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The New Social Contract: Contractors, Firms, and Agencies

The emergence of a 'new social contract' linking employees and organizations - perhaps most notable for the absence of a promise of lifelong job security - has been widely remarked. A related trend, less noted but potentially important, has been the emergence of a... View Details

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

director time and detract from other, more strategic, director roles. Also, as regulations mandate more outside directors, many of these directors lack the necessary knowledge about the industry and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

2009
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International Differences in the Size and Roles of Corporate Headquarters: An Empirical Examination

By: David J. Collis, David Young and Michael Goold

This paper examines differences in the size and roles of corporate headquarters around the world. Based on a survey of over 600 multibusiness corporations in seven countries (France, Germany, Holland, UK, Japan, US, and Chile) the paper describes the differences among... View Details

Keywords: Business Headquarters; Size; Organizational Structure; Culture; Japan; France; Germany; Netherlands; United Kingdom; United States; Chile

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15 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021

one-year anniversary of the pandemic, 13 HBS faculty members offered advice on everything from time management to employee mental health for companies trying to prepare for the “next normal.” 2. For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

23 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

nominated the article for deletion as unworthy of the encyclopedia's standards. McAfee thought, "It's not even good enough to get on Wikipedia?" He left the sidelines to join the online discussion about whether the article should be kept... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Are You Supporting Your B Players?

Vijayaraghavan, B players are the "heart and soul" of any company. B players are loyal. They are the ones who do their work without fanfare or fuss. They are the keepers of institutional memory during hard times such View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan - Global Activities 2020

Middle East & North Africa Understanding Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Kazakhstan Pictured: Mikheil Lomtadze (MBA 2002) returned to the HBS classroom as a case protagonist. In mid-2018, Mikheil Lomtadze (MBA 2002), CEO of Kaspi.kz, faced... View Details

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

asking questions such as: What is truly necessary? How are things done? At the individual and company levels, how is time spent, and where are there opportunities to make processes more efficient? When managed well, cross-functional teams... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

27 Feb 2006
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When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

Rights of first refusal are contract clauses common in such industries as entertainment. In 2001, Paramount Studios and the National Broadcasting Company negotiated the broadcasting rights for the hit show "Frasier." NBC held a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation

04 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Schmoozing with the Boss Helps Men Get Promoted

The old boys’ club is alive and well in the workforce, as male employees regularly schmooze with their male bosses during coffee breaks, after-work drinks, and golf outings. All this socializing gives men a huge career advantage over... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

The result is a new HBS case, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations,” which grapples with the question of how justice might be done for victims of the massacre a century after it occurred—as well as the larger question of what... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Nov 2017
Blog Post

Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way

Apeksha Kothari is a second-year student who spent her summer at www.RareCarat.com, a start-up that guides consumers on where to buy their diamond engagement ring. She will be heading back post-graduation as their Chief Operating Officer.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consumer Products / Retail

13 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part

help communities of color.” One of the issues ARF plans to help tackle is recruiting, hiring, and supporting diverse workforces. Kevin noted, “It’s not just giving money or looking at active injustices, it’s considering the implicit... View Details

22 Sep 2022
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The Beauty Guide

acknowledges, “There are still some expectations as to how people should look, act, talk, and show up. I had experiences, earlier in my career, in which I was told that I spoke with my hands too much,” recalls Freyre. “And I would think... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

08 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

it wants to spread the burden of taxes among its citizens in the least painful way, Weinzierl says. In other words, the government wants those for whom it is relatively easy to earn money to pay more in taxes than those for whom it is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 10

to receive less attention than money but is equally ubiquitous in our daily lives. Across four experiments, we examine whether shifting focus onto time can salvage individuals' ethicality. We found that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (B)

By: Kim B. Clark

Dissects the manufacturing process and procedures of a high-end computer manufacturer. The main issue is how to introduce new products and ramp them up quickly in a competitive environment where time-to-market is crucial. Focuses on engineering change orders--how they... View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Time Management; Product Launch; Production; Business Processes; Competitive Strategy; Computer Industry

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What Black Executives Really Want

supported. Supported is not the same as saying it doesn't matter how you perform. It's not the same as unconditional love. Supported means I have skin in the game in your success. I am going to do my best to... View Details

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Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

jobs are waiting to run. And as we don't require run time limits for submitted jobs (interactive applications and batch jobs), how is the scheduler to know how to plan -- to schedule?! Its approach is to run... View Details

08 Sep 2015
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Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

share with the world, as I worry about what might get back to me.” But if coactive learning is key, the difficulty is figuring out how to incorporate it into an organization. Myers makes a distinction between on-line learning, which... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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