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- 13 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely
For senior managers at many firms, the shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic came with a huge concern: Would the loss of in-person conversations keep them from mentoring or simply establishing rapport with employees,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Globalization: The Strategy of Differences
77 percent of its profits from outside North America. But Goizueta's strategy soon ran into trouble, due in large part to the Asian currency crisis. By the end of 1999, when Douglas Daft took the reins, earnings had slumped, and Coke's stock had lost nearly one-third... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad
accounting firms that deliver unfavorable audits. Even if an accounting firm is large enough to absorb the loss of one client, individual auditors' jobs and careers may depend on success with specific clients. Moreover, in recent decades,... View Details
- 05 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?
sales have lagged in an increasingly fierce retail environment, with stores such as Walmart vying for customer dollars on the lower end, Kohl's and Target jockeying for the middle market, and Macy's and Nordstrom reaching for the upper-middle end. JCP reported a... View Details
- 05 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?
Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
- 15 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
This Workplace Certification Made Already Safe Companies Even Safer
States cost companies an estimated $171 billion in wage and productivity losses in 2019, according to the National Safety Council. By 2018, more than 90,000 organizations across 127 countries had adopted OHSAS 18001. The similar ISO 45001... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
clubs and opportunities, is all about leadership. Any leadership skills I may possess came from this club that dared not speak its name and that constituted the center of my world. We had a lot of losses in the club from HIV/AIDS, and I’d... View Details
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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online
program was developed by leading Harvard Business School faculty and is delivered in an active learning environment based on the HBS signature case-based learning model. Will HBS Online continue to offer Disruptive Strategy? + – Harvard Business School Online is... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
revenues—she increases her chances of getting a large bonus the following year. This is a variation on the "big bath" theory of corporate financial reporting: If you're going to take a loss, take as big a loss as possible.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
- 30 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Finding Pride
co-president of the alumni group. HBS, with its many clubs and opportunities, is all about leadership. Any leadership skills I may possess came from this club that dared not speak its name and that constituted the center of my world. We had a lot of View Details
- 18 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Warning: Scary Warning Labels Work!
choose healthier options. “Cafeteria sales were neutral. We didn’t see a decrease in drink sales,” John says. Soda makers and suppliers, however, may suffer losses if graphic warnings become standard. (That’s the goal, after all.) But... View Details
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What Black Executives Really Want
executives face fall into three interconnected buckets. Black executives have a sense of isolation, they don't feel they can bring their true selves to work, and they experience a loss of confidence. Other marginalized or underrepresented... View Details
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals
your sights set on is readily accessible already or with one of the degrees (instead of both), consider the income and savings losses associated with being in school. Third, understand that trying to do two degrees concurrently (or even... View Details
- 23 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down.
the highest rates of job loss since the Great Depression,” says co-author Raymond Kluender, an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. “At the same time, we saw a decline in consumer... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
to educate and empower consumers. The task has been assumed by a few pioneering nonprofits, such as Resilience Action Fund (RAF) that I founded. It’s time for business to step in. My book, Resilience - The Ultimate Sustainability, explains why the US has the world’s... View Details
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Overview
Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details
- 16 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?
Economic Perspectives, the authors find that Smith's insights from 1759 can contribute to modern thinking on everything from our fascination with celebrity to the theory of loss aversion. In fact, says Ashraf, Moral Sentiments presages... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 20 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry
Electronic Century, 87-8). In the 1970s the System 360 all but ruled the world. The attempts of the two major U.S. companies, RCA and GE, to build a comparable family of mainframes failed, with large losses in funds and research time. The... View Details
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
decide what has to give" when there is a loss of staff, says Parlance Training's Parlett. "So everyone plays corporate hot potato, passing the problem down the line until someone ends up as the scapegoat for not pulling off a... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
was developed by leading Harvard Business School faculty and is delivered in an active learning environment based on the HBS signature case-based learning model. Will HBS Online continue to offer Disruptive Strategy? Harvard Business School Online is saddened by the... View Details