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  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Balance Pouring yourself into a single full-time job is the riskiest move you can make. Your parents ’ advice to focus on one career path? It doesn’t work anymore, for reasons ranging from recessions to student loan debt, the gig economy,... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 13 Jul 2016
  • HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

a better job of making apartments appealing than the online classified site, but first they had to siphon away its customers. To do that, Chesky and Gebbia created software to hack Craigslist to extract the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation
  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

agencies focused on development projects and private-sector growth in emerging economies often seen as too risky for most investors. But this new assignment was something else entirely. “I have a phenomenal View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • March 2000 (Revised April 2001)
  • Case

Menem and the Populist Tradition in Argentina

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Eliseo Neuman
Argentina has flourished under a fixed exchange rate system, yet there are large income and employment fluctuations. The social cost of unemployment is threatening the viability of the economic model. Building a welfare state is one alternative, but this may be a... View Details
Keywords: History; Governance; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Employment; Currency Exchange Rate; Welfare; Government Administration; Government and Politics; Argentina
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Di Tella, Rafael M., and Eliseo Neuman. "Menem and the Populist Tradition in Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 700-061, March 2000. (Revised April 2001.)
  • 20 Jul 2021
  • News

Opinion: The Majority of Americans Lack a College Degree. Why Do So Many Employers Require One?

  • April 2002 (Revised July 2003)
  • Case

Cisco Systems and its Community Fellowship Program (A)

By: Diana Barrett and Sheila McCarthy
Focuses on the introduction, implementation, and initial evaluation of Cisco Systems Community Fellowship Program. This program provided Cisco employees affected by the layoff the option of working with a nonprofit organization for one year. Instead of a severance... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Compensation and Benefits; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Web Services Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States
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Barrett, Diana, and Sheila McCarthy. "Cisco Systems and its Community Fellowship Program (A)." Harvard Business School Case 302-078, April 2002. (Revised July 2003.)
  • December 2024 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Balancing Returns and Responsibilities at Raya Partners

By: Arthur Segel, Ephraim Mernick, Derek C. M. van Bever and Olivia Barba
Raya Partners, a private equity firm, faces a crucial decision regarding Asa Specialty Coatings Company (ASCC). The dilemma involves shifting ASCC's manufacturing operations to Mexico, a move that would boost profitability and reduce emissions but result in significant... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Communication Strategy; Private Equity; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Values and Beliefs; Financial Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Mexico; Vermont
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Segel, Arthur, Ephraim Mernick, Derek C. M. van Bever, and Olivia Barba. "Balancing Returns and Responsibilities at Raya Partners." Harvard Business School Case 325-068, December 2024. (Revised January 2025.)
  • March 2007
  • Teaching Note

Bradley Marquez: Reduction in Force (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Terence Heymann
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing
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DeLong, Thomas J., and Terence Heymann. "Bradley Marquez: Reduction in Force (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 407-091, March 2007.
  • 08 Feb 2023
  • Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

encourage productivity, collaboration, and innovation. "But you can protect those gains if you remember the intention and motivation that sparked this movement in the first place." As economic clouds form on... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
  • October 2008
  • Case

Hrad Technika

Examines a struggling IT outsourcing project from the perspective of the IT services provider-Hrad Technika. When used in conjunction with "Tegan c.c.c." (9-609-038), it provides an opportunity to see both sides of the issue. When Hrad enters into a contract to create... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Globalized Firms and Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Projects; Information Technology; Wales
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Upton, David M., and Bradley R. Staats. "Hrad Technika." Harvard Business School Case 609-039, October 2008.
  • 12 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Operations and the Competitive Edge

as outsourcing and information technology, that were moving so rapidly that we no longer felt we were the best informed people to write about them. So we enticed two of our colleagues, Gary Pisano View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • August 2011 (Revised February 2012)
  • Supplement

Ockham Technologies (B): Building the Board

By: Noam Wasserman
Describes the issues facing a founder-ceo regarding building a board, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing development work. View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Management Teams; Groups and Teams
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Wasserman, Noam. "Ockham Technologies (B): Building the Board." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-022, August 2011. (Revised February 2012.)
  • 07 Nov 2007
  • Op-Ed

How Marketing Hype Hurt Boeing and Apple

damage to Apple brand equity among its core customers. After heavy blogging complaints about Apple exploiting its loyal followers, Steve Jobs had to apologize publicly (after a curt "That's technology" response fueled the fire)... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Aerospace; Consumer Products
  • June 1998
  • Background Note

The Indian Software Industry

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Avnish S. Bajaj, Michael V. Kadyan, Devtosh K Khare and Suvir S Sujan
The increasing focus in the Western World on outsourcing has fueled the growth of the Indian software export industry. This note gives background on this phenomenen. View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Growth and Development; India
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McFarlan, F. Warren, Avnish S. Bajaj, Michael V. Kadyan, Devtosh K Khare, and Suvir S Sujan. "The Indian Software Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 398-164, June 1998.
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Do Call Centers Promote Education? Evidence from India

By: Emily Fair Oster and Mary Bryce Millett
Over the last two decades in India there have been large increases in outsourced jobs and large increases in schooling rates, particularly in English. Existing evidence suggests the trends are broadly related. In this paper we explore how localized these impacts are;... View Details
Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Education; Training; Geographic Location; Technology Industry; India
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Oster, Emily Fair, and Mary Bryce Millett. "Do Call Centers Promote Education? Evidence from India." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15922, August 2010.
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

The Camel and the Unicorn

scientists, and engineers, Koehn says, the legal and financial expertise quickly follows. Soon, Sand Hill Road, which cuts through Palo Alto and... View Details
  • 24 Mar 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

outsiders, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, is desired? No country can easily exist in a vacuum and cut itself off from the global economic... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • News

Which Women Are Rising to the Top?

  • August 2011
  • Case

Ockham Technologies (A): Building the Team

By: Noam Wasserman
Describes the issues facing a founder-ceo regarding building a board, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing development work. View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Information Technology
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Wasserman, Noam. "Ockham Technologies (A): Building the Team." Harvard Business School Case 812-021, August 2011.
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

School Case 719-002 Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act In January 2018, President Donald Trump was full of optimism. He had just signed... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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