Work Environments - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Wired and Black: Focus on Careers

said minority-owned companies can make for a more comfortable work environment for professionals of color. "Unfortunately, there are not as many as we may like," he said. Smaller, friendlier, less... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of liberalism, he looked not only to the works of great thinkers but also to their reception and use amid revolution and interstate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

strokes" to quickly mobilize the organization, with initiating a "long march" that changes systems and habits. Leaders must start by building credibility and confidence in the organization through small wins. This can occur by fixing the View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

with HBS Working Knowledge editor, Sean Silverthorne, Porter discusses the importance of cluster research and the value of the CMP. Silverthorne: How can data from the Cluster Mapping Project help corporations make better location... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

make the best use of their time by providing logistical and research support, establishing contacts with leading CEOs in the region, and sharing expertise that comes from living and working in the Asian View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

04 May 2016
What Do You Think?

What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?

When Should Control Over a Brand Be Ceded to the Public? The verdict is in. Our hardly scientific poll has endorsed the name of Boaty McBoatface for the new research vessel being commissioned by the UK’s National Environment Research... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising

07 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

works out to a 35 percent chance in a span of 30 years if nothing else changes). The hotel’s owners should be balancing the near-term known cost of reinforcement—that is, investing in resilience—against the unknown but much higher... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

government in the past: trying to resuscitate ailing industries and nurture new ones. This approach did not actually work. What the government ought to do, instead, is address the systematic weaknesses in the competitive environment in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

framework for the field in their book A Concept of Agribusiness. That seminal work traces a complex value-added chain that begins with the farmer's purchase of seed and livestock and ends with a product fit for the consumer's table.... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

24 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility

individual companies. The research team set out to examine whether these measures of CSR correlate to the languages spoken in each company's home country. Language Matters Their findings, contained in a new working paper titled "Speaking... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Leading Professional Service Firms

environment in which employees are constantly motivated and can effectively balance their commitment to the firm and to the client, as well as to themselves. EE: What are the factors that make professional service firms successful?... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jay W. Lorsch; Service; Consulting; Accounting

29 Jan 2015
Op-Ed

The Fall of Greece

tricks." Individuals raised in an environment of favoritism, nepotism, and cronyism are unlikely to let old habits go. I am afraid, though, that the new government will cause damage for one primary reason: it seeks to suppress any... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

23 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective

That's the question that professor George Serafeim set out to answer with the working paper The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting. Coauthored with London Business School's Ioannis Ioannou (PhDBE '09), the paper... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

14 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting

reporting is simply common sense, says Ramanna. After all, for the past 30 years accounting scholars have put a lot of effort into building a rigorous set of frameworks and hypotheses to explain and predict financial reporting practice. They've View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting; Energy; Utilities

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

companies do CSR in fits and starts” The problem? They lack a cohesive CSR strategy, says Rangan, who recently cowrote the working paper Why Every Company Needs a CSR Strategy and How to Build It with HBS research associate Lisa A. Chase... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

13 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success

lines of business, rejuvenate the founder's legacy, and put the enterprise on a new growth path. Entrepreneurs (typically family members) working outside the business but with family financial support can keep talented kin inside a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

state of failure? Michael Porter and Katherine Gehl find a rigged American political system that limits competition and works against the public interest. Green Businesses Are Incredibly Difficult to Make Profitable. Try It AnywayMaking a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

workday. After all, Ammerman says, “This is a true teachable moment, and companies should be paying attention and jumping on it.” Nip aggressive behavior in the bud First, companies need to foster an environment where there’s no room for... View Details