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03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

22 Oct 2021
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Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

Many employees are seeking a permanent change to their schedules and companies are adapting. A recent McKinsey survey found that 90 percent of companies are willing to accommodate them with plans for hybrid workplaces. "You have to trust... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Nov 2021
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How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

likely to spend extra time on a project with team members than those not eligible for extra rewards. Willing to give up happiness to spend time with colleagues. The research team also studied US Census time-use survey data between 2010... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

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Compensation by Industry/Position/Location

for similar jobs across the board, it is not absolute. To find this premium dataset, select the Account icon in the right corner of the front page after registering and then select Premium Salary Database. Locate Salary Surveys by... View Details

18 Sep 2017
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'Likes' Lead to Nothing—and Other Hard-Learned Lessons of Social Media Marketing

increased by 200 percent in the past eight years, rising from 3.5 percent of marketing budgets in 2009 to 10.5 percent in February 2017, according to The CMO Survey 2017. And that upward climb is expected to continue: Marketers say they... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising; Technology

11 Mar 2019
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Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

Rings film trilogy elevated New Zealand as a fantasy destination, the country was struggling to set itself apart from Australia. In-depth interviews, focus groups, and surveys revealed that New Zealand could appeal to a specific stripe of... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Tourism

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Notes: Literacy rates are based on population surveys which were not conducted on a regular basis and did not cover many developing countries. Download Data Set in Excel Apollo Hospitals Apollo Hospitals Map created by John Regan, MBA... View Details

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50 Years of Women in MBA

2012-2013 as a time to celebrate this milestone. Throughout the year, and as part of the School's Culture and Community Initiative, we will delve deeply and broadly into the issues women face in business, leveraging all of the School's unique resources. alumni View Details

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

management worldwide in 2017, according to a survey from the Money Management Institute. “There are now many more firms founded by underrepresented minority leaders, but they still are a small proportion of this very big industry.” Just... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

course as a uniquely high-quality, fully engaging learning experience. Shane Sabine, International Business & Communications Consultant Read more learner stories * Source: 2022 surveys and course data All FAQs Negotiation Mastery FAQs... View Details

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

their work, so they’re searching for something to replace that work identity.” Over four years, the researchers conducted interviews and surveys of 120 professionals at three quite different companies located in different parts of the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

general management position, I need to make decisions utilizing the principles we learned on a daily basis. The course empowered me to do that with confidence. Paul Accornero International Commercial Director (MD) Asia Pacific & Americas Read more learner stories *... View Details

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

truly monumental for me. Tina Kamel Design Thinking and Innovation Participant Read more learner stories * Source: 2019-2020 surveys and course data All FAQs Design Thinking and Innovation FAQs Could you tell me a little more about the AI... View Details

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My research examines approaches to improving the performance of our health care delivery system with a primary focus on health information technology. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of my program, my dissertation draws upon theories and insights from... View Details

2020
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Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones

This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing... View Details

Keywords: Business Groups; Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government and Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East

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11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

culprit is what he calls the fixed-performance contract. "The targets for sales, costs, and key ratios that are spelled out in the budget become an implicit contract," he says. A recent Hackett survey found between 60 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

02 Mar 2016
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David Moss is Rewriting History

power over state laws. You may have learned about the federal negative in an 11th-grade American history survey course that careened from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War in just 180 days. But it’s unlikely you learned about it... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Online Learning Model | HBS Online

Business School faculty and delivered via our innovative online platform designed to bring the HBS classroom to you. Wherever you are in your career—or the world—we can help you achieve your goals. In a recent survey conducted by City... View Details

16 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem

top four candidates overall: 32 and 33 percent, respectively. The limitations of fair rankings In surveying participants after the experiment, some admitted they specifically looked for male candidates for the moving assistance tasks,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

28 Apr 2014
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Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely & Martin C. Schmalz

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