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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
High on every agenda as well, of course, is the use and impact of technology, and that was the focus of a Global Alumni Conference session hosted by HBS professor Richard Nolan. Titled "Technology and the Future of the Financial Markets," the panel featured... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 23 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers
report guides organizations in supporting work-life balance for caregivers. Fuller finds that there are strong incentives to support these employees with benefits; payoffs include lower turnover and less absenteeism. Instead of urging... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
the democratization of data. The vast turnover at consultancies means armies of experienced strategists are available for hire by former clients, whose increasing sophistication allows them to allocate work instead of relying on one-stop... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Podcasts - Managing the Future of Work
Podcast Podcast Harvard Business School Professors Bill Kerr and Joe Fuller talk to leaders grappling with the forces reshaping the nature of work. Apple Podcasts Spotify Amazon More Ways to Listen iHeartRadio Player.fm Audacy Castbox... View Details
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
downtime. Departmental specialists can assist customers during busy periods and order merchandise and arrange their sections during slack hours. The results? Customers receive better service. Employees have more predictable schedules, one reason why View Details
- 31 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change
both clarity and caution. While leaders have fallen back on the “business case” for hiring and promoting employees from historically marginalized groups, this rationale can trigger resistance, backlash, and biases, particularly among... View Details
- 02 Sep 2015
- What Do You Think?
What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?
high employee turnover for many years. What’s wrong with a low-retention HR strategy? What do you think? To read more: Wayne F. Cascio, The High Cost of Low Wages, Harvard Business Review, December 2006, pp. 23-33. See also Cascio’s... View Details
- 05 Jul 2012
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?
effectiveness and of achievement at all costs" (Liam); (3) "excessive turnover and continuous change" (Marlis Krichewsky); (4) leaders who "use ambiguity and weasel words in their... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
the partners worried the high turnover was damaging the firm’s competitive edge, according to research by Robin Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who studies race and gender... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
venture capital firms, earning a reputation for early investments in industry giants like Google, Amazon, and Citrix. However, a bold, strategic pivot to cleantech investing in the mid-2000s, combined with leadership turnover and internal... View Details
- Web
Health Care - Faculty & Research
They also introduce bundled payment contracts with three insurers for orthopedic surgeries, and join a multi-hospital study for applying time-driven activity-based costing to identify process improvement and cost reduction opportunities. The case concludes with HOI... View Details
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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work
organizational practices varies across organizations within and across countries, and how this affects productivity at the micro and macro level. Research Communication within Firms: Evidence from CEO Turnovers , Management Science... View Details
- 08 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Silos That Work: How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Collaborate
Communication Networks during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Zuzul is an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at HBS and specializes in how leaders and organizations navigate new industries and periods of dramatic change. A treasure trove of... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 01 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Dying to Lead: How Reaching the Top Can Kill You Sooner
Whitehall findings,” he says. “It turns out that top managers might face more health problems.” Past research has seen mixed results when exploring links between stress and high-status positions. In biology, for instance, studies of primate social groups found that... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 01 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
as the control group, but also an additional hour-long presentation, which varied according to the group. For the individual identity condition, a senior leader at Wipro spent 15 minutes discussing ways in which working at the company... View Details
- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
the dollar losses were related to physician turnover and reduced clinical hours. The research adds to previous work showing how physician stress generates negative clinical and organizational outcomes. No studies have previously been... View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
and ultimately an excellent journey to learning effective leadership skills in The Adventures of an IT Leader (Harvard Business Press). According to the novel's creators, a fictional approach allowed them to blend real-life incidents they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
The Exchange: Where Ethics Meet Economics
Max Bazerman and Mike Luca (Image by John Ritter) What makes people behave the way they do—and to what degree are design choices influencing that? Associate Professor Mike Luca studies the design of online platforms, while Professor Max Bazerman’s work focuses on... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
don’t realize that there are material returns associated with helping these workers,” says Fuller, a professor of management practice. “If I told an executive, ‘You could reduce your turnover of key personnel by 3 percent,’ they would... View Details