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- 13 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 13
investigates the design of incentives in firms, yet less is known about incentives in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social spillovers. We conduct a field experiment in which agents hired by a public View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- August 2023
- Technical Note
Two Ways of Pursuing a Calling
By: Leslie Perlow and Hannah Weisman
Work can be a means to a financial end, a stepping stone to higher-level jobs, or a meaningful end in itself: a calling. The technical note provides an overview of two different ways people can pursue a calling: with an internal focus or external focus. View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss
As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
involvement in Africa resurfaced. In 2004, Immelt pledged $20 million to fund "The Africa Project" (later renamed, "Developing Health Globally")—a GE philanthropic effort sponsored by the GE Foundation and the AAF to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 14, 2009
Ubel Publication: Health Psychology 27, no. 6 (November 2008): 669-675 Abstract Objective: The authors addressed a lingering concern in research on hedonic adaptation to adverse circumstances. This research typically relies on self-report... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
medication, which alleviates a health problem, or the face cream, which enhances skin care. But other individuals and groups also satisfy our definition: Pharmacy chains, distributors, hospitals, physicians, and research scientists all... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 21 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It
launched, but it may take a while before the change shows up on the annual relationship survey. "You need both the aggregate and the transactional information," says Cunningham. "The survey data tells you about the overall View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
the health care "soft" infrastructure in such emerging markets? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709429 Threadless: The Business of Community Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
against the need to reduce a platform holdup problem. Agree to Disagree: Frank Discussion, Attention to Cultural Fit Can Help Avoid Recruiting Errors Author:Sachin H. Jain Publication:Modern Healthcare (February 23, 2009) Abstract Almost everyone in View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 24
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-031.pdf Measuring Teamwork in Health Care Settings: A Review of Survey Instruments Authors:Melissa A. Valentine, Ingrid M. Nembhard, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Objective. To identify, review, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
compiled a detailed curriculum analysis of eleven business school programs. To complete the picture, they also interviewed leading academic critics and 28 executives and recruiters. The findings presented a mixed diagnosis of the health... View Details
- April 2010
- Teaching Note
Swire Beverages: Implementing CSR in China
By: Christopher Marquis, Alison Comings and Bobbi Thomason
Teaching Note for [410021]. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Health; Organizational Design; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Safety; Natural Environment; Brands and Branding; Interests; Partners and Partnerships; Food and Beverage Industry; China
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
chosen to pursue scale or impact or both: Akshaya Patra, Magic Bus, Health Leads, Year Up (YU), and KaBoom! Both Akshaya Patra and Magic Bus committed to transformative scale by remaining focused on their core mission and gaining... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
Harvard Business School Case 413-096 Novartis: Leading a Global Enterprise Novartis, the world's leading health care company, was formed in 1996 out of a merger of two very different, mid-tier Switzerland-based pharma companies. The case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
413-094 Beth Stewart: Navigating the Boardroom After rising through the ranks of Corporate America, Beth Stewart has become a corporate director on the board of General Growth Properties. Stewart is struggling with how to address her mounting concerns over the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
health care, just about every aspect of our lives was affected by breakthroughs in information technology. Underlying the possibility and challenge of all this creative destruction were two larger systems: the global financial system and... View Details
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
Expanded Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new to this edition, including the 2008 update to his classic "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy," as well as new work on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
performance metrics that can be used to run the business. This case gives students the opportunity to develop a framework for thinking about GoDaddy’s business and design performance metrics that measure the health of the business and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
Dr. Jason Diliper, the attending Chief Resident in charge of Mr. Samson, irresponsibly threatened Mr. Samson's health by leaving his bedside while Mr. Samson was having difficulty breathing. Diliper had been a rising star at the hospital,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
companies, hoping to empower black workers. In 1999, it had purchased a 5% stake in LeisureNet, a white-owned and -run South African company that operated health clubs globally and was seeking a BEE partner. Surve hoped to eventually... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace