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- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
cooking takes place in an open fire in an enclosed hut. Sometimes the smoke is used to cure foodstuff that hangs at the top part of the hut. So you can't effectively resolve issues until you see them in context. But at same time, that may... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
your mistakes. And that means firing people who don't work out. And we're pretty good about that, too. Sahlman: Scott, I take it you haven't had to fire anybody? Randall: Exactly, I've made perfect hires my... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
earnings with a legacy of coal and gas fired power plants against its futuristic vision. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718414-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 517-009 Zalora Philippines: From Growth to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 27
"safer" consulting job? Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/812013-PDF-ENG "Playing with Fire at Sittercity (B) Noam Wasserman and Rachel GordonHarvard Business School Supplement 809-010 To help... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The New Math of Customer Relationships
company fires customers who are especially "high maintenance" because they are unusually high users of the time of its support center personnel. This both preserves a low-cost base for its targeted customer base and, by the way,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
terms, both companies would like nothing better than to have customers to themselves, wrapped up in their own seamless media universes: iTunes, iPad, and Apple TV on the one hand; and Kindle, Amazon Prime, and Fire TV on the other. “Even... View Details
- 05 Sep 2008
- What Do You Think?
Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?
better than others. Most recently, the question has been raised about whether the case method encourages the development of skills in framing problems prior to decision making. Traditional cases have come under fire for being... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
layoffs project, Malden Mills, describes how a leader handled a disastrous event: Two weeks before Christmas 1995, a fire destroyed three factory buildings at a textile company, one of the largest employers in the already economically... View Details
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
information from a desktop to the device. Once the capability became clear, he said, he too wanted to learn chicken-scratch graffiti. That push-button capability linking to a vast array of information from a desktop, he indicated, had View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
attempts at group creativity in companies ranging from startups to Hewlett-Packard and Intel, is their recipe for firing up and stoking the creative process. Promoting differences of opinion, setting aside an incubation period, and... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 17 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking
them, first, requires in-depth knowledge of a given work setting. Quantifying them, next, requires multiple managers and employees answering questions that could get them fired if the company decided to apply its rules to the letter. This... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
environment? A: The sociological literature contains a number of wonderful ethnographies—vivid descriptive accounts—of men doing dangerous work in such settings as coal mines, fire departments, and the military. Invulnerability looms... View Details
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
circumstances will change. Their life path affects their productivity and their propensity to quit or to behave in a way that causes you to fire them. Understand the care demographics of your workforce. Make their caregiving lives outside... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
through until you acknowledge your own culpability. If you fire me from my job, I have to look myself in the mirror and ask, "What role did I have in getting fired?" In a CNN interview that I showed in class, Mark puts all the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Andi Wang
- 30 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers
rewarding high-performing teachers, and retraining and/or firing badly performing teachers," the paper states. In the United States, India, and China, managerial use of incentives are much more common than the use of monitoring and... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
organizational overhaul. Long-term coach Ron Rivera was fired and Matt Rhule was hired as the new head coach. Newton, having started only two games all last season, was in the last year on his contract. With his injury concerns, Carolina... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
covered, but which shared similarities in terms of economics with issues addressed in the curriculum. The company, Tokyo Auto Fire & Marine (hereafter Tokyo AFM), is a fictitious insurance company based in Japan. The new CEO is... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809089 LeBron James Harvard Business School Case 509-050 In 2005, to the astonishment of many sports industry insiders, superstar basketball player LeBron James fired his... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
different sources (e.g., food versus fire safety). Up Close and Personal: Developing Foundations for Leader Development through Personalization of Management Learning Authors:Gianpiero Petriglieri, Jack Wood, and Jennifer L. Petriglieri... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
poorly suited," explains Froot. “Why can't they produce enough of this coverage at a lower price?” A local property-casualty insurance agency can easily hold enough capital to cover losses from house fires or burst pipes; such losses... View Details