Employee Benefits - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

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

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health

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Why Does Your Company Exist?

When was the last time you thought about your company's mission statement? Maybe it appears on a slide deck that employees see in their onboarding process, or spotlighted in the annual report. Or perhaps your company's website features... View Details

14 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Are You Managing To a ‘T’? Time To Break With Tradition

benefit companies of almost any size, but they're particularly crucial in large corporations where operating units have been granted considerable autonomy. Although giving business units greater freedom generally increases accountability,... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen & Bolko Von Oetinger

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Affinity Groups | Employment

Affinity Groups Employee-led groups that center and celebrate shared identities, interests, and experiences. Staff affinity groups, also known as employee resource groups (ERGs), are voluntary, employee-led groups that center and... View Details

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

02 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Spending on Happiness

charities each year. Our research suggests that companies might think about splitting that money up among their employees and empowering them to choose the recipient of those donations. We refer to such initiatives as creating a... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

communities) and the moderating effects of team leader experience. We test our moderated mediation model in a sample of 121 teams that filed patents in a Fortune 50 company’s India R&D center between 2005 and 2015 using proprietary View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

New Editor Takes Helm at HBS Bulletin

Bulletin, including 19 as editor. From 1986 to 1998, Thompson was an editor at Nation’s Business, the monthly small-business magazine of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He specialized in employee benefits and... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

December 2003 (Revised September 2004)
Case

Managing Segway's Early Development

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron

Describes the early development of the Segway Human Transporter and focuses on the organizational issues that arise between the parent company and the new company that is being spun out to produce and market the Segway. Key issues are the distribution of bonuses and... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Startups; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Resource Allocation; Organizational Design; Technology Adoption

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22 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 22

expenditures on teammates lead to better performance in both sports teams in Canada and pharmaceutical sales teams in Belgium. These results suggest that a minor adjustment to employee bonuses-shifting the focus from the self to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Feb 2020
News

Action Plan: Just Breathe

Burton. “That means less stress, as well as better collaboration, communication, and teamwork.” As CEO, Burton practices what he preaches. All 30 Whil employees meet at 2 p.m. each day to benefit from... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2020
News

Post-Office

Prashanth Chandrasekar (MBA 2008) (pictured above right), but the company already had a strong remote-work ethos, with 40 percent of its employees working remotely and a globally distributed workforce with offices in New York, Austin,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Remote work; COVID-19; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

07 Jan 2015
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

It is related as well to concerns about equal pay for equal work. Those in favor of sharing compensation figures cite the benefits of more trust among employees, less misinformation about pay, and a clearer basis on which View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 May 2010
Research & Ideas

Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends

Recent research at Harvard Business School began with the premise that as a state's congressional delegation grew in stature and power in Washington, D.C., local businesses would benefit from the increased federal spending sure to come... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Polaroid Films - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

idea Light Control through Polarization, ca. 1960 The Polaroid Corporation and Loucks and Norling Studio produced this film outlining the many benefits of polarizing materials. The film describes how polarization works and some of the... View Details

29 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019

women back in the workplace. Now, researchers add a new twist: They can even cause women to question their own abilities. How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely Letting independent workers choose... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2013
News

School of Hard Knocks

Collegiate Research Services, designed to help all students, including disadvantaged minorities and the first-generation college bound. Over time, my initial focus on students has evolved into a larger mission: helping organizations build true and sustainable View Details

Keywords: discrimination; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

Boris Groysberg and communications professional Michael Slind discuss the power of talk as a way to recapture high levels of employee engagement and strategic alignment. This excerpt identifies four elements critical to creating... View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

01 Dec 2020
News

Invest in the New Abnormal

future relationships. B2B firms that make special accommodations for customers in need today could reap the benefits of long-term loyalty. As an example, wedding website theknot.com is providing financial assistance to vendors such as... View Details

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