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- 06 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business
individual anonymized career trajectories, implied by job titles and income, with far more specificity than previously available, Kerr notes. State Department data suggest that from 1989 to 1995, two-thirds... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
30% of all hiring for what's called sort of bachelor's level jobs are for skill sets that don't require a bachelor's. So that alone exclude something like 70% of African Americans for no reason. Within... View Details
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
components that support IoT will almost certainly face this pressure. Again, we’ll see this primarily at the level of intermediate goods, and that will pass through to lower selling prices on a range of... View Details
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
will do a much cheaper, faster job of attacking our energy and environment problems than having politicians and regulators try to solve them by selecting technologies or... View Details
- 14 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing
conforming to particular segments. Rather, they take life as it comes. And when faced with a job that needs doing, they essentially "hire" a product to do that job. To that end, Christensen suggests that... View Details
- 26 Feb 2025
- News
Know Your HBS Staff: Avital Brodski
- 04 Sep 2021
- News
Companies Need More Workers. Why Do They Reject Millions of Résumés?
- October 2002 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Intermountain Health Care
By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
Intermountain Health Care (IHC), an integrated delivery system based in Utah, has adopted a new strategy for managing health care delivery. The approach focuses management attention not only on the facilities where care takes place but also on physician decision making... View Details
Keywords: Ethnicity; Innovation Strategy; Cost Management; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Technology Adoption; Performance Improvement; Problems and Challenges; Adoption; Change Management; Cost vs Benefits; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; Utah
Bohmer, Richard M.J., Amy C. Edmondson, and Laura Feldman. "Intermountain Health Care." Harvard Business School Case 603-066, October 2002. (Revised March 2013.)
- 30 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain
executives to provide on-the-scene examples of how the organization's values are lived on the job is important. This invariably requires a larger-than-normal travel and communication budget, incentives for... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 02 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
J. Richard Hackman (1940-2013)
Keywords: by Ruth Wageman & Teresa M. Amabile
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- Web
Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog
contending with this challenge, the designer of an incentive system—or someone trying to motivate themselves—faces an important tradeoff between inducing high levels of motivation View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
research laboratories, recreational facilities, and a large and exceedingly well-equipped business library." Housed since its 1908 inception in Harvard Yard, HBS would at last have its own home. In a burst... View Details
- Web
Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog
familiar with key concepts and terminology that others who have taken an earlier negotiation course will already bring to the course. Purpose : Take your negotiating ability to the next level by matching... View Details
- September 28, 2021
- Article
12 Questions About Hybrid Work, Answered
By: Tsedal Neeley
As we move into the next phase of the pandemic, companies are grappling with whether and how to bring their employees back into the office after working from home extensively. According to multiple surveys, most people want a mix of in-person and remote work, and some... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Remote Work; Transition; Employees; Job Design and Levels; Organizational Structure
Neeley, Tsedal. "12 Questions About Hybrid Work, Answered." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 28, 2021).
- April 2021 (Revised April 2022)
- Case
OneTen: One Million Opportunities in Ten Years
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Courtney Han
In the wake of George Floyd's killing in May 2020, and widespread protests for social justice in the United States, OneTen was formed by a coalition of 40 large companies to provide one million jobs for African-Americans in 10 years. The case describes the background... View Details
Keywords: Labor Market; COVID-19 Pandemic; Diversity; Race; Jobs and Positions; Opportunities; Social Issues; Employment; Equality and Inequality; Equity; United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Courtney Han. "OneTen: One Million Opportunities in Ten Years." Harvard Business School Case 521-093, April 2021. (Revised April 2022.)
- 05 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast
Worker Advancement,” a worker’s choice of company has considerable bearing on how fast they climb the ranks, how likely they are to land a better job elsewhere, and whether they’ll be hired View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- March 2004 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Jack Smith (C): Becoming a Toyota Manager (II)
Jack Smith had a stellar career at Chrysler managing major design teams and manufacturing plants before deciding to join industry leader and benchmark Toyota. It is his first day on the job; what will his orientation entail? Cursory walkthroughs and introductions... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry
Spear, Steven J. "Jack Smith (C): Becoming a Toyota Manager (II)." Harvard Business School Case 604-060, March 2004. (Revised May 2004.)
- March 2004 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Jack Smith (B): Becoming a Toyota Manager (I)
Jack Smith had a stellar career at Chrysler managing major design teams and manufacturing plants before deciding to join industry leader and benchmark Toyota. It is his first day on the job; what will his orientation entail? Cursory walkthroughs and introductions... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry
Spear, Steven J. "Jack Smith (B): Becoming a Toyota Manager (I)." Harvard Business School Case 604-059, March 2004. (Revised May 2004.)
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
long hours, most folks are being forced to do that with minimal compensation." Patrick Coomans placed some blame on "the weak job protection employees have in the US." Sid Mehta, who reminded us that Greece has the longest... View Details