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- 22 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading
says, noting that according to US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 12 percent of the workforce is listed as salespeople, a figure that has grown in the 21st century. Plus, the $900 billion that is spent on sales View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
Government Intervention Labor Global Events Influence: High 1900 s 19 8.8 million immigrants arrive throughout decade Cities expand Population grows from 76 to 92 million Rural Free Delivery routes added Influence: Medium 10 1910 s 19... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
exists between spending money on others (i.e., prosocial spending) and happiness. Participants recalled a previous purchase made for either themselves or someone else and then reported their happiness. Afterward, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens
Identify all likely and potential opponents at the outset of the process. Project advocates often find themselves in reactive, defensive mode, having focused too late on opponents who have seized the initiative. For Amazon’s project, opposition from organized View Details
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
business does and can play in addressing big social and environmental challenges. Students will examine the forces that are leading Capitalism to evolve to address these challenges, how to overcome impediments that hamper businesses’... View Details
- August 2002
- Article
Creativity Under the Gun
By: Teresa Amabile, Constance N. Hadley and Steven J. Kramer
If you're like most managers, you've worked with people who swear they do their most creative work under tight deadlines. You may use pressure as a management technique, believing it will spur people on to great leaps of insight. You may even manage yourself this way.... View Details
Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Time Management; Working Conditions; Performance Evaluation
Amabile, Teresa, Constance N. Hadley, and Steven J. Kramer. "Creativity Under the Gun." Special Issue on The Innovative Enterprise: Turning Ideas into Profits. Harvard Business Review 80, no. 8 (August 2002): 52–61.
- 13 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13
was substantial. We also show that immigrant inventors were more productive than native born inventors; however, they received significantly lower levels of labor income. The immigrant inventor wage gap cannot be explained by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2022
- HBS Case
Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?
responded to these brewing forces with an improved encryption system that put privacy in the hands of the consumer. The company no longer possessed a master key to devices that government officials could request. Instead, when a user... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Venturing Forth
plummeted. “Meta lost two-thirds of its valuation, Amazon lost half of its value, and Alphabet lost just over one-third of its value,” Tango writes. Those companies were forced to lay off staffers, he says. Now the ripple effect is being... View Details
- 28 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Profit Power of Corporate Culture
arises because little research has been targeted at trying to quantify its importance on performance. In his new book, The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force that Transforms Performance, HBS Professor Emeritus James L. Heskett... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
progress and enhance inner work life every day. The book shows how to remove obstacles to progress, including meaningless tasks and toxic relationships. It also explains how to activate two forces that enable progress: 1) catalysts—events... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
either way, labor market competition among firms would close these gaps over time for mobile workers. Immigrants account for large percentage of patents Outside immigrant business owners, Kerr’s previous research shows that immigrants... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails
managers. Employees were randomly assigned, via a lottery, to certain days they would work in the office. Choudhury and his team then divided the participating HR workers into three groups based on how they split their time between the... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 25 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles
EXPERIENCE United States Marine Corps HBS ACTIVITIES African American Student Union, Armed Forces Alumni Association Janina Motter Janina wanted an MBA because she is “passionate about empowering others – I’m looking for more... View Details
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Events - Business History
7 07 Nov 2022 Business History Seminar Diana Kim (Georgetown), "A Most Durable Inequality: Caste and Untouchable Labor across Post-World War Two Industrializing Asia" Oct 31 31 Oct 2022 Business History Seminar Thomas Fetzer (Central... View Details
- 06 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Short Intensive Programs 2024 Preview: From Climate Change to Formula 1
what types of techniques, approaches, and ways of making connections across different concepts resonate most with students. What will help them develop a deeper self-understanding, empathy for others' lack of inclusion, an understanding of the historical and social... View Details
- 27 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?
investigators cited MCAS as the cause. Still, Boeing did not ground the 737 MAX, forcing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to do so. FAA took 20 months and numerous changes before the 737 MAX was approved for flights again. In... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 15 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News
information when they are forced to actively choose whether to learn or not. Exley and Kessler replicate this finding as well. When individuals were required to actively choose whether to avoid information, they found that View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
be aware of the range of powerful, dynamic, and often conflicting forces shaping the emerging competitive environment. The globalization of markets, the increasing homogeneity of customer needs worldwide, the impact of the digital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne