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- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
that are paying careful attention to the hiring, training, and rewarding of store employees. Our favorite example of a retailer that has used labor successfully is the online retailer Zappos.com. The company pays very careful attention to View Details
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
and return unused capital to his investors. With the passing of each venture, he has learned about forming founding teams, splitting equity with his co-founders, hiring executives to work for him, and when to take outside funding. Now,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008
86, no. 2 (February 2008) Abstract In May 2004, with the war for talent in high gear, Groysberg and colleagues from Harvard Business School wrote in these pages about the risks of hiring star performers away from competitors. After... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 26, 2006
to recruit, hire and develop minority executives at MTN, a South African telecommunications company, Charnley attempts to bring a gentler capitalism to post-apartheid South Africa. Like her other colleagues on the Black Economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
own actions link up to the larger organization's purpose. The time and attention that goes into hiring and retaining those individuals who derive personal meaning from the organization's values and purpose. Q: Does it matter if it turns... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
restructuring, and the employees and unions that want to hear about investments and hiring more people. Miller: This is a tricky communication exercise no matter what the context is. But it is true that Total, for instance, is perceived... View Details
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
the industry leader. New hires would help to integrate new products and grow marketing efforts, but several experienced team members wondered whether virtual collaboration could continue to work with an influx of new people. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
years for these reductions to have a material impact on a city's unfunded liabilities. In fact, many cities are downsizing employment, rather than hiring new workers. Cities could require all public employee retirees to join Medicare when... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
still had to justify its existence through profits. He hired the best engineers available, yet expected them to run their areas of responsibility with commercial acumen as "ordinary businessmen." He despised cartels and gained a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
design and development firm (and once one of the largest in the business), to help turn it around after a series of crises that had seriously threatened its survival. Pearson has personally invested in the firm, re-organized many aspects of its operations, and has... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
abroad in a cost-effective manner. India's software companies, for instance, recognized the possibility of providing services to overseas customers at least a decade before Western companies even considered hiring Indian software... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
the business through personal relationships with clients. A passionate entrepreneur, his approach to growth-secure customers first, figure out how to make money later-was remarkably successful, if sometimes chaotic. Facing an increasingly commoditized marketplace, in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
Ujjivan can grow, looking at such issues as new technology, diversifying product offerings, and how to hire the best staff. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108057... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
might, with sellers of talent (such as graduates of business schools). For managers, if their business growth is predicated on hiring appropriate amounts of talent—as it invariably is—what do they do to compensate for the absence of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
end of the case Hever is reflecting on a proposal he submitted for providing CDC services to one of the largest U.K. companies. The general counsel wants to pay for these services in cash should he decide to accept the proposal, rather than View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace