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- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
and their health.” · In a memo to employees, Morgan Stanley’s CEO, James Gorman, wrote, “While long term we can’t be sure how this will play out, we want to commit to you that there will not be a reduction in force at Morgan Stanley in...
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by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 15 Dec 2023
- News
Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem
have the youngest and largest workforce in the world, and half of the world’s largest cities will be in Africa. There will be a younger, tech-savvy middle class with discretionary income to spend, presenting opportunities for restaurants,...
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Margie Kelley
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
performance during a recovery” A search for leaders who have taken alternative approaches to managing their workforce during economic downturns led us to Honeywell CEO Dave Cote, and drives the narrative of our new case study, Honeywell...
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
from $831 million for fiscal 2020. The decrease was primarily attributable to a reduction in program activity as a result of COVID-19. Salaries & Benefits Compensation for faculty and administrative staff is the largest expense at HBS....
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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
October 14, experts warned that “voluntary” carbon reduction targets being set at COP26 are far from sufficient to meaningfully address climate change. Methane, which is 60 to 80 times worse than CO2, they said, isn’t even part of the...
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- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
submitted, from managing a remote workforce to making decisions in the face of vast uncertainty. Not surprisingly, one significant challenge reported by many CEOs was how to position their company to survive, or even thrive, during the...
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- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
assets, including customer relationships; innovative products and services; high-quality and responsive operating processes; skills and knowledge of the workforce; the information technology that supports the workforce and links the firm...
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by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
Lawrence A. Bossidy
Through a number of sweeping initiatives including the introduction of a total quality management program, Six Sigma, and the reduction of the workforce by 20%, Bossidy turned AlliedSignal around. When...
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Automotive & Aerospace
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
Climate Story #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork In our second episode of Climate Stories, we delve into the burgeoning green workforce development movement and its critical role in decarbonizing the economy. Entrepreneur Sam Steyer is using a...
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- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
science and engineering workforce and nearly 50 percent of those with science and engineering doctorates. And at the Ph.D. level, ethnic researchers make an exceptional contribution to science as measured by Nobel Prizes, election to the...
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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
single largest reform initiative is the Strategic Compact. Its goals are to make the Bank more user-friendly and client-responsive by moving more resources, personnel, and budgetary and decision-making power into the field. Along with this decentralization, View Details
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Garry Emmons
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making the Most of Government Upheaval
markets, trade tariffs, and taxation virtually overnight in 1991, sending shock waves throughout its economy. For YPF, at the time heavily diversified in cinemas, airlines, hotels, and restaurants in addition to energy, the first order of business was to contain costs,...
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by Nancy O. Perry
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
the economics for the employer of getting the type of productivity improvement and reduction to absenteeism you referred to earlier, are they similar across industries? Are they as compelling for a company that does have a big hourly or...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
virtual lecture hall to platform for lifelong learning Coursera Chief Enterprise Officer, Leah Belsky, on how online education is facilitating workforce development, mitigating Covid job losses, promoting diversity, transforming teaching,...
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Annual Report 2017 - Annual Report 2017
student projects during 2017–2018 will analyze this data in advance of an on-campus conference in April 2018. More about the AASU 50th Anniversary A Living Model Two hundred and sixty-two staff positions were filled during 2017–2018. In total, the HBS View Details
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
medications, marketing the selling capabilities in the face of falling revenues and an imminent workforce reduction. Rather than downsize the organization quickly to save costs, Wyss and his team took a different approach. They told the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
to handle changing workforce needs that make sparing use of staff reductions and ensure that if they do happen, the process feels fair and the affected parties have a soft landing. Most successful approaches...
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Dina Gerdeman
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
The vital signs of the U.S. healthcare workforce aren’t promising. There are shortages throughout—from doctors, nurses, and clinical assistants to pharmacists and home health aides. Covid-19 drove up the burnout rate, and retirements have...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
growing percentage of the workforce that are seemingly permanently mired in low-wage jobs, so that we have 44 percent of workers making less than 200 percent of the poverty line. And I was interested in that, because if you look at the...
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Supplemental Financial Information - Annual Report 2017
financial resources, is a longstanding goal of the School. The prospect of entering or returning to the workforce with high levels of education debt can deter strong MBA candidates from applying to HBS and restrict their career choices...
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