Offices of Other Holding Companies - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

served with office space, if any, and how often people would like to be there. If some people want to be remote and others somewhat in-person, consider hiring from concentrated locations, starting with... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

Employees truly loved him. He chain-smoked most of his life; a visitor to his office had to make their way through a cloud of smoke. (Upon retirement, Southwest named him CEO... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

25 Aug 2022
News

The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto

people have all agreed that it has value. Dollars, or other established fiat currencies, are useful because lots of people are willing to exchange them for goods and services. Which means that if you’re... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

25 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 25

officers and government officials, we found that, compared to non-leaders, leaders had lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol and lower reports of anxiety (Study 1). In a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2021
News

Shattering Glass

Image by John Ritter In 2020, the number of women running Fortune 500 companies hit an all-time high: 37, or just 7.4 percent. Of those CEOs, only three (less than 1 percent)... View Details

Keywords: April White; gender equity; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

21 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes

business management. Here are recent articles and working papers on faculty research that focus on gender issues in the workplace and offer specific actions that companies can use to address them. We will be highlighting more work in this... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire

the potential to transform a company or industry and to invest in the people who really do epitomize breakthrough thinking. If a second volume of Giants of Enterprise were to... View Details

Keywords: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

political leaders in the country are wrestling with the question, what comes next? Will Japanese companies adopt western business practices, and at what cost to its own uniqueness? As with the School's four View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Dec 2013
News

Alumni News | Book Briefs

than 25,000 companies over a period of 40-plus years to identify the core rules for sustained superior performance. They found three: better before cheaper (companies sustaining their performance do so by... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Dec 2009
News

Up on the Green Roof

growing medium that won’t blow away or compact over time. While it retains water, it also drains well to protect plants from drowning even in heavy rainfall. Beneath the layer of shale lies a moisture-retention fabric to View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings

01 Sep 2012
News

High Honors

company with his brother Jim and cousin Jonathan. Loews, once merely a movie theater company, was transformed by Tisch’s father and uncle, who parlayed the purchase of a single New Jersey hotel into what is... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices

31 Oct 2006
HBS Case

Governing Sumida Corporation

examines how CEO Shigeyuki ("Shiggi") Yawata moves Sumida toward a U.S.-inspired "committee system" for its board of directors, the first Japanese company to do so. The case was a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Electronics

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

We know the symptoms all too well. We wait months to see a doctor. Office visits end, it seems, just moments after they begin. Managed care firms hold sway over doctors' treatment plans, and health insurance... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

01 Sep 2014
News

All For One

radical five-year company transformation sparked by a simple idea: “Employees First, Customers Second.” Through a series of initiatives, Nayar focused on developing new ways for employees to communicate, air... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services

16 May 2016
Blog Post

Career Resources for International Students

post-MBA work. Whatever career path international students choose to pursue, the Career and Professional Development Office (CPD) at HBS is on hand to provide resources, guidance, and access to job opportunities. Phillip Andrews,... View Details

03 Sep 2020
Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

see which clinicians, hospitals, insurers, and others provide the best value." Even if the Trump rules hold up, they cannot provide the full accounting of prices and... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

Showing how the boldest, most effective leaders use a special combination of trust, love, and belonging to create spaces where other people can excel, we offer practical, battle-tested tools—based on our... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2024
News

The Exchange: Chance Encounters

Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to... View Details