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- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
is) a disconnect between the identity (employees) experience in their workplace and the identity valued in their organizations' business models." Dr. Kervokian asks, "What exactly is the new American dream ?" Mark Clark... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
Thematically, the conference aimed to explore the major challenges of angel investing, managing and growing through a pandemic, as well as expanding opportunity for diverse founders and funders, confronting racial justice, and harnessing... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
Working PapersUnmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity Authors:Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Abstract This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
effectively is a governance issue as well as a prerequisite for profitable growth.” Related Reading Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator Want a Happy Customer?... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
ambition. “Hubris and the ubiquity of devices configured to interrupt us make focused work a near impossibility for many.” Time management principles at work are well understood, just terribly hard to implement. Human beings are... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Made in the USA
to implement innovative, money-saving measures, such as generating electricity via hydropower, recirculating heat from manufacturing processes to warm the factory complex, and using water from his own wells to cool machinery. In a... View Details
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
relationships, with communicating verbally as well as reading gestures, and with using their imagination. Many ASD sufferers prefer routine to novelty, and exhibit steady focus and repetitive behavior patterns. If employed, they... View Details
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
conditions in its factories. Many countries, for example, sign international labor treaties promising to uphold certain workplace standards. Labor observers, however, have long wondered whether those treaties represent better working... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana
employees across a variety of functions worked remotely and in January 2020, Humana was ranked 15th most flexible workplace in the U.S. by FlexJobs. Humana has earned this reputation by offering remote work arrangements, using a variety... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
was a dearth of case studies on women in the workplace, she was instrumental in establishing in 1997 Harvard Business School's Marjorie Alfus/C200 Initiative for developing cases that focus on important management issues involving women business leaders. Haberkorn's... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
acceptance is decreased respect for everyone in their O category. The dating market. Sometimes unmarried women hide their concerns and competence because they do not want to appear to compete with potential dating partners. But relationships based on concealment do not... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Alumni Books Boeing Metamorphosis: Launching the 737 and 747, 1965–1969 by John Fredrickson and John Andrew (MBA 1959) Schiffer Military History Welcome to the world of corporate decision-making, workplace gambles, and myriad human... View Details
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
tight labor market, it is critical to understand how to effectively reward employees. To address this question, we review relevant evidence that explains the importance of workplace rewards and recognition. Based on a review and synthesis... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
their lives in the office, they'd like that time to be spiritually as well as materially rewarding." Leading experts on the topic, including Peter B. Vaill (MBA '60, DBA '64), a professor at the University of St. Thomas business school in... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Alumni Books Dress Like a Million from Goodwill: The Ultimate Recycle Store by Jean Kelley (OPM 29, 2000) (JKLA Publishing) Goodwill stores are the ultimate retail location for getting great deals on name brand clothing. In this book, the author shares her years of... View Details
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2023 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
second-year MBA course, Power and Influence, as well as the PhD seminar on Micro-topics in Organizational Behavior. She also teaches in various executive education programs. She previously taught the second-year MBA course, Authentic... View Details
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
enormous impact on the very big problems we're facing in the world today: natural resource scarcity, social inequality, and poverty, as well as on governance issues like product safety and corruption. More and more CEOs are leading their... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
pressures I felt didn't come from work," she notes. "The problem was that as a woman in France I was expected to do it all outside the office, as well - take care of the kids, cook, and entertain elegantly. The cultural expectations just... View Details
- 08 Aug 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road
place.” None of it helps clean up a workplace mess. ADVERSITY TOOLKIT Managers can soup up resilience in themselves as well as their teams by making a shift in how they size up a challenge. Rather than... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman