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- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
drug maker Fosun Pharma, were recruiting another 30,000 volunteers in the United States and several other countries to evaluate its own mRNA-based solution in a Phase 2/3 trial. “We’re not racing against each other,” says Bancel of the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
in 1968. Since her appointment to the faculty in 1971, she has been a driving force in recruiting women for prominent roles at HBS and has inspired legions of MBAs to pursue careers as health-care entrepreneurs and managers. As a pioneer... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands
company's recruitment costs took a dive. "That's advertising and HR resources that they don't have to use anymore," Kornfeld says. Types Of Play The researchers categorize several types of play engaged in by marketers. One is "playing... View Details
- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
on the Web is exactly the same as what you do off-line. Duplicate your traditional business assumptions on-line. (After all, the Internet is just a tool, isn't it?) Insist that an Internet venture meet every corporate standard: cost controls, quarterly earnings, View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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Dana Hoffmann
Before she applied to HBS, Dana Hoffmann seemed to be on a dream career trajectory. With a master’s degree in applied mathematics, she had worked as a financial analyst at Symantec, the Silicon Valley security software giant, and was View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
electric grid. That same year, the NRC agreed to formally consider Popik and Mott’s spent-fuel pool petition, a regulatory intermediate step that is rare for citizen petitions. The two co-founders recruited top experts on critical... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
president of operations. There, he oversaw all global aviation services: public transport, charter, freight, surveillance, search/rescue, and training operations across 10 countries, with a fleet of 140 aircraft. A few weeks after quitting his job, Gower was contacted... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
social enterprise work as a recruiting tool to attract the best young talent, our approach is much more sustainable in the long run because it avoids the reintegration issues that often arise when executives spend months away. What are... View Details
- 05 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Developing Black Talent for Leadership
contributions to HBCUs. If you haven’t supported any yet, establish an HBCU as a target recruiting school that receives the same funding and headcount as other target schools. Finally, companies must also advocate with local, state, and... View Details
- 12 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 12, 2009
U.S. areas where the two industries are not co-located. All three of Marshall's theories of agglomeration are supported, with input-output linkages particularly important. The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
philosophy— "going for scale," as the dot-commers put it. This approach makes sense in certain contexts, especially for businesses like on-line recruitment sites, because their competitive advantage lies in the size of their... View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 06 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School
Radcliffe College, indicating a personal commitment to educating women well before they were officially admitted into the full two-year MBA Program. In 1965, the School hired an administrative assistant to the Dean, whose main responsibility was to View Details
- 13 Jun 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants
Three. Should it focus its business on a single sector such as structured products or attack multiple sectors? How could enough skilled analysts be recruited quickly? How would the firm acquire status as a Nationally Recognized... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
wanted to be consulted and those on which he would fully trust his managers. He created a task force to review some of the company's key management processes—planning, budgeting, performance evaluation, new product rollout, development of marketing campaigns, and View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
Chris Marshall (DBA 1996), Kamal Karmakar (OPM 37), Eugene Lee (MBA 1976), and Sophia Shing (MBA 1997). The seven participating startups were recruited by TaFF as part of The Bridge Fashion Incubator (TBFI) program, considered Southeast... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
controls the recruitment and tenure of directors, sets the board’s agenda, selects the information that flows to the board, and oversees the process of evaluating CEO performance, directors will find it difficult to shift the power... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
bibles of business success, the silver bullets of top performance, the secrets to long-term accomplishment and growth. And you’ve heard all about the importance of information technology, total quality management, and recruiting that... View Details
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
terms of time. But you know, the recruitment and selection process has changed quite a bit. Back in the early 90s, late 80s, it was generally just a question of the chairman and CEO and the other board members looking at their... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
global trade governance and the economic benefits and political tradeoffs associated with reduced trade barriers and the elimination of domestic subsidies. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711043-PDF-ENG Talent View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
Bradley’s personal involvement in its digital strategy and the recruitment of key positions is clear. But that success has been like the man himself—dramatic yet understated. The turnaround deployed two key tactics central to any... View Details