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10 Dec 2012
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How Nonprofits Can Use Data to Solve the World's Problems

June 2016
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Task Segregation as a Mechanism for Within-Job Inequality: Women and Men of the Transportation Security Administration

By: Curtis K. Chan and Michel Anteby

What could explain inequality within a given job between groups of workers, particularly between women and men? Extant workplace inequality scholarship has largely overlooked as a source for inequality the job’s work content—the actual tasks workers perform. It is... View Details

Keywords: Inequality; Work; Mechanisms And Processes; Stratification; Labor Process; Qualitative Methods (General); Case Method; Field Research; Equality and Inequality; Working Conditions; Gender; Labor; Labor and Management Relations; Air Transportation Industry

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15 Nov 2018
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Yes, the Open Office Is Terrible — But It Doesn’t Have to Be

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

for learning about what works in digital health. Recently, we have witnessed developments that would have been difficult to imagine just a few years ago. In the United States, we have seen massive expansions... View Details

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16 Apr 2013
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A Walkabout to the Ocean

effective. "When I graduated from high school," Merkl says, "my father gave me 3,000 deutsche marks and told me to leave from the front door of the house and return at the back door, taking the long way... View Details

Keywords: Ocean; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

22 Feb 2010
Op-Ed

Tragedy at Toyota: How Not to Lead in Crisis

leader with a strong, cohesive plan. Mr. Toyoda is anything but. His uninspired words of optimism from Davos only unnerved customers and U.S. regulators. Meanwhile, Ford and GM are working hard to regain the... View Details

Keywords: by William George; Auto

01 Dec 2015
News

Enjoying the Chance to Reconnect

Association about working on his class’s Reunion campaign. “I definitely enjoyed the chance to reconnect. In conversation with classmates, I share my sense of what HBS has done for me, and that gets people... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Contributing to a Better Future

Illustration by Dana Smith Debora Spar In preparation for the official launch of HBS’s new Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) in October, the School drew upon the findings of the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer survey to understand how people... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Introducing LivelyHood, A Volunteer Nonprofit Founded in Response to COVID-19 - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

May 17, 2023
Article

Don't Let Passion Lead to Burnout on Your Team

By: Joy Bredehorst, Kai Krautter, Jirs Meuris and Jon M. Jachimowicz

Passion is often heralded as the key to a fulfilling and successful career, but the authors’ recent research suggests that it can also come at a cost: Feeling passionate about work can lead to exhaustion and even burnout. Through studies with more than 700 employees... View Details

Keywords: Burnout; Emotions; Work-Life Balance; Employees

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21 May 2019
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Getting to Know 2019 Class Day Student Speaker Brandon Rapp

01 Apr 1999
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An Eye to the East

as a base of operations for work in the twelve countries in the region. Yeh and her small staff are set up to provide a significant part of the intellectual and logistical support needed by visiting HBS... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

05 Jul 2018
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How to Manage an Employee Who’s Having a Personal Crisis

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

often approach innovation and disruption much differently. Having worked hard to align strategy and organization to support the current business, they develop tunnel vision,... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

05 May 2020
Research & Ideas

China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers

Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) How to Make Furloughs More Humane (Harvard Business Review) Coaching Your Team Through Uncertain Times (Harvard Business Review)... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Sep 2023
Research & Ideas

What Chandrayaan-3 Says About India's Entrepreneurial Approach to Space

has been working on entrepreneurial solutions to the problems of economic development for decades. Harvard Gazette: Why is the Chandrayaan-3 landing important? Tarun Khanna: It’s a part of the moon that has... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette; Aerospace

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

said. "City, state, and federal official worked together to collect evidence, keep our city safe, and bring the bombers to justice. Everyone put their egos aside.... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

01 Oct 1999
News

Four Promoted to Full Professor

Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, won the Global Business Book Award for the best business book published that year. Christensen is currently head of the required General Management course. Prior View Details

30 Aug 2018
Blog Post

My Difficult Decision to Leave Google for HBS

different than his past colleagues, and he’d needed to adjust. During the first few weeks, he had missed these talks, and his employees would leave work early or argue endlessly over scheduling. By asking... View Details

11 Jul 2011
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