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William R. Kerr | About
The Managing the Future of Work project considers the unprecedented set of challenges and opportunities presented to businesses, including rapid technological revolutions, shifting global product and labor markets, aging workforces, and... View Details
- 05 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?
Ron Johnson's latest undertaking has the makings of a perfect business school case study. As the new CEO of J.C. Penney he's charged with transforming an aging department store chain with lagging market share. The sweeping plan begun... View Details
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
children below age 9, who were found to be on average 21 percent less productive than the children in the control group—while for children over age 9, there was shown to be no significant difference, a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Apr 2024
- News
Mission Control
to help humanity with, than what we have done so far. DM: Peter, you were blessed in some ways to know at a young age what you wanted to do, right? That's not the case for everybody. What advice would you give to people who are still in... View Details
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
Cotrugli, the appropriate age for retirement was not 65 or 70, but 50 (life expectancy was shorter in those days and Cotrugli himself would die at 53). At 50, the merchant’s “natural fervor abates, his blood calms down, his intelligence... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 12 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals
coaching, at any age or stage, begins with where you are, here and now. Fortunately, there's one thing it should not begin with. "Don't come with the first draft of your action plan!" says Butler. "One of the things that... View Details
- 24 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit
A few years ago, Reshmaan Hussam and colleagues decided to find out why many people in the developing world fail to wash their hands with soap, despite lifesaving benefits. Every year more than a million children under the age of five die... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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U.S. Steel | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
company plants appeared in national magazines, company publications, and exhibitions that reached large audiences. This stunning body of images included the work of noted artists, photographers from the corporation’s engineering corps, and local studios near company... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
Companies face a growing yet largely undetected threat to their worker productivity, employee retention and, ultimately, competitive advantage: the needs of employees who are caregivers. The aging population, an increasingly female... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Brice Cutrer Jones
still on their stems. Inside the state-of-the-art winery, where the cellar temperature is a constant 48 degrees, the juice is aged and fermented inside barrels coopered from air-seasoned oak staves made in France, from trees Jones... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Nov 2022
- What Do You Think?
Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?
Shapes Business, Economy & Society (Stanford Business Books, 2021). Tara Watson and Kalee Thompson, The Border Within: The Economics of Immigration in an Age of Fear (University of Chicago Press, 2022) Your feedback to last month’s... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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HBS - The year in Review
size of discussion groups for better engagement, finding new ways for participants to network and socialize virtually, and increasing virtual access to case protagonists. Post-program surveys revealed very strong satisfaction scores. Seven new programs were introduced,... View Details
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Ignacio Lartirigoyen
important to Ignacio because he's here with his own family, his wife and their two young daughters, ages four and two. "Partners are part of the section and participate in all of our events. With kids, it's more challenging, but... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 20 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Survival’s Secret Sauce
returns you need. I'm studying family wealth creators around the world. The best, like Alex Birman at Arezzo, often show an interest in business between the ages of 8-14. Develop these wealth generators by providing the right... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
without good followers. This question may be particularly significant in an age when followers find it easier to organize by means of the Internet at the same time that, in Kellerman's opinion, "cultural constraints against taking on... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
Influence: Medium-High 70 1970 s 19 Urban blight Rust Belt Influence: Medium-High 80 1980 s 19 Population migrates to West and Southwest Influence: High 90 1990 s Immigration tops 9 million (largest number since first decade) Baby boomers View Details
- 11 Feb 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
10 Rules Entrepreneurs Need to Know Before Adopting AI
Related Reading Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet Use Artificial Intelligence to Set Sales Targets That Motivate Where will artificial intelligence and machine learning... View Details
Keywords: by Rocio Wu
- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
SoftBank will be treated in the IPO and whether they will support WeWork by committing even more money. What’s to be learned? In sum, what can we learn from possibly the worst pre-IPO marketing example ever? No doubt Neumann has brought much of it on himself, starting... View Details
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
Body, Heal Thyself
says, that big seat as bioMérieux CEO at the age of 33. Now just 41, this man, who says he never wants to regret a thing, who was recruited to lead giant companies being traded on NASDAQ and NYSE, and who is willing to admit that he... View Details
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
pension starting from a young age ." Vernon McKenzie and Akhil Mehta described successful efforts to do just that in Australia and India, respectively. In Australia, "Every employee, by law, must contribute 9 percent of the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett