
      • News

      A Healthy Profit

      Royal Caribbean puts each into action. CONSUMER HEALTH Royal Caribbean created an eight-step Outbreak Prevention Plan to stop gastrointestinal illnesses, which includes screening guests and crew prior to boarding. “A cruise line cannot afford to shortchange... View Details
      Keywords: Dan Morrell

        Charles R. Hook

        Hook is known more for his progressive employment practices than for building Armco into the leading producer of sheet metal. He was an advocate of full-disclosure and loyalty policies towards employees and was also active in the field of... View Details
        Keywords: Metals