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17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

managers' social initiatives are akin to using a dishwasher to wash clothes. Corporations can contribute best to society if they do what they do best: employ a workforce to provide goods and services to the marketplace and, in so doing,... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

05 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

of purpose and is willing to seek collaboration is likely to solve problems. Q: What are you working on now? A: My colleagues and I are "bringing society in" to Harvard by continuing to develop the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative, a View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

for its global workforce of over 400,000 employees. The case explores the decision-making process that went into the design process and ultimately how they created a revised code. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

owned interests in TV broadcasting and digital media, was carrying high levels of debt despite deep workforce and capital expenditure cuts. It was a situation that led its CFO to express doubt that Media General could remain in compliance... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

offshore platforms as the organizational environment for your research? A: We selected this setting because we knew it to be one where the work is hazardous and the workforce largely male—and, in these respects, similar to the workplaces... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

founder and CEO sees performance measurement systems as vital for cultivating the competitive, innovative workforce necessary for Dovernet to win in a fiercely competitive industry. Dovernet uses quarterly top-down reviews and stack... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

Development, acknowledged that government is used to making rules, not partnerships, and that state officials must now learn to "be more collaborators and not order givers." Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of Year Up, focused on how education must respond... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

destroyed agriculture...it has destroyed the entire fabric of society," Chigwedere said. Treating only one company's workforce is tantamount to finding a high spot on a sinking ship, he added. "The ship is still going to... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

passions of far-flung workforces stress openness, inclusion, and making the world a better place. Through this shift in what might be called their guidance systems, the companies have become as creative and nimble as much smaller ones,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

hospital system's efforts to grapple with the challenges of implementing CPOE and the reactions that result. Issues such as how to deal with a workforce that has mixed views about the value of implementing such systems, the pros and cons... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

the lives and business of the people in the region had a profound effect on the students. "I realized that the problems such as a decreasing workforce population and stagnant economy which Tohoku area currently has, will become... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Making the Most of Government Upheaval

workforce from 50,000 to 5,500 employees and the sale of all of its non-oil-related assets. By the end of this eighteen-month phase, two-thirds of the company was sold. In Stage II, YPF took advantage of expansion opportunities by... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

businesses afloat—and even make sure they eventually thrive—is a critical question as the world economy freezes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Small businesses employ some 70 percent of the workforce for the 35 countries that make up the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

or it’s a bad air-quality day and my child really shouldn’t be outdoors, I’m going to keep them home from school. As a normal working adult, I don’t have money to hire a service, so I’m going to miss a day of work. Fifty percent of women who have left the View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

05 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

involved with the policy response to the crisis in Spain. As hard-hit as the United States was by the Great Recession, Spain was damaged far worse: Years after the recession, growth was at a standstill and a quarter of the workforce... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking

30 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

being a huge company now has this treasure trove of data, and is really finding out that this stuff is really predictive, as simple as it is,” Minor says. Companies also can drill down into their workforce to look at the salient... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both

Thomas said. If employees feel that they can't afford to fail because their boss won't stick up for them, or that the boss is less inclined to support them due to racial or gender assumptions, then it's not a work environment that inspires growth. Managers who truly... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

Remote work is giving companies new opportunities to tap additional markets and talent pools. However, a global workforce also brings a challenge: As some employees are getting up in the morning, others are winding down their workday.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers

co-register for donation than those in other occupations. (An occupation was deemed "female dominated" if women composed more than 55 percent of the workforce in that field, in the United States, during the 1980s, which was... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

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