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- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
work, no matter where they are. "Let's face it," writes HBS Professor Leslie Perlow. "When that phone buzzes, few of us have the mental fortitude to ignore it." In her new book, Sleeping...
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by Leslie A. Perlow
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
company operations, and protect the environment while generating long-term value for shareholders. "A decision by Doug McMillon ... has given us an opportunity to put the Business Roundtable’s new...
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- 20 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018
disruption, well, disrupted. At Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, our most popular stories about HBS faculty research have always been those that help readers become better managers and outstanding leaders, and it was no...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
connection, or feel self-conscious about when and how to offer input during the discussion. What’s more, “Zoom fatigue” is real, and teams can combat it by relying on email or other media when real-time communication isn’t necessary. The...
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by Tsedal Neeley
- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
When banks failed across the globe in 2008, the resulting financial crisis sent businesses into a tailspin. As lenders cut back dramatically, companies trying to recover had to scramble for financing required to generate new business and...
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- 22 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Task and Temporal Microstructure of Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Financial Services
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut...
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- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
less and less innovative." “Success is a powerful thing It tends to make companies stupid" Scott Cook, Intuit Avoiding innovation stagnation is the reason that Cook believes established companies need a lean start-up model—maybe even more than start-ups do....
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- 08 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Developing Theory Using Machine Learning Methods
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
fund them. New research from Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School professor Leemore Dafny suggests that many pharmaceutical companies may find it highly profitable to fund these programs—particularly for expensive drugs. The...
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- 09 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
The Economics of Structured Finance
- 29 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’
Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Watch out for a View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
new leaders for this field." Other HBS faculty presenting at the conference included Prof. Alan MacCormack, who discussed the School's new field study effort; Michael Chu, on...
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- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
businesses. In reorganizing to capitalize on its technology, Xerox created a new entity in 1989, headed by Robert Adams, that effectively established a third phase for managing spin-offs. Adams had created a...
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by Henry Chesbrough
- 04 Jun 2014
- What Do You Think?
Does Internet Technology Threaten Brand Loyalty?
information delivered by new technologies and consumers' ability to use them effectively. Gabriel pointed out that reviews are highly subjective "so you end up not knowing what to believe The Internet...
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- 05 Oct 2016
- What Do You Think?
Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?
very proficient in mobilizing capital to stoke innovation and create new industries for sustained growth. It should focus on immense global market opportunities ” Tip Parker suggested what those new global...
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by James Heskett
- 15 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021
offices and forging new paths in hybrid and remote work models. Many workers decided they didn’t want to suffer through long commutes or return to jobs they hated and joined the “Great Resignation.” And ultimately, virus variants and...
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by Danielle Kost
- 01 Sep 2006
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Are We Ready for Self-Management?
Summing Up Predominant reactions to notions of self-management explored in this month's column could perhaps be described best by two words, "enthusiasm" and "skepticism." Many respondents felt that the concepts should...
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by James Heskett
- 15 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Redrawing the Lines: Did Political Incumbents Influence Electoral Redistricting in the World’s Largest Democracy?
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by Lakshmi Iyer & Maya Reddy
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
says that’s enough to make it through.” Scrutinize every cost. Every dollar matters now. Companies hanging by a thread should try to renegotiate contracts with suppliers and landlords, and refinance debt. Is there a View Details