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- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
benefits in June, just one found a job by early September, research shows. Pulling the COVID-19-related benefits early created fewer jobs than many government officials predicted. Meanwhile, many people—both those who returned to View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
needed while some are not. How to change the organization and management teams to create new competencies without changing your essence and core values?” Skills needed now: Continuous learning and... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 26 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
REALLY MATTERS IN THE WORKPLACE IS HELPING EMPLOYEES FEEL APPRECIATED.” Rewards that signal to employees that they did a good job and that their manager cares about them will encourage employees to want... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
and how to more carefully monitor (and when necessary ride herd on) the partners on whom their virtual model depends. And they need to drive this process deep into their supply and production chains. One... View Details
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
Here's a really scary thought. Now that the federal government has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into saving financial institutions deemed "too big to fail," hasn't it implicitly guaranteed similar largesse for all such... View Details
- 2014
- Book
Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy
By: Paul B. Brown, Charles F. Kiefer and Leonard A. Schlesinger
It used to be that if you studied and worked hard, you could be assured of an extremely satisfying career. But in a world of constant layoffs and dying industries, it has become increasingly difficult to "plan" your way to success. So what is the solution? Well, when... View Details
Brown, Paul B., Charles F. Kiefer, and Leonard A. Schlesinger. Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy. New York, NY: AMACOM, 2014.
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
away much of that support. Also, eviction moratoriums are lapsing. Those who haven’t been able to go back to work and/or receive the support they... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
Clubs News Clubs News NorCal Alumni Get Answers and Share Ideas in Virtual COVID-19 Update The HBS Association of Northern California's COVID-19 Update, a virtual program featuring board member Dr. David Seftel (MBA 1992), has become the club’s go-to event, as alumni... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Article
Multitasking While Driving: A Time Use Study of Commuting Knowledge Workers to Assess Current and Future Uses
By: Thomaz Teodorovicz, Andrew L. Kun, Raffaella Sadun and Orit Shaer
Commuting has enormous impact on individuals, families, organizations, and society. Advances in vehicle automation may help workers employ the time spent commuting in productive work-tasks or wellbeing activities. To achieve this goal, however, we need to develop a... View Details
Keywords: In-vehicle User Interfaces; Time-use Study; Automated Vehicles; Knowledge Workers; Commuting
Teodorovicz, Thomaz, Andrew L. Kun, Raffaella Sadun, and Orit Shaer. "Multitasking While Driving: A Time Use Study of Commuting Knowledge Workers to Assess Current and Future Uses." International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 162 (June 2022).
- 23 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
How to thrive as an Introvert at HBS
resources to work on a business idea, and stay on top of my mental and physical health amidst all of the craziness. Through the process of pursuing those goals, I knew I’d connect with awesome people, so I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
India Research Center: Connecting HBS to South Asia
working with HBS faculty to lay the groundwork for cases and new course development. Now, staff members also help the MBA Admissions team meet with prospective students and View Details
- 08 Mar 2023
Looking Ahead: Applying to MBA Programs from College
Join us for this joint panel discussion featuring Yale School of Management, Harvard Business School, and MIT Sloan. We will discuss why college students should consider applying to MBA Programs, offer tips on applying without View Details
- 25 Jan 2023
- News
Death by a Thousand Meetings: How to Reduce Video-Call Overload
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Push the system to see where it breaks
Anthony Priest (MBA 1996), program specialist at Washington, DC Public Schools, talks about his move from teaching to working to improve the school system. “The idea is View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
street-to-prison cycle that had ravaged his youth. He had passed a high school equivalency test and had earned a college degree, and by that point could envision a bright future as a budding accountant at Arthur Andersen, the firm he longed View Details
- 25 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK
lot of people are feeling apprehension,” says Yu, who’s now a scientist at Humu, a Palo Alto company that develops productivity tools for workplaces. “Maybe they want to go back View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A commitment to conservation supports the bottom line
in perpetuity. Lyme Timber’s principals are pioneers in securing financing for conservation easements, and Hoffer helped to procure one of the first easements under the federal Forest Legacy program in Vermont, in 1995. He View Details
- February 2024
- Case
More than Optics: Olympus's Vision to Become a Leading Global MedTech Company
By: David J. Collis and Haisley Wert
In August 2022, CEO Yasuo Takeuchi reflected on Olympus Corporation’s recent transformation from being known as a Japanese consumer camera company to becoming a leading global medical technology (MedTech) company. Over the past dozen years, Takeuchi and prior... View Details
Keywords: Global Human Resource Management; Medical Technology; Corporate Strategy; Transformation; Globalization; Business Model; Leading Change; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States
Collis, David J., and Haisley Wert. "More than Optics: Olympus's Vision to Become a Leading Global MedTech Company." Harvard Business School Case 724-426, February 2024.
- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities
Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) Since enrolling in HBS’s joint MBA/Master of Public Policy program with the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in 2017, the only thing Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) hasn’t been able to do... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Providing education and opportunities to children in Pakistan
Seema Aziz (OPM 39, 2010), cofounder of Bareeze, a global luxury textile and clothing brand based in Pakistan, started the CARE Foundation to provide education and opportunities for children in rural Pakistan. In this video conducted... View Details