Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

Any platform still needs to achieve a product-market fit to succeed in the long run. What works well in one country may fare badly in another, especially when the product being sold is a physical rather than a digital one. In 2012 it launched the Salon Board, a cloud-based platform for reservations and customer management.

Recruiting 37

Recruiting Recruitment Transportation Advertising 37

Harvard Business

AUGUST 4, 2017

Not only does taking vacation contribute to enhanced productivity but it also immunizes our teams against the toxic negative attitudes that can be contagious in the workplace. In one study, researchers found that employees fear that their manager will think less of them for taking vacation. First, make the business case.

How To 28

How To ROI Research Meeting 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 29, 2018

Once the full experiment was launched in November 2015, 28 stores in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago were randomly assigned to control and intervention groups. Managers could also use the app to post additional shifts. More-stable scheduling increased sales and labor productivity. The results were striking. We hope not.

Retail 28

Retail Sales Productivity Research 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

It wasn’t until I moved to Paris in 1997 to become Finance Manager for Disney Consumer Products Europe, Middle East, and Africa that I experienced someone setting a non-negotiable boundary for herself. But so did my peers, whether or not they had children, partners, or aging parents. It was just the industry and firm norm.

Boston Consulting Group 44

Boston Consulting Group Study Conference Survey 44