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- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
ourselves). Happy Money provides valuable information not only for pleasure-seeking consumers, but also for companies looking to increase the happiness of both employees and customers. The following excerpt...
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Re: Michael I. Norton
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
stadiums, are borne by national and local governments. In terms of human capital costs, FIFA itself employs only 400 people, according to the organization's website. Even if each of its 209 country members...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Necessity became the mother of invention for staffing-firm founder
development firm that matches qualified professionals—women and men—who want flexible schedules with businesses in need of high-caliber services. “It doesn't make a lot of sense to lose talent just because...
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- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?
or isn't attractive. One other danger of people working primarily with those they like: They may simply have a good time and get nothing done. An experienced venture capitalist recalls the case of a very...
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by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo
- 27 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
approach is more effective at keeping rogue affiliates out of a program. That's because the internal employee who selects and manages affiliates, and is paid a base salary, has different motivations than an...
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- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
platform to create personalized online, broadcast-quality video ads tailored to the viewer by location, time of day, real-time offers, and weather. Today the company is hiring again and recently closed deals...
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- June 2016
- Article
Managing the High Intensity Workplace: An 'Always Available' Culture Breeds a Variety of Dysfunctional Behaviors
By: Erin M. Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan
People today are under intense pressure to be “ideal workers”—totally committed to their jobs and always on call. But after interviewing hundreds of professionals in many fields, the authors have concluded that selfless dedication to work is often unnecessary and...
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Risk Management;
Working Conditions;
Work-Life Balance;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Culture
Reid, Erin M., and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Managing the High Intensity Workplace: An 'Always Available' Culture Breeds a Variety of Dysfunctional Behaviors." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 6 (June 2016): 85–90.
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
unemployment. Luca believes that given the high amount of churn in the restaurant industry, it’s quite possible that employees who are left jobless from one restaurant that shuts down often find work at...
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- October 2019 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance
By: Michael Chu, Brian Trelstad and John Masko
In 2009, Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer, two veterans of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, founded Nehemiah Manufacturing to build FMCG brands while providing jobs to Cincinnati, Ohio’s beleaguered urban core. Two years later, the pair made their first...
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Fast Moving Consumer Goods;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Retention;
Selection and Staffing;
Employment;
Human Capital;
Growth Management;
Brands and Branding;
Social Marketing;
Mission and Purpose;
Prejudice and Bias;
City;
Urban Scope;
Consumer Products Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Ohio;
United States
Chu, Michael, Brian Trelstad, and John Masko. "Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance." Harvard Business School Case 320-008, October 2019. (Revised August 2022.)
- 22 Jun 2017
- News
The Talent Pool Your Company Probably Overlooks
- 31 May 2023
- HBS Case
Why Business Leaders Need to Hear Larry Miller's Story
for business leaders to rethink their hiring practices and start giving the formerly incarcerated more opportunities to prove themselves, say Hise Gibson and coauthors of a Harvard Business School case study...
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- 09 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Boundary Spanning in a For-Profit Research Lab: An Exploration of the Interface Between Commerce and Academe
- June 2002
- Article
Control Implications of Worker Identification with Firm Sales Success
By: M. G. Alles and S. Datar
Alles, M. G., and S. Datar. "Control Implications of Worker Identification with Firm Sales Success." Management Accounting Research 13, no. 2 (June 2002): 173–190.
- 06 Mar 2017
- News
To Motivate Employees, Show Them How They’re Helping Customers
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
Should companies let employees keep working remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic ends? Assessing the impact of remote work has involved a lot of guesswork for business leaders,...
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by Danielle Kost
- 2016
- Working Paper
Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-Family Narrative as a Social Defense Against the 24/7 Work Culture
By: Irene Padavic, Robin J. Ely and Erin M. Reid
It is widely accepted that the conflict women experience between family obligations and professional jobs’ long hours lies at the heart of their stalled advancement. Yet research suggests that this “work-family narrative” is partial at best: men, too, experience...
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24/7 Work Culture;
Hegemonic Narrative;
Social Defense;
Work-family Conflict;
Systems Psychodynamic Theory;
Work-Life Balance;
Personal Development and Career;
Gender;
Equality and Inequality;
Organizational Culture
Padavic, Irene, Robin J. Ely, and Erin M. Reid. "Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-Family Narrative as a Social Defense Against the 24/7 Work Culture." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-038, October 2016.
- 22 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance
Employers looking to fill critical job vacancies may want to turn to a largely untapped pool of willing workers: people with criminal records. Employers are often wary of View Details
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by Jay Fitzgerald
- June 20, 2023
- Article
Cautious Adoption of AI Can Create Positive Company Culture
By: Joseph Pacelli and Jonas Heese
Pacelli, Joseph, and Jonas Heese. "Cautious Adoption of AI Can Create Positive Company Culture." CMR Insights (June 20, 2023).
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era
Entrepreneurs and managers who can't adapt to the fast pace of change in the world—"a world that should be on Prozac"—are likely to miss out on opportunities in the years to come, says HBS Professor Howard Stevenson. The good...
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by Sean Silverthorne