Short Time Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

extensive (turnover) margin as opposed to asymmetric effort responses on the intensive margin. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54422 Harvard Business School Case 718-039 Lisbon Revisited No abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019) - MBA

the finance industry and I’m currently working for Nomura Securities. Since my time back I had a chance to do work on the side with an ESG Fund, which was the first Asia based... View Details

16 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?

The coronavirus pandemic has not only disrupted lives and businesses, it has illuminated underlying fragilities in the global value chain (GVC) that drives economies around the world. The smartphone you use many times daily is a product... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5

models of Internet firms and contribute to inform the regulatory debate on consumer privacy. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=13-085.pdf Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18

organizational behavior as a field of study. He was a pioneer in creating a body of work on organization design, leadership, and change in both the private and public sectors. Lawrence’s professional work... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

Series How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

26 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

says. “Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.” This might seem an extreme way to motivate employees (and, of course, fails spectacularly in the movie). But companies hold so-called tournaments based on relative performance all the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing

15 Dec 2009
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First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

value proposition while working under intensive time pressure. Finally, the team had to overcome a series of operational problems after the initial market launch. The case study retraces the initiative's... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets

Markets project. Working Knowledge Building Histories of Emerging Economies One Interview at a Time Much of modern business history has been written on experiences in the United States, Europe, and Japan.... View Details

26 May 2016
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Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

rough time in the markets—baptism by fire,” she says, noting that her two intense years there were great training, as was her time at HBS. “If you can master the case method, you can do anything.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

05 May 2011
What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

Summing Up Our perceptions of whether we do "what's right" depend on such things as the situation, the time frame, the expectations of others, and whether we are face-to-face with the object of our actions. And we are much... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

“People might be intimidated to approach the sales superstar and reveal that they are having problems because of self-image issues,” Stanton says. “And the best salespeople may want to hold on to their information because it gives them status within a firm.” In a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

joining the board of Cure HHT has been for me and how much I’ve learned in the past year alone. I’ve found purpose in working to solve a big challenge, not just for the disease impacting my family, but also in raising the shared voices of... View Details

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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

spring meeting earlier this month. "This is a place where we work hard, we are focused, we are cutting edge, for the public good," said Weinzierl, who is also the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration. During... View Details

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Ethan Li

time at HBS—in class and out—is valuable. I love the case study method; it helps me relate my prior experience to future goals. For example, we just had a case about the international expansion of a Japanese business—could a similar... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Manufacturing/Energy

06 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

The Right Way to Manage Customer Churn for Maximum Profit

unhappy with customer service, or your prices went up, or a competitor offered a better deal. But if a company lets too many customers show themselves the door, then they’ll waste too much of their time recruiting new customers. “If 30... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Financial Services

03 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Physicians Off the Beaten Path

engineering and was required to spend equal amounts of time at a laboratory, in front of a computer and at the hospital. “Doctors,” this professor said, “won’t trust you if they know you are engineers.” I later came to know he was being... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

called to our teammates. Flying isn’t about airplanes. It’s about people working together to make a mission happen. My fellow aviators came from every state, every type of background, and every walk of life. It was the trust and... View Details

30 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

Management Journal Monitoring Global Supply Chains By: Short, Jodi L., Michael W. Toffel, and Andrea R. Hugill Abstract—Firms reliant on supply chains to manufacture their goods risk reputational harm if the working conditions in those... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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