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08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

that the two companies should at all times pay dividends of equivalent value in sterling and guilders. There were two head offices—in London and Rotterdam—and two chairmen. Until 1996 the "chief executive" role was performed by... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

(superstar) The first four reflect how an executive deals with subordinates in the company; the final one is directed at people outside the firm. Directive leadership is well known in America, but is declining in frequency. It stresses... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

28 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

says. “That is enormously satisfying to them—and it motivates them to work even harder.” Also, research shows that employees who take time off are less stressed and more engaged, more creative, and more... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

Burnout, retention, and renewed labor organization are critical challenges for leaders, especially amid COVID-19 and a looming recession. Leaders must ask themselves: What is it about my organization’s culture that is contributing to such a high level of mental View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

of our stabilization policy? Time will tell. See Olivier’s other research here and Larry’s other research here . More Info Strengthening and Streamlining Bank Capital Regulation By: Robin Greenwood , Samuel G. Hanson , Jeremy C. Stein &... View Details

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How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Jada Haynes - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

3-Minute Briefing: Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966)

Edited by Julia Hanna; photo by Webb Chappell When I was 16, I took my savings to the bank and bought some shares of a neighbor’s scaffolding company. Before coming to HBS, I sold them to my mother, who had also acquired some, and we felt pleased about saving the... View Details

Keywords: climate change; finance; sustainability; prediction; Finance

12 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

COVID Tested Global Supply Chains. Here’s How They’ve Adapted

operations back from China. The authors examine the effects of these variables between 2017 and 2022, a tumultuous period that put stress on the global economic system. They crunch product-level trade statistics from United Nations... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

What Makes a Good Leader?

to their sense of what is rational," he explains. "You can use pathos, appealing to their emotions, or you can make an argument based on their sense of values or ethos." Great leaders, he notes, "spend the bulk of their View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young

04 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

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

Ambitious New Year’s resolutions often end in disappointment. So instead of setting unrealistic goals in 2022, business leaders should consider making smaller, simpler changes—and they just might see better results, says Harvard Business School Professor Hirotaka... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

chains have come under unprecedented stress as a result of US-China trade tensions, the pandemic, and geopolitical shocks. We've documented US participation in global value chains over four decades, with particular focus on the last five... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

What Makes a Good Leader

thinking about problems and to do it at the right time or even ahead of time. He's a marvelous freak of nature." On quiet moral leadership: "Within everyday ordinary people, if you look closely, you can find some extraordinary things."... View Details

Keywords: Management

28 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Master the Team Meeting

be looked forward to? That we felt they were time well spent with our colleagues and added value to our roles in some meaningful way? There’s no reason you have to suffer or make your teams suffer through another tortuous hour or more. A... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

05 Jul 2012
What Do You Think?

Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

starters, Karen Caswelch suggested that we take steps to ensure that in our hiring, we consistently select people who share and value behaviors that produce trust as a shield against management turnover that leads to broken commitments. Mike Flanagan View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Mar 2017
Blog Post

An Average Day at HBS

ahead. After discussion group, it’s time for class. Each day you either have two or three cases (fingers crossed for two!). You will know at the beginning of the semester which days you have two versus three cases per day, which helps you... View Details

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

examines a way to offset such potentially deleterious effects—by focusing on time, a resource that tends to receive less attention than money but is equally ubiquitous in our daily lives. Across four experiments, we examine whether shifting focus onto View Details

01 Mar 2023
What Do You Think?

How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?

days of time each week. They’ve stressed the importance of time spent together for creative collaboration as well as the need for team-building and the preservation of the... View Details