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  • December 2000
  • Case

Stock Options at Virtua.Net

By: Brian J. Hall, Noam T. Wasserman and Carleen Madigan
Describes issues facing three young founders of a high-tech start-up in Silicon Valley, including hiring an experienced CEO and negotiating with a potential VC investor. Focuses on the incentive and compensation aspects of negotiating with job candidates (e.g., what... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Stock Options; Executive Compensation; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Negotiation
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  • 17 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management

Conference on November 7. Beaulieu's research focuses on many aspects of healthcare—including contracting, quality competition in managed care, and human capital management and performance measurement. At... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health
  • April 5, 2023
  • Article

We Need an Operation Warp Speed for Long COVID

By: Esther K. Choo and Scott Duke Kominers
With millions of people affected and at least $1 trillion of economic value at stake, long COVID is our next national health emergency. View Details
Keywords: COVID; COVID-19; COVID-19 Pandemic; Scientific Research; Policy; Health Policy; Innovation; Science; Public Finance; Public Health; Health Disorders; Health Care and Treatment; Human Capital
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  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

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

called eVolution with venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins and buyout specialists Texas Pacific Group. This new partnership focuses on traditional corporations that are interested in spinning off new Internet businesses. And we've... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • February 2014
  • Teaching Note

A.P. Møller–Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives

By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Robin Abrahams
This teaching note is an accompaniment to the case, A.P. Møller–Maersk Group: Evaluating Strategic Talent Management Initiatives. The case reviews the talent management issues being discussed at Maersk Group, a global conglomerate with large shipping and oil & gas... View Details
Keywords: Retention; Human Capital; Human Resources; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Management Practices and Processes; Shipping Industry; Energy Industry; Denmark
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  • Article

Tax Aversion in Labor Supply

By: Judd B. Kessler and Michael I. Norton
In a real-effort laboratory experiment, labor supply decreases more with the introduction of a tax than with a financially equivalent drop in wages. This “tax aversion” is large in magnitude: when we decompose the productivity decrease that arises from taxation, we... View Details
Keywords: Taxes; Labor Supply; Productivity; Experiments; Wages; Human Capital; Performance Productivity; Taxation
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  • September 2000
  • Background Note

Professional Services Module Four: Managing the Organization Through Processes

By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
Focuses on how the internal processes connect strategy with implementation. View Details
Keywords: Economics; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Business Processes
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  • September 2016 (Revised May 2018)
  • Case

Zurich Insurance: Recruitment

By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
Zurich Insurance was undergoing organizational change after implementing five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case “Zurich Insurance: Fostering Key People... View Details
Keywords: Managing Change; Leadership; Organization Change And Adaptation; Organizational Behavior; Recruiting; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Leadership Development; Human Capital; Human Resources; Insurance; Recruitment; Insurance Industry
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  • Fast Answer

Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change

38,000 active international organizations from 300 countries and territories - including intergovernmental (IGOs) and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). Capital IQ - profiles of public and private... View Details
  • June 2003 (Revised August 2003)
  • Case

Pension Policy at The Boots Company PLC

By: Luis M. Viceira and Akiko M. Mitsui
In early 2000, the trustees of the pension scheme at Boots considered a proposal to move 100% of the pension assets into a bond portfolio, which would be passively managed. The Boots Co. PLC was a leading retailer of cosmetics and toiletries in the United Kingdom, and... View Details
Keywords: Performance Productivity; Employees; Asset Management; Capital Structure; Investment Portfolio; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 24 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Innovating, Funding, and Scaling Climate Solutions at Harvard Business School: Day Three of Harvard Climate Action Week

to a capital provider to do what they said they were going to do and deliver the economic value that the projects promise,” said Jacobs. “The only way you can deliver that value, whether it’s to the investor or to other stakeholders like... View Details
  • Fast Answer

Student Proposed Fellowship Program - Resources for selecting your organization

Enterprise -  2018 Deloitte Human Capital Trends A survey of business and HR leaders around the world compiled by Deloitte.        View Details
  • 01 Dec 2012
  • News

Shareholders' Value?

today's shareholders aren't quite up to making shareholder capitalism work. —Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at HBS. Justin Fox is editorial director of the HBR Group. The... View Details
  • March 2006 (Revised March 2014)
  • Teaching Note

Founder-CEO Succession at Wily Technology (TN)

By: Noam Wasserman
Teaching Note to 805150. View Details
Keywords: Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards; Selection and Staffing; Transformation; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Decisions
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  • 01 Nov 2024
  • In Practice

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

availability risk during economic downturns During economic downturns or periods of high unemployment, capital may be scarce. Support structures typically needed to grow a business—like financing and mentorship—might not be as readily... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • 05 Oct 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?

With a yearly price tag of roughly $87 billion in lost productivity and adverse health consequences, the flu is nothing to sneeze at. It’s no surprise that workplace flu vaccination clinics have gained popularity as employers try to keep the illness from decimating... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health
  • July 1991 (Revised December 2018)
  • Compilation

Slavery

By: Thomas K. McCraw
Explores the general history of slavery in the United States. Through detailed exhibits and a text consisting of excerpts from six first-hand observations of slavery, this note is designed to present the ethics, economics (especially the perverse incentive systems),... View Details
Keywords: Slavery; Human Capital; History; Ethics; Social Issues; Motivation and Incentives; United States
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  • 07 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Competition of Countries

rising real per capita income). Capital formation (investment) and the development of human resources are key to this process. Q: Were you surprised by anything you've discovered? A: I am constantly... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
  • 17 Jan 2019
  • News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

2017), Kiran Gandhi (MBA 2015), Anthony Tucker (MBA 2017), and Anish Pathipati (MBA 2016) How did you find out you had been named to the 2019 "30 Under 30?" Akash Pradhan, investor, TPG Capital and TPG Growth: “I woke up to text messages... View Details
  • Web

Real Estate Investing - Course Catalog

is a multidisciplinary industry that requires strong analytical rigor as wells as broad strategic thinking. Educational Objectives Students will learn about the interplay of capital structures, building characteristics, stakeholders, and... View Details