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- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Getting New Ideas off the Ground
perspective, the great opportunity is to build products that delight people across the globe, but also to create jobs and opportunities for people to explore their creativity and change other people's lives. “I was very lucky. I started... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: Less Risk, More Reward
firm, they can’t offer benefits; they can’t offer health insurance; they can’t even offer job stability. And in many cases, they pay with equity rather than with high wages. That’s a very risky thing to do, to join a small firm. And you... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Surviving Success
paradox in succession is that a founder who has been doing a good job actually increases the chance he or she will be fired,” observes Wasserman. “Lew fit that profile perfectly.” After developing Wily’s technology, landing some important... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
an overview of the context for managing layoffs in France. It describes the legal responsibilities of managers in conducting layoffs, recent unemployment trends, and the financial, health, training, job placement, and other benefits that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
the founding sheriff’s promise to the murdered girl’s mother. The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right By Gorick Ng (MBA 2018) Harvard Business Review Press Most career guides assume that you already know how the working world works. But if you’re... View Details
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
decent pay and job security) workforce to supply the manpower with which to create sophisticated products. The export of these well-designed and efficiently produced goods was actively supported by the government in many ways while... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 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 job at a large call center was willing to take a... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 30 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?
statistics of two schools, the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Business School. Last year, fully 68 percent of Stanford’s graduates took jobs in the Western United States. Only 39 percent of Harvard graduates remained... View Details
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
chart from the same two years. Chances are, those two charts look pretty similar. Sure, there are organizational outliers, like online shoe-seller Zappos, which famously adopted “holacracy,” a structure of no job titles and no... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
majority of them are not doing it effectively," says V. Kasturi "Kash" Rangan, the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School. "If you look at the Fortune 100 companies, you'll find at least half of them could do a much better View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
them to enjoy these meetings. They're bombarded with questions, and they have to maintain a delicate balance of being helpful to investors while not violating Reg FD. In the end, the significant amount of time spent meeting investors one-on-one takes executives away... View Details
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
did you draw on your background in psychoanalysis to approach contemporary characters and issues in leadership? Abraham Zaleznik: When I wrote my first book on the job of the foreman (1950), an observation and an idea took hold: Leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
case, product divisions). And just as obviously, no one likes to give up power. Leadership from the top, aimed at promoting a "one-company" mentality, is often the only way forward. One of Oosterveld's conditions for taking the View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
no way for companies to tell which schools produce skilled managers. For instance, several Indian companies have sprung up to train people for jobs in the call center business, but no organization rates the quality of the training it... View Details
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
all, your customer doesn't care where the idea comes from. All customers care about is that a product gets to them. The people who are responsible for partners and networks are also becoming much more important. These are jobs that didn't... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
laws to protect individuals if their information becomes known: Their jobs have to be protected; their health insurance has to be protected. That's the only way to solve this problem and make people feel comfortable about taking advantage... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?
Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He is the faculty chair of the Leading Professional Services Executive Program at HBS. Previously, he was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company for more than 34 years. You Might Also Like: View Details
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Jason A. Kilar
interviewed with Bezos in a professor’s office, flew to Seattle a week later, and accepted a job offer on the spot. He thought he would stay for two years but he spent the next nine years working alongside Bezos whom he called “the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship
and what is best for email or a video conference meeting? In a recent Know Your Team webinar, Lew shared examples of companies who do an excellent job setting communication expectations including Automattic, Buffer, and Basecamp. Lew,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
Centralizing operations in an expanded version of its Reeseville plant (located in the town’s old high-school building) will allow efficiencies that will fuel further growth and local job creation. In conjunction with the project, local... View Details