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  • 07 Jun 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

so she recruited a team of Harvard doctoral students and undergrads to help her. “If I had gone through them systematically by myself, I would have been looking at another three to four years of work,” she says. “We had less than a year.”... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

proposals. It's important to know when to declare a winner, especially when relationships are involved. New MBAs sometimes learn this lesson to their regret when recruiters rescind job offers in the face of demands for special perks. In... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
  • 14 Mar 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 14

March–April 2017 Harvard Business Review Hiring an Entrepreneurial Leader: What to Look For By: Butler, Timothy Abstract—Aspiring to be innovative and agile, companies of all shapes and sizes want to recruit entrepreneurial managers. But... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2016
  • Supplement

24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details
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  • 12 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 12

consultant Kevin Rumsfeld conceived of the idea for HealthCraft, he had worked resolutely to begin building the company by recruiting a talented colleague to help with marketing and fundraising and a junior member of one of his project... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 23

so fluid that all desks have wheels to allow free movement between "cabals" (teams) on a regular basis (which happens frequently enough that Valve created a homegrown tracking app to allow peers to find each other), a unique hiring apparatus that supports... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

decade in Louisiana working in education, and had deep knowledge about local schools and state policy. Realizing that her individual efforts to support new charter schools were just scratching the surface, she launched NSNO. She recruited... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education
  • 10 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

recruited star with a track record of box office successes or with a strong artistic reputation. Finally, in an extension to the study, I do not find that the involvement of stars in movies increases the valuation of film companies that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

of managers to set up and serve as a board of directors. The corporate partners would also recruit a larger group of corporations, called WDC Affiliates, to the effort. Partners and affiliates, as appropriate, would then undertake the... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

and the fast-growth Gulf airlines Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways. Critical questions faced CEO Temel Kotil and his team: How would Turkish Airlines keep growing without jeopardizing profitability? How would it manage the operational complexities and other external... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 8

investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform tasks with positive social spillovers. We conduct a field experiment in which agents View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

China's Huawei has recruited 1,500 engineers in India to develop software for its telecommunications products. Even the countries' state-owned oil companies, including Sinopec and ONGC, have teamed up to hunt for oil together.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Sep 2011
  • Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

and operator of hospitals, with most of its revenue coming from the United Kingdom. When Gooding departed, BUPA had sold its hospitals, positioned itself in several growth segments of the health market, and generated 50 percent of its revenues from overseas markets.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 09 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

419-039 Note on Managing Workforce Reductions Each individual who enters an organization will, at some point, leave. And yet most future leaders spend significantly more effort learning about recruiting than departures, despite the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

million to $15 million. During this phase, you can self-finance or establish a search fund to recruit potential investors. Strike a deal. When you’ve settled on a target, do preliminary due diligence to confirm the business’s viability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

global trade governance and the economic benefits and political tradeoffs associated with reduced trade barriers and the elimination of domestic subsidies. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711043-PDF-ENG Talent View Details

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