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- 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, little is known about the... View Details
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
up.’” An increase in the quantity of sales, but a decrease in the quality While a daily quota spurred an increase in the raw number of products sold and dollars earned, the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Career Coach
Warren Radtke
been a small business owner. Work Experience: General Electric, Right Management Consultants, Interim Executive assignments in Human Resources/Talent Management; Director of a nonprofit urban grant making... View Details
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
companies, where decision rights and incentives can be murky, and the effects of any given choice can be tough to pin down. So the authors chose a “lab rat” with fewer barriers to understanding—the venture View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
capital and labor. Opportunity-seeking entrepreneurs are plentiful: They can gain access to human and financial capital; they can overcome barriers to entry; and they can succeed in economic, social, and... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
was an essential ingredient in the success of the transformation. The case ends with a review of changes in financial performance, employee attitudes and customer satisfaction. The case describes the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
variety of quality improvement strategies. Highlights quality improvement collaborative—organized programs popularized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement in which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups
School, who coauthored the study. “[It] means not only that the pool of potential human capital for startup companies began declining when COVID started, but also that the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
deployment to a challenging context is associated with human capital development. Managers initially deployed to more challenging contexts were not, however, more likely to break into the upper echelons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
interpretation by providing evidence against alternative mechanisms, such as income effects, human capital accumulation, and trade-induced changes in inequality. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Case
Zurich Insurance: Diversity and Inclusion
By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly
Zurich Insurance was undergoing organizational change after implementing five new people practices focused on manager development, diversity and inclusion, job model and data analytics, recruitment, and talent pipeline. The case “Zurich Insurance: Fostering Key People... View Details
Keywords: Managing Change; Organizational Behavior; Diversity Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leading Change; Leadership; Human Capital; Human Resources; Insurance; Diversity; Insurance Industry
Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly. "Zurich Insurance: Diversity and Inclusion." Harvard Business School Case 417-037, September 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
observer of “where human capital is invested and where it isn’t.” He grew up in New Bedford, one of a number of... View Details
- 05 Mar 2014
- What Do You Think?
When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?
quality of information better but the speed as well." Ralflippold felt we will face a bubble at some time, but suggested that bubbles have a positive side to them, that they are on one side View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
customer service. If it comes to choosing between quality and profitability, we always go for quality and trust that it will lead to profit. I spent my first six months here working alongside our employees... View Details
- 02 Oct 2007
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First Look: October 2, 2007
Inner Angels and Demons: What We Have Learned About Want/Should Conflicts and How That Knowledge Can Help Us Reduce Short-Sighted Decision Making Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Although observers View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
Human Decision Processes Seeker Beware: The Interpersonal Costs of Ignoring Advice By: Blunden, Hayley, Jennifer M. Logg, Alison Wood Brooks, Leslie John, and Francesca Gino Abstract—Prior advice research... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues
can be found at http://www.hbs.edu/mba/student-life/activities-government-and-clubs/Pages/default.aspx. Cyberposium 2001 Focuses on Quality The seventh annual Cyberposium high-technology conference, held on campus in early February,... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Books
Work, by Don Cohen and Laurence Prusak, is the first book to examine and explain the role that social capital — the value inherent in human connections, including trust, personal networks, and a sense View Details
- Career Coach
Lauren Murphy
Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate,... View Details
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- 11 Jan 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World
management make sound strategic choices and ensure efficient implementation of those decisions. They do this by allocating scarce capital resources to the best opportunities, then measuring and controlling... View Details
Keywords: by Staff