Job Cuts and Outsourcing - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’

Editor's Note: Back in the day, crafting and owning the company strategy was at the forefront of a business leader's priorities. Over the years, though, more and more, the responsibility has tended to be... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery

26 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

co-founders, and outsourcing system development work. The abridged version does not include the introduction and final sections of the full case in order to give casewriting... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

regulatory proposals around credit unions coming out of the financial crisis from the policy-making perspective. Credit unions have lobbied policymakers for expanded powers that will enable them to help stimulate the economy and create... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2014
First Look

First Look: October 28

general, faced difficulties in growing sales due to the challenges of developing new drugs. Over the previous decade or more, Pfizer had pursued acquisitions as a way to acquire new drugs, increase sales, and reduce costs by combining... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

entrepreneurial in spirit. I remember growing up in India and noticing that people always found a way to get things done. But when it came to jobs, people were risk-averse because unemployment was high, and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

19 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

2017, well before the COVID-19 pandemic increased remote work. “Two individuals have the same job and are doing the exact same kind of work. The only thing that changed is the temporal distance.” First, the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation

companies, and this is where we’re seeing more segregation. So, we made gains in some companies, but overall have seen a loss in diversity. That’s problematic.” The connection between racial segregation and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump

If marketing is a profession, and I hope it is, then I suggest there are five rules that marketers should not follow in the interests of self-respect and respect for the profession. It pays to pander. No it... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Deighton

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

to conveniently and easily accomplish an important job for themselves, they typically have to hire someone else to do the job for them or they have to cobble together a... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

managers allow so-called support function employees to become catalysts for change. Key concepts include: Marketers, human resources managers, finance managers, and other so-called support function employees often have trouble defining... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

29 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

not commercialize the innovations. It was Steve Jobs and his Apple team that saw the possibilities during visits in 1979 and made them the cornerstone of the Macintosh. In... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

Since the 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard system has cut a path in business as a more rigorous way to measure performance by quantifying what had been considered intangible assets, such as human capital, information, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors’ Prison

sell the house, is considering abandoning it, and has cut back on maintenance, which depresses the value further. If a few houses on a block are underwater, the blight will depress the values even of... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

highly infectious virus, also known as COVID-19. Without incoming cash, many small businesses—especially restaurants and shops on American Main Streets—will soon need to cut staff or shut down for good. “To... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

leaders on the cutting edge of research. The driving force behind this gathering since its inception has been Ray Goldberg, the veritable father of agribusiness. Along with his then HBS colleague John H. Davis, Goldberg coined the word in... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

growth. It’s achieved by, among other things, concentrating on nonfinancial as well as financial outcomes, outsourcing and “renting” everything from assets to talent, using information View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

leaders that 'buck' the now orthodox definition of the balanced, emotionally intelligent, people-focused leader the likes of Gates and Jobs may have highly effective leaders below them View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

employees and the organization. A 2016 study by Princeton’s Alex Mas and Harvard University’s Amanda Pallais offers some interesting insights. They found that the average applicant to a View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

Johnson. They found that OSHA inspections not only lowered injury rates but also saved companies money in the long run by cutting down on workers’ compensation costs. “It was an important study to show that OSHA works View Details