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  • 31 Jan 2018
  • Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

Paul Bradbury American workers are usually a pretty busy bunch, yet their time spent idle costs employers an estimated $100 billion per year, according to a new study from Harvard Business School. “We suspected idle time might be more... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 20 Aug 2008
  • Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

employment patterns, market share, business investment, and most prominently, stock market performance. Given Gates's achievements, it is interesting that he is throwing down a gauntlet to have global capitalism direct itself toward... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy Koehn
  • 05 Nov 2021
  • Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail
  • 30 May 2024
  • Blog Post

PRIDE at HBS

September – one of the most popular HBS social events of the year and a great opportunity to have fun with the PRIDE community and beyond. Diversity Career Fair: Alongside other clubs, PRIDE hosts the Diversity Career Fair which brings together major View Details
  • May 2020 (Revised March 2022)
  • Case

The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic and the Global Economy (A)

By: Alberto Cavallo and Christian Godwin
In April 2020, the world struggled to contain the exponential escalation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Dozens of countries had imposed restrictions on travel, work, and social gatherings. A large share of the global population was under lockdowns and... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Finance; Central Banking; Financial Markets; International Finance; Globalization; Government and Politics; Health Pandemics; Decision Making; Macroeconomics; Employment; Crisis Management; Supply Chain; Risk and Uncertainty; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Employment Industry; Asia; China; Europe; Latin America; Africa; United States
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  • February 2020
  • Case

Leading Change in Talent at L'Oréal

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Vincent Dessain and Emer Moloney
Jean-Claude Le Grand just stepped into a new role as Executive Vice-President for Human Resources at the global cosmetics company, L’Oréal. He is now responsible for the hiring, development, promotion, and retention of 83,000 employees worldwide. The highly successful... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Business Headquarters; Business Divisions; Business Organization; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Demographics; Diversity; Gender; Nationality; Multinational Firms and Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Management; Jobs and Positions; Employment; Human Capital; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Marketing; Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Personal Development and Career; Planning; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Networks; Social Psychology; Attitudes; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Business Strategy; Advertising Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; France; Paris
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  • 24 Jan 2011
  • HBS Case

Terror at the Taj

can't teach them to be nice. I can't teach that spirit of ownership." "In India and the developing world, there's a much more paternalistic equation between employer and employee," says Ratan Tata, chairman of Tata Sons.... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accommodations
  • 03 May 2021
  • Blog Post

Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo

Punatar (MBA 2004) on the left In a nutshell, SoHookd primarily helps healthcare companies (payers) and employers incentivize, drive healthy behavior, and strengthen member loyalty by curating a collection of affordable and desirable... View Details
  • 07 Jan 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

at the societal benefit while at the same time taking care of the individual. That in essence is what we're trying to get at. McCaffrey: In a standard marketing situation, there's usually somebody who pays for it—such as a corporate View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Forum - U.S. Competitiveness

Forum Started 18 Nov 2014 What Employers Must Do To Find Workers Forum started by Joseph B. Fuller Economists and commentators have long debated the existence of a “skills gap” and its purported causes. The Harvard Business School’s... View Details
  • Web

Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in Pre-Industrial Society

Nelson, The Idea of Usury, from Tribal Brotherhood to Universal Otherhood (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1949). Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital... View Details
  • Web

Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting

Embedding Trust and Transparency in American Business (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2006). Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital Accessibility View Details
  • 10 Sep 2001
  • What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

in recruiting criteria for MBA programs? Or changes in curricula, with more emphasis on sensitivity to others' views and how to influence them as well as greater self-awareness? Or the greater employment of role models—especially those... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 09 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

$4,000; the average white family has net worth of $140,000. A lot of that has to do with disparities in employment that exist, which have their origins in the education system.” College degrees have gained even more importance in a... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg
  • 14 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs Making the Move to General Manager Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured Share your insights below. View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 02 Aug 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

have little fear of authority. As a result, they are often not a good bet for long-term employment, because they are quite willing to seek other employment (or no employment) rather than remain in a job in which they are not growing. They... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 06 Feb 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

customer satisfaction and product excellence at least as important as profitability), a collaborative spirit between employers and employees , a long-term view , and a close relationship with suppliers." Several respondents voiced serious... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

Events - Private Capital Project

Shell (Bain Double Impact). The Consequences of Private Equity on Employment and Management On September 6, 2017, a group of limited partners, academics, and general partners met to share perspectives on the broad social consequences of... View Details
  • 11 Oct 2006
  • What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

and individual firms. The question is, what kinds of responses do they call for? The dependency ratio is simply the ratio of unemployed to employed people, whether globally, nationally, or organizationally (where retirees are the unemployed). It is linked to such... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 12 Nov 2021
  • News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

part of their purpose. And, climate and the science of climate change were not yet developed. Fast forward to today and we are seeing, with the presence of multiple generations in our workplaces, internal advocacy at the employee level pushing View Details