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- 20 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
Bankruptcy Spells Death for Too Many Businesses
law aims to encourage. In the process, these liquidations ultimately shortchange creditors by billions of dollars a year, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Samuel B.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 03 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff
apology “builds a bridge” between the company and its stakeholders. 5. Invest in laid-off employees Companies can reinforce the bridge by committing to help downsized employees get back on their feet. Many organizations address this... View Details
- 21 Jan 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Going Through the Motions: An Empirical Test of Management Involvement in Process Improvement
- 27 Aug 2012
- News
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
- 31 May 2023
- HBS Case
From Prison Cell to Nike’s C-Suite: The Journey of Larry Miller
Gerdeman of HBS Working Knowledge. Inspired by the case "Larry Miller." Made possible by a Harvard Library Advancing Open Knowledge Grant and support from Baker Library at HBS.... View Details
- 02 May 2023
- What Do You Think?
How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?
humanity. Clearly, AI is a big deal with large potential benefits and, at the moment, largely unknown risks for society. It will get more important fast. Why? Two tech giants, Microsoft and Google, are competing for first-mover advantage along with a third competitor,... View Details
- 23 May 2016
- News
Three MBA Students Honored for Service to School and Society
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy
are Hispanic. By contrast, grants to human services and youth development organizations were, on average, much smaller and made to organizations with much lower-than-average revenues. Nonetheless, the... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
How Much Does Your Boss Make? The Effects of Salary Comparisons
- 12 Sep 2023
- What Do You Think?
Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?
statement? Nike’s decision to feature in its ads Colin Kaepernick, an American footballer whose patriotism has been questioned, ultimately resulted in what was described by one observer as a “bold success.” On the other hand, brands like... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?
to lose money if they grant price discounts in-store to inquiring customers—although some will do so to appease an angry customer or through a sense of fairness. In some cases, however, self-matching is the best strategy to earn higher... View Details
- 03 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Showing Know-How Backfires for Women Managers
slicing meat, baking bread—they show that they’re willing to roll up their sleeves, but this behavior could be costly to their businesses’ bottom lines. By looking at the everyday activities of women managers, Feldberg’s research offers... View Details
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
Despite widespread investment in entrepreneurship in cities across America, venture capital-funded startups still tend to be founded by white men in Silicon Valley. In contrast, businesses led by women are... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
was co-authored by Dr. Mahek A. Shah, a senior researcher and senior project leader at Harvard Business School, and Robert S. Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, at HBS. Kaplan helped create the cost... View Details
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
companies in part by prompting employees to trust the company more. Some theorize that purpose fosters trust inside companies because it clarifies the company’s decision-making and enhances its credibility. Such trust in turn comes to... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
street-to-prison cycle that had ravaged his youth. He had passed a high school equivalency test and had earned a college degree, and by that point could envision a bright future as a budding accountant at Arthur Andersen, the firm he... View Details
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
paper Does Planning Regulation Protect Independent Retailers? (forthcoming in The Review of Economics and Statistics). "Planning regulation ended up harming independent retailers," she writes. "According to the results shown in the paper, the decline in... View Details
- 19 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior
suitcases at the airport. But now agencies are finding that subtle “nudges” can motivate behavior much better than ads, fines, or deadlines. Nudges, or small changes to the context in which decisions are made, are the subject of a new analysis View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- May 2016
- Case
Seaside Organics
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Alisa Zalosh
This case follows Sara Norton, a soccer player-turned-serial entrepreneur, as she transforms Seaside Organics from a fledgling startup into an $89 million company. Informed by the successes and failures of her first organics venture, WellBar, Norton tries to balance... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Entrepreneurship; Personal Characteristics; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Conflict and Resolution; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Stevenson, Howard H., and Alisa Zalosh. "Seaside Organics." Harvard Business School Brief Case 916-526, May 2016.
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman