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- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
account for horizontal peer comparison when designing executive wage contracts and that this comparison has productivity consequences for firms. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43633 How Do Risk Managers Become Influential? A Field Study in... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
competitors. He also contends that downturns can provide a little flexibility because the pressure to deliver short-term financial results is lessened. When all companies are reporting poor results, acting... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- Web
Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
pathways of persistence and flexibility in human ideation. Further, we distinguish between the utility of LLMs as key ideators versus humans as key ideators, conceptualized through the LLM ideation roles of Designer and Writer and of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
A More Accommodating Approach
Shelly Nooner (GMP 33, 2022) had already proven herself to be visionary and execution-focused during her two decades at Trimble, an industrial technology company that provides hardware, software, and services across agriculture, construction, geospatial, and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
communities she serves. Each one is poised to have a tremendous impact in the communities in which they work in addition to having outsized financial impact. Some of the best parts about the MBA experience I’ve had were created or... View Details
- 18 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent
burnout started to percolate. "Generation X entered the workforce after the tumultuous economic recovery of the 1970s and enjoyed the roaring ‘90s, only to experience the dot.com bust, followed by the financial crisis in 2008.” Generation... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 09 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program
Peek is an annual online program for current undergraduate students that provides an opportunity to try out the HBS case method of study, join a leadership development discussion, gain an understanding of the career flexibility and... View Details
- Web
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management - Recruiting
supported us with financial modeling and producing presentation material.” This internship structure allowed her to have direct support along with exciting opportunities to dig into live projects. “We look to understand the intern’s... View Details
- Web
Investing for Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
As impact investing has emerged as a new, fast-growing category of private investing, so too has the awareness of the stark disparity between access to capital among small business owners. The Harvard Business School (HBS) Impact Investment Fund seeks to expand access... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
It’s never been easy to make money in the restaurant industry. A highly fragmented sector dominated by 70 percent independent owners and operators, the average restaurant’s annual revenue hovers around $1 million and generates an operating profit of just 4-5 percent. A... View Details
- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
“birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement.” “And only 2 percent of the poorest residents ever managed to get out of poverty,” Hill recalled discussing in her conversations with Delta employees when researching and writing the cases. At the time, the company was on solid... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?
Despite mandates requiring motorists to carry car insurance, 13 percent of US drivers operate vehicles without any coverage—a problem that exposes uninsured drivers to catastrophic financial risks and leads to higher premiums for insured... View Details
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HBR Classics - Alumni
Landscape Cause Your Firms Decline CSR or Share Holder Value How to Uncover Hidden Shareholder Value , Brian Hagen, Raymond L. Manganelli Shareholder Value Must Top CEOs Agenda , Gregory T. Carrott, Stuart E. Jackson Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value , Alfred... View Details
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
deeply hit by pandemic and seismic culture shifts, it’s important to recognize that many of the Japanese companies in the Tohoku region continue to operate today, despite facing serious financial setbacks from the disaster. How did these... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting
strategic questions, financial analytics, customer strategy, and operations,” she recalled. “I also found that I loved the retail space and consumer psychology.” Reformulating with an Advisor to Operator Pivot After four years in... View Details
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
will lead to an integrated life. In 2008, as the financial crash worsened, Sally Krawcheck was fired at Citibank for urging the firm to repay customers for defective investments. She stuck to her values and now leads her own online... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 26 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young
at McKinsey as a consultant working primarily in their Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial Services group before making a career pivot. In 2021, I joined the NFL’s Washington Commanders for the last two years of my deferral. I... View Details
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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online
enduring financial success "The course has given me the confidence to know that my suggestions have a solid business basis." Jennifer Moret Financial Analyst What You Earn Certificate of Completion Boost... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Fueling the Faculty Pipeline
“full trust in the School’s administration,” and understands the importance of flexible funding to HBS’s ability to fulfill its mission. The School’s response to COVID-19—creating hybrid classrooms, offering additional View Details
- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Case
On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website
fruitful streak came to an abrupt halt with the United States financial crash in the fall of 2008. Target was hit hard—much harder, in fact, than Walmart. Five years later the company was still struggling. With more than 1,800 stores and... View Details