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- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work
When Katherine Coffman presents her research findings about how gender stereotypes shape the behavior of men and women in the workplace, she is often asked: What about non-binary individuals? “People understandably keep asking, ‘What about people other than men and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why South Korea's Samsung Built the Only Outdoor Skating Rink in Texas
Kikovic Each year, the small northeast Texas town of Marshall pulls out all of the stops for its annual Wonderland of Lights festival. And for years, South Korean electronics company Samsung also worked hard to make it special. The festival started with the Samsung... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
How can you negotiate when the rules suddenly change, and no one knows whether your particular market is headed up or down? Regrouping from the cancellation of the 2004-2005 season due to failed labor negotiations, National Hockey League (NHL) teams and players faced... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is
to 10 years. Michael Blanding is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: metamorworks] Related Reading Distance Still Matters in Business, Despite the Internet Are You a Digital Manager? What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not... View Details
- 13 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?
jobs and wages. “Starting with that framework,” he continues, “will hopefully lead to better policy discussions than ones that either demonize the industry on the one hand, or present it as completely beneficial on the other.” About the Author View Details
- 25 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Collaborating Across Cultures
Working on a $30 million historical epic about the Tang Dynasty to be set in China, Hollywood screenwriter David Franzoni struggled to make the story appeal to Western audiences. Then Franzoni hit upon an idea: tell the tale through the eyes of a foreign-born general... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 28 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
What's a Boss Worth?
We all have our boss horror stories. The underminer. The bad communicator. The credit hog. The snake. Then again, if we’re lucky, we’ve all had those amazing bosses as well—the supervisor who encourages all employees to take their work up to the next level; the manager... View Details
- 14 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors faced unprecedented challenges. Vital supplies such as facemasks and cotton swabs were in short supply. New protocols had to be developed to isolate infected patients. Treating patients remotely through telemedicine... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams
When Harvard Business School Associate Professor Francesca Gino invites high-powered business leaders to address her class, she often observes an interesting phenomenon. The guest speakers announce that they are just as interested in learning from the students as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 17 Apr 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Diffusing Management Practices within the Firm: The Role of Information Provision
- 05 Sep 2023
- Book
Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential
In the 1990s, after drugmaker Eli Lilly spent more than a decade and millions of dollars developing the new drug Alimta to treat lung cancer, the medication came up short in effectively treating cancer in expanded trials. While the failure was disappointing, it was... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers
it super-salient,” says John. “People who are already thinking about privacy will know where to look for it. For those who aren’t, it’s best not putting it at the top of their mind.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in... View Details
- 08 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief
the difficulty of decisions and the perverse incentives that can come from them can help reduce this preference for worse news,” says Barasz, “and, ideally, free people to make better choices.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle
Americans are working longer hours than ever before, with the office increasingly stealing our leisure time. But according to new research by Anat Keinan, this hectic way of life is, for many of us, far from an unmitigated negative. In fact, some boast the lack of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Jul 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Obamacare
the others tallied up levels of enrollment far above the national average. How did they do it? Quelch looked at one of those success stories—Connecticut—for clues. In a new Harvard Business School case co-written with researcher Michael... View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
Faced with the need for massive change, most managers respond predictably. They revamp the organization's strategy, then round up the usual set of suspects—people, pay, and processes—shifting around staff, realigning incentives, and rooting out inefficiencies. They... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 15 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Looking For a Job? Some LinkedIn Connections Matter More Than Others
When it comes to seeking a new job, making connections on LinkedIn can be key to landing an offer. But building a large network on the platform isn’t as crucial as cultivating the right kinds of connections, new research shows. While networking on digital platforms can... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Oct 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue: The Case of Yelp.com
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
SeventyFour Few phrases in business are more seductive than the one attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 19th century: “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” Unless, of course, what you are selling is something totally new, like 3-D... View Details
- 02 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?
vasilchenko The odds investors face when deciding which startup to back are long enough to make any self-respecting poker player toss in their cards. “Most investors know that when they write a $50,000 check they have a 98 percent chance of never seeing that money... View Details