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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
billion in disability benefits a year, Eldridge says. Gain Life’s existing wellness market has good prospects, although it’s highly competitive, “almost to the point of commoditization,” he adds, and the sales cycles can last up to a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Renter’s Market
street. He looks for positive signs such as strong rental demand from city employees and blue-collar workers; a mix of rental and owner-occupied properties; successful local businesses; city revitalization projects; and informal... View Details
- 04 Dec 2020
- News
Hour by Hour
for hourly workers, Morris realized: Companies lost money on training, and employees often started right back at minimum wage with each new job as they worked to learn an entirely new set of skills. This insight is at the heart of Syrg,... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Wheels Up
Bit by bit, people are flying again. At Dublin Airport, travel is down from a record 33 million passengers in 2019 to a forecasted 8 to 9 million in 2021. Still, it’s a start—and travelers in and out of Ireland’s capital soon will have the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
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Why You Might Want to Say Goodbye to the Annual Performance Review | Working Knowledge
through career growth, says a case study by Katherine Coffman . For decades, the annual performance review has induced both hope and dread from employees and managers alike—yet some business leaders are questioning whether this... View Details
- March 1987 (Revised October 1993)
- Case
Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program
By: W. Earl Sasser
In recent years, Au Bon Pain (ABP), a chain of upscale French bakeries/sandwich cafes based in Boston, confronted a set of human resource problems endemic to the fast food industry (i.e., a labor shortage which made it difficult to attract and maintain quality crew... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Managerial Roles; Retention; Employees; Performance Improvement; Recruitment; Problems and Challenges; Compensation and Benefits; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; Boston
Sasser, W. Earl. "Au Bon Pain: The French Bakery Cafe, The Partner/Manager Program." Harvard Business School Case 687-063, March 1987. (Revised October 1993.)
- 27 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care
Harvard Business School spends a significant amount of research funds each year on the health care industry, answering questions such as: How can the business of health care be made more efficient? What can a business do to motivate View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Faculty Books
How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations by Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind (Harvard Business Review Press) How can leaders make their big or growing companies feel small again? How can they recapture the “magic”—the tight strategic... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
organizational process is the key.” For Choudhury, these innovative new models benefit not only the employee and employer. They can also benefit society: “With work from... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Workers
Business needs to care about the performance of students in the public education system, from preschool through college. It is the primary source of future employees for every business. It’s also where the vast majority of teachers of... View Details
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
Given the nature of some unusually thoughtful responses, there was no consensus on the question of whether Walmart has reached its full potential. Comments raised even more interesting questions surrounding the dynamic of relationships between the View Details
- 10 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Learning Curve: Making the Most of Outsourcing
organization itself become more productive as its individual employees march down the learning curve? "Though the increased use of outsourcing has led to a rise in the number of customer-supplier interactions, the learning View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
full-time employees, slashing labor costs by 90 percent. Those two innovations are expected to add up to a net profit margin of three times that of the overall industry. “And that is really powerful,” Pedró says. “You can actually give those View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 02 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Women, Work, and the "M" Word
needs of employees and offering them tailored, appropriate benefits and support can make a world of difference in the workforce, company culture, and our society, overall. 1. Offer menopause-inclusive... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- News
Defining Flex Work
companies that offer it, but almost immediately Auerbach recognized two fundamental problems. First, no one knew how to talk about flexibility. Second, no one had the data to understand the business benefits of it. The New York City–based... View Details
- 16 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Read Our Most Popular Stories of the Quarter
most popular stories during the quarter. At the Top of the Trending List How Companies Benefit When Employees Work RemotelyWork from anywhere policies have advanced from a rare occurrence for companies to a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Service with a Smile
unsatisfied, they need to have a means of communicating their emotions.” Interestingly, when employees are asked to amplify certain positive emotions — to deliver a product with a smile, for instance — their job satisfaction increases.... View Details
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Diversity | Employment
University. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender At Harvard Business School, employees have established Family . Across the University, all Harvard faculty and staff are welcome to join the Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus , which is... View Details
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Pension and retirement funds
suggested subject terms include “defined contribution pension plans,” and “defined benefit pension plan.” Find articles in other databases using HOLLIS. Industry Associations Center for Retirement Research at... View Details
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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
have, every brain cell each one of you has, to make the sensible decision about what to do next." 40 The progressive practices and generous benefit package established by Polaroid, one of the leading employers of the area, enhanced its... View Details