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- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) is sharing Working Knowledge articles to further educate our recruiting partners about best practices in human resources. Employee orientation programs ought to be less about the company and...
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- 28 Nov 2018
- HBS Seminar
Jon Jachimowicz, Columbia University
- April 2015
- Case
Accor: Designing an Asset-Right Business and Disclosure Strategy
By: Mozaffar Khan and George Serafeim
Sebastien Bazin was now in charge of Accor, the world's largest French hotelier, a CAC 40 company with 3,600 hotels in 92 countries and a market cap of €10 billion. Previously as the European head of Colony Capital, one of the largest private equity groups and the...
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Khan, Mozaffar, and George Serafeim. "Accor: Designing an Asset-Right Business and Disclosure Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 115-036, April 2015.
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
the democratization of data. The vast turnover at consultancies means armies of experienced strategists are available for hire by former clients, whose increasing sophistication allows them to allocate work instead of relying on one-stop...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
Thinking Twice About Supply-Chain Layoffs
It's the most wonderful time of the year—or that's how the song goes. But this year's decline in retail sales has resulted in definitely uncheery employee layoffs and payroll cuts, a trend that is likely to continue. While the vicious...
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- 23 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
individual and community perspectives as they relate to knowledge creation, reuse, and recombination for innovation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-065.pdf Will I Stay or Will I Go? Cooperative and Competitive Effects of Workgroup Sex and Race...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
level of commitment varies among PWCs. The result is a high employee turnover rate, and departing employees take an average of 35% of their client base with them when they go....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
downtime. Departmental specialists can assist customers during busy periods and order merchandise and arrange their sections during slack hours. The results? Customers receive better service. Employees have more predictable schedules, one...
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- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
less likely to be aligned with company goals. However, the plan was associated with lower sales and gross profits and higher incidence of bad audits, absenteeism, and turnover in some situations where View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2015
- What Do You Think?
What's Wrong With Amazon’s Low-Retention HR Strategy?
high employee turnover for many years. What’s wrong with a low-retention HR strategy? What do you think? To read more: Wayne F. Cascio, The High Cost of Low Wages, Harvard Business Review, December 2006,...
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- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets...
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by Avery Forman
- 31 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change
both clarity and caution. While leaders have fallen back on the “business case” for hiring and promoting employees from historically marginalized groups, this rationale can trigger resistance, backlash, and biases, particularly among...
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- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
provide illustrations from the Toyota Motor Company to show how deliberate perturbation enables efficient exploration in the midst of intense exploitation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-011.pdf Employee Selection...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers
what he calls the negative outliers. The estimated cost—based on turnover triggered by the toxic worker and the cost associated with new hires and training—is likely on the low end, Minor says, because it doesn’t take into account...
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by Roberta Holland
- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
With CEO turnover climbing, many business leaders are trying to hone skills that will keep them at the helm longer. We asked professors from Harvard Business School’s General Management Unit what qualities distinguish extraordinary...
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by Danielle Kost
- 28 Mar 2024
- News
Rooms with a View
Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997) has spent two decades in the hospitality industry, opening and growing major hotel brands, including Hilton, Starwood, and Caesars, with locations around the world. And with each new project, Mirza faced the same primary challenge. “It didn’t...
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- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
turnover—the planned simultaneous exit of a large number of experienced employees and a similarly sized entry of new workers—on operational performance in the context of teaching hospitals. Specifically, we examine the impact of the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Silos That Work: How the Pandemic Changed the Way We Collaborate
organizations. The authors saw an increase in turnover within communities, meaning silos were less stable after employees began working more regularly from home. “The observed changes suggest that...
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
Google and Groupon, for instance, a higher percentage of employees work in sales than engineering or data mining. And at Facebook the salesforce's ability to translate 'likes' into advertisers will make or break that company's valuation...
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by Carmen Nobel