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Hidden Workers: Caregivers - Managing the Future of Work
Research Research Hidden Workers: The Case for Caregivers Read the Report Read the Report By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, & Francis Hintermann Companies have long ignored the caregiving responsibilities View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
drivers, nursing homes, and homeless shelters. “We’re running twelve-to-sixteen hours a day, seven days a week.” Lessons in Leadership For Patel, both the intensity and the complexity of the pandemic View Details
- 13 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
drivers, nursing homes, and homeless shelters. “We’re running twelve-to-sixteen hours a day, seven days a week.” Lessons in Leadership For Patel, both the intensity and the complexity of the pandemic View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience
environment." A joint-degree candidate working on her MBA at HBS and her master's in public administration at the Kennedy School of Government, Ballou spent eight weeks in the West African nation, helping local communities rebuild their... View Details
- 14 Dec 2022
- News
How to Pay Executives in the Age of Stakeholder Capitalism
- January 2014 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Henry Schein: Doing Well by Doing Good?
By: Rebecca Henderson, Raffaella Sadun, Aldo Sesia and Russell Eisenstat
Henry Schein Inc., a distributor of supplies to dentist, physician, and veterinary practices, had sales approaching $9 billion and employed nearly 16,000 people. The company had experienced impressive growth under the leadership of Stanley Bergman and his executive... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Development; Strategy Execution; Performance Management; Corporate Culture; Social Responsibility; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Joint Ventures; Partnerships; Health Care Industry; Healthcare Logistics Industry; Competitive Advantage; Strategy; Leadership; Global Strategy; Selection and Staffing; Management Style; Organizational Culture; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; China; Europe; United States
Henderson, Rebecca, Raffaella Sadun, Aldo Sesia, and Russell Eisenstat. "Henry Schein: Doing Well by Doing Good?" Harvard Business School Case 714-450, January 2014. (Revised January 2014.)
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
Over the last ten years, technology has reduced entire catalogues of consumer goods to devices that fit in the palms of our hands. Phones are smarter, networks are faster, and more people have access to more... View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
efficiency, innovation, quality, and responsiveness to customers—even as one also finds adaptations to cultural differences." These comments tend to question whether management leadership has a "geographic home" as opposed... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Rethinking Call Centers: Effective Delivery of Service is Key
call centers, with their attendant voice response units, need not be frustrating. When a company manages its call center well, effectively linking a triad of service, information technology, and internal... View Details
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The True Costs of Gig Work | Working Knowledge
Career and Workplace The True Costs of Gig Work Featuring Ryan W. Buell and Paige Tsai . By Rachel Layne on May 9, 2025 . People with multiple jobs, such as gig workers, spend more cautiously than typical full-time employees, says... View Details
- 2017
- Report
The American Angel: The First In-Depth Report on the Demographics and Investing Activity of Individual American Angel Investors
By: Laura Huang, Andy Wu, Min Ju Lee, Jiayi Bao, Marianne Hudson and Elaine Bolle
Early-stage financing from angel investors is critical to the success of high-growth startups. Recent estimates suggest that annual US angel investment activity may total as much as $24 billion each year, contributing to the growth and success of more than 64,000... View Details
Keywords: Angel Investors; Geography; Risk; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Demographics; Geographic Location; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States
Huang, Laura, Andy Wu, Min Ju Lee, Jiayi Bao, Marianne Hudson, and Elaine Bolle. "The American Angel: The First In-Depth Report on the Demographics and Investing Activity of Individual American Angel Investors." Report, Overland Park, KS, November 2017.
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
responsibility for their choices. But co-pays would be the same inside and outside of the network. Antitrust authorities would scrutinize system participants so that one hospital system or health plan did... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World
developed it while at the University of Rochester with his former colleague and frequent collaborator William H. Meckling in response to a call from students for an economics course that was applicable to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
on my face, especially considering that during the last five years the U.S. has lectured Asia on ending collusion and cronyism." There is a general tone in responses to this month's column that there are few antidotes, including... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Feb 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Adding Bricks to Clicks: The Effects of Store Openings on Sales through Direct Channels
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
immigrants are responsible for a lot of great companies,” says William Kerr, the Dmitri V. D’Arbeloff — MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
Symbolic Responses to Private Politics: Examining Labor Standards Improvement in Global Supply Chains, the researchers compared the results of two consecutive audits, evaluating what factors in the first... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
responsible for documentation, research, and maintenance of shipwrecks, reefs, downed WWII planes, boat docks, and everything in between. My role was to help them design a more sustainable operating and... View Details