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20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

so. “You could try to explain to your customer why your product has a higher price: You don’t kill fish, and your competitor does. But many customers will have a hard time convincing themselves View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

technology-oriented start-ups. "You need to look at the conditions [that might contribute to success or failure]. A robust strategy pays off." As for the smart grid,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need

credit crunch? Nicolas P. Retsinas: In 2007 the nonprime mortgage market crumbled. Many of these products were predicated on ever-rising home values, which would enable owners to sell, pay off, buy again-a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Pick Managers for Disruptive Growth

We suspect that the mistakes happen when firms choose managers at any level—from CEO to business unit head to project manager—based on what we call "right stuff" thinking, borrowing the term from... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Raynor

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

many times your cofounding team will disagree on things—from product and hiring decisions to operating procedures and a fundraising strategy—and how you process these decisions together is fundamental to a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Sep 2003
What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

if anything, would the courts have to say about it in response to potential shareholder lawsuits? As it turns out, the two final bids involved two news organizations, one with a stellar journalistic... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

1999 by chairman and CEO Michael Bronner, had all the scale anyone could ask for: to create a national customer-loyalty program (like airlines' frequent-traveler mileage points) which would pay consumers... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

2023
Working Paper

Too Many Managers: The Strategic Use of Titles to Avoid Overtime Payments

By: Lauren Cohen, Umit Gurun and N. Bugra Ozel

We find widespread evidence of firms appearing to avoid paying overtime wages by exploiting a federal law that allows them to do so for employees termed as “managers” and paid a salary above a pre-defined dollar threshold. We show that listings for salaried positions... View Details

Keywords: Wages; Organizational Design; Job Design and Levels; Compensation and Benefits

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16 Jan 2018
Blog Post

How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?

from prior years of employment to direct toward the cost of your MBA. However, if you have debt that cannot be deferred while you are in school, work on paying that off first.It is important View Details

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

Mature companies understand that to compete today they need to innovate. But finding sources of innovation while still paying attention to the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

iStock In the 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross, an executive played by Alec Baldwin presents a unique motivational scheme to a trio of down-on-their-luck real estate salesmen. There will be a new contest, he tells them, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

employees on company time to make updates and edits to the software for community use that could be used by competitors? New research by Assistant Professor Frank Nagle, a member of the Strategy Unit at... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

September 2024
Article

Gender Gaps: Back and Here to Stay? Evidence from Skilled Ugandan Workers During COVID-19

By: Livia Alfonsi, Mary Namubiru and Sara Spaziani

We investigate gender disparities in the effect of COVID-19 on the labor market outcomes of skilled Ugandan workers. Leveraging a high-frequency panel dataset, we find that the lockdowns imposed in Uganda reduced employment by 69% for women and by 45% for men,... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Wage Gap; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Employment; Wages; Uganda

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

hybrid culture committed both to their social mission and profitability. A willingness to develop this kind of culture in corporations is not enough View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

06 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn

eugeniek Companies looking to shed costs in an economic downturn rarely cut compensation—typically, they slash jobs instead. New research confirms the wisdom of that decision. The study concludes that when a company cuts employee View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

11 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?

success could also influence people’s perceptions of workers in various jobs, particularly low-wage positions, the researchers say. “This overemphasis on effort could lead people to believe that workers in low-wage jobs are not deserving... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

16 Oct 2023
HBS Case

Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

first learned about the OneTen coalition from fellow CEOs, he told them, “I am with you ... I don't know if I can pay anything now. But I will pay you with all the heart, soul, and grit of this company View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

Byju’s The Learning App

BYJU’S The Learning App (BYJU’s) is India’s largest K-12 education app with approximately 300,000 annual paid subscribers. The mobile app uses a mix of video lessons and interactive tools to personalize learning for every student. Although there is room to grow... View Details

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off

are many ways to build a business," Wiegele explains. "You typically think of people [starting their own venture] as doing it full-time, but we've just done it our own way that allows us to make... View Details

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