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- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
person who worked for Wojcicki, her attitude was that she would “never put her fingers on the scale.” Her view was, “My job is to run the company, not deal with this.” (This coincided with her view of YouTube as a “library” rather than a... View Details
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Sameer's research examines the dynamics of social networks inside organizations and their consequences for individual attainment and organizational success. His research encompasses three broad streams of activity.
Social Capital... View Details
- Research Summary
Corporate Lobbying Strategy and Foreign MNEs
“U.S. Defense Contracts and the Lobbying Strategies of Foreign MNEs: The Liability of Foreignness and Make-or-Buy Decisions about Political Goods”
Many firms engage in lobbying with the expectation that their lobbying efforts will... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Roberto Verganti
Roberto’s research focuses on how to create innovations that are meaningful for people, for society, and for their creators. He explores how leaders and organizations generate radically new visions, and make those visions come real. His studies lie at the intersection... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
Gerdeman's story The Manager in Red Sneakers. 2. Resolution: Work harder to meet the demands of a job where you’ve been failing to shine. Tip: Ask yourself whether the problem is actually the job, not you. Today’s View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?
Some companies have begun relying more on computer-administered tests than human interviewers to find the best applicants. New research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Danielle Li and colleagues suggests that in this case, we may have to score one for... View Details
- July 2008 (Revised June 2009)
- Teaching Note
TheLadders
By: Peter A. Coles and Benjamin Edelman
Teaching Note for [908061]. View Details
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
truly reintegrate into society if few firms will hire them? And, how can society—especially at a time of rising prices and low unemployment—afford to exclude the roughly one in three working Americans with criminal records from the economy? The roadblocks Blakeman... View Details
- March 2023
- Case
Best Buy: Renew Blue (A)
By: Sunil Gupta, Dave Habeeb and Amram Migdal
Preabstract: The A Video Case should be assigned to students in advance of class. The B case is intended to be used in class by educators and the C case can be assigned to students during or after class. The product is designed as a low-prep case for students, with... View Details
- October 2001 (Revised November 2002)
- Supplement
Mark Pitts
Describes Peoplestreet, an Internet business being developed at Cambridge Incubator. Peoplestreet is attempting to hire a VP of business development and has identified a candidate, Mark Pitts. Includes an overview of the position, three different interviews with the... View Details
Keywords: Job Interviews
Cyr, Linda A. "Mark Pitts." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 802-801, October 2001. (Revised November 2002.)
- April 1993 (Revised June 1993)
- Supplement
General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (D)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Katherine Seger
Designed to be handed out after discussion of the (C) case. View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Katherine Seger. "General Dynamics and Computer Sciences Corporation: Outsourcing the IS Function (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 193-147, April 1993. (Revised June 1993.)
- December 29, 2010
- Article
The Mistaken Attack on Outsourcing
By: Mihir Desai
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing
Desai, Mihir. "The Mistaken Attack on Outsourcing." Wall Street Journal (December 29, 2010), A11.
- October 1986
- Supplement
Colonial Foods: Performance Appraisal Interview, Video Transcript
By: Michael Beer and James G. Clawson
Transcript for Video (9-884-518). View Details
Beer, Michael, and James G. Clawson. "Colonial Foods: Performance Appraisal Interview, Video Transcript." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 487-027, October 1986.
- Research Summary
Overview
My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
- Research Summary
Overview
My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
- 03 Apr 2006
- What Do You Think?
Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?
In this case, it concerns the treatment of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. The fact that they are here and that millions of others have arrived in Europe suggests an increasing tendency for labor to seek global solutions. Whether this is good or bad depends on... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 1995
- Article
Dignity and Downsizing
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing
Margolis, Joshua D. "Dignity and Downsizing." Business Ethics Forum 8 (1995): 29–35.
- December 2010 (Revised March 2011)
- Background Note
Layoffs: Management Implications and Best Practices
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Elana Sara Green and David Alberto Rosales
This note reviews decision criteria for carrying out a layoff, best practices for implementation, and ways that managers can prepare themselves to conduct a layoff. View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing
Sucher, Sandra J., Elana Sara Green, and David Alberto Rosales. "Layoffs: Management Implications and Best Practices." Harvard Business School Background Note 611-029, December 2010. (Revised March 2011.)
- November 1990 (Revised March 1994)
- Supplement
Digital Equipment Corp.: The Kodak Outsourcing Agreement (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Herminia M. Ibarra
Describes "Frantic Friday," the day the Digital-Kodak contract was scheduled to be signed. Designed to be handed out in class. View Details
Applegate, Lynda M., and Herminia M. Ibarra. "Digital Equipment Corp.: The Kodak Outsourcing Agreement (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 191-040, November 1990. (Revised March 1994.)
- October 2006 (Revised April 2011)
- Teaching Note
Strategic Outsourcing at Bharti Airtel Limited (TN)
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
Teaching Note to (107-003) and (107-004). View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing