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  • 31 Jan 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Diseconomies of Queue Pooling: An Empirical Investigation of Emergency Department Length of Stay

Keywords: by Hummy Song, Anita L. Tucker & Karen L. Murrell; Health
  • 31 Jan 2023
  • Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

Businesses seeking highly educated talent would do well to appeal to college graduates’ desire to “change the world.” And in doing so, they might change the world a little, too—by offering jobs that come with the unintended effect of... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • February 2020
  • Supplement

Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe... View Details
Keywords: Aluminum Industry; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East
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  • February 2020 (Revised March 2020)
  • Case

Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe... View Details
Keywords: Aluminum; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East
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  • Web

HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

half-dozen global companies have successfully piloted the method, and a new HBS case written about Harvard University’s potential use of the method to quantify the benefits from sourcing a low-carbon... View Details
  • 18 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

continuation of the compensation growth and workplace improvements that we have started to see over the last few years. For instance, remote or hybrid work models appeal to many skilled workers, even if... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology
  • 22 Apr 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

not about how well you answered questions in an interview. You need to put in place processes that give you more data about the person’s behavioral fit.” And once on staff, workers benefit from constructive... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Building the On-Demand Workforce - Managing the Future of Work

benefit from this trend? What are the implications for workers and what choices are policymakers weighing? Digital platforms for highly skilled freelancers are set to broker more strategic engagements for... View Details
  • 04 Nov 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Why Do We Chase Stars?

disrupting its compensation scheme, and discourages promising internal talent that isn't considered quite ready for the job. Then the outsider fails to perform up to (probably inflated) expectations, View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 30 Mar 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

traffic-snarled commutes. But right now, with offices, schools, and day cares closed, those time-on-your-side benefits have evaporated for many remote workers who no longer have the house to themselves View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Oct 2006
  • What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

applied to organizations. GM's dilemma stems in large part from the fact that its dependency ratio has deteriorated as workers take earlier retirement, live longer, and enjoy health and other View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • October 1993 (Revised March 2023)
  • Case

Conflict on a Trading Floor (A)

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Jerry Useem
A junior salesperson on FirstAmerica Bank's trading floor is assisting a top salesperson, Linda, on a deal to finance the construction of a new cruise ship for Poseidon Cruise Lines. While the terms of the deal are being worked out, he realizes Linda has taken... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Profit; Knowledge Use and Leverage
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  • 30 Nov 2023
  • Blog Post

College Students, Take a Sneak Peek at the HBS MBA

under the guidance of HBS faculty members during our case method sessions. Learn more about Peek and the registration process here or read our FAQs below. What is the mission of Peek? Peek is intended as an introduction to the MBA... View Details
  • Web

Careers | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Assistance The Program supports graduates pursuing career paths in nonprofit, public sector organizations, and for-profit social enterprises which often have compensation levels below the MBA average. Career... View Details
  • July–August 2014
  • Article

The Crisis in Retirement Planning

By: Robert C. Merton
Corporate America began to really take notice of the looming retirement crisis in the wake of the dot-com crash, when companies in major industries went bankrupt in large part because of their inability to meet their pension obligations. The result was an acceleration... View Details
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  • 06 Dec 2022
  • HBS Seminar

Elizabeth Lyons, UC San Diego

  • Web

Life at Harvard - Doctoral

Life at Harvard Life at Harvard Tour the Campus Our vibrant residential campus is designed to develop skills and build relationships that last a lifetime. Quality of life is a priority here. Doctoral students enjoy the many View Details
  • 16 Mar 2009
  • Research & Ideas

When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses

a good idea but actually results in v6 being enabled when it shouldn't be.) These problems don't affect that many users—measurements suggest a fraction of a percent. But that's enough. If you're Dell, would you want to turn on IPv6, with no current View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Telecommunications
  • 13 Mar 2014
  • HBS Seminar

Karthik Ramanna, Harvard Business School

  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

accelerating the integration of wind, solar, and battery storage — while leveraging existing infrastructure assets. TS’s products can be used to substitute legacy conductors using the same tools and... View Details