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- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
and cool-headed they were, as was typical of men in other dangerous workplaces, platform workers readily acknowledged their physical limitations, publicly admitted their mistakes, and openly attended to their own and others' feelings....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Business History around the World
decade. Ten years ago our knowledge of the history of business was heavily concentrated on the cases of the United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia. Since then there has been exciting new research on the...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
As every company knows, employees are its greatest resource. It's more than a shame, then, that many workers are either not encouraged or afraid to speak up and communicate ideas at work. Employers are losing valuable View Details
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
that will deliver corporate performance. Finally, I conclude that the field will ultimately require a framework that puts firms at its center. Benefiting from Location: Knowledge Retrieval Authors:Juan Alcácer and Wilbur Chung...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
building an electrical component. This information instructs local engineers and other local skilled workers concerning key elements of the firm's technology. The reforms we studied appear to be effective because they were sustained,...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
turn, moving ideas on new paths to market and perhaps even publishing research to enhance industry knowledge will provide new and important ways for companies to realize the value of their discoveries. — Laura Singleton (MBA ’88) Artful...
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- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
Opportunity Authors:Maxim Sytch, Adam Tatarynowicz, and Ranjay Gulati Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Working PapersManagerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
feeling, so therefore it’s worthy of study. The second thing is figuring out that, when you study it, you get better at it. This is not of theoretical interest; the more you know, the happier you can get. When it turns out there is View Details
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Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 09 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership
productive workers during Kelleher's tenure were motivated by a vibrant working atmosphere, good wages, profit sharing, and the knowledge that no employees had ever been laid off at the company. This feeling...
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- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
knowledge and value creation are distributed across many actors. We propose a theory of IP modularity based on value maximization net of transaction and agency costs. We then use case examples to extend the theory into practical settings...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
pandemic. The program provides an opportunity for students to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. This summer, HBS is supporting a record 162 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows, with many of...
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- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
Experiment of On-the-job Learning of Knowledge Production by Local Workers Reporting to Return Migrants By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj Abstract—I study whether return migrants facilitate View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
question, "Can Japan compete?", the simple answer is yes. The real question, according to the authors, is, "Will it choose to compete?" First published in Japanese in the spring of 2000, the English version of the book was released this past autumn....
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by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
standard for workers in construction, farming, and other professions that require strenuous outdoor labor. SMI built a successful national sales base from its headquarters in Massachusetts by establishing channels with large department...
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- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
Design Institute address these trends? KL: Our aspiration is to help invent the future of capitalism. Let’s figure out how companies can operate ethically with digital technologies and how we can get all of our workers trained up...
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April White
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
changes from Washington, not Beijing. HBS Working Knowledge gathered advice from faculty on this radical shift for firms and how they can adapt to and navigate this new terrain. Jaya Wen and Ebehi Iyoha: Leverage microdata to navigate...
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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
describes as a “wonderful treasure trove of data.” “We have a window into how concrete events affected knowledge workers’ thoughts, perceptions, emotions, and motivations,” Amabile says. “We call this ‘inner work life,’ and we found that...
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- 04 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 4, 2016
yield lessons for the management of creative workers and for the implementation of competitive procurement mechanisms for innovation. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49445 A Welfarist Role for...
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- 20 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews
racially controversial causes in a way that could turn off an employer. “People want to have like an awesome black worker but they want one who they feel like fits within a certain box and like very much will conform and like lay low and...
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All Industries
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
In addition to its growth in manufacturing, India began grabbing headlines in the United States a few years ago for its sudden surge as a center of offshore IT work and business process outsourcing (BPO), industries unto themselves that have reshaped companies and...
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Julia Hanna