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- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
not only a company's numbers but also the systems that produce the numbers. Finally, public accountants will have to evaluate the work of the boards' audit committees that hired them. The bill for the additional external auditors and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 13 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Following My Dream: Launching a Venture
solving last mile delivery to cryptocurrencies, but finally decided to make employees happier and healthier by creating the first fully-automated, free-standing smoothie machine for offices. It combines my passion with my skillset. Recruiting a team and putting the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Books
world. Lorsch and Carter found that even when best practices are followed, implementing them is difficult or often carries deleterious side effects. The authors therefore propose that boards must be designed individually to be attuned to... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
Management Practice and leadership expert Robert Steven Kaplan comments on these issues. Michel Anteby Many companies today operate like Russian nesting dolls, where one large figure is actually made up of many smaller ones. These... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
successful dual-purpose companies build a commitment to creating both economic and social value into their core activities. This approach, which they call hybrid organizing, includes: setting and monitoring social goals alongside financial ones, structuring the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Dec 2013
- HBS Case
D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable
professionals. The waiters who work at a Michelin-starred restaurant are professionals. The cooks are professionals. These are 40-hour-a-week jobs, and you hire them for a full week. If you're a Michelin-starred restaurant you have to... View Details
- 30 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Candidates Seeking Opportunities After Graduation: Lessons Learned
with companies in person to find that right fit. Most often, these students are looking for opportunities at organizations that simply hire as needed and real time; which often may be post-graduation. These students have the mindset... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Just Breathe
It’s critical to our survival. I encourage everyone, but especially Black and brown folks, to prioritize rest. In the book, I share a practice where you make a list of all the things that help you to feel restored. We are all different.... View Details
- Profile
Evgeny Koudryavtsev
"Thanks to my great mentors, early on I got a lot of responsibility and worked on a few landmark transactions," he says, "including the world's fifth-largest IPO." Seeking more buy-side experience, Evgeny was one of the few people View Details
- 25 May 2023
- Blog Post
Interview Strategies to Connect with a Wider Range of Candidates
Descriptions To create a welcoming and inclusive environment in the early stages of your hiring process, it is critical to use inclusive language that invites candidates in. Educate team members who are writing job descriptions about... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Blog
Faculty Reflections on International Women's Day
do see some positive signs. In our book, Glass Half-Broken, we showcased organizations that designed inclusive people practices from hiring to retention as well as developed inclusive male and female... View Details
- Web
Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation - Course Catalog
optimizing capital efficiency; legal and intellectual property development; regulatory considerations. Industry Challenges and When to Get Help - when should you worry about regulatory concerns? Who do you hire internally or as a... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Turning Point: Dream Weaver
little over six years later, I was hired as founding head of CAA’s corporate practice and had the opportunity to work with Robert Redford, Robert De Niro, Danny DeVito, Kevin Costner, and director Michael... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
research and practice that can guide and improve the selection process and its outcomes. Their message was: "We know how to do it. And here's how." As Al Shealy commented, "The research isn't being used." Dan Erwin... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Bringing the Lessons of 2020 into 2021
Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to do Their Part Enhance Virtual Recruiting and Remote Work Practices Virtual was our reality in 2020, and there have been many benefits to organizations and individuals... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Value Added
regardless of location. "A handful of senior consultants will go out and open a new office," he says. "They hire the best talent available in that country and train them to assume total responsibility from their mentors within five to ten... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 03 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?
quotas Instead, I favor an individualized approach where the organization names diversity and inclusion as values and then individuals are evaluated based on their words and behavior rather than on numbers.” Frances Pratt suggested that, “ there needs to be a more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
professor Michael A. Cusumano identify the common magic mojo management practices of a trio who were individually very different people but who shared a similar drive. “All three were enormously ambitious and dreamed big dreams—not so... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
wrong time. You’ve got to hire people who are just driven right from the start. You don’t want to have to push them; they should push themselves. That’s the key. How do you find people with that kind of drive? First of all, I love working... View Details
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
with valuable, current business and management knowledge. If companies wanted new hires with cutting-edge insights, they'd hire an MBA. According to several deans, that's no longer true. Financial services... View Details