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- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
employees depends on its willingness to listen to them and act on what is learned. “Allowing employees to safely speak truth View Details
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by Michael Beer
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Partners’ Club Strives to Broaden Appeal
to adjust to a new lifestyle and find support in others who have faced similar emotions and situations.” The club took a big step toward diversification by adding a men’s committee, which attracted ten...
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- 03 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff
apology “builds a bridge” between the company and its stakeholders. 5. Invest in laid-off employees Companies can reinforce the bridge by committing to help downsized employees get back on their feet. Many organizations address this...
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- 17 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees
From software that once came in a box to phone apps that do simple tasks, more products and services are moving to a subscription model—and consumers are feeling it. The average US consumer last year spent...
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- 16 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Luxury Isn’t What It Used to Be
Cashing in on the $60 billion global luxury goods market has never been tougher—or more rewarding. Competition is keen. And consumer preferences are constantly shifting, causing the concept of luxury itself to change over time. As a...
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- 08 Feb 2021
- Book
How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect
matter of dumping his work on others. “Some people actually view this as a good opportunity, not a burden,” he says. “So how do we get this away from a 50-year-old and onto the desk of a 27-year-old who will pay more attention and also...
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by Michael Blanding
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
more balanced and comprehensive if management believes that directors might seek an independent opinion. It should be noted that there is a precedent for providing directors with independent funding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that audit committees have their own...
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- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
it's a verbal tick. It's no big deal really." Then Sheryl said to me, "I know this great speech coach, and I'm sure Google would pay for it. Would you like an introduction?" Once again, I made this brush-off...
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- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't
donations. So, my coauthor, Dale Miller, and I looked at whether different framings of that situation can impact people’s willingness to give. There are two ways to frame a...
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- 16 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.
The coronavirus shock has disrupted more than jobs, supply chains, and financial markets. Your customer has changed fundamentally, too. The number one task for many companies now is discovering where their B2C and B2B customers have moved View Details
- 17 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage
benefits. Now, they say, we are reaping the consequences of that misapprehension. Employees left their jobs at alarming rates over the past year as they reassessed their lives in the face of COVID-19. Other workers are “quietly quitting,” resolving View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
exceeding that percentage of actual revenue. Other expenses—insurance, credit card processing, marketing, utilities, repairs—mount up. Assuming adequate working capital upon opening, a restaurant’s cash from daily sales is used to View Details
- 12 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict
people made the same forecasts about others in their own group, believing their fellow Democrats or fellow Republicans were angrier about a measure, even when they themselves were only mildly opposed. Having such polarized views of both political parties naturally...
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by Michael Blanding
- July–August 2018
- Article
Learning by Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods
By: Frank Nagle
As the economy becomes more information based, firms are increasingly using crowdsourced public goods as inputs for innovation and production. Counterintuitively, some firms pay their employees to contribute to the creation of these goods, which can be used freely by...
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Competitive Advantage
Nagle, Frank. "Learning by Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods." Organization Science 29, no. 4 (July–August 2018): 569–587.
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Corruption
Henry Motte-Munoz (MBA 2013) is cofounder of Bantay, an NGO that educates Filipinos about their rights to good government services and gives them tools to obtain these services without View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
If you want to become good at early-stage investing, you need to learn how to size up the fundamental elements of an opportunity. Many investors use checklists or think of...
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by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 25 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
3 Tips on Coming to HBS with a Partner
your partner would want – is he or she the very social type or do they need their down time? Pay attention to your partner's life outside of HBS and make time for the two of you. Calendar invites are a life...
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- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
required to pay an administrative fee (the Industrial Funding Fee), which is based on a fraction of their self-reported sales. To encourage more accurate self-reporting, the...
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- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
caps, for instance—"that we never see. Many bottlers are in a supply chain of their own." Action Steps Despite these challenges, there are many ways that companies can take steps to battle HIV and AIDS, summarized Ruggie: View Details
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by Martha Lagace