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- 07 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Innovation in Asia
in the U.S. may soon have as much to fear about losing their jobs to overseas competitors as call center employees do today. Executives debated "The Present and Future of Innovation in Asia" during the 2005 Asia Business... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
badly. Other apparent areas of interest in the last 12 months included corporate social responsibility, marketing techniques, and, of course, the ubiquitous Lady Gaga. Here are the Top 10 most-read articles and 10 most-read working papers... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- September 1992 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Kaiser Steel Corporation, 1987
By: Timothy A. Luehrman
Kaiser Steel entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in early 1987. Nine months later it still faces several difficult obstacles to reorganization, including litigation, environmental liabilities, and pension and medical benefits for retired employees. Students are... View Details
Keywords: Business Plan; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Employee Relationship Management; Resource Allocation; Opportunities; Conflict and Resolution; Steel Industry; United States
Luehrman, Timothy A. "Kaiser Steel Corporation, 1987." Harvard Business School Case 293-019, September 1992. (Revised March 2007.)
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
Motivates values-based capitalism and drives companies to contribute to solving social and environmental problems while also providing employees stimulating and satisfying work. Restores trust by committing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril
Employees regularly turn to managers and other higher-level co-workers to seek advice about job-related issues and next steps for their careers. Yet people don’t always take the advice they receive; they may accept some suggestions and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
important conversations.” M2P notes that “millennials make up nearly one third of the voting electorate, yet we historically haven’t pulled our weight. Join us on a journey of learning, doing, and growing together.” Giving Employees Time... View Details
- 2022
- White Paper
Building from the Bottom Up: What Business Can Do to Strengthen the Bottom Line by Investing in Front-line Workers
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Manjari Raman
A significant number of American workers—44%—are employed in low wage jobs at the front line of industries. Despite undertaking some of the most tedious, dirtiest, and most dangerous jobs, low-wage workers are—and have long been—the most likely to be overlooked by... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Labor Market; Low-wage Workers; Worker Welfare; Churn/retention; Morale; Jobs and Positions; Employees; Wages; Retention; Well-being; Human Resources
Fuller, Joseph B., and Manjari Raman. "Building from the Bottom Up: What Business Can Do to Strengthen the Bottom Line by Investing in Front-line Workers." White Paper, Harvard Business School, January 2022.
- 17 Feb 2016
- News
The Power of Art
The New York Times checked in with for-profit art broker Artlifting. The young company, which represents homeless and disabled artists, now has seven employees and works with more than 70 artists in eight cities. It has sold artwork for... View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
It Takes Two to Untangle: Illuminating How and Why Some Workplace Relationships Adapt While Others Deteriorate After a Workplace Microaggression
By: Summer R. Jackson and Basima A. Tewfik
Although scholars largely assume that workplace microaggressions negatively impact the work relationship between the target and the perpetrator, relational deterioration is not the only observable relational outcome. Indeed, there are instances of relational... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Interpersonal Communication; Motivation and Incentives; Relationships; Conflict and Resolution
Jackson, Summer R., and Basima A. Tewfik. "It Takes Two to Untangle: Illuminating How and Why Some Workplace Relationships Adapt While Others Deteriorate After a Workplace Microaggression." Academy of Management Review (forthcoming). (Pre-published online March 10, 2025.)
- Web
Affinity Groups | Employment
communication, interaction and counseling for members through seminars, discussion groups, and social gatherings. Asian & Asian American As one of the Employee Resource Groups, the Association of Harvard... View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
Their findings were published in the May 17, 2016, issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A TEMPORARY STATE OF INEQUALITY Research on inequality usually measures a relatively fixed socioeconomic status based on education, income, and geographic... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
health information network are expected to be substantial. A RAND Corporation study estimates savings to the U.S. health-care system of up to $162 billion a year by improving medical-care delivery, reducing medical errors and adverse drug reactions, lowering View Details
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Introduction - The Production - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Production Chapter Introduction Chapter Images The Worker The Audience Bibliography The Production: A Cooperative Enterprise What the industrial worker wants is . . . a method of living in social relationship with other people and . . .... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
Bekkers. Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date Knowing how to keep a conversation going can improve your career as well as your social life, according to research by Alison Wood Brooks and colleagues. Why Productivity... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- August 2019
- Case
Bark Gift Shop Ltd.
By: Susanna Gallani, Jan Bouwens and Peter Kroos
This case describes a setting in which the CFO of Bark Gift Shop Ltd., a gift items retailer, discovers an undesired pattern in the performance data suggesting that her shop managers that perform well during the first part of the year, purposely reduce their effort in... View Details
Keywords: Data Analytics; Employees; Behavior; Performance; Management; Goals and Objectives; Motivation and Incentives; Analysis
Gallani, Susanna, Jan Bouwens, and Peter Kroos. "Bark Gift Shop Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 120-008, August 2019.
- November 2007 (Revised October 2008)
- Case
Differences at Work: Will (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon
A colleague makes a stereotypical remark about gays that Will, an out gay man, knows to be wrong. He struggles with how to correct the senior colleague. View Details
Sucher, Sandra J., and Rachel Gordon. "Differences at Work: Will (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-013, November 2007. (Revised October 2008.)
- 27 Jan 2023
- News
Turning Up the Volume
small and lacks fully dedicated resources. Goldman realized that if LEDA could not count on effective media placement, social media strategy, and student outreach, funding could dwindle (or worse), and students who might otherwise benefit... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
competitors had recently been forced to pay a record $108 million to settle a class action suit brought by female employees who had been denied advancement opportunities. Aiyer wanted to know what Albertsons was doing to avoid this costly... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
book, Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, Henderson says that we have failed to reenvision capitalism. It must be not only an engine of prosperity, she offers, but also a system that is in harmony with environmental realities, striving for View Details
- 06 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Leadership Groups for Staying on Track
collaboration rather than command and control as their basis for interaction.. “Over the long term, organizations filled with empowered employees who collaborate to serve customers will consistently outperform hierarchical organizations”... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George