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31 Aug 2020
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Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

number of readers put forward well-tempered comments questioning research on whether diversity and inclusion enhance organization performance. The implication is that this may account in some part for the slow pace of progress on this... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Jun 2020
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Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

Here are key requirements to ask of any service provider offering to certify your work setting as a healthy building. These best practices apply for employers, employees, and customers alike. Our research... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

organizations adopt these strategies, there may be tensions and multiple conflicting institutional logics. Additionally, we consider four strategic leadership topics and how they View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

allocated. Clickstream data was provided by ComScore, an audience measurement firm. In the development of the internet, 2008 and 2013 were landmark years. Netflix and Hulu... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Web Services; Web Services

21 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes

adaptation of one professional service firm to an increase in women in the professional workforce and the shifting discourse around gender and work. Research by Lakshmi... View Details

01 Feb 2016
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CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

team. And these findings hold value in the world of corporate hiring, as well. In 1996, Jeff Borland and Jeanette Ngaire Lye studied data on Australian football coaches to... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

27 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

drive up the cost of capital and curb investment. This paper evaluates the effects of capital controls on firm-level stock returns and real investment using data from Brazil.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss

Kristen Senz is a social media editor and writer for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStock Photo] Related Reading Working Paper: Surfacing the Submerged State with Operational... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

12 Jul 2020
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Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

publicly funded treatment and support; poor data infrastructure; and inequalities related to social determinants of health,” Anderson says. “It... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health

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Professor Sherman's research has long focused on financial reporting, performance measurement/management, and financial literacy issues facing corporate management and Boards of Directors in global businesses. He also actively studies methods to improve productivity in... View Details

19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

company's crowdsourcing weather-forecasting service in Japan. It changed the face of weather forecasting in Japan. Bashi and LeStage wondered whether the experience could be applied to the U.S. market.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2019
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Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

violation. We decided to assess whether and how things have changed over time from 1996 to 2017 and let the data give us the answer. Lagace: What do the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Financial Services

January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
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The Harvard Graduate Student Housing Survey

Harvard Real Estate Services executives need to design the 2005 Graduate Student Housing Survey for maximum impact in anticipation of Harvard's long-term expansion project in Allston. Students are challenged to help executives in charge to (1) draw the lessons from... View Details

Keywords: Design; Surveys; Housing; Higher Education; Boston

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ECONOMICS OF THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING SERVICEC INDUSTRY

Professor Silk’s recent research has been focused on the economics of the advertising and marketing services industry. He has conducted econometric studies of the effects of scale and scope on the... View Details

15 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

disasters, to infectious diseases, to pandemics, and more. With chapters on Superstorm Sandy, H1N1, the Ebola virus, and bioterrorism, these cases cover major areas in public health preparedness. This book... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

In the past decade, physician burnout has evolved from a serious concern to a troubling epidemic, affecting 50 percent of physicians and physicians-in-training. Excessive workloads, process inefficiencies, View Details

Keywords: by Susanna Gallani, Lidia Moura, and Katie Sonnefeldt; Health

03 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

the other states that are currently in the throes of rebellion. Data I have collected shows that Tunisia and Egypt—the states where the rulers relinquished power relatively peacefully—have considerable... View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

February 1998 (Revised May 2007)
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Airborne Express

By: Jan W. Rivkin

In the wake of a highly successful quarter, senior managers of Airborne Express, the third largest player in the express mail industry, review the firm's competitive position. Airborne has survived, and recently prospered, in an industry with significant economies of... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Business Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Global Strategy; Rank and Position; Service Industry

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November 2017
Teaching Note

Tencent

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-426. Tencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China’s largest social networking... View Details

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Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

State and Local Governments Peer Into the Pandemic Abyss

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

The Harvard Graduate Student Housing Survey

Overview

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

Airborne Express

Tencent

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