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- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
age. Beyond that, to keep the US economy strong, if you want to improve employment levels in this country, you have to consider removing barriers to hiring such as overly liberal interpretations of workers' compensation rules and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
including Thomas Jefferson and Jack Welch. More on them later.) Under most circumstances, a leader is elected or appointed. And it makes no difference who ends up in power so long as the person is experienced and is hired through the... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 11 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 11
narrowing horizontal breadth from over a dozen therapeutic classes to just three. In 2005, Levin hired Deborah Dunsire from Novartis as CEO to lead Millennium's continuing transformation. Students are asked to put themselves in the shoes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
Transitions for STEM Workers Authors:Pekkala Kerr, Sari, and William R. Kerr Publication:American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Abstract We analyze the career trajectories of STEM workers and firm-level hiring of immigrants... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015
hiring and motivating employees, a dysfunctional relationship with lead investors, and shortcomings in Quincy's go-to-market plan. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815095-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 4
Geibel wondered what he and Ron Johnson, whom he hired and teamed up with to re-envision the Systems group within Disney Animation, could do to improve the flow and the efficiency of the organization's increasingly technical and creative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2007
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First Look: January 3, 2007
was stopped, leaving JCI with a large organization and strong revenues, but losses and a dwindling balance sheet. He is seriously considering severe personnel cuts; however, layoffs in Japan may cause severe damage to his reputation and make it difficult to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
goal of the case is to provide an opportunity for students to develop a framework for understanding the factors that might lead to a less diverse workforce and for evaluating approaches to increase diversity. The case opens in 2014, when Yelp View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15
recently vacant creative director position. Did Shanghai Tang need to hire a new creative director at this uncertain economic time? Or could he take on the role of the creative director himself? In addition, Ie Masne had to grapple with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10
affiliate marketing programs in which merchants oversee thousands of affiliates they have never met. Some merchants hire specialist outside advisors to set and enforce policies for affiliates, while other merchants ask their ordinary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
The gender punishment gap in hiring and firing dissipates at firms with a greater percentage of female managers at the firm or local branch level. The gender punishment gap is not driven by gender differences in occupation (type of job,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
worker dismissal costs will curtail hiring below efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affect productivity. These theoretical predictions have rarely been tested. We use the adoption of wrongful-discharge... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
dominant name once again. Thornton had no industry experience whatsoever but seemed convinced that his ideas could be applicable to Ford's company. Perhaps the Ford Motor Company could use an injection of new ideas. Hiring Thornton and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
they sometimes cannot afford. They are more concerned that a decision be made than that it be the best possible choice. One entrepreneur I studied estimated that he had had to make around 150 key decisions before he was ready to do business—from naming his company to... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
the leadership positions because in these family businesses the families typically keep the top leadership roles for themselves. Family businesses of any size generally aren't resistant to hiring good outside talent. It's the question of... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6
Authors: Nava Ashraf, Oriana Bandiera, and Kelsey Jack Abstract A substantial body of research investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21
Case 713-522 Microsoft in Korea Microsoft Korea sees a potential opportunity to dramatically improve its subsidiary's performance by actively recruiting and promoting female senior managers in South Korea. The question is to what extent multinationals can gain... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
a detailed financial model that will help students analyze the impact of hiring additional sales people and the consequent impact on sales and profits. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/813114-PDF-ENG Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Oct 2017
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New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
after misconduct. The labor market partially undoes firm-level discipline by rehiring such advisers. Firms that hire these advisers also have higher rates of prior misconduct themselves, suggesting "matching on misconduct." These firms... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
and switching to Chinese firms. Wal-Mart has even hired the owners or managers of its abandoned U.S. suppliers to teach their efficient methods to the Chinese. As a result, many Americans have lost their manufacturing jobs and often have... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence