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April 1999
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Diversification Strategies of British Trading Companies: Harrisons & Crosfield c1900-c1980

By: G. Jones and Judith Wale

This article examines the diversification strategies and organisational competencies of Harrisons & Crosfield, a British-based multinational, between 1900 and 1980. There is an accumulating body of case study evidence on the historical evolution of British... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Diversification; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Competency and Skills; Great Britain

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

at any time. We find that employees who opted into the program kept using it. Among employees whose accounts were created early enough to be observed over the first 12 months after their account activation and who did not separate from View Details

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Community College Report - Managing the Future of Work

Research Research The Partnership Imperative: Community Colleges, Employers, & America’s Chronic Skills Gap Read the Report Read the Report To close America’s chronic middle skills gap, U.S. employers have to partner much more actively... View Details

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

market design based on heterogeneity in local benefit generosity, Macro and Amir estimate that a one standard deviation increase in generosity attenuates the effect of adverse shocks on employment growth by 7% and on earnings growth by... View Details

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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

Research Research Healthy Outcomes: How employers' support for employees with caregiving responsibilities can benefit the organization Read the Report Read the Report By: Joseph B. Fuller Post-COVID, many more employers recognize that... View Details

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The new property: computational property, intellectual property, and cyberspace

The objective of this project is to design ownership regimes for property located in cyberspace, such as websites, links for e-travel, applets that run on distant processors, and other related computational species. The driving assumption of the project is that the... View Details

2012
Case

Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao and Hong Zhang

Founded in 2004, TGOOD is now the largest specialized developer and producer of cubicle-type transformation and distribution equipment in China, with the main products of outdoor cubicle-type power equipment supplemented by indoor switchgear cabinets, offered mainly to... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Human Resource Management; Strategy; China; China

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16 Nov 2021
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How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

In 2009, a 51-year-old man killed himself in Marseille, a city in southern France, leaving behind a suicide note that blamed his employer for “overwork” and “management by terror.” “I am committing suicide because of my work at France... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Virtual Tours Still Worth It in Real Estate? Evidence from 75,000 Home Sales

you’re an agent or a virtual-tour creator, temper your clients’ expectations and highlight potential benefits, like their ability to reduce showings with unlikely buyers. You Might Also Like: When Glasses Land the Gig: Employers Still... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Real Estate

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

Africa. 3 Unilever's total employment was over 350,000 in the mid-1970s, or around seven times larger than that of Procter & Gamble (hereafter P&G), its main rival in the U.S. detergent and toothpaste markets. A World-wide... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

26 Jul 2016
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July 26, 2016

virtually every county and industry in the United States. We study the impact of this reform on county-sector employment growth over the subsequent three years. Despite firms being paid just 15 days sooner, we find payroll increased 10... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2024
HBS Case

Slim Chance: Drugs Will Reshape the Weight Loss Industry, But Habit Change Might Be Elusive

to reduce appetite have become very popular. Lambert: Is this the American model for weight management: different programs for different needs and attitudes? Herzlinger: Yes. Employers have tried to offer successful fitness plans, and... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Health; Pharmaceutical

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Access Resumes

Hire Talent Access Resumes Hire Talent Access Resumes The HBS Resume Books are a no-cost dynamic resource for finding candidates on the HBS recruiting platform 12twenty , with candidates updating resumes year-round. Resume Books allow View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

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Health Care Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

taught at universities, medical schools, and in education programs for health professionals around the world, consists of conceptual frameworks and actual in-depth case studies of numerous health care provider organizations, health plans, and View Details

02 May 2023
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How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?

said, “Savvy employers don’t have to settle for the limitations of a local talent pool ” Ryan concluded, “The given argument (for in-office innovation) is weak because it uses a pre-pandemic example of collaboration and innovation,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Information Technology; Technology

14 Feb 2023
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Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

labor continue to manage the economy together. “It’s not the government regulating the market,” she notes. “It’s the strong union of employers and strong unions of labor who manage it, and they have driven growth in the country.” So, she... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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