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- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
females. In the process of due diligence, star women learn a lot of valuable information about the company that helps them make good strategic decisions. They scrutinize prospective employers on receptivity to women, managerial support,... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007
D. Margolis, Adam M. Grant, and Andrew Molinsky Publication:Chap. 16 in Human Resource Management: Ethics and Employment, edited by Ashly Pinnington, Rob Macklin and Tom Campbell, 15 pages. U.S.: Oxford University Press, 2007 Abstract The book examines ethics and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28
framework and focus on finding empirically testable strategies to mitigate unethical behavior. Working Papers Government Preferences and SEC Enforcement By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—I examine whether political influence by the government as a response to voters'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
develop the organization and its people. So they do not cut all training and education. Nor do they cut employment without a lot of open communication about why they are doing it, often traveling to all parts of the company to communicate... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
on this, and their analysis was that employers are very worried about sending their employees to India, so they're unlikely to ask their insurers to offer India or Thailand as an option. It's the human resource person, not the CEO, making... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 22
Glaeser, William R. Kerr, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto Publication:Journal of Urban Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Employment growth is strongly predicted by smaller average establishment size, both across cities and across industries... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
knitting all these pieces together will require a much higher degree of integration than has been the norm in the health-care industry. Difficult though it will be, these providers need to disrupt themselves. Employers will need to play a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 24, 2007
Millennium" (Case 299-084) Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207105 Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd Harvard Business School Case 807-113 Fabindia is a for-profit Indian retail company with the stated mission of providing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2017
- Case
Pho Hoa Dorchester
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Michael Raiche and Roger Zhu
Pho Hoa is a traditional, family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in Dorchester, Massachusetts that opened in 1992. As he approached retirement in recent years, the founder/owner has scaled down his involvement in the day-to-day operations, leading to a number of... View Details
Keywords: Pho Hoa; Tam Le; Small Business; Restaurants; Dorchester; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; Family Business; Change Management; Transition; Diasporas; Cash Flow; Food; Employment; Wages; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Ownership Stake; Franchise Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Food and Beverage Industry; Viet Nam; Massachusetts; Boston; Eastern United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Michael Raiche, and Roger Zhu. "Pho Hoa Dorchester." Harvard Business School Case 317-121, May 2017.
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
contractual frictions play an important role in shaping the integration choices of firms around the world. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49090 How Best-Self Activation Influences Emotions, Physiology and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
were, or if your employer wasn't compensating you enough, or if they didn't sponsor you creatively, then you'd go somewhere else for a better deal. That too can lead to more information and knowledge flow and creativity. I strongly... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts
companies fix big problems? Are they responsible for doing so? As the third-largest employer in the world, any move Wal-mart makes reverberates around the globe. Yet despite its many successes and innovations, particularly in terms of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
Diego, also found that how employers frame bonuses played a big role in their effectiveness. In the study, teachers who received bonuses at the beginning of the school year—money they had to return if they didn’t meet achievement... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
unionized, it paid well, offered benefits, and was secure. But manufacturing employment has steadily declined, from about 25% of the U.S. labor force in 1970 to less than 10% today. Now a decent living entails more than a generous wage;... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
need for substitutes.” Another outcome of a drop-off in consumption and employment is a need for products that become more valuable during such periods when consumers have more time on their hands. An astounding number of media companies... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016
316-128 An Intern's Dilemma (A) An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his summer internship by his employer in order to obtain data from industry competitors. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?
[master's and doctoral work] is when we focus our passion, and this work should reflect our abilities in a chosen field." As Robert Downing put it, "I suspect that most employers do not use grades as their sole hiring criteria.... View Details
- 05 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Venture Capital Goes Boom—or Bust?
intellectual talents of the founding team may be stellar. However, many of these entrepreneurs discover they need to attract money to fully commercialize their concepts. Thus they must find investors—such as their own employer (if the... View Details
Keywords: by Paul A. Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 07 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat
health care by employers will result in a more cost-effective and efficient system. Participants submitted papers that were read in advance of the conference. These papers will be edited by Herzlinger and published later this year in a... View Details
- 11 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
The Business of Behavioral Economics
of 13 and 14 pounds respectively after four months, compared to only 4 pounds in the first group. Moreover, about half of the participants in each of the two incentive groups met their target goal of 16 pounds, compared to only 10 percent of the control group. A Tool... View Details