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Talia Gillis

to employees without legal representation, highlighted how difficulties in calculating social benefits, severance packages or assessing settlement offers created significant barriers for employees, rendering many legal protections futile.... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Vision: Learning Curve

approximately 150 million children ages 3 to 8, making it an ideal partner for working at scale. Rocket develops and delivers digital training materials focused specifically on boosting the skills of this group of public-sector educators.... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; education; entrepreneurship; startup; India; Educational Services

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

well-crafted homer can be a source of pride when fellow workers take note. Says Anteby: "If employers are able to tap into these drivers, and remain within the legal boundary, then they might be in a better position to allow their View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

16 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 16

2011. Setting/Participants: Participants included 4,642 employees of a large hospital in Boston, MA, who were regular cafeteria patrons. Interventions: The first intervention was a traffic-light style color-coded labeling system... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

referred to as "the Bosses." The Total Quality Model had been a success in terms of company growth and profitability, sustained by the success of Mercadona's unusually high investment in employee View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

friendly employees," Frei continued. "The employees are friendlier in part because Commerce Bank only has four checking accounts; others may have forty checking accounts. So the bank can train... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Apr 2020
Blog Post

How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage

new opportunity, Linzmeyer found himself drawn to the entrepreneurial aspects of the industry where he “reveled” in building business plans, hiring staff, developing marketing strategy, and managing distributors. Making the Hop Into Entrepreneurship When it came time... View Details

21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21

stronger. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-051.pdf Quality Management and Job Quality: How the ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management Systems Affects Employees and Employers (revised) Authors:David I. Levine and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Investment Banking

appealing for students who come from the armed forces and nontraditional business backgrounds who are seeking to build technical skills.” Banks offer excellent training opportunities for motivated students who bring valuable leadership... View Details

21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21

companies were less and less present in MBA recruiting, and he believed that companies' ability to train employees within the context of their jobs was quelling their desire for MBAs with less... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting

not limited to venture capital but also expand to goods and service-based businesses. Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting There are excellent resources to help train your managers and employees to... View Details

08 Jul 2025
Blog Post

In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid: Strategies for Success

While many employees find themselves back in the office a great deal of the time, remote and hybrid work remain defining features of the modern workplace. Whether you work from home full-time or split your week between home and the... View Details

11 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Designing Internship Projects for Greater Impact

EquaLife Group, a start-up dedicated to “building and creating consumer-related businesses” in Africa. Five employees work at the holding group level; an additional fifteen run its leading current venture, Little Steps Childcare Centers.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Learning Curve

Patti Melcher (MBA 1986) never intended to open a school. After getting her start in investment banking in Houston’s energy sector after her time at HBS, Melcher became an early employee at SCF Partners, helping to invest the private... View Details

24 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Trailblazing Success with Global Reach and Impact: Scott Wallinger (AMP 82, 1979)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development I didn’t have any formal business training when I came to Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program (AMP) Executive... View Details

12 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

decisions a firm makes when designing systems to support these workers are 1) what guidance to deliver and 2) what kind of training (if any) to provide. We examine these choices in the context of mobile money platforms—systems that allow... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “We now existed for only one purpose: to win this war.” Edwin Land, "Annual Christmas Message to Employees of Polaroid... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

From the beginning, the company’s goal has been to hire and train as many Afghans as possible; today, 75 percent of senior management and 97 percent of all employees are natives. Roshan launched as scheduled... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

50 hand looms distributed to the region with training courses organized to teach the craft. The second phase will include more sophisticated weaving loom deliveries and the creation of more formalized workshops to allow for carpet... View Details

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

and mobilizing employees to embrace them, and practicing dual-minded leadership. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55837 March–April 2019 Harvard Business Review Operational Transparency: Make Your... View Details