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- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
say, “Okay, let’s look at comp.” And you’d say, “Oh, I pay really competitive salaries and benefits.” Then I’d say, “No, let’s look at the real comp.” Real comp is the tangibles plus the intangibles in a job, and the number-one View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
to portfolio investment), yet these are by no means straightforward concepts. A great deal of the theory of multinationals relates to the benefits—or otherwise—of controlling transactions within a firm rather than using market arrangements. In turn, transaction-cost... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Financing Innovation
Keywords: by William R. Kerr & Ramana Nanda
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Exchange: Help Wanted
Image by John Ritter The path to a job in the C-suite isn’t what it used to be. For many years, companies could lean on financial expertise and industry connections when recruiting candidates, but HBS professors Raffaella Sadun and Joseph Fuller say that so much has... View Details
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
motivation—are: Acquire. Obtain scarce goods, including intangibles such as social status. Bond. Form connections with individuals and groups. Comprehend. Satisfy our curiosity and master the world around us. Defend. Protect against... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
go further still, and teach that we have obligations to intangible legal entities like corporations. This aspect of business ethics can raise some practical difficulties. It is relatively easy and natural for a person to remember the... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 02 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes
patents and valuable intangible assets to low-tax jurisdictions. Nobody benefits except capital owners because the companies are using it as a tax strategy, not as a springboard for building plants and hiring droves of workers. Rouen... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
toward stakeholder awareness. “ESG got its start with fossil fuels, but now the more intangible aspects—the treatment of employees, contributions to the community, and so on—are becoming an increasing area of focus for investors,” Kramer... View Details
- Portrait Project
Srivatsa Krishna
day to day lives of people. We got unprecedented success, and became the home to one of Asia's fastest growing investment clusters, which is today globally lauded. But then that was just a first step. We have but one wild, precious life- where the value of the... View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
resources-processes-values framework. Resources refer to tangible and intangible assets, processes deal with activities that turn resources into goods and services, and values underpin decisions employees make and how they make them. (See... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
economics of conducting business will likewise continue to improve—providing opportunities for businesses to expand the customer value proposition by providing more intangible information-based services. For example, the automobile value... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
on intangible capabilities, such as the ability to assess the value of the knowledge and skills that are already present within the firm and in some instances within its broader ecosystem; to rapidly understand how to redeploy them in new... View Details
- 07 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Value a “Free” Customer?
about this area. I am currently working on understanding and modeling complex network structures such as those of MySpace. Here the issue that we are grappling with is the tangible and intangible value of customers. In other words,... View Details
- 25 Feb 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business
and know who! How Can A Resource-challenged Start-up Grow? How Can Start-Ups Grow? For new ventures a lack of resources makes growth difficult to come by—just ask those nine out of ten fledgling firms that fail. Professor Mukti Khaire says the key may be in acquiring... View Details
- Web
Benefits & Compensation | Research Associates
activities in the New England area at large. Benefits Package Compensation & Salary Grades Time Off Medical & Dental Childcare Retirement Planning Commuting & Transportation Tuition Assistance Discounts & Perks The value of total rewards “The life benefits and View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
Since the 1990s, the Balanced Scorecard system has cut a path in business as a more rigorous way to measure performance by quantifying what had been considered intangible assets, such as human capital, information, and culture. The system... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Recruiting HBS MBA Students in 2017-2018
with your organization. Intangibles over more traditional job benefits – Today’s students care more about flexibility, optionality and control than previous classes did. Highlight where your organization enables them to get the work done... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
accountabilities. This provides a mechanism for the board to set objectives and subsequently review its performance. The Balanced Scorecard strategy map provides a framework to illustrate how strategy links intangible assets and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Countdown To Remote Learning
intangible qualities that make the HBS classroom such a magical place.” He led additional work over the summer, based on extensive feedback, to further enhance teaching and learning. The School is sharing what it learned with educators... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
aspirations. We serve as psychotherapists to neighborhoods.” Favorite LA building: Los Angeles City Hall. “In a city that is so diverse and dispersed, it’s the symbol of common ground that draws us together and gives tangible expression to an View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna