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- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
quarters of strong revenue growth. James Hoffman, the new Senior Vice President of Human Resources, fears that the chain of success is shifting the company's focus away from effective performance management. Recently, Vitality has been faced with increasing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
share prices prior to turnover are not. A corollary is that a firm with poor stock market performance cannot, or will not, raise new capital unless the current CEO is replaced. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Harvard Business Review Can a Strong Culture Be Too Strong? By: Garvin, David A. Abstract—The article presents a case study of a business enterprise with high employee turnover that is considering adopting a personnel management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
level of commitment varies among PWCs. The result is a high employee turnover rate, and departing employees take an average of 35% of their client base with them when they go. Now, with financials for the spa's second year completed, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
greatest risk from the disastrous effects of sea-level rise. Yet cities also have the ability to act without waiting for state and federal action, adds Raphael Carty (MBA 1983), former CEO of Callida Energy, a software startup focused on... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- Web
Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Awarded the 2019 Warren Bennis Prize for the best 2018 Harvard Business Review article on leadership for his article with Aaron Chatterji, "The New CEO Activists" (January–February 2018). Feng Zhu : Winner of the 2019 Best Conference... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
of the personal connection it already enjoyed? Understanding the dynamics of the CEO search process — and the ways in which chief executive turnover influences corporate performance — has been the subject of... View Details
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
economic thought and contested antitrust law, ultimately tailoring federal policy to accommodate state regulations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49787 Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 28
by examining the association between top executive turnovers and guidance. Although firm and industry characteristics are important determinants of guidance, we conclude that CEOs participate in firm-level... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Avoiding a Succession Crisis
leadership. Instead we find that CEO turnover is up, and that the number of outsiders brought in to do the job is increasing. How could this be? The answer appears to be as depressing as its consequences.... View Details
- 16 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules
anyone, it must make that information public to everyone. “Place yourself in the position of a hedge fund manager. Why would you spend all this energy seeking to meet with the CEO if it didn't help to significantly inform you in some... View Details
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Maliha Khan
business case for the program." She found it in the high employee-turnover rates. "I repositioned the program as a way to reduce attrition, to save money on hiring and training new workers." An initial six-month pilot program proved a huge success. View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Professors Introduce Valuation Software
key performance variables (sales growth, profit margins, working capital turnover and long-term asset turnover) as well as financial leverage and cost of capital. Users can judge whether their forecasts are reasonable by comparing them... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 26
data from a large law firm, we examine the influence of demographic match with workgroup superiors and workgroup peers on attorneys' likelihood of turnover and promotion. Survival analyses reveal that higher proportions of same-sex and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics
partnership with the Republic of Botswana to bring HIV/AIDS treatments into the country. He discussed how and why values drive his company's practices. “Our responsibility is not just discovering great drugs, but helping people gain access to them globally,” said... View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
the long-term vision and short-term realities of the need for performance. Mike Flanagan asked, "Why have goals that are strived for in 10 years when the CEO and others will be gone?" And Kathryn Alexander asked why, in those... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
Christopher Stanton Abstract—Wage rigidity creates real and financial frictions, though the real-world drivers of rigidities remain largely unstudied. We use staggered commission reductions at a sales firm to estimate effects on worker View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
- News
Paths of Victory
platform that screens temporary employees and places them where they would fit best, within 24 hours. In Latin America, 5 billion days of work are lost annually due to turnover and absenteeism. At the same time, there are 100 million... View Details
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry Course Number 1564 Senior Lecturer Michael S. Kaufman Executive Fellow Andy Pforzheimer Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 27 Sessions Exam Note: Andy Pforzheimer (Harvard College ’84) is the co-founder... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Ron Shaich’s Café Society
Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) is cofounder, chairman, and CEO of Panera Bread, the fast-growing bakery-café chain with over six hundred locations in mostly suburban markets across the United States. Panera’s ability to deliver high-quality food... View Details