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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
by Garry Emmons It's December, and outside the weather is frightful in many of America's 32 National Football League cities as teams gear up for the playoff season. But no matter how adverse conditions may get both on and off the field, the sun always seems to be... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Management and Davies through a unique recruitment process that raises questions of compensation and employee incentives, negotiation strategy, and human resources management. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery By: Serafeim, George Abstract—Using survey data from firms around the world I analyze how detection of bribery has impacted a firm's competitiveness over the past year. Managers report that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2001 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Merck Latin America (D): Mexico
By: Michael Beer and James Weber
Examines Merck's change effort in Mexico from the perspective of the local employees. View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Employees; Operations; Perspective; Pharmaceutical Industry; Mexico
Beer, Michael, and James Weber. "Merck Latin America (D): Mexico." Harvard Business School Case 401-032, March 2001. (Revised September 2002.)
- 2009
- Article
Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It
By: Benjamin Edelman
The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: Existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP addresses"), and central authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: Sharing... View Details
Keywords: Internet; Performance Capacity; Technology Networks; Market Transactions; Resource Allocation; Policy; Price; Information Technology Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It." Auctions, Market Mechanisms and Their Applications 14 (2009): 95–106. (Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Science.) (Featured in Working Knowledge: When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses) (Circulated in 2008 as Running Out of Numbers? The Impending Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It.)
- January 1994 (Revised May 1996)
- Background Note
Leading for Integrity: Corporate Purpose and Responsibility
By: Lynn S. Paine
Outlines several differing conceptions of corporate purpose and responsibility that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. View Details
Keywords: Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Corporate Strategy
Paine, Lynn S. "Leading for Integrity: Corporate Purpose and Responsibility." Harvard Business School Background Note 394-144, January 1994. (Revised May 1996.)
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
about Coworkers' Effort Influences Individual Productivity Authors:Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats Abstract Drawing on theoretical insights from research on social comparison processes, this article explores how managers can use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
Will Information Technology Really Turn Organizations Upside Down This Time?
individual performance may be penalized? What about the potential for substituting technology for judgement on the frontline? What about the fact that frontline employees are paid according to their rank... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
1.16 Student Educational Records | MBA
support or other duties. "Harvard officials" include: Faculty Administrators Clerical employees Professional employees Harvard University Health Services staff members Harvard University Police Department... View Details
- 08 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 8, 2008
Paul M. Healy, and Yang Gui Periodical:Journal of Financial Transformation (forthcoming) Abstract Since 1949 Lehman Brothers has used an investment committee to select the top ten recommendations made by its analysts each year. We examine the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Cleveland Global Alumni Conference a Sold-Out Success
departure from a traditional, "top-down" management style, Nasser continued. "Every employee must be a teacher, learner, and leader," he said. Later in the day, Professor Myra Hart led a breakout session on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Notebook
Name: Sasha Novakovich (MBA ’99), President & CEO Company: GetConnected, Inc. (founded 1999) Size: $20M annual revenue, 100 employees Location: Boston, MA Web: www.getconnected.com Elevator pitch: GetConnected processes voice, data, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
much that companies can do to reassure and help employees with this transition, she adds. First, it’s crucial for CEOs and management to be firm that nonnative speakers don’t have a problem. All View Details
- Web
Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
without a lost time accident.” Another image documenting employees’ rights to file complaints captured management and union representatives together at a grievance committee meeting. Pictures of baseball games and other leisure activities... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
in managing business analytics and big data at the enterprise level. It includes key applications of analytics, human and organizational issues in building analytical capabilities, and case studies of the application of analytics in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own professional and personal lives. Q: The book addresses aspects of business life that are vexing to many of us. For example, what are some ways to make meetings more... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Replicating Toyota's Success
Spear focused on the company's approach to solving problems and noticed the conscious way Toyota's managers involve employees in this process, even to the point of leaving a production line at suboptimal... View Details
- November 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Messier's Reign at Vivendi Universal
By: Rakesh Khurana, Vincent Dessain and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Focuses on a crisis in the board at Vivendi. Highlights the difficulties that arise when dramatic pressure from outside the boardroom affects boardroom dynamics. In this case, there are two events. The first is an unexpectedly large financial loss and a pending cash... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; History; Cash Flow; Acquisition; Performance; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Khurana, Rakesh, Vincent Dessain, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Messier's Reign at Vivendi Universal." Harvard Business School Case 405-063, November 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- 09 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
A Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School, and Mike Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management at HBS, experts in scheduling and in inspections,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint