Employee Relations - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs

immigration say many companies hire additional native employees along with the hiring of immigrants. For example, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates has said in congressional testimony related to H-1B that the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Computer; Financial Services

14 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 14

of people's daily lives, say Rangan and Chu of Harvard Business School and Petkoski of the World Bank. Start by dividing the base of the pyramid into three segments according to people's earnings and related personal needs: 1) Low income:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2010 (Revised October 2011)
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Ken Langone: Member, GE Compensation Committee

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Lizzie Gomez

On September 2003, Richard Grasso stepped down as chairman and CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, following weeks of intense public criticism over the size of his $190 million compensation package. As chairman of the committee that oversaw Grasso's payout, Ken Langone... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Executive Compensation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Labor and Management Relations; Wages; Change Management; Energy Industry; New York (city, NY)

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28 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1

focus on very specific questions and form lasting connections. As with Company Presentations, engagement and information are key in Company Conversations. Bring representatives to campus who embody your culture and can speak to the specific work an intern or full-time... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

18 Apr 2017
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: CRC Companies LLC

the task at hand, regardless of the stage of the project. CRC employees are always on the front line, working together to solve problems and successfully manage assets through the various phases of development—and, we’re not afraid to... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

01 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Goldman Sachs

Organization:Annie McMullen, Harvard Business School Recruiter, University Relations Team, Goldman Sachs Describe your organization in three to five sentences.Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment... View Details

07 Oct 2011
News

Tea’s Time

Rawdon relates by phone. “But we were united by our vision of what the company could be.” The two spent the following months pulling together a business plan and fund-raising pitch. “My one-year anniversary at Siebel was the same day we... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

set in 1972, involves a Pakistani professor, a CIA spy, an American businessman, and India’s secret development of an atomic bomb. Related events include the KGB’s influence on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s government and Pakistan’s plan... View Details

12 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 12

more likely to use equity in the transaction, and buy companies in a related industry. The market tends to react more negatively to the announcement of the acquisition of a venture capital-backed company, but the long-run stock market and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

practical ends in mind." Dennis Crane added that "true leadership does make a difference." Related to this was Yuko Nakanishi's observation that "any ambiguity in terms of responsibilities . . . must be eliminated... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Feb 2020
News

Teachable Moments

lessons learned at a company to the classroom. The best leaders and teachers listen deeply, communicate empathically, and motivate adroitly. Command-and-control leaders and strict, punishment-wielding teachers are stereotypes of the past. Today, leaders and teachers... View Details

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

Business, Aaron Chatterji, call “CEO activism,” in which corporate executives speak out about social or environmental issues not obviously related to their core businesses. “What prompted this research is that we kept observing instances... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

01 Sep 2008
News

Alumni Books

by Pete Blackshaw (MBA ’95) (Doubleday/Currency) In today’s Internet-driven world, customers have a great deal of power: on blogs, social-networking pages, and product-review sites, disgruntled customers can broadcast their complaints to millions. View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

topic." The researchers' current projects focus on gender through lenses of generations and identity, and family. Ramarajan, for example, is working with Boston University's Erin Reid to study how organizational practices relate to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

international norms in the area of stakeholder relations (e.g., human- and workers-rights issues, and environmental matters). Thus, among its other ramifications, globalization is forcing companies to operate and conduct themselves... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Jun 2005
News

Do You Speak Business?

with certain production processes but also in backroom functions such as quality assurance and control. In addition, multinationals have been increasingly pressed to move toward international norms in the area of stakeholder relations... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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

02 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping

welfare services leads to an increase in the formation of new companies. (The paper cites a related example: author J. K. Rowling, who wrote the first Harry Potter novel while receiving welfare benefits in the United Kingdom.)... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

05 Dec 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?

Original Article There is a body of research that seeks to relate economics to human biology. It's usually associated with the notion that the life cycles of businesses parallel stages of biological life: birth, rapid growth, maturity,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Technology

Strategy, Marketing & Corporate Relations, Career & Professional Development Molly DeCastro – Recruiting Relations Manager, Career & Professional Development Cathy and Molly work closely with technology companies as they... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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