Total Reward Strategies - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

reputational benefits by integrating community, employee, consumer, and environmental health efforts into a single health impact strategy and appointing a chief health officer to oversee all four. Firms with an integrated health View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

findings. First, non-financial rewards are more effective at eliciting effort than either financial rewards or the volunteer contract and are also the most cost-effective of the four schemes. Second,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

insight led to nine rewarding years as senior vice president at United Way of New York City. Careers & Connections My next turning point came when I realized that I wanted to develop my international skills and experience and somehow... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

3-Minute Briefing: Jeffrey Dunn (MBA 1981)

Anybody who knows me well knows that I am a total Cookie Monster, right down to the homemade chocolate chip cookies that have always been my weakness. From Baker Library | Bloomberg Center: Do you want to learn more about how you can set... View Details

Keywords: April White

28 Apr 2016
News

New Venture Competition Winners Announced

audience who would be voting for the $2,000 “crowd favorite” prize at the School’s annual New Venture Competition Finale. “We’re building a telemedicine app for Africa . Half of all outpatient visits can be conducted over a mobile device.” The competition awarded a... View Details

Profile

Ann Chao

Challenge for Cultural Entrepreneurship—which was just one week ahead. They made the deadline, and although they didn't win, they were among the finalists rewarded with cash and a one-year i-lab residency. "Our year at the i-lab was... View Details

01 Dec 2005
News

Connecting with Clubs

provide IT and Web site support. This year, for the first time, we have created a standing committee that will spend the next several months developing recommendations to make clubs stronger, enhance the links with HBS, and make the club experience even more View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

19 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

should government strategy matter to business people? It seems many executives, particularly Americans, believe government is incompetent. Richard Vietor: Business people care in several ways—macroeconomic, microeconomic, and foreign... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2016
First Look

July 12, 2016

Stick to the Strategy or Make the Sale? A Manufacturer of High-tech Streetlights Considers an Exception to Its New Subscription Model By: Weiss, Mitchell Abstract—A manufacturer of high-tech streetlights considers an exception to its new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War

technology on the newspaper business with HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean Silverthorne in this e-mail interview. An article based on Gilbert's doctoral research in this area received the Robert Litschert Best Doctoral Student Paper Award in the Academy of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

01 Dec 2011
News

Inside MTV’s Global Fame

building a global business strategy to establish markets in countries such as Russia and China, which American business interests had largely ignored. Starting out, he crafted a pan-European approach, believing his young audiences wanted... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

17 Jun 2025
Blog Post

Balancing Career Stability with Creative Pursuits with Jeff Roslund (MBA 2013)

critically, while courses in marketing, finance, and strategy opened entirely new perspectives. I had never received formal training in those areas—everything was new. Learning those frameworks was a huge leap forward, and I still use... View Details

18 Sep 2017
Blog Post

Recruiting HBS MBA Students in 2017-2018

have this background, but a great many more have functional skills that will be useful in a role with a strategic focus. Our military veterans may not have consulting on their resumes, but they absolutely understand big-picture strategy... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

15 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg

towards renewable energy production and CCS, with plans to inject captured carbon into depleted oil fields in the North Sea. Total is targeting 50% renewables in their portfolio mix by 2050. Their strategy... View Details

12 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

before—coordinating all the top minds in the top office. "CEOs are spending more and more time with their direct reports, in larger and longer meetings," says Julie M. Wulf, an associate professor of strategy at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: Reemerging Technologies

totally new directions, but they also seek out “guardians” whose goal is to protect and make sure that the core—what’s authentic—remains true. Both types of individuals are important during periods of reinvention. They force you to answer... View Details

Keywords: April White; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Printing and Related Support Activities; Manufacturing

12 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide

that are paying careful attention to the hiring, training, and rewarding of store employees. Our favorite example of a retailer that has used labor successfully is the online retailer Zappos.com. The company pays very careful attention to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Retail; Auto

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

before beginning a new venture: What am I betting on? Do I know my economic model? Will I be able to formulate a sound strategy that seizes opportunity and combats threat? Will management be able to transform and reinvent the... View Details