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- 18 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent
consultant, specializing in growth strategy and operational efficiency. Gibson and Wilson both served as officers in the US Army culminating at the ranks of colonel and captain, respectively. You Might Also Like: Let’s Move Forward from... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge
Design (14) Product Development (14) Product Launch (5) Product Marketing (33) Product Positioning (5) Production (8) Product (30) Profit (8) Programs (1) Project Finance (3) Projects (2) Property (1) Public Equity (1) Public Opinion (13) Public Sector (7) Quality (10)... View Details
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Skydeck - Alumni
Through Past Crises HBS alumni on lessons learned from navigating difficult times How To Make Diversity a Reality ICV Partners cofounder Willie Woods (MBA 1993) on what companies can do to improve Black representation in their ranks What... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
non-investors; (ii) concerns about the treatment of workers and CEO pay rank highest—higher than concerns about workforce diversity and fossil energy usage; (iii) moral universalism emerges as an important driver of nonpecuniary... View Details
- 09 Apr 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses
iPhoto Companies continually test ways to incent employees to perform more effectively, often turning to worker-motivation tools such as bonuses, “up or out” employee ranking tournaments, and employee of the month rewards. Behavioral... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
Picture This: Why Online Image Searches Drive Purchases
for the platform to better monetize their relationship with the users,” explains Farronato. Giving less-well-known sellers a boost Improving search functionality also boosts visibility for less popular products and sellers, particularly those that don’t View Details
- 29 Apr 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Great Leap Forward: The Political Economy of Education in Brazil, 1889-1930
- 23 Jan 2024
- News
A Wide Net
Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Counter Intelligence
When Pano Christou (AMP 195, 2018) was hired at Pret A Manger in 2000, the idea that he would one day run the entire company could not have been further from his mind. At the chain’s Carnaby Street shop, in London’s Soho district, the 22-year-old had enough work just... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 16 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem
In a cluttered online world, few can resist the convenience of an automated ranking when deciding what movie to watch on Netflix or which seafood restaurant looks promising in a Google search. But when it comes to finding a job candidate... View Details
- 13 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Extroverts, Your Colleagues Wish You Would Just Shut Up and Listen
150 MBA students about the listening skills of their classmates. After ranking themselves on a personality scale, students were asked to answer four questions, including: “If you were having a conversation with [classmate], to what extent... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
assignments that help them learn new skills. With more opportunities to shine, they rise through the ranks faster, preserving the status quo. "Those deemed stars are given the benefit of the doubt, even when they make mistakes."... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
advice to restaurant owners, staff, investors, and patrons that we offer below. How did it deteriorate so quickly? Restaurants are universally labor intensive—by any productivity metric they rank among the least productive industries.... View Details
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General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
enterprise and foster its growth. [3] Through a partnership with John Wesley Durr in 1862, the brothers expanded their storage capacity and trading business, and Lehman, Durr & Co. soon ranked among the top cotton firms in the area. When... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?
This question produced responses that may encourage some of us to rethink what is happening in the ranks of those organizations pursuing hybrid work strategies. On the one hand, we’ve heard from senior executives making the case for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Aug 2022
- Book
University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed
case studies of several universities from Boston and Beijing to Berlin and Berkeley. Why are publicly funded universities so important? “Public institutions in the United States educate three-quarters of all American university students. They count among their View Details
- 15 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'
Biochemists earn about the same wage in the Bay Area as in Indianapolis on average. Meanwhile, the ranking of big urban hubs by IT salaries shifts from year to year, although not much at the top. San Francisco is the highest or second... View Details
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
Edmondson, who chairs the Doctoral Programs and teaches in the Technology and Operations Management unit. "To cite one example, former HBS doctoral student Jim Detert and I interviewed some 200 people of all ranks and functions in a... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
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Companies: social responsibility
Where can I find social responsibility ratings and reports for companies? The following databases rate or rank the social responsibility of companies: MSCI GMI Ratings: GMI Ratings, formerly known as Corporate Library, offers annual... View Details