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Building From the Bottom Up - Managing the Future of Work

these workers. However, a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. low-wage workers and a matching survey of 1,150 U.S. business leaders shows that implementation is poor. Workers don’t get the support they need in the form of mentorship, training,... View Details

01 Aug 2022
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Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

conclude that 'these corporate attributes match the five basic virtues of Confucianism.'" The researchers conclude that “these corporate attributes match the five basic virtues of Confucianism: benevolence... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

03 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Succeed With Your New Boss

will work together. Even if you don't develop a close personal bond, doing so will help you create a productive working relationship. Matching Your Requests For Support To Your Situation The type of support you need from your boss will... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

understanding its sources. Second, understanding how the drivers of this heterogeneity in performance across units impact the implementation of changes in strategy. Third, developing solutions to address the sources of disparities in performance. Research No Line Left... View Details

19 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

The History of Beauty

products like lip and eye cosmetics, although less so for foundation, because it is more expensive and needs to be a good match with skin tone. Achieving sustainable success in the beauty industry is another matter. It is fiercely... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

Enabling Mission Impact: Funding Strategies for High-Risk High-Reward Innovation

Governments and foundations around the world are urgently seeking strategies to optimize their investments across a range of distinctive missions targeted towards societal challenges. How should such investments be made, from early R&D spending to later-stage... View Details

16 Jun 2020
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Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

their artificial reality (AR) annotation products on mobile phones. AT&T, Cisco, and Zoom have enhanced their network capabilities for increased demand in bandwidth. In addition, numerous small businesses like restaurants and home goods retailers try to View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

28 Nov 2018
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On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

says. “I think that’s a big reason why Target’s adoption of a data-driven approach has been so successful.” Related Reading: Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores? Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

receive invaluable feedback at each round of the Competition. $315,000 in cash plus in-kind prizes! Read More Rock Accelerator This innovative, immersive, and competitive yearlong program supports 20-25 Rock Summer Fellow teams with up to $1,500 in seed capital, View Details

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Alumni - Business & Environment

PHDIT PHDOB PHDSTM PHSM SEPME SEPSA SM VC VIS HBS Class* Work with Current MBA Students Student-Alumni Mentorship Program Help guide HBS students toward a career that addresses environmental risks and opportunities. Our Mentorship Program View Details

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with Main Street Health Sarah Guezmir MD / MBA Health Care Perspectives Michael Poku Play 06 Feb 2025 LDIvideo U.S. Health Care Cost Growth: Up or Down? Re: Amitabh Chandra Play Improving Health Care in Hospitals Raffaella Sadun Play Alumni Student Mentorship View Details

17 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

applications—a process comprising about 600,000 individual data-entry tasks. The research team matched that data to meteorological data in Tokyo during that period. (Tokyo is a city that sees its share of sunny weather and torrential... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 Sep 2022
Op-Ed

Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable

sound intuitive, but they can be difficult when working across differences. Throughout the day, we practiced these ideas with short exercises in the hope of building a muscle for discomfort. Discomfort and joy may seem incompatible. As it turns out, they are a very... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

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Making the Decision to Attend: Our Participants Share Their Stories

program title, or keywords to find the first-hand accounts that best match your areas of interest. What Will Your Story Be? Once you've immersed yourself in what HBS Executive Education has to offer, you'll gain transformative insights... View Details

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Clubs & Consulting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

more. See All Clubs . The Consulting for Impact Club (CFI) matches Harvard MBA candidates with global nonprofit and social impact focused organizations for engagements spanning the academic year. During this time, pairs of students... View Details

14 Dec 2007
Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

speed from launch to maturity is faster than ever before. Marketers can do three things to delay the inevitable forces of commoditization. Innovate. A new product that better meets consumer needs, even an upgrade of an existing product, can one-up competitors and force... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

match Build sustainable success with the help of complements and network effects Who Will Benefit Mid-Career Professionals General Managers Consultants and Investors Develop a powerful, value-based strategy to achieve greater success for... View Details

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

because of it." The story also illustrates the importance of matching management style with the task (or employee) at hand. "There are skills in the workplace that you only get through repetition, drill, habit, and discipline. A... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

done. We look around to hire products to get those jobs done. Products that successfully match the circumstances we find ourselves in end up being the real "killer applications." They make it easier for consumers to do something... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

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Wearing a Red Hat ¨C The Impact of Activist Industrial Policy on Software Development in China

The idea that the government should steer economic development by strategically hand-picking and managing certain industries is controversial but appeals to many developing countries that are eager to upgrade their industries. In this paper, I study China's recent... View Details

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