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- 21 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Pursuing a JD/MBA Joint Degree
Students enrolled in the HBS/HLS four-year joint degree program come from a wide variety of backgrounds. Many are interested in pursuing careers that operate at the intersection of business and law, and they seek to utilize the resources that are View Details
- Blog
Take Control of Your Personal Brand
perceive us today. Let's say you have great financial acumen, and you are seeking a promotion into a job where this skill is an important qualification. But if people think of you more as a people person or a creative person, landing that... View Details
- 07 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge
Middle management used to be the place where careers stalled, but the COVID-19 pandemic has turned that notion on its head. In fact, mid-level leaders possess more agency now than at any other time in recent history. The tight job market... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
- 12 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
How Used Products Can Unlock New Markets: Lessons from Apple's Refurbished iPhones
Some of Apple’s most loyal customers think nothing of upgrading to the latest iPhone every time one comes out. But what about consumers who can’t splurge on a $1,000 iPhone 15 Pro? And what about the electronic waste that would accrue if people threw away functional... View Details
- 18 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent
people leaving my organization or refusing to return to the office in such high numbers? What is my response, and how are my employees receiving it? At a time when people are getting choosier about where they work and employees who are feeling burned out are fleeing... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 09 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary
bazaar—measure the exact difference between the price paid by a first-timer and the price paid by an experienced haggler. Stanton and Thomas obtained the complete database on all administrative support jobs between 2006 and 2010 on... View Details
- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
never mind narcissism and all the disorders of greed We can't fix the world with economic systems too big a job all we tiny ones have is our love and conscience." Etienne Douaze maintains that the concept is alive and well in Germany's... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
probably exceed their job descriptions. Not only is this attitude demoralizing for employees, but it discourages collaboration and idea sharing as well. For example, "there was one CEO of a company in the IT industry who kept... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 28 Feb 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Master the Team Meeting
have ownership in a topic, the more engaged they’ll be. The team’s leader should not speak more than one-third of the time throughout the meeting. Other than updating the team about broad company topics, your job is to guide the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 08 Dec 2022
- HBS Case
The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?
unprovoked aggression toward its neighbor, and apart from paying corporate taxes, it was hard to say the company was complicit in the war effort. And arguably, it was providing stable jobs and lifesaving foods for innocent people. It also... View Details
- 13 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles
resources, and providing performance feedback. Managing is a complement to leading. So much of business and family success has to do with good execution--getting jobs done well, on time, and on budget. Thank goodness for good managers of... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis
- April 2009 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Skyhook Wireless
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Thomas R. Eisenmann
Ted Morgan, the founder of Skyhook Wireless just received a call from Steve Jobs of Apple asking for a meeting. Ted must decide how to prepare for a meeting that could finally give Skyhook an anchor customer. Ted and his team have worked for three years to build a new... View Details
Keywords: Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Technology; Business Ventures; Business Startups; Technology Industry
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Thomas R. Eisenmann. "Skyhook Wireless." Harvard Business School Case 809-119, April 2009. (Revised May 2017.)
- March 2011
- Article
The New Path to the C-Suite
By: Boris Groysberg, L. Kevin Kelly and Bryan MacDonald
Job requirements at the top of corporations have changed. Companies have come to expect much more from their C-level executives, who need new and different skills to deal with today's business realities. Exactly what abilities do firms want in their leaders—now and in... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, L. Kevin Kelly, and Bryan MacDonald. "The New Path to the C-Suite." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 3 (March 2011).
Eliminate Strategic Overload
As companies respond to intensifying competitive pressures and challenges, they ask more and more of their employees. But organizations often have very little to show for the efforts of their talented and engaged workers. By selecting fewer initiatives with... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
that most job descriptions imply that 'diehard' or 'activist' employees would serve the organization best. Typical desirable traits include 'passionate, dynamic, energetic, devoted.' Where are the calls for View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Jun 2021
- Book
9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'
His 2011 book Joining a Nonprofit Board explored high-level governance strategy issues. His new book offers pragmatic advice about the critical endeavor of fundraising. This book “is devoted to helping improve raising of financial... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- August 2011 (Revised July 2014)
- Case
Earl Martin Phalen: Ready to ROAR?
By: Noam T. Wasserman, Julia Taylor and Yael Braid
Earl Martin Phalen is in the midst of starting his second non-profit organization, Summer Advantage, by implementing the lessons he learned from BELL, the non-profit he had founded and run for the prior 15 years. His aspirations for Summer Advantage were to make it... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Nonprofit Organizations; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Leadership Development; Financial Management
Wasserman, Noam T., Julia Taylor, and Yael Braid. "Earl Martin Phalen: Ready to ROAR?" Harvard Business School Case 812-024, August 2011. (Revised July 2014.)
- November 2020
- Article
Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda
By: Livia Alfonsi, Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman and Anna Vitali
We design a labor market experiment to compare demand- and supply-side policies to tackle youth unemployment, a key issue in low-income countries. The experiment tracks 1700 workers and 1500 firms over four years to compare the effect of offering workers either... View Details
Alfonsi, Livia, Oriana Bandiera, Vittorio Bassi, Robin Burgess, Imran Rasul, Munshi Sulaiman, and Anna Vitali. "Tackling Youth Unemployment: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment in Uganda." Econometrica 88, no. 6 (November 2020): 2369–2414.
- May 27, 2022
- Article
How 'Digital Nomad' Visas Can Boost Local Economies
More and more companies are offering their employees the option to “work from anywhere,” whether in their home office, in another state, or even halfway around the globe. A growing group of remote professionals are taking the “anywhere” in work-from-anywhere to new... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; COVID-19 Pandemic; Collaboration; Work-Life Balance; Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "How 'Digital Nomad' Visas Can Boost Local Economies." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 27, 2022).