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Usage and Policies - Research Computing Services

agree to comply with applicable policies and laws governing the use of Harvard Business School’s technology resources and the protection of data privacy.... RCS Policies Access to RCS resources is intended... View Details
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Employers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

their employees for complex conditions and bring in house care for common conditions. Key Action Steps for Employers Set the goal of increasing health value, not minimizing health benefit costs Develop... View Details
  • 2022
  • Working Paper

A Conceptualization of Sub-Living Wages: Liabilities, Leverage, and Risk

By: Drew Keller, Katie Panella and George Serafeim
Currently the accounting system records employee wages as an expense in the income statement. However, paying below living wages can expose an organization to reputational and operational risks. In this paper, we offer an alternative conceptualization of the issue of... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Impact Accounting; Leverage; Wages; Compensation and Benefits; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business and Government Relations; Social Issues; Human Capital
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Adding a Social Dimension to Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

service via knowledgeable, flexible, and highly motivated personnel Flat compensation structure Own seafood procurement and processing facilities to control quality,... View Details
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How do Private Equity Fees Vary Across Public Pensions?

Keywords: by Juliane Begenau and Emil Siriwardane; Financial Services

    The Treasure You Seek: A Guide to Developing and Leveraging Your Leadership Capital

    Most leadership books are written for people who are already labeled as “leaders”—corporate execs, high-ranking managers, entrepreneurs. They may not speak to the underrepresented young person or uncommon experienced person with a dream to create change in the... View Details

    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    Leading in business and in public education

    saving it from bankruptcy and building a profitable business. Numerous nonprofits also have benefitted from his leadership, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Jewish Joint Distribution... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2014
    • News

    Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014

    be met offline or can be met only at much greater cost. Companies need to help people interact with each other before they will promote products to their friends or help companies in other ways. Done right, a company's social media should View Details
    • 01 Dec 2022
    • News

    Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

    at the School to accelerate climate solutions and help society adapt to the changes already upon us. We are seeking to maximize ways to reach the broad community of practitioners who can both benefit from... View Details
    Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
    • July 1990 (Revised October 1999)
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    Nordstrom: Dissension in the Ranks? (A)

    By: Robert L. Simons and Hilary Weston
    In 1989, the performance measurement systems and compensation policies of Nordstrom Department Stores unexpectedly came under attack by employees, unions, and government regulators. The case describes the "sales-per-hour" monitoring and compensation system that many... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Consistency; Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Labor Unions; Salesforce Management; Retention; Growth and Development; Industrial Products Industry; Utilities Industry
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    Suppliers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    they will benefit from healthy and sustainable competition. Several leading suppliers are refocusing their efforts to achieve value when they introduce new products and drugs.... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2022
    • Blog Post

    Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.

    right.” And Dr. Blaine believes that business leaders can help drive positive climate outcomes by including “community consultants” in their business models. “Businesses have to re-think their practices. They have to look at how their... View Details
    • 27 Apr 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement

    Trust Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Alisa Yu, Justin M. Berg, and Julian Zlatev “People often respond to others’ emotions using verbal acknowledgment (e.g., “You seem upset”). Yet,... View Details
    • 25 Feb 2015
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

    engaging 2,500 commentators, ultimately selecting four finalists who will benefit from an advisory network of health care industry leaders (including many HBS alumni), be the subject of a teaching case, and... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education; Technology
    • August 1975 (Revised July 1983)
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    Lincoln Electric Co.

    By: Norman A. Berg
    Covers the strategy and management practices of the world's largest manufacturer of welding equipment. Discusses the compensation system and company culture, and the leadership style of management. View Details
    Keywords: Construction; Compensation and Benefits; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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    Hurry or Wait: The Pros and Cons of Going Fast or Slow on Climate Change

    By: Eleanor Denny and Jurgen Weiss
    Climate change risk will likely force the de-carbonization of our electricity sector and thus involve massive investments in long-lived assets using many new and emerging technologies. Since technological progress (independent or dependent on deployment) will likely... View Details
    Keywords: Electricity Sector; Environmental Risks; Fat Tails; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Climate Change; Information Technology; Investment; Technological Innovation; Cost vs Benefits
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    • 14 Oct 2021
    • In Practice

    Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

    should also diagnose the work itself; among which people are the expected benefits of in-person interaction and collaboration the greatest, and what are these benefits,... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz
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    Books - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Elizabeth Teisberg show how to move health care toward positive-sum competition that delivers lasting benefits for all. Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits... View Details
    • 01 Dec 2020
    • News

    Two Truths and a Lie About 5G

    benefit the most. Right now, carriers are spending billions of dollars on spectrum and infrastructure upgrades to deliver this technology, without really knowing if consumers want to sign on for these... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
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    Front-line Staff Perspectives on Opportunities for Improving the Safety and Efficiency of Hospital Work Systems

    By: Anita L. Tucker, Sara J. Singer, Jennifer E. Hayes and Alyson Falwell

    Objective To link safety-related concerns raised by frontline staff about hospital work systems (operational failures) to the safety and efficiency of hospitals, and to contrast these concerns with national patient safety initiatives.

    Data... View Details

    Keywords: Perspective; Opportunities; Safety; Performance Efficiency; System; Failure; Conferences; Employees; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Experience and Expertise; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
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