Journalism - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Dec 2013
HBS Seminar

Sifan Zhou, Fellow, Labor and Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and PhD Candidate, SUNY Albany

28 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

What's a Boss Worth?

them look better. But how much of an effect does a good or bad boss have on workers, really? Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Christopher Stanton sets out to ask that question in The Value of Bosses, a paper recently published in the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service

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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

mortgage assets on our balance sheet was a big problem, regardless of any quality or hedging arguments that might be made.” [16] Glen Le Lievre, "Too big to fail." The Wall Street Journal Cartoon Collection, Baker Library, Harvard... View Details

08 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019

November 20, 2018 Journal of the American College of Cardiology Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory By: Reed, Grant W., Michael L. Tushman, and Samir R. Kapadia Abstract—Operational efficiency... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

published in the Journal of Positive Psychology. Is the restaurant owner fulfilled? In one of their first experiments, De Freitas and his colleagues gave about 400 participants different vignettes, one of which described Ariana, a... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

30 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes and remote employees—perhaps grudgingly—contemplate returning to offices. Wu’s conclusions were clear: A long commute hurts workers and their employers by hindering creativity and productivity, which stifles innovation, according to his... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Marketing Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

for “Demand Interactions in Sharing Economies: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Airbnb and Uber/Lyft” ( Journal of Marketing Research , 2022) with Dokyun Lee, Param Vir Singh, and Tridas Mukhopadhyay. 2023 Eva Ascarza :... View Details

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

create a culture in which all employees can reach their full potential. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54503 Spring 2018 Journal of Economic Perspectives Space, the Final Economic Frontier By: Weinzierl,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

the world at large. Their ideas recently appeared in the article Humanizing Strategy in the journal Long Range Planning. Here, Takeuchi explains how business leaders can use the six practices to guide their own self-improvement efforts in... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Impact Stories - Impact Stories

Greenwood Play 22 Aug 2024 New England Journal of Medicine Dr. Leemore Dafny on a New Approach for Bringing down Insulin Prices in the United States Re: Leemore Dafny Play Health Minute: Translating Science into Therapeutics Peter Barrett... View Details

19 Jul 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

Beshears and colleagues, recently published in the journal Psychological Science. The paper, Should Governments Invest More in Nudges? answers its own question with a resounding “Yes.” “We suspected that nudges on an impact-per-cost basis... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

07 Nov 2022
News

Victoria’s Secret Buys Alumni-Founded Adore Me

Morgan Hermand Waiche Morgan Hermand Waiche The Wall Street Journal reported last week that startup lingerie retailer Adore Me was bought by Victoria’s Secret for $400 million. Launched soon after Hermand Waiche graduated, Adore Me aimed... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2024
News

In My Humble Opinion: Role Model

One of four daughters of Pakistani immigrants, Salma Qarnain (MBA 2002) grew up in the midwestern “I” states of Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana before attending Stanford University. “It was my first experience feeling happy and comfortable in a place that had diversity,”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; acting; theater; diversity; career path; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Spreading the Word – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Mayo’s The Human Problems of Industrial Civilization , in the journal The Human Factor , 1934 The Depression and massive layoff of employees at Western Electric helped bring the Hawthorne experiments to a grinding halt in the early 1930s.... View Details

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

The article concludes by suggesting that the stratdegies of business enterprises need to be more fully integrated into wider narratives of the history of globalization. August 2013 JMR, Journal of Marketing Research Positioning Brands... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

passenger operations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts." He believed that his strong trucking company, combined with newly redesigned cargo ships, would become a formidable force in the transportation industry. Commenting on McLean's controversial business plan, the... View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

30 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

General Brigham, and Lily Payvandi, assistant professor at Boston University Medical Center, was published in March in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s JAMA Network Open. Audience question leads to inquiry The idea for... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health

04 May 2017
HBS Seminar

Nicholas G. Hall, The Ohio State University

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

to gauge performance. Examine how Green Mountain Coffee evaluates business performance and potential using financial statements. Show Hide Details Modules The Accounting Equation Recording Transactions Financial Statements Adjusting View Details

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Team - Case Method Project

Case Method Project. He received his A.B. in history from Williams College and his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He has served as Lecturer in History and Literature at Harvard, Professor of History at Meadville Lombard Theological School, and Editor of The... View Details

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