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- 03 Feb 2010
- News
Leadership's Lost Decade
- 08 Dec 2021
- News
How to Lay Off Your Employees without Totally Blowing It
- 14 Dec 2022
- News
Santa Claus Debates Whether to Outsource Toy Production
- 24 Apr 2020
- News
How to Make Furloughs More Humane
- 02 Aug 2020
- News
What Sets Some Companies Apart in the Current Crisis
- 21 Jul 2022
- News
The ‘Great Resignation’ Started Long Ago
- 31 Oct 2023
- News
Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal
changed rapidly. “When I decided to take on that role, the world looked very different than it did later that spring,” recalls Diagne. “I had no idea that job would turn into pandemic response and economic recovery.” Worldwide, crisis management involved similar... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
conversations about layoffs and pay cuts we discussed in The Founder’s Journey course at HBS weren’t theoretical anymore. I wasn’t sleeping at night.” Scrambling for another small business–oriented tech startup idea—one that might take... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
is, frankly, a lot of layoffs,” Tango notes. “These layoffs happen quietly, but they’re pretty rampant. And it’s not just the new unknown firms. The major firms also have cut heads.” The reason, according to Tango, is simple math: VC... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Banking on Success
tough times for New York banking beginning more than a decade ago - with all the layoffs and mergers - this kind of mentoring stopped happening. I was very fortunate to have had it. How would you describe the value of Internet stocks... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Too Much of a Good Thing?
layoffs and lost revenues, for example - weak companies are artificially supported," he explains. "Other firms won't or can't restructure themselves or exit unprofitable businesses because they are too set in their ways, lack sound... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Examining Global Workforce Management
As executives of an international company are considering workforce reductions in Europe and South America, they are providing layoff support to employees and working with communities to create incentives for new businesses to replace... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
Michael Norton explores the common occurrence of “conversational blindness.” See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6066.html. Thinking Twice about Supply-Chain Layoffs Cutting the wrong employees can be counterproductive for retailers, new... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Over 50 and Job Hunting?
currency is the ability to make a positive first impression. “Your attitude, body language, and energy can dispel ageist stereotypes in the first five minutes,” Lassiter states. Although layoffs or extended résumé gaps may have an impact... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
News in the News Biz
of wealthy individuals, then the newspaper business has to generate profit. Since 75 percent of newspaper revenue comes from advertising, and staff — at 16 percent of total cost — is the most important cost after newsprint, it is not surprising that publishers resort... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Impact: The Changing Nature of Work
Through annual giving to the HBS Fund, donors support the School’s efforts to help leaders navigate the dilemmas and opportunities they will face in the decades to come, from determining the pace of innovation their companies should embrace to developing a highly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
a Big Three but with a Big One in a year or two because there’s obviously excess capacity, and it’s hard to see how all three automakers can survive. I think it’s right to avoid a complete shutdown and mass layoffs right now. But the kind... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
block it. That’s thanks in part to Bond’s lead-witness testimony on Microsoft’s behalf. Since closing the deal, the company has implemented multiple rounds of layoffs and closed some smaller game studios. Then there’s slowing growth in... View Details
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
which was facing numerous challenges: a rapidly decreasing market share, falling revenues, and cratering investor faith. Heins went about cutting costs—including the layoff of more than 5,000 workers in May 2012—scrapped plans to make the... View Details