Enhancing Work Life - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Apr 2024
News

Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Ukraine and the fighting in Israel and Gaza. Mason Wright fears MI6 may try to drag him and Kelly back in as global strife continues to spread, but he’s more focused on keeping his marriage and his life from falling apart. On the surface... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Web

Online Management Course | HBS Online

scenarios, and look at the management processes within each—what worked and what didn't—provided a unique method of learning, and incomparable to other course offerings available. Monica Higgins Account Director at Hollywood Agency... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

story, people would rather stick with the known, which seems safe even if it is inadequate. The ultimate art of leadership is encouraging people to let go of their fear of the unknown and plunge into the work of innovation. It’s always... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Mar 2023
News

Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

brief pitch to the judges and audience, with the more than 400 audience members then invited to vote for a Crowd Favorite winner. Grand Prize winner M7 Health is “making nursing jobs work for nurses.” Cofounders Ilana Springer Borkenstein... View Details

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

Indian nonprofit devoted to supporting the millions of low-income women who toil in the country’s informal economy. Serving young people and working mothers, brother and sister each came to believe that intervening at the preschool and... View Details

Web

The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang - MBA

biggest influence in my life has been my parents. Throughout my childhood, my parents worked multiple jobs to give me the educational opportunities I had—that’s a big reason I love and value school. Becoming... View Details

16 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

choice exists, or think about it the wrong way, like Advil buyers. In a friction analysis, researchers theorize people are overwhelmed, and don’t take the time to investigate before making a decision. Too many things going on in a person’s View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail

Web

Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development,... View Details

26 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Two sides, same coin: How I left the Bay Area as an operator and returned as an investor

the RVPs select and work with HBS entrepreneurs entering the Rock Accelerator. While this was a low-risk exploratory program for the RVPs, many of the Accelerator applications were not simply pitch decks to evaluate; they represented my... View Details

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

Working PapersDo Corporate Social Responsibility Ratings Predict Corporate Social Performance? Authors:Aaron K. Chatterji, David I. Levine, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jan 2020
News

Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. It became a New York Times bestseller and received the Global Business Book Award for the best business book published in 1997. More than two decades later, business leaders from around the world continue to... View Details

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

anyway. On the contrary, citizens registered due to the visits became more interested in and knowledgeable about the elections as a result of being able to participate in them, and 93% voted at least once in 2012. The results suggest that easing registration... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Outdoor Spaces | About

south side main entrance road and is named in honor of Frank Batten (MBA 1952) for his leadership gift to support the renewal and enhancement of the Soldiers Field campus. Burden Park With the decommissioning of Burden Hall in 2017, HBS... View Details

Web

Terrill L. Drake | About

inclusive excellence throughout the HBS community of faculty, staff, and students, as well as with alumni and other constituents across HBS and beyond. He works closely with the School’s leadership on strategic planning, programming,... View Details

31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

daily diary entries from employees working on creative projects—everything from making a new high-strength fabric to developing a database for a global hotel chain—they were able to chart how and why team leaders have enormous impact,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

Schwartz Common & Pavilion | About

Schwartz Common & Pavilion About the Space The Schwartz Common and Pavilion were dedicated in 2019 in recognition of a gift from The Gerald Schwartz & Heather Reisman Foundation. Representing an outdoor hub of community life at HBS, the... View Details

27 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

For the most part, social media is what you make it. You choose whom to keep tabs on, who can follow you back, what you “like,” and which snippets of your life you reveal. But what if those carefully curated depictions are suddenly on the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

01 Jan 2013
News

Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

Ocean Hall opens at National Museum of Natural History As a Mormon missionary in Wisconsin, Roger Sant enjoyed working with Native Americans. Innately curious, he liked spending time with the people, getting to know them, and helping them... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

Publications