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11 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups

more likely to be late-stage startups. The decline in applications hit startups with fewer than 50 employees especially hard. Those companies show a 14 percent drop in applications, compared with a 3 percent drop for firms with more than... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

21 Aug 2019
News

Analyzing Homelessness

his company relocated to a site near a shelter and soup kitchen on the city’s west side, where many Cicero employees volunteer or work pro bono on strategy development. He finds cause for optimism in his work with city and state task... View Details

January 2004 (Revised July 2006)
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Executive Remuneration at Reckitt Benckiser plc

By: Jay W. Lorsch, V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu, Lisa Brem and Ashley Robertson

Reckitt Benckiser plc has developed an executive compensation system. This case outlines the structure of the system, its emphasis on performance-based pay and a global outlook, and explains the role of the human resources department, the board of directors, and... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Employee Relationship Management; System; Executive Compensation; Retention; Performance; Human Resources; Recruitment; Business and Shareholder Relations

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Workplace Diversity: Data Sources

regional and country specific data related to gender, including labor statistics. More in depth data is available via the Databank here. OECD iLibrary Includes socio-economic data, including country-specific employment and... View Details

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Innovation & the War Effort - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Polaroid Corporation Annual Report 1941, and "Net Sales & Income from Royalties, Research and Other Sources," Polaroid Corporation Annual Report 1945, 5. Employee figure from Polaroid Corporation: A Chronology , 1930–1980, 1, Polaroid... View Details

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Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

Leading Race Work in Business Schools Leading Race Work in Business Schools 07 FEB 2020 Summary Speakers Speakers Robin Ely Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender... View Details

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

integrated report for 2008. Of course, One Report is not a panacea or silver bullet solution to making sustainability more than a public relations campaign or resolving the complex issues regarding improving corporate disclosure for all... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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2.1.4 Academic Retaliation | MBA

individual or designee will consult with the MBA Program Chair, Executive Director of the MBA Program, and a representative from The Office of Labor and Employee Relations to determine if the student engaged... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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The End of the Noncompete Clause

campaign, Employee Association to Renegotiate Noncompetes (EARN) in 2016. Because EARN’s “pop-up unions,” organized under the National Labor Relations Act, are designed to only engage the company on one... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

how the composition of patenting teams relates to both the scope of their patent applications and the speed of their patent approvals by examining the main effects of team members’ intra-organizational diversity (based on affiliations... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook

once sold holdings in their retirement accounts to lend me money to keep the doors open. All seven hundred employees at the meeting rose to give my parents a standing ovation. View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Computer Systems Design and Related Services

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

note: This article was updated to include additional advice related to CEO compensation policies. You Might Also Like: When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners Rapport: The... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

December 2020
Supplement

France Télécom (C): An Unprecedented Trial

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Ashley V. Whillans

In the C case we learn that former CEO Didier Lombard, Deputy Chief Executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, Human Resources Head Olivier Barberot and France Telecom itself were charged for institutional harassment by French authorities, a first for a CAC 40 company. In December... View Details

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05 Jul 2011
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The Business of Champions

opposition.” How, I wondered, can companies similarly sharpen the pursuit of their mission and goals throughout the organization? My Take-away: If companies can figure out how to get employees to personalize the mission, then the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

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Expatriate Traders in the Treaty Port Communities - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Related Collections Site Credits You were expected to be ready night or day, whenever you were wanted, and it was rare that I left my desk before 11 o’clock at night. Mr. Coolidge had a way of working in the evening, and my uncle of... View Details

23 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

Experiment of On-the-job Learning of Knowledge Production by Local Workers Reporting to Return Migrants By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj Abstract—I study whether return migrants facilitate knowledge production by local employees working for them... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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VCPE Database Comparison | Baker Library

search Date coverage (VCPE related entities and transactions) 1865 (Coverage is thin until 1980) 1950's- present (Coverage is thin until 1980) 1960s (Coverage is thin until 1980) 1950s (Coverage is thin until 1980) \# VCPE backed... View Details

16 Sep 2015
Op-Ed

The Real Duty of the Board of Directors

financial results are material. But if employees are also a significant audience, then human capital issues become material as well. The Statement, a simple one-page annual declaration by the board, is values-neutral. The board can decide... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

It is related as well to concerns about equal pay for equal work. Those in favor of sharing compensation figures cite the benefits of more trust among employees, less misinformation about pay, and a clearer basis on which View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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