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- 09 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Career Advancement Without Experience
established organization. What they need, say researchers Siobhan O'Mahony and Beth Bechky, is "stretchwork" that fits with an individual's previous experience and yet extends their skills in a new direction. Stretchwork can help workers bridge the View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
Corning's investment in fiber optics. The entire history of Corning is a history of really significant investments taking a while to pay out. Another really nice example is Walmart's investments in its IT systems, which were quite costly... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
According to the agency’s most recent report card, which looked at pandemic-era employment between April 2020 and March 2021, the total pay gap between men and women in Australia stood at 22.8 percent. That... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
the Internal Revenue Service is the federal tax gap, which is the difference between what Americans should pay on their taxes and what they actually do pay. According to the IRS's most recent estimates the View Details
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
As economic turmoil continues, many companies are reconsidering their strategies with an eye toward going lean and slashing prices. And that might work for a few companies—but very few. Instead, companies should compete "on the basis of initiatives for which their... View Details
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
spas, paintball parties, etc., at a major markdown—up to 90 percent off a retailer's usual prices—and then requiring the retailer to pay a big chunk of the voucher revenues back to Groupon. But the Chicago-based firm is "the fastest... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
And monarchs tend to surround themselves with courtiers — that’ s the cronyism aspect. Some boards consist largely of people chosen by the CEO, and they’ re there to help each other out. Business is also like a monarchy in that the same opportunities don’ t exist below... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
channels are our most valuable customers.— Susan Vobejda, Gap Inc. Susan Vobejda (HBS MBA '97), senior director of brand management at Gap Inc., agreed with Nuzzo that the Internet works best in support of... View Details
- 02 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses
Ask any small business owner and they will tell you that cash flow is on their mind pretty much all the time. This isn’t surprising, given that they are continuously managing dollars coming in from customers and going out to pay for... View Details
Keywords: by Karen Mills
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Freeing Patient Data to Enable Innovation
offered proper incentives for standardizing and sharing the information they collect. Even the industry's brightest minds and hardest workers have yet to definitively determine what those incentives ought to be. "Consumers don't pay for... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
GAP See more from the online-only March Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s exploration of how business and school leaders are addressing inequities in education. BRIDGING THE GAP Since the start of the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
he respects have said that in Russia it is almost impossible not to pay bribes to get things done. Why? Because local and federal laws conflict as if by design, which leads to gaps that some officials... View Details
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?
overseas backlash against U.S. goods? A: Long before the Iraq conflict, the triumphal tone of America's global march set off a backlash. Brands such as McDonald's, Starbucks, and The Gap have become targets for protesters in many parts of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
endeavors to nurture businesses in emerging economies and promote sustainable sources of energy, show his continuing determination to bridge the gap between policies and people. In the course of one two-week trip last May, James... View Details
- 22 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business
daily from the borrower's bank account over several months. Given the short loan terms, the rate a small business borrower could pay on an annualized basis is a median of about 50 percent at OnDeck for a business term loan, but can range... View Details
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AI at Work | Working Knowledge
differently and follow their interests. AI could widen the gender pay gap . Women are adopting AI tools at a 25 percent lower rate than men, potentially putting them at a career disadvantage. Communication... View Details
- Web
Rewiring the Workplace: Behavioral Economics and the Future of Inclusive Organizations - Blog: RGE Report
Economics and the Future of Inclusive Organizations In this edition of the RGE Report, we’ll discover how insights from behavioral economics can re-shape our workplaces. We examine research from HBS Professors John Beshears and Katherine B. Coffman and unpack key... View Details
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
retailers, including Gap Inc., Target, and JCPenney, that took place just a year and a half before the fire: At the meeting in Dhaka, the Bangladesh capital, in April 2011, retailers discussed a contractually enforceable memorandum that... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
nonprofits to the managerial emphasison unregulated pro forma earnings, to teamwork in health-care organizations. Synopses of three of the presentations follow. Pay Check: Equity-Based Compensation and Incentives In 2000, CEOs were... View Details
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
Summing Up What Isn't Off Limits When it Comes to Transparency? The discussion of this month's column on corporate transparency to employees made it clear that we have reached a point at which disclosure of pay information in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett