Administration of Human Resource Programs - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

(in which service provision is mandated by law) as well as monopolies (in which customers have no real alternatives).6 Also excluded are internal business functions (e.g., human resources and information... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother

Massachusetts Water Resource Authority, installing and maintaining renewable energy systems across the state. I also worked for a non-profit think tank, the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), on renewable energy policy and convening View Details

07 Dec 2009
Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

supported by numerous examples of government intervention that has triggered the growth of a venture capital sector. For instance, the Small Business Investment Company [SBIC] View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

13 Jul 2016
Blog Post

How To Hire A Millennial

the largest portion of the workforce and already starting to rewrite the rules. Companies must learn to play by those rules or risk losing out. Gradual changes to the old human View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

24 Nov 2014
News

New York Alumni Connect Around a 'Vision' for the New HBS

outreach program that will significantly increase engagement with and among alumni well in to the future. The HBS goal is part of Harvard University’s $6.5 billion campaign announced last September. “This... View Details

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of liberalism, he looked not only to the works of great thinkers but also to their reception and use... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2012
News

Great Expectations

a significant investment of human and financial capital. Support from alumni and friends has been and will continue to be a crucial element of our success. It gives us the... View Details

Keywords: Youngme Moon; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2000
News

Q&A: Andrew Kendall

committed to maintaining it forever. Over time, that cost will far exceed the acquisition price. We've got to be ready to invest significant resources to endow the preservation of these properties so that my... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

Storrs Prescription: Build a Killer App Silicon Valley is known for being open to innovation, risk, and failure. At the opposite end of the table sits health care, with its strong emphasis on hierarchy, training, and experience—no... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Feb 1998
News

Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74

professor at Pennsylvania State University. He quickly made his mark at HBS as an effective and highly regarded teacher in the MBA and Executive Education Programs, while also taking leadership roles in the administration View Details

22 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Motivate Me, Please

SolStock Former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy was known to criticize staff for being "coin-operated" instead of mission-driven. Understanding what motivates good performance is crucial for managers to master. Here is a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Apr 2017
News

Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge

millions of young adults in West Africa who are eager to embrace better opportunities through WAVE Academy (West Africa Vocational Education), an ambitious vocational program that finds entry-level jobs for... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2018
News

After the Fall

of Finance and Banking When searching out the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, Professor Robin Greenwood says one needs to look to the root of nearly every crisis: View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2006
News

A Capital Asset

its reasonable hours allowed Cohen time to raise her children, Amanda (now a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council) and Eli (JD/MBA ’06). During her NTHP tenure, from 1980 to 1993, she focused on developing View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

than prescriptions picked up at a pharmacy. Nevertheless, when home delivery is offered on an opt-in basis, the take-up rate is only 6%. We study a program that makes active choice of either home delivery or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Nov 2024
Research & Ideas

AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen

to replicate the unique characteristics of a specific person’s writing style, says Prithwiraj Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Technology

09 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 9

with a low-cost and very simple operating system. The case explores all aspects of their system (mission, information management, material flows, human resource system,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 16

Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision making, marketing, brand management,... View Details