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  • 25 Mar 2015
  • News

The Greening of Houston

facing Houston, one of the biggest is our need for talent driven by the growth in the region,” says Gilbane. “Despite the excellent universities here, we can’t produce enough talented workers to fill all the... View Details
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  • 22 Jun 2011
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Motivation

is that inventors cannot win these competitions if they cannot come up with funding to realize their inventions, and research and development costs often exceed the amount of the cash prize. So, does the incentive of an eventual prize... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 05 Feb 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

Summing Up How do we close the gap between theory and results in selecting leaders? In discussing why our achievements in selecting leaders are less than stellar, contributors offered a rich set of ideas. Given their number, I've tried to categorize them into several... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • August 2011 (Revised October 2011)
  • Supplement

Lady Gaga (B)

By: Anita Elberse and Michael Christensen
In March 2011, Troy Carter, manager of pop star Lady Gaga, reflects on decisions made regarding his artist's concert tour and faces a new set of challenges regarding the launch of Lady Gaga's new album, Born This Way. Is a huge, expensive launch akin to that of a... View Details
Keywords: Music Entertainment; Product Launch; Product Development; Talent and Talent Management; Music Industry
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  • 08 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?

be able to monetize their newly acquired levels of performance, either with their team or elsewhere. On the football field In the football world, Coach Belichick is known for meticulous attention to detail and for his defensive strategy. His eye for View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports
  • Profile

Jack Perkowski

Against the advice of many, Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973) ditched his high-flying investment career and relocated to China in 1992 to build his own company. Through trial and error, Perkowski learned that the key to its success was in hiring young mainland Chinese with... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney

Recruiting and retaining highly talented executives is a demanding task. Doing this effectively requires that we respect and channel two opposing forces that continually act on "star-quality" managers. I call this "constellation... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Q & A: Gustavo Herrero

by how HBS has encouraged us to approach our development as we see fit, which allows us great room for creativity and for personal and institutional growth. I'm impressed by the School's resources and its View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 01 Sep 2008
  • News

Balanced Equation

economies. What is the last country you visited, and what did you do there? I travel a lot, so this answer will be outdated. I recently gave a talk at the University of Ghana on the need for African countries to develop a unified economic... View Details
Keywords: James Aisner;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna;Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 22 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 22

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=anik%20aknin%20norton%20dunn%20quoidbach.pdf August 2013 Managing Talent for Success: Talent Development... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Sep 2020
  • News

How To Make Diversity a Reality

different way of thinking about things. And then you've got either large GPs who haven't quite created the opportunity for people of color to come and get the experience and be able to develop that skill set so that they can either do... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Competencies and Credentials

that companies should think more broadly about nurturing talent through paid apprenticeships, work-based learning opportunities, or co-op programs. In doing so, companies can help shift the way middle-skills workers enter the workforce.... View Details
  • 18 Jun 2025
  • Podcast

ETS’s Amit Sevak makes the case for continuous assessment

The flagship firm is pushing the boundaries of testing, from K-12 through career. What are the implications for the workforce and society? And how does AI change the future of benchmarking? View Details
  • 26 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

The noncompete clause is the basis for a love-hate relationship, depending on which side of the desk you're seated. The noncompete is meticulous legal phrasing that forbids inventors or other professionals from offering their talents to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • December 1998 (Revised May 2000)
  • Case

Lebenthal and Co., Inc.

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Susan Harmeling
Lebenthal and Co. has prospered in the bond business since 1924. Alexandra Lebenthal, granddaughter of the founders, has stepped up to lead the firm. She faces many challenges as the nature of the financial services business changes in dramatic ways. Can this firm... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Bonds; Leadership Development; Service Operations; Problems and Challenges; Competition; Financial Services Industry
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  • March 2011 (Revised February 2012)
  • Case

Innovation and Growth at Actelion Ltd.

By: Gary P. Pisano, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Ruth Dittrich
In late 2010, Jean-Paul Clozel, CEO of the Swiss biotech pharmaceuticals firm Actelion, looks back on a successful decade. The small venture that he had started with a few of his scientist colleagues in the late 1990s to discover novel medicine in a research-driven... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Talent and Talent Management; Innovation and Management; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Organizational Culture; Research and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Switzerland
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  • 01 Nov 2024
  • In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

the layoff research of our colleagues as a touchpoint, we are troubled by the potential long-term costs of this trend, including reduced innovation, lower team engagement, and attrition of talented people. The path to competitive... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • 20 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Mobilizing Private Sector Action For Racial Equity in Milwaukee: SE Summer Fellow Zach Komes (MBA 2022)

the world this summer to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What were you working on this summer? This summer, I worked with the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC),... View Details
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • Research Event

Business Summit: Managing Human Capital—Global Trends and Challenges

ways, the human capital needed for globalization is lacking. Progress is required in important areas such as elevating more women to leadership positions and having talent strategies that incorporate diversity. Taking a longer-term view,... View Details
Keywords: Re: David A. Thomas
  • 08 Mar 2017
  • Blog Post

Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

Education Network, the Gates Foundation, New Schools Venture Fund, and the Harlem Children's Zone have in common? Our HBS friends work there.  The education sector needs talent and expertise from a variety of different fields with a... View Details