Employee Benefits - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

sufficient consumer demand and investor interest. But they did so knowing that if the company could get its product right, grow its sales and geographical footprint, and succeed in its larger vision of reinventing agriculture, the social and environmental View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

twenty years, particularly in high tech, made the decision to move manufacturing offshore where costs are lower. You have argued that the location decision should involve much more than simple financial savings. What have these companies missed out on in terms of View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2016
News

Smart Moves

contracts with more than 200 government agencies in 40 states in the US and 60 countries worldwide. Its overseas business includes offices in a dozen countries, mostly in Europe, as well as in Asia and the Middle East. More than half of INRIX’s 400 View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

01 Sep 2010
News

Letters to the Editor

program’s “network” effect. In addition to being able to connect with fellows within and beyond their fellowship cohort, fellows benefit enormously from access to the program’s individual donors. This combination enhances the fellowship... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

deconstruction of gender inequality in organizations. Why Employees Are Afraid to Speak Up Authors:J. R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Harvard Business Review 85, no. 5 (May 2007) Abstract In a word—self-preservation. And... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jul 2002
What Do You Think?

Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?

should have insured and enforced fairness and honest reporting." Many questions were raised about the level and form of compensation afforded U.S. business leaders today. Allen Roberts comments, "In sustainable, successful organizations, levels of pay come... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

conflicts and communicate the “why” behind your decisions Establish a toolkit for making tough leadership decisions now and in the future Who Will Benefit First-Time Managers Mid-Career & Senior Professionals Entrepreneurs Determine and... View Details

18 Aug 2020
Blog Post

4 Ways to Make Your Company Conversations Count

effective way to get students energized about what your company has to offer. Choose Your Best Company Representatives One of the benefits of virtual recruiting events is that limits on who your company can “send to campus” for recruiting... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Oct 1996
News

"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

costs of employee turnover? What are the benefits of a loyal customer base? These are questions that intrigue members of the Service Management unit. Judging from the popularity of the Service Management... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

group of small businesses and nonprofits that could benefit from MBA talent. Now in the process of hiring an executive director, the nonprofit connects service-minded MBA students from 20 schools with community organizations that need... View Details

10 Nov 2008
What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

contributed benefits other users (as, for example, when a network is enlarged) as well the organization itself (providing lower costs, greater resources at little cost, better customer service, more effective marketing, increased View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

02 Apr 2014
What Do You Think?

Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?

leadership important for only one phase of the longer-term development of a business. Comments did suggest, however, that some ideas about leadership can benefit from a reexamination. Tema Frank addressed a couple of these points when she... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

01 Mar 2015
News

A Boomtown's Echo

Floor hand Ray Gerrish works to make repairs on a drilling rig outside Watford City. Employees work around the clock at Raven Rig No. 1, one of more than 150 oil rigs in the Bakken. (photos by Jim Gehrz/Minneapolis Star Tribune/ZUMA Press... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

19 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 19

transparency is customarily trained on elected officials as a means of ethical oversight, our research documents the benefits of increased transparency into the delivery of government services. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

not profit from informal benefits in the zoning process. There were a couple of key findings: One, neighboring cities saw an increase in private-sector LEED applications. Two, these abutting cities also saw an increase in LEED... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

29 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

shared, and where do the boundaries of cooperation end and competition begin. IBM and its partners have managed to stay competitive at, for example, the 45nm mode, at a far lower cost than firms that "go it alone," and there is a large View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

improvement. Whether induced learning through the use of deliberate learning activities provides additional performance benefits has been neglected. We argue that the use of deliberate learning activities offers performance View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Computer Security is For Managers, Too

information about benefit programs probably warrant less protection. The next step is to review the people, processes, and technologies that support those assets, including external suppliers and partners. When you're done with that,... View Details

Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Christopher A.R. Darby

October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Case

Ball: EVA Driving the World's Leading Can Manufacturer (A)

By: Jonas Heese and Susan Pinckney

The case describes Ball’s multi decade history of using Economic Value Added to drive decision making and workforce compensation. In 2016, the company acquired Rexam PLC and became the world’s leading metal beverage container company. Consumer demand for varied... View Details

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09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

they know well; but I am not certain that they’ve really considered the alternatives and what workplace would fit into their broader strategy. And then you have other companies and executives that went remote during the pandemic and are still scared to ask their View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

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