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- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
employment rolls in the form of reduced enforcement? To test his theory, Heese gathered 30 years of data on publicly traded companies, classifying them by "employment intensity"—that is, the number of a firm's employees relative... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
violations to auditors of the same gender—thinking they may be more likely to be believed and less likely to be punished. Significantly, mixed-gender teams did no better than all-female teams in uncovering violations, meaning perhaps the male View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
deeply satisfying and personally challenging inspires the highest levels of creativity, whether it's in the arts, sciences, or business," she says. Dear Diary As a way to delve deeper into the link between motivation and creativity,... View Details
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
2002, according to UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS Recognizing The Threat What should responsible organizations do to counter the epidemic for their employees and their business? For a start, they must pool knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy
General Manager of E-Commerce role and later GM of North America position, leading thousands of employees and a billion-dollar business. During this time, she also took on new roles in her personal life, marrying her husband Mike and... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
because too many customers would get tired of waiting. Jobseekers needed training and connections to good paying jobs, in safe environments. Greenwork seeks companies that provide good-paying jobs with a strong track record of workplace safety. Companies looking for... View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
expenses. It’s about the things that would make their work better and easier, which are resources that private-sector employees take for granted.” In January 2019, Lisle became CEO of Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
to live up to them, one that thoughtfully positions itself within the greater landscape of business, government, and society at large. Doesn’t that motivate employees to be at their best? Companies face... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- Web
Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni
Loan Reduction for Private Sector Employees HBS offers a loan reduction program for students from the graduating MBA Class who are working in the private sector at a job that pays significantly below the HBS average. These awards offer a... View Details
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
framing alters perceptions of (in)completeness, making intermediate progress seem less complete. In turn, these feelings of incompleteness motivate people to persist until the pseudo-set has been fulfilled. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
of resources, incentive compensation, or investments in socially motivated initiatives? He asks how a CEO avoids addressing the needs of one stakeholder too much or too little for too long? Others have suggested that the new statement... View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
those products and services to match the specific interests and desires of individual people in diverse societies around the world. They could create solutions enabling people to cope with and leverage the exploding volume of information available 24/7. They could... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
so we can all work together as a team. Sometimes I get calls from CEOs who are nine months or a year into running a new company, and they want advice about how to motivate employees who don’t share their... View Details
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
or even how much they will pay for an item. But they aren't very good at accessing where that value comes from, or how and when it is influenced by factors like store displays or brands.” Most humans are a little more complicated than rats, of course. But we are... View Details
- 16 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 16
Furthermore, the manager will rely more on persuasion when employee motivation is more important for the execution of the project, when the employee has strong intrinsic or... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract I evaluate the effect of loyalty on individuals' portfolio choice using a unique dataset of retirement contributions. I exploit the statutory difference that in 401(k) plans stand alone employees... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
offers a gratifying moment to pause, smell the roses, and reflect on what I’ve accomplished to date. But more importantly, being included among such illustrious company is a source of motivation to keep working hard and accomplish even... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
reflect on what I’ve accomplished to date. But more importantly, being included among such illustrious company is a source of motivation to keep working hard and accomplish even more in the future.” Can you tell us about your current... View Details
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
shape standards, and promoting modularity. An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units Author:A. L. Tucker Periodical:Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007): 492-505... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
Working PapersDishonest Deed, Clear Conscience: Self-Preservation through Moral Disengagement and Motivated Forgetting (revised) Authors:Lisa Lixin Shu, Francesca Gino, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract People routinely engage in dishonest... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace