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- 01 Dec 2012
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Corruption 101
increasing number of red flags, he had to consider not only his US employer and his HBS position, but also his local client, his client's employees and their families, customers throughout the region, and all the suppliers for the... View Details
- 25 Feb 2021
- News
Building Hope
health of employees who are working remotely during the pandemic. “This is the starting point,” Zapolin says. He hopes to broaden the availability of the treatment dramatically, with a long-term goal of bringing suicide rates down by 75... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Morrell
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
of the school year. Thomas was struck by the Philadelphia district’s approach to recruitment and retention. First, Tomás Hanna, special assistant to the district CEO, assembled a task force in 2002 of district employees and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Ann M. Fudge
accolades for her management and marketing savvy in overseeing some three thousand employees and familiar brands such as Kool-Aid, Jell-O, and Grape-Nuts. Fudge attributes her success to her ability to get the job done and her genuine... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
How DC is Taxing the Country
in three years, with firms less able to compete in the global marketplace, pay employees higher wages and benefits, or both. A turnaround would require a national economic strategy—and that would require a functional political system, the... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Chai Ling
persistently - the push for human rights and the rule of law in China. Without those concepts in place, the country's economy will never develop properly." She adds that "the most-respected American companies in China are the ones that adhere to those principles and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Raymond A. Baxter: Sweet Smell of Success
the strong belief that I could succeed in any business environment." Baxter's latest challenge has been managing the successful acquisition and integration of Norse Dairy Systems, a leading manufacturer of ice-cream cones and other novelty supplies that will swell... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Research Brief: Great Expectations
The narrative surrounding employees who are passionate about their jobs holds so much sway in today’s workplace that it has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. “Ultimately, if you believe in a passionate person, they will perform better,”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
competing on; determining how to fund excellence in these areas; designing management systems that help employees to succeed at their jobs; and training their customers. To be a great service company, do you have to be equally good at all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
so we can all work together as a team. Sometimes I get calls from CEOs who are nine months or a year into running a new company, and they want advice about how to motivate employees who don’t share their level of commitment and sense of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning
group of the unit's most highly respected employees to interview colleagues and internal and external customers. They then report to their leaders what they have learned about the organization. After gathering profiles of over 150... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
declared. “That caused the credit markets worldwide to seize up. The system went into a state of shock.” With Lehman’s abrupt demise, Thain suddenly faced the possibility that his own troubled firm, Merrill Lynch, could be next. “To protect the View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Marketing Muscle
is saturated with companies promising an endless variety of services, marketing savvy has become the skill most in demand to ensure stand-apart success, the article said. It also noted that many venture capitalists now insist that a start-up's management team include... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lydia M. Marshall: Gumption and Grace
in a summertime interview in her temporary office space in northern Virginia, preferred not to reveal too much about the thirteen-member operation. But the excitement of running her own firm with a first-rate crew of employees was... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
company in 2006 that involves letting go 5,000 employees and managing the transition to a more diversified product line based on the company’s proprietary technologies. In one instance, Fuji manufactures protective film for flat panel... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Fuller
start-up with five employees to a global powerhouse with sixteen hundred employees in 23 countries. From day one, Fuller and his colleagues knew they wanted to build a firm with global reach — a cutting-edge... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Faculty Books
employees (what we buy, how we manage others) to the choices we make more broadly as human beings (whom we date, how we deal with friendships). She identifies the factors likely to sway decisions in wrong directions and how to correct for... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Ready for Launch
that provides incentives to employees while generating profits and growth.” The plan: Rechargeable batteries are a safe, clean, affordable energy source. Each battery has the size and weight of a brick and can be delivered directly to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)
join a groundbreaking urban redevelopment project and went home to Halifax in 1966. After the real estate aspect of the project was well along, I returned to the marine portion of my roots and became the first employee (and operations... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Action Plan: Brewing Awareness
rental expenses to preserve jobs. Now, as India begins a massive vaccination program, Murad is glad to have made it through the worst of the pandemic with White Owl’s workforce of 120 employees largely intact. “It’s easy to abandon ship... View Details