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- June 2006 (Revised January 2007)
- Case
e-Types A/S
A successful young design firm faces a difficult decision: whether to compromise its creative values to win a big job. The client brief is very conservative. The company is pretty sure it can win the design competition, but the design staff hates what they think they...
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Austin, Robert D., Shannon ODonnell, and Silje Kamille Friis. "e-Types A/S." Harvard Business School Case 606-118, June 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
- 15 Sep 2015
- Blog Post
On the Road: HBS in Israel
This summer HBS Admissions headed to Israel to host a number of events for prospective students in the area. Outreach Director, Jill Fadule (along with her youngest son Joseph), had the chance to sightsee, connect with local alumni, and...
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- 07 Sep 2011
- News
Top executives need feedback—here's how they can get it
- 28 Jan 2020
- News
Want to Change the World? Don’t Let Your Own Success Get in the Way.
- 05 Jun 2018
- News
5 Ways Leaders Act Like Rebels (That'll Make You Successful, Too)
- 07 Dec 2017
- News
Even for the Very Rich, More Money Brings Happiness
- January–February 2023
- Article
Rethink Your Employee Value Proposition: Offer Your People More Than Just Flexibility
By: Mark Mortensen and Amy C. Edmondson
A lot of leaders believe that the formula for attracting and keeping talent is simple: Just ask people what they want and give it to them. The problem is, that approach tends to address only the material aspects of jobs that are top of employees’ minds at the moment,...
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Compensation and Benefits;
Retention;
Recruitment;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Satisfaction
Mortensen, Mark, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Rethink Your Employee Value Proposition: Offer Your People More Than Just Flexibility." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 1 (January–February 2023): 45–49.
- August 2021
- Article
Improving Sales Hiring
Sales hiring presents inherent challenges not found to the same extent in talent management in other functional areas. Moreover, common hiring practices make a tough job needlessly harder. This article suggests practical ways to improve sales hiring: Hire for the Task,...
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Cespedes, Frank V. "Improving Sales Hiring." Top Sales Magazine (August 2021), 20–21.
- September 2019
- Case
Shell: A Company of Opportunity?
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Emer Moloney
The Opportunity Hub was a cloud-based platform that enabled managers to market projects they were working on and associated resourcing needs as “Opportunity Owners” and employees, or “Opportunity Seekers,” to browse these statements of need and engage when they had...
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Business Divisions;
Change Management;
Competency and Skills;
Experience and Expertise;
Talent and Talent Management;
Energy;
Energy Sources;
Non-Renewable Energy;
Renewable Energy;
Human Resources;
Employees;
Retention;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Jobs and Positions;
Job Design and Levels;
Knowledge Sharing;
Knowledge;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Labor;
Human Capital;
Labor Unions;
Leading Change;
Resource Allocation;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance Evaluation;
Performance Productivity;
Strategic Planning;
Projects;
Motivation and Incentives;
Business Strategy;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Technology Platform;
Chemical Industry;
Energy Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
United Kingdom;
Netherlands
Fuller, Joseph B., and Emer Moloney. "Shell: A Company of Opportunity?" Harvard Business School Case 320-025, September 2019.
- May 2003
- Case
Environmental Defense
Analyzes the strategy and management of Environmental Defense, a leading environmental advocacy group, emphasizing the group's activity in the energy and agribusiness industries. From a strategy formulation standpoint, the case encourages students to think of the...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Energy;
Relationships;
Agribusiness;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Environmental Defense." Harvard Business School Case 703-029, May 2003.
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
culture of inclusion and belonging that stokes new thinking will flourish in its wake—propelling a company to its next innovation. Hise O. Gibson is a senior lecturer in the Technology and Operations View Details
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by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- 09 Sep 2013
- News
Harvard makes space for venture capitalist
- 15 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Medallia
Organization:Ursela Knezevic, University Programs, MBA Talent Outreach, Medallia Describe your organization in three to five sentences. Medallia is the fastest growing Customer Experience Management Company...
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Technology
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Senior Executive Leadership Program—China
Today's global business environment offers many exciting prospects for talented executives and ambitious organizations. To take full advantage of emerging opportunities in China and beyond, businesses need exceptional leaders—forward-thinking executives who are...
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- July 2019
- Teaching Note
AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow
By: William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg
A Teaching Note for the "AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow" case study (HBS#820-017). The case describes how AT&T designed and implemented a program to retrain 100,000 of its workers. The case first reviews the technological forces that compelled AT&T to...
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AT&T;
Workforce;
Future Of Work;
Telecommunications;
Unions;
Technological Change;
Layoffs;
MOOCS;
Strategic Planning;
Employees;
Training;
Labor;
Learning;
Labor Unions;
Technology Adoption;
Talent and Talent Management;
Transformation;
Telecommunications Industry;
Communications Industry;
United States
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
impact in business and society. This effort is amplified by HBS’s Racial Equity Plan, which calls for the School to attract additional Black talent to all parts of the community View Details
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 18 Nov 2021
- News
What Do Black Executives Really Want?
- 28 Aug 2013
- News
From Google to Campbell's Soup, more perks for employees
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
cumulatively millions of largely men—but by no means completely men—with engineering talent and interest and ambition that say, where do I want to be? Morrell: So Silicon...
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