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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
Castaldo attributes Pollo Tropical's success to a “high-value equation” that features freshly prepared food of restaurant quality at fast-food prices. “While the quick-service business has tried to take the labor out of food preparation,... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
The Differentiated Workforce: Transforming Talent into Strategic Impact by Brian E. Becker, Mark A. Huselid, and Richard W. Beatty (MBA ’81) (Harvard Business Press) Many companies spend too much time and money on low performers while their high performers do not get... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
In the wake of the financial crisis and the massive federal response, it has become fashionable to declare that “too big to fail is too big to exist.” Powerful lawmakers and popular commentators regularly endorse this notion, promising to end “too big to fail.”... View Details
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
is an attempt to connect these two narratives. I provide early evidence that the growth of public university tuition over the previous two decades is negatively associated with movement into self-employment. Because labor market and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
market development, the tax system, labor market regulations, and public spending on research and development correlate with venture capital activities across countries. Our case study suggests these institutional differences led to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
concentrated industry activity creates pools of skilled labor and specialized suppliers and increases opportunities for knowledge spillovers. The strategic value of these agglomeration economies may vary by firm, depending upon the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
industry, and without intervention, more might follow. International brand owners, domestic and foreign governments, labor unions, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) stepped up to discuss their responsibilities for improving... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2010
- Case
Bush Brothers & Company
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad Carr
The chairman and CEO of Bush Brothers grapples with leading and managing changes in strategy, governance and board composition, as well as succession, compensation and ownership issues, as he takes the family owned/family operated business into its fourth generation.... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Change Management; Decision Making; Selection and Staffing; Leading Change; Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards; Wages; Values and Beliefs; Growth and Development Strategy
Goldberg, Lena G., and Chad Carr. "Bush Brothers & Company." Harvard Business School Case 311-052, September 2010.
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
multinational, dispersed shareholder, and private-equity owned firms are typically well managed. Stronger product market competition and higher worker skills are associated with better management practices. Less regulated labor markets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
the portability of the model to other countries and settings. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/511049-PDF-ENG QuikTrip Zeynep TonHarvard Business School Case 611-045 QuikTrip, a large convenience store chain with over 500 stores, was known for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
constrained innovation environment, defined by modular boundaries that are long standing in the industry that it serves, the global semiconductor manufacturing industry. While the original motivation for these boundaries was division of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Bias of Wall Street Analysts
conflict of interest settlement, many brokerages such as Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley, and J.P. Morgan Chase are outsourcing a lot of the number crunching activities of sell-side analysts to places like India, where labor costs are just a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
exceptionally favorable factors in France such as its wealth of assets, human capital, and the French brand. And the disadvantages of the system (the burdens of administration, law, and the cost of labor and taxes) are comparatively much... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
fellow Dan Katzir (MBA '91), director of The Broad Foundation, a Los Angeles–based venture philanthropy organization that funds innovative efforts to improve governance, management, and labor relations in large urban school systems. Both... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
roof leaked,” remembers Holden. “It was a labor of love, an incredible life experience.” Although he sold the lighthouse in October, Holden can still see “her” from his upstairs studio on the mainland. Although he’d planned for his... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
Enforcement By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—I examine whether political pressure by the government as a response to voters' general interest in protecting employment is reflected in the enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Using View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28
labor market. For firms, we document an economically and statistically significant cumulative abnormal return of -0.97% around announcement of dissent. Although the literature has suggested that dissent might be reflective of diverse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
answered include: How do I get past a feeling of being stuck in life or work? Can I resist the temptations of success? Am I working too hard? Is there room for spirituality at the office? 10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture Organizations with strong,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
across the globe, where government rules, regulations, labor laws, cultures, and tax structures vary significantly. The consumer sees a cool product and an awesome brand, but there’s a huge amount of unglamorous business activities behind... View Details
- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Sawiris Foundation: Elevating Education in Egypt
By: Brian Trelstad and Alpana Thapar
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-023. Founded in 2001 by the Sawiris family, one of the wealthiest families in Egypt, the Sawiris Foundation for Social Development (SFSD) invested in human capital and provision of basic social services for the most marginalized... View Details