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- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
that, under the circumstances, "we should be as ethical as the situation around us can determine while at the same time be mindful of the consequences ." Turning to the core issue of the column, why do we so often regard ourselves as more View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men
The evidence has long shown that women are discriminated against in the workplace. Now it appears that they are even punished more harshly than men when they are in the wrong. A new research paper reveals that when women at Wells Fargo engaged in misconduct, “they were... View Details
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FAQ - Alumni
donorsecuritygifts@harvard.edu . To ensure proper processing of your gift, complete this online form to notify us of your stock transfer. Donors may take a charitable income tax deduction for its mean fair market value on the date of the... View Details
- 16 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem
proportion to their presence in the wider pool of qualified candidates. A fair algorithm may also change the applicants ranked highest, theoretically giving more opportunities for a variety of candidates to make a hiring company’s short... View Details
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Partners - Case Method Project
Fuoco Fair Lawn High School Fair Lawn, NJ NJ 21 of 63 Aurora Genova Lincoln High School (NJ) Jersey City, NJ NJ 22 of 63 Erica Golle Bergen County Technical School, Teterboro Teterboro, NJ Subjects: AP... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
consumers in the dining area. On average, restaurants spend 30 percent of their revenue on labor. With increasing focus on fair wages and legislated wage increases, restaurants may easily exceed that average. Moreover, restaurants spend... View Details
- 2004
- Working Paper
Regulation and Reaction: The Other Side of Free Banking in Antebellum New York
By: David A. Moss and Sarah Brennan
Free banking, which first appeared in the United States in the late 1830s, comprised two essential features: general incorporation for banks and rigorous security requirements for note issue. Because the general incorporation feature is what allowed free entry, it has... View Details
- Research Summary
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Professor Sawyer’s research focuses on U.S. political economy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, concentrating on the development of competition policy and the administrative state. While the conventional history of U.S. competition policy portrays the... View Details
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
negatively affected, people become fearful, resentful, and disengaged. On the organizational level, this drive is usually satisfied through performance management and resource allocation systems. Best practices: Processes must be transparent and fair, and their... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
NJ Julianne Fuoco Fair Lawn High School Fair Lawn, NJ MD Josh Furnary Georgetown Preparatory School Rockville, MD Subjects: U.S. Government and Politics SD Patrick Gainey Spearfish High School Spearfish, SD... View Details
- 07 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay
of getting hit by a lawsuit and facing enforcement action by federal labor regulators. “The firms have an incentive—and a very real incentive—to put you just over the line,” Cohen says. Fixing the problem Looking ahead, one solution would be an overhaul of the New... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Related Collections Site Credits The access to the tea and silk district will enable us to be sure that we can produce at fair prices; and the navigation of the Yangtze and other rivers will make steam very important. — John Heard to... View Details
- 30 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Modularity and Intellectual Property Protection
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & Joachim Henkel
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Code of Change
values included involvement of all employees in improving the company, fair treatment of workers, support for the community around its plants, and openness and truthfulness in the company." Unlike the vision statements of some... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria
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Dean Srikant Datar Statements & Speeches | About
October 10, 2023 Statement on Supreme Court Decision Harvard University leadership, including Dean Srikant Datar, address the Harvard community after the Supreme Court delivered its decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President... View Details
- 25 Jan 2017
- HBS Case
How Should Advertisers Respond to Consumer Demand for Whiter Skin?
In India, where many people consider fair skin more desirable than dark, the cosmetics industry has responded by producing a wide range of skin-lightening products—and with great success. But, when these companies pitch their creams in... View Details
- June 2017 (Revised May 2019)
- Supplement
Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (B)
By: Doug J. Chung
Kjell & Company was a Swedish retail electronics chain founded in 1988 by brothers Marcus, Mikael and Fredrik Dahnelius. The company operated 84 stores, all company-owned, located mainly in the metropolitan areas of Sweden’s most popular cities: Stockholm, Gothemburg... View Details
Keywords: Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Change Management; Behavior; Electronics Industry; Sweden
Chung, Doug J. "Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 517-133, June 2017. (Revised May 2019.)
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Founder - Entrepreneurship
Center Website and HBS Startup Guide for Tool's and How To's Plug into the entrepreneurship community: Join an HBS club (E-Ship/Tech) during Club Fair Apply for a Student i-lab Membership JANUARY TERM Learn how to start a new venture and... View Details
- 04 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
How To Do Business in Islamic Countries
an easier time abroad, they said. According to Hayes, the following principles of comportment are expected among businesspeople: Contracts should be fair to all parties. Partnership is preferred over hierarchical claims. Speculation is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace