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- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
have to hire teachers and create programs that are good fits for their students' learning needs. But being "on their own" can present real challenges as well. A number of important tasks, such as best practice sharing, teacher... View Details
- 01 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology
starting a new company, you have to be on the ground. Forget about technology, hiring a CTO, or getting a bunch of engineers. You need to be on the ground, talking to customers and acquiring suppliers. Later on, a new company can figure... View Details
- 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 2024
- Research & Ideas
AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen
conventions, and peculiarities. Ask me anything The researchers then chose 10 real questions from a pool of 148 that came from new hires at a recent “ask me anything” session and put them to both the CEO and the CEO Bot. All 800 employees... View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
"If you have someone who is actually succeeding someplace else, it's always worth asking how much of that person's performance is driven by that other organization- by General Electric, by P&G, by Siemens, by Goldman Sachs. We like to View Details
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building a Powerful Prestige Brand
they would flatter rather than intimidate women. Constructing and maintaining a cosmetics counter in a department store was expensive, as were hiring and training sales representatives, buying advertising space, creating window displays,... View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
support, benefits continuation, and visa support are all indications to remaining employees and future hires of how they might be treated in the future. Intuit managed communication well: By 9 a.m. PT, all employees impacted by the... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
the old-fashioned Washington way: by hiring lobbyists. The big winner of the Department of Energy's battery funding orgy, A123 Systems (with $249 million in awards), spent about $1 million on Washington representatives between 2007 and... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- What Do You Think?
Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?
not only a company's numbers but also the systems that produce the numbers. Finally, public accountants will have to evaluate the work of the boards' audit committees that hired them. The bill for the additional external auditors and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
When electronic component distributor Arrow decided it had to be on the Internet, it gave the Arrow.com team terrific new offices, hired young newcomers, and essentially sent a message to mainstay Arrow employees that they were now... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Knowledge Coach
toward the end of the chain, the "coach" (Reddy) was still struggling with the same issues as the "protégé" (Majmudar). For example, Reddy had not yet solved the problem of how to hire people who would be able to scale... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing
example. Many nonprofits and other organizations can't afford to hire data scientists, so DrivenData taps into college students and professionals who are looking to work with real-world data sets. For instance, the company is seeking a... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Report From Egypt: Studying Global Influences
philanthropic efforts but more often helping communities through core business practices, such as gaining flexibility to hire and fire from the union by raising wages and increasing training or helping laid-off employees start small... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
were preordered, generating $2.6 million in sales. On one snowy morning in January, CEO Steve Chambers met with co-founder and Chief Scientist Dr. Cynthia Breazeal and newly hired VP of Consumer & Development Relations Lynda Smith to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
unemployment benefits in June with those from the states that continued benefits until September. Withdrawing benefits early boosted hiring by 6.8 percent, the researchers write. In addition, the roughly 1.1 million jobs that were created... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
stock valuation President Trump’s executive order in June suspending new work visas barred nearly 200,000 foreign workers from entering the United States and prevents American companies from hiring skilled immigrants using H-1B or L1... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2013
presentation or job interview? Holding one's body in "high-power" poses for short time periods can summon an extra surge of power and sense of well-being when it's needed, according to Amy J.C. Cuddy. Why Unqualified Candidates Get View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
its auditors to an audit role or publicly disclose the reasons for any other relationship. Auditors should be rotated every few years to prevent long-term, close ties between the management and their firm. The audit committee should also prohibit the management from... View Details
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
another potential peril of referral-based hiring. Beyond ending up with a homogenous workforce, managers who hire candidates who already know other employees might have to work harder to get these candidates to collaborate with people... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
the business model is sharpened and the market is better understood. Cultivate outside perspective. A common mistake companies make is to rely on employees from the core organization to staff new ventures. Using these employees is tempting: They are close to the... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower