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01 Dec 1997
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Les Vadasz (107th AMP)

first time, our technology started to reach mere mortals," he says with a laugh. Today, with 50,000 employees worldwide and revenues of $20.8 billion in 1996, Intel - in addition to providing the architecture and brains of most of the... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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WesTrek: Students Find Options in Bay Area

hosting site visits or by having employees serve on panel discussions or deliver presentations to students. The HBS "trekkers" spent their days touring companies and learning more about career and summer job opportunities. In the... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

An Electrifying Tale

into an operation that now boasts 135 employees and anticipated 2003 revenues of $45 million. As Boston’s Big Dig, a prime revenue source, winds down, City Lights is expanding to other parts of the country. The company has also launched a... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Oct 2000
News

Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning

group of the unit's most highly respected employees to interview colleagues and internal and external customers. They then report to their leaders what they have learned about the organization. After gathering profiles of over 150... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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4.4 Harvard University Identification Cards Policy | MBA

parking facilities. In addition, they allow employee and student identification for business transactions on campus and the ability to attend events that may be open only to the Harvard community, including Spring Fest, Head of the... View Details

03 Aug 2016
What Do You Think?

How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?

stock holders’ but seldom ‘it’s all about the employees and customers.’” Bruce Lloyd argued that there has been too much emphasis on power and too little on values in leadership literature and training. “Leadership is much more concerned... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

11 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t

which a judge ruled in favor of a company that specifically had targeted women for layoffs; the judge argued that the company had no choice but to reduce its workforce for budgetary reasons-and that it made sense for the company to cut the female View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups

more likely to be late-stage startups. The decline in applications hit startups with fewer than 50 employees especially hard. Those companies show a 14 percent drop in applications, compared with a 3 percent drop for firms with more than... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Aug 2003
What Do You Think?

Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?

value-based employee development." Khadija Khan, while agreeing that "...it is hard to identify attitude problems in a short interview process," proposed a response: "One innovative approach that we use is to organize... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

suburb of Lenexa, near Kansas City, but was burdened by high employee turnover. When Sprint changed course and opened a call center at 18th Street and Vine, in the inner city of Kansas City, the company was "overwhelmed" with... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Dec 2021
News

Higher Returns

employees created a group called “Amazon employees for climate justice” and they staged a walkout. They walked out of the Seattle headquarters. When they did, they were joined by View Details

01 Sep 2003
What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

corporate managers and directors must first be accountable to and for the satisfaction of customers, the loyalty and opportunities for growth of employees [and others] ..." How does this play out in the consideration of bids for a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

evolving challenges, they need candor, speed, and creativity to make progress. They need employees to bring their full selves—with all their skills, knowledge, and insights—to the challenges ahead. Second, most work is not performed by... View Details

06 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Money and Quotas Motivate the Sales Force Best

who were selling water purifiers, were not told they were part of an experiment; Chung says the four branches were selected far apart to limit any "watercooler effect" of employees comparing notes. Within the six months, there were 14... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Retail

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

excellence in these areas; designing management systems that help employees to succeed at their jobs; and training their customers. Q: To be a great service company, do you have to be equally good at all of those? A: Frei: We usually... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

the same focus on children. But in addition to the city's focus on housing, it appears that a tradition of employee volunteering has developed. For example, Eaton has given an award for employee volunteers... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

January 1996
Case

Transportation Displays Incorporated (C): The Case for a Preemptive Restructuring

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Joel T. Schwartz, Steve Silver and David Stemerman

A company nears the end of a long multiyear turnaround and now must consider how to "cash out" so its management can realize a financial return on investment. The privately held company has several options, including a leveraged ESOP and a leveraged recapitalization. View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Capital; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Private Ownership

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August 29, 2017
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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

By: Tsedal Neeley

According to a recent McKinsey Global Institute report, the number of people in the global labor force will reach 3.5 billion by 2030. Among the enormous changes this will demand are new skills, attitudes, and behaviors. A five-year study of the global workforce at... View Details

Keywords: Global Range; Globalized Firms and Management; Employees; Competency and Skills; Success

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April 2019
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C3: Driven to Succeed

By: Robert L. Simons

This video series, which is intended to be used with C3: Driven to Succeed (119-004), shows founder and CEO Tom Siebel addressing a class of MBA students. In eight short video clips, he discusses how he selects customers and employees, creates a high-energy culture,... View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Customers; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Performance; Success

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