Employee Mobility - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Feb 2010
HBS Case

Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China

downside consequences are more certain. Google has some 700 employees in China, the best of whom are already finding alternative employment. So de facto, Google is going to be a much smaller entity in China. It seems unlikely to me that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

02 Aug 2007
What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

thus invigorate their teams and provide cultures that are profitable not because they are forced to, but because they want to." David Mullings added, "We will in fact treat our employees the way we expect to be treated."... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

25 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

Companies all over the world have striven for transparency in the workplace, literally tearing down walls in an effort to let managers and employees observe each other. Take, for example, one of the 14 key principles of The Toyota Way,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing

16 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 16

interpersonal authority to get an employee to "do the right thing" from the manager's perspective (when the manager and employee disagree on the right course of action). It shows that persuasion... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home

School, studies how location and geographic mobility affect worker productivity and innovation. His research also examines how companies benefit by allowing employees to work remotely. Choudhury answered... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’

number of US organizations with over a hundred employees is well over a hundred thousand. In the year 1900, the number of firms that did business around the world, on all continents, was very close to zero. Today the number is so large it... View Details

Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter

25 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity

Freedom to use vacation time to attend celebrations with family and friends helps improve performance for employees who work far away from their hometowns, new research by Prithwiraj Choudhury suggests. When View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

15 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 15

and monetize their sites, all in shadow of a deeply entrenched incumbent. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/912009-PDF-ENG Tequila Mobile SA Hanna Hałaburda, Jerzy Surma, and Aldo SesiaHarvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

personal computing and the power of the Internet. CEO Jack Welch responded with his typical high-energy enthusiasm. After seeking out a young mentor in the organization to help him learn, he “suggested” that his senior colleagues find fellow View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

they know well; but I am not certain that they’ve really considered the alternatives and what workplace would fit into their broader strategy. And then you have other companies and executives that went remote during the pandemic and are still scared to ask their View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

01 Jul 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

written about the caregiving roles of employees and strengthening the education-to-work pipeline. The following is a transcript of questions posed by Instagram users and Fuller’s answers: Should we be worried about the current “worker... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

18 Nov 2016
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Making a Fast Start on a New Job

One skill every new employee must master is getting a fast start. Here are stories from the archives on what Harvard Business School faculty have advised about hitting the ground running. A Fast Start On Your New Job Your first 90 days in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2010
Op-Ed

Tax US Companies to Spur Spending

been a saving grace in ensuring that the financial crisis did not cause further damage to the economy. With traditional monetary and fiscal policy instruments seemingly exhausted, the mobilization of that cash hoard can prove critical to... View Details

Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

mobile phone penetration, universal availability of unique ID systems, and evolving privacy and data protection laws. It builds on global best practices and promotes the adoption of human-centered design principles, data minimization, and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 3

looks to build a mobile technology product development team by executing an "acquisition-hire" (i.e., "acqui-hire") to acquire New York City-based start-up Stamped, a mobile application... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery

required employees to uphold all regulations and “act with integrity in all that we do.” When the panel of three judges took a look at the argument, however, they threw it out of court as irrelevant. “We think the statements in Cigna’s... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Aug 2024
HBS Case

How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

On a hectic Friday in October 2016, Josh Domingues wondered if he had made a mistake quitting the security of a well-paying job managing contracts for professional hockey players to start a new venture selling nearly expired groceries at discount prices. After all, a... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Information Technology

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

help families save money for college. That experience convinced me of the power of for-profit, mission-driven companies as a force for change. Because they are for-profit, they can attract amazing talent and command huge resources. Because they are mission-driven, they... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

("boomerangs"), and increasing employee diversity. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/412147-PDF-ENG Bank of America: Mobile Banking (Abridged) Sunil Gupta and Michael NorrisHarvard Business... View Details