Chart Your Course
APRIL 6, 2015
2 on the list, is the only retailer to make the chart, along with one company each from the insurance, transportation, energy and travel industries. Case Studies/White Papers Finding top talent Hiring Human Resource Management' Costco, at No. Not surprisingly, no fast-food companies made the list.
Women on Business
JANUARY 14, 2011
An answer to this was anything but obvious, and I struggled to find one shortly after my friend Katie and I were laid off from what were supposed to be dream jobs with an online shoe retailer. This we believed to be particularly true in terms of the sorts of brands that we were going to be offering.
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Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 6, 2017
In industries like retail, customer service, and hospitality, entry-level turnover alone costs billions of dollars each year, based on voluntary turnover rates and annual replacement costs. The young people we surveyed worked in a wide variety of industries, including health care, manufacturing, retail, and hospitality.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 9, 2013
That’s because either government regulations dictate joint ventures — for example, in the auto sector in China and multi-brand retailing in India — or because two companies believe they need each other’s complementary strengths, as in the case of AirAsia Japan.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Successful companies such as Starbucks (inspired by coffeehouses in Italy) and the German online retailer Zalando (inspired by Zappos) exemplify the potential of this strategy. Cross-cultural experiences may also stimulate creativity. This principle is illustrated by the origin story of Red Bull.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
Yet luxury hospitality and retail businesses, like many other companies, can struggle to motivate employees. A hotel in San Francisco where I worked previously lost a 5-star travel rating after an inspector gave us a poor grade for front-of hotel experience. This is often a particular challenge with hourly-wage workers.
Harvard Business Review
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
Masala has been at Kuoni, a leading travel services company, since 2007, and is known for frequently shaking things up. And it seems to be opening the door for new options that emphasize a deeply pragmatic approach to innovation, including mixing entrepreneurs and corporations. A Different Approach.
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