Workforce - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2021
News

Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

model has developed, it has grown beyond financial incentives. The ultimate goal is to foster a stronger relationship between the workforce and management by investing in the employees. That includes providing employees with financial... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

0.5 percent of the US workforce was furloughed during this downturn. Many firms announced furloughs at the start of the pandemic, including Uber, Marriott, Lyft, Disney, JC Penney, Tesla, Sotheby’s, and Macy’s. And companies have taken a... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

change among training organizations, our research team at Harvard’s interdisciplinary Project on Workforce analyzed 316 applications to the Postsecondary Innovation for Equity initiative. The grant competition, launched by venture... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

25 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

interview, women in large numbers were stepping out onto the public stage as members of the workforce and were adopting a more defined role as consumers. Madam C.J. Walker.Photo courtesy A'Lelia Bundles/Walker Family... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

education at HBS affordable to a broad cross section of applicants, regardless of their financial circumstances, is a long-standing goal of the School. The prospect of entering or returning to the workforce with high levels of education... View Details

02 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Negotiating in Three Dimensions

change. It is true with respect to conflicts arising from the interaction of businesses with governments as well as with environmental and other nongovernmental organizations. It is true as workforces become more diverse and business... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Jul 2015
Blog Post

What is HBS Bridges?

professional front, we heard from industry veterans about what it means to re-enter the workforce with a powerful degree but still realistically, only limited professional experience. No doubt we will all charge like a bull at a gate in... View Details

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

it wouldn’t be able to individually. The problem with synergies is that people tend to overestimate how quickly those synergies will work and overestimate the magnitude of their effects. They ignore the fact that mergers are complicated, and that changing cultures and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams

Employees often feel stressed when their firms are bought by other companies, fearing they could face layoffs, demotions, or lousy working conditions. While it’s true that organizations tend to restructure their workforce following... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

lead to long-term productivity improvements if it leads companies to come and investment in a more advanced capital stock. Government efforts that directly improve productivity through upgrading workforce skills or subsidizing companies... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

15 Dec 2023
News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

have the youngest and largest workforce in the world, and half of the world’s largest cities will be in Africa. There will be a younger, tech-savvy middle class with discretionary income to spend, presenting opportunities for restaurants,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 May 2018
News

Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

population than in prior generations. Our workforce needs to reflect that,” says Johnson, who quietly directs her personal and corporate philanthropy to cultural, educational, and youth enrichment programs in the Boston area as well as in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Profile

Bryan Stromer

supportive than HBS, and this support has given me the confidence to take greater risks, which is something that I hope to bring with me into the workforce and beyond. How have diverse perspectives in your section contributed to your... View Details

13 Jul 2021
Blog Post

A View from the Horizon

barriers and biases that stand in the way. I’m proud to say that M&T is laying the groundwork for this with a four-point approach that includes access to education, access to capital, development programs, and diversity in our View Details

Teaching Interest

Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)

Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details

Research Summary

Hybrid organizing

By: Julie Battilana

While historically the commercial and social sectors have evolved on fairly separate tracks, over the last 30 years we have witnessed a blurring of the boundaries between these two sectors. In an effort to account for this transition, Professor Battilana’s second... View Details

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Rafaella Sadun | About

director of the of the National Bureau of Economic Research Working Group in Organizational Economics, faculty co-chair of the Harvard Project on the Workforce . Sadun is co-editor for the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization and... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

New Urban Order

truck drivers, so there is a shortage all over the world of Class A truck drivers,” says Lu, adding that the US driver workforce also experiences over 100 percent turnover every year. According to Lu, there is a shortage of 80,000 truck... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

02 Aug 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

Panama. But here’s the downside: Globally, this figure is usually a little more than half as large as the number of employees characterized as actively disengaged. Reasons for a disengaged workforce One problem may be that responsibility... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 May 2020
What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

me when I say that most men can’t even begin to understand this. Long live remote work!” Adrian Zicari suggests that the problem of extending a culture into a remote workforce is not one of technology. As he put it, “(Company) structures,... View Details