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  • 16 May 2023
  • HBS Case

How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

“quiet quitting” seen across many office spaces and factory floors. It also lit a pathway for companies looking to meet societal calls for a more just economy. “What if every company in United States gave employees meaningful ownership... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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Competitiveness & Economic Development - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

2011 National Governors Association Winter Meeting State Competitiveness: Creating an Economic Strategy in a Time of Austerity by Michael E. Porter 04 May 2012 BusinessWeek “Why America Needs an Economic Strategy” by Michael E. Porter... View Details
  • Web

Employment Data Trends

Clif Luber, Daniel Ackeret Meet the Aerospace & Defense Club Meet the Aerospace & Defense Club Meet the Aerospace & Defense Club 07 Nov 2024 Sara Ballantyne, Ben... View Details
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cpd@hbs.edu Phone 1.617.495.6232 Hours of Operation Mon - Fri, 8:30am - 5:00pm Follow Us On LinkedIn Insights & Advice Meet the Aerospace & Defense Club Sara Ballantyne, Ben Buchheim-Jurisson, Clif Luber, Daniel Ackeret 07 NOV 2024 The... View Details
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Compensation Committees

programs. You will explore best practices for aligning executive pay to business strategy and company goals and for meeting shareholder expectations as the regulatory climate evolves. You may also be interested in the related program:... View Details
  • 11 Aug 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Parents Tell Kids to ‘Work Hard,’ Do They Send the Wrong Message?

ability. "People are struggling to make ends meet around the country, and success is often determined in part by uncontrollable factors." “They explained this disparity by saying the [higher-achieving] group worked harder,” says Whillans,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 16 Nov 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million

Airbnb in shaping its offering, it wasn’t enough for Gebbia and cofounder Brian Chesky. In order to uncover more opportunities for improvement, they made the unusual move of using their own services, envisioning a perfect experience and working backward to see what... View Details
Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira and Michael Blanding; Retail; Transportation; Accommodations
  • 13 Dec 2023

HBS Information Session in Oslo

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to... View Details
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Insights & Advice Blog

Insights & Advice Insights & Advice View: Grid View List View Meet the Aerospace & Defense Club Sara Ballantyne, Ben Buchheim-Jurisson, Clif Luber & Daniel Ackeret 07 Nov 2024 | All Industries All Locations Student & Alumni Stories... View Details
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Fellowships - Business History

engaged in the intellectual life of the business history group. Fellowship recipients are strongly encouraged to be in residence to participate in the Business History Seminar, which meets from late September through November, and other... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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The Three Levels of CSV - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

reconceiving needs, products, & customers – Meeting societal needs through products – Serving unserved or underserved customers By redefining productivity in the value chain – Utilizing resources, energy, suppliers, logistics, and... View Details
  • August 2020
  • Article

Workplace Knowledge Flows

By: Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
We conducted a field experiment in a sales firm to test whether improving knowledge flows between coworkers affects productivity. Our design allows us to compare different management practices and to isolate whether frictions to knowledge transmission primarily reside... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Interpersonal Communication; Employees; Performance Productivity; Sales; Motivation and Incentives
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  • August 2008 (Revised December 2009)
  • Case

Absolute Return for Kids

By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Melissa Tritter
Absolute Return for Kids [ARK] is a charity with strong financial support-what are the constraints on its growth and impact? ARK seeks to transform the lives of children who are victims of abuse, disability, illness, and poverty. As one of the 50 largest fundraising... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Capacity; Quality; Nonprofit Organizations; Expansion; South Africa; Europe; United Kingdom
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  • February 2006 (Revised May 2006)
  • Case

JA Worldwide: Managing Change in a Multi-governed Environment

By: Michael Chu and Barbara Zepp Larson
Post-merger, the head of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide must now oversee operations in 98 countries serving 6.6 million students, with over 7,600 local chapter board directors. President and CEO David Chernow's own board has increased to 111 members. Two separate... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Change Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governance; Business or Company Management; Service Operations; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Balance and Stability
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  • May 2004 (Revised December 2004)
  • Case

Slingshot Technology, Inc. (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Elizabeth Collins
Slingshot Technology Inc. (STI) is a privately held software start-up founded in 1995 focused on identifying emerging spaces in the IT services industry and partnering with vendors selling promising but unproven technologies in those spaces. The vendors used STI to... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Private Ownership; Opportunities; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Intellectual Property; Business Startups; Information Technology Industry
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  • September 1991 (Revised January 1992)
  • Case

Allegheny Ludlum: Research and Engineering Resource Allocation

By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Geoffrey K. Gill
Allegheny Ludlum's (AL) technical vice president, Jack Shilling faces the task of determining how to allocate engineering resources among five areas of technology. AL's technology organization has great strategic importance and has therefore been untouched by the... View Details
Keywords: Engineering; Resource Allocation; Information Technology; Policy; Leadership; Decisions; Competency and Skills; Projects; Joint Ventures; Strategy; Electronics Industry; Technology Industry
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    Don’t Focus on the Most Expressive Face in the Audience

    Research has shown that when speaking in front of a group, people’s attention tends to gets stuck on the most emotional faces, causing them to overestimate the group’s average emotional state. In this piece, the authors share two additional findings: First, the... View Details
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    Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

    for a board of directors meeting that included Teamworks’s new lead investor. Before this point, Teamworks’s forecasts had been close to target. What had happened? And how would Maurides share the news with the board? Keywords:... View Details
    • 13 May 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: May 13

    http://hbr.org/2014/05/making-freemium-work/ar/1 August 2013 Directors & Boards Dynamics of the Board Interview By: McGarvie, Blythe Abstract—You want candidates who meet the requirements of cultural fit, the right skill set, and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne