Work Engagement - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16

By: Mikes, Anette, Matthew Hall, and Yuval Millo Abstract—In theory, the risk management groups of two British banks-Saxon and Anglo-had the same influence in their organizations. But in practice, they did not: Saxon's was engaged in... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

29 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 29

An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=3588 Working PapersInnovation and the Challenge of Novelty: The Novelty-Confirmation-Transformation Cycle in Software and Science... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data will transform financial services and small-business lending long before they impact driverless cars, predicts Harvard Business School Senior Fellow Karen G. Mills. “As we speak, large banks and fintech providers... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services

05 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

much thinking on the importance of regions and the policies that should be designed towards them. But there is comparatively little work on what regional governments’ role should be in implementing these policies relative to that of other... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2017
Research & Ideas

A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients

Kaplan, who has been working on a multiyear project with HBS Professor Michael E. Porter on improving value in health care, has found that often the most effective medical procedure is one that costs the least: talking. In a recent... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

(Editor's note: This first in a series of articles based on a Harvard Business School working paper by Karen Mills that analyzes the current state of availability of bank capital for small business.) Small businesses are core to America's... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

06 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 6

feel guilty and have increased levels of negative affect after engaging in unethical behavior (Studies 1a and 1b), individuals who cheat on different problem-solving tasks consistently experience more positive affect than those who do not... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Jun 2020
News

Unleashed

That’s it. That’s the secret.” Morriss is the executive founder of The Leadership Consortium; Frei, the consortium's co-founder, served as senior vice president of leadership and strategy at Uber. They draw from their work with companies... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2008
News

One-on-One with Jim Breyer

are very important. One is generalist investment skills combined with industry specialization. A balance between investment prowess and operating knowledge is important as well, since we really do typically lead or colead our investments and go on boards and View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

29 Apr 2022
News

Clean Slate

and the corporate sector in is not easy today because there’s far more sexy stuff to work on out there. I think we have to just persist because it is such a critical area for the country, for just healthy living, clean living, and... View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Jun 2008
News

Team MBA

students firsthand experience with team dynamics. “Learning teams are becoming part of the culture at HBS,” says Professor Jeff Polzer, faculty chair of the MBA Learning Teams Initiative. “They give students the opportunity to work with... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2022
News

Your Family, Your Work, Your Way

divide the work of running a home. Anecdotally, what do you see in your engagement with clients and what fixes can you offer for making the situation more equitable, if it’s not? DD: Yeah. So this is a... View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

All For One

were talking about innovation, few were talking about how to lead innovation. The managers she spoke with seemed to eschew most business books on leadership. “The first paragraph always says you have to ‘have a vision,’” says Hill. View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

03 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2023
News

Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains

challenge of introducing this nascent industry to the public. MK: I think DAC is still relatively new to people—both in this community and I think more broadly. So a lot of the work that we're doing around community View Details

27 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 27, 2007

Working PapersPublic Action for Public Goods Authors:Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rohini Somanathan Abstract This paper focuses on the relationship between public action and access to public goods. It begins by developing a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Creating Online Ads We Want to Watch

Marketing Research, "Emotion-Induced Engagement in Internet Video Ads," coauthored by Teixeira and fellow researchers Michel Wedel of the University of Maryland and Rik Pieters of Tilburg University.) The researchers paid 58 adults to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

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Photograph Albums - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

During the 1890s, it was the largest steel producer in the western United States. This album, circa 1896, includes dramatic scenes of steel workers engaged in their assigned specialties as well as exterior factory views. In 1901 Illinois... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Latin America's Decade

partners established Fundaï§ï£o Estudar ("Study Foundation"), which is currently helping some sixty needy, high-potential students engage in business studies at the university and postgraduate levels. Sicupira also View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

communities alongside First Nations and had a deep appreciation for the natural world. Everyone he knew would feel the impact of this. He was in the midst of a spiritual conversion, too, having become a Christian in 1997, and was increasingly focused on how he could... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

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