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03 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business

Norton says. "With consumption, rituals seem to work because they increase your involvement in the experience." Employee Morale And Productivity Later this year, the researchers plan to study how rituals affect productivity and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 27

laboratory experiment. We found that individuals working temporarily as part of a research team were more engaged and satisfied with their work, performed their tasks more effectively, and were also more... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Mar 2020
Blog Post

The Road Untraveled: VC Perspectives on COVID-19

African-American investors across the country. After school, he plans to continue working in the VC industry, partnering with incredible founders to build leading technology platforms of the future. We caught up with Brian to learn about... View Details

20 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms

co-authored the working paper, “The Political Polarization of Corporate America,” with Vyacheslav Fos, associate professor at Boston College, and Margarita Tsoutsoura, associate professor at Cornell University. Executive View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

01 Mar 2024
News

The War Within

When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

11 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

Management lessons for empathic leaders Since the research team studied workplace interactions between co-workers, more research is needed to evaluate how emotional acknowledgment works in hierarchical... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

Health Care Health Care February 2015 Supplement The Affordable Care Act (A): Legislative Strategy in the House of Representatives By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris In early 2009, the Obama administration and the Democratically-led Congress began View Details

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

applicable. I felt like an impostor but I found over the next two years that impostor syndrome is nearly universal and always unfounded. All of us belong here and have enriched the HBS community in our own special way. I learned that my experience View Details

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1.9 Course Registration - MBA

year. Work with a team or on your own with a faculty supervisor Registration takes place at the start of each term and is not part of EC Preregistration. Non-MBA Courses See Cross-Registration *In Spring... View Details

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

importance of collaboration. Leaders often wish they could improve the way they collaborate, starting with how they approach working with others, she says. “Leaders tend to dominate the conversation; they don’t listen and shut down... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

Working PapersDeterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears (revised) Author:Benjamin Edelman Abstract Online advertisers face substantial difficulty in selecting and supervising small advertising partners. Fraud... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting

employees who work remotely. Companies who choose an in-person or hybrid model still should also be considering how their facilities meet employee needs. Mitchell cited an experience he had on a recruiting View Details

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Loujaine AlMoallim

involves carefully considering the unique needs and aspirations of each team member and adapting one’s leadership style to ensure that everyone is working collaboratively towards a shared goal. View Details

July 2000
Case

Dawn Riley at America True (C1)

By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty

This version of the (C) case can be taught independently of the (A) and (B) cases. Dawn Riley, CEO/Captain of America True, the first coed syndicate to race for the America's Cup, is based in Auckland, New Zealand, where racing will begin in six weeks. Riley has built... View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Leadership; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Gender; Management Teams; Sports; Business Startups; New Zealand; North and Central America

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17 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 17

Working PapersThe First Deal: The Division of Founder Equity in New Ventures Authors:Thomas F. Hellmann and Noam Wasserman Abstract This paper examines the division of founder shares in entrepreneurial ventures, focusing on the decision... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

Since March, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge has posted more than 80 stories and research papers on the topic of COVID-19, most targeted at managers and the new challenges they face. That's a lot of information to digest. To... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 May 2023
News

Class of 2024 Embarks on Global Immersion

sessions, and immersive design thinking projects—to help students broaden their global perspective. Through partnerships with small- and medium-sized companies in each immersion city, student-led teams work... View Details

18 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

Startup Marketplace for Used Furniture The Twofold Effect of Customer Retention in Freemium Settings Beyond Pajamas: Sizing Up the Pandemic Shopper Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation

In a perfect world, scientists share problems and work together on solutions for the good of society. In the real world, however, that's usually not the case. The main obstacles: competition for publication and intellectual property... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

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