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  • 14 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

and co-author of the book, Glass Half-Broken: Shattering the Barriers That Still Hold Women Back at Work. “They have lots of opportunity to change the structures themselves.” The authors of Glass Half-Broken weave academic research with practical View Details
  • 2011
  • Book

Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success

By: Thomas J. DeLong
Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. In response, we're hunkering down, blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Attitudes; Behavior
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Middle East Negotiation Initiative

By: James K. Sebenius
The Middle East Negotiation Initiative is a component of the Harvard Negotiation Project that seeks to analyze and develop grounded analysis and advice for complex negotiations in and around the Middle East.  Its current focus is on the intellectual and study... View Details
  • 06 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

expectations prior to any equity grant and using a template like the FAST agreement to solidify an adviser relationship. Most startups have at least two or three advisers filling in complementary areas, sometimes many more, but be cautious about too many overlapping... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
  • 29 Jul 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

so they can seek higher salaries, Healy says. “You have a little bit more power than you might have thought,” he says. Indeed, one search executive interviewed by the researchers noted that this knowledge can translate to big payoffs for... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz

    Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success

    Confronted by omnipresent threats of job loss and change, even the brightest among us are anxious. In response, we're hunkering down, blocking ourselves from new challenges. This response hurts us and our organizations, but we fear making ourselves even more vulnerable... View Details
    • 08 Jul 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: July 8, 2008

    really like niche products much. Elberse outlines the implications of her research for producers and retailers, and offers strategic advice to both groups. Can Research Committees Add Value for Investors? An Analysis of Lehman Brothers'... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 26 Oct 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

    for marketers and influencers Branded content doesn’t have to come at such a price, though. Companies and YouTubers can partner successfully and still serve viewers if they heed five pieces of advice from Zhang and Cheng’s research.... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting
    • 2013
    • Book

    Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending

    By: Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton
    If you think money can't buy happiness, you're not spending it right. Two rising stars in behavioral science explain how money can buy happiness—if you follow five core principles of smarter spending. Happy Money offers a tour of new research on the science of... View Details
    Keywords: Happiness; Spending; Personal Finance
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    • 22 Mar 2024
    • Blog Post

    Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

    and creating companies that could nurture ambition and talents in Africa and other nascent markets,” she shared. “I feel like I’m living my dream.” Nneka’s advice for students and alumni For students and alumni View Details
    • 22 Jun 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

    continuity, functional autonomy from the rest of the organization—also increase medium- to longer-term risk factors, particularly for defection. Advice for OldCo: Companies seeking to retain Non-compete... View Details
    Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel
    • August 2020
    • Article

    Workplace Knowledge Flows

    By: Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
    We conducted a field experiment in a sales firm to test whether improving knowledge flows between coworkers affects productivity. Our design allows us to compare different management practices and to isolate whether frictions to knowledge transmission primarily reside... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Interpersonal Communication; Employees; Performance Productivity; Sales; Motivation and Incentives
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    • 09 Jun 2024
    • Blog Post

    The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

    because I wanted to learn the business side of health care, and ultimately contribute to making high quality health care technology more affordable to underserved communities. What advice would you give to prospective MBA students... View Details
    • 13 Oct 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

    opportunities that people can seek out if they're interested. It is something that will help all employees; that's not a biased favor for women. Organizations can think about people as whole human beings who have family lives as well as... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 2011
    • Book

    Success with Science: The Winners' Guide to High School Research

    By: Shiv Gaglani, Maria Elena De Obaldia, Scott Duke Kominers, Dayan Li and Carol Y. Suh
    Do you want to develop useful skills, gain admission to top colleges, win scholarship money, excel at science competitions, and explore career options all while having fun? By reading this book and using the advice within it, you will learn how to formulate a research... View Details
    Keywords: Science; Research
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    • 29 Jan 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad

    can help companies strategize. Ideally, an advertiser that seeks acquiring customers should entertain initially to capture attention, but also introduce the brand early on, and follow up with a moderate amount of entertainment, Teixeira... View Details
    Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting
    • Career Coach

    Lee Scott

    Lee started her career in the nonprofit sector. She has spent the last few years transitioning into an impact investing role. She can provide advice on switching sectors and strategizing how to build out relevant skillsets. Work... View Details
    • 09 Sep 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: September 9

    advice by drawing on both academic research and the lessons of skilled practitioners. It begins with a discussion of the potential benefits and costs of advice seeking and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Kris Johnson Ferreira

      Kris Ferreira is the Edgerley Family Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management (TOM) Unit. She teaches the Supply Chain Management course in the MBA elective curriculum and analytics in numerous Executive Education... View Details

      Keywords: retailing
      • 16 Aug 2024
      • In Practice

      Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

      policy, resulting in even stricter immigration restrictions—with potential negative consequences for the economy. The US government and business leaders should instead seek a coordinated approach to design an open, but flexible... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne