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- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
Office, But Slack Could (Vanity Fair) Read COVID-19 coverage from Working Knowledge Teams also need to be deliberate about how to stay connected with one another while working from home. New team norms can address feelings of isolation... View Details
Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal
British landlord-tenant law, than just the form of the right of first refusal clause. So, in the laboratory, we can look at simpler situations in order to isolate the effect that particular clause has. The ultimatum game is one of the... View Details
- 03 Nov 2023
- News
Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum
Clubs News Clubs News Global Networking Night 2023 Another successful Global Networking Night (GNN) is in the books, after alumni around the world held nearly 60 separate events on October 25. The annual GNN features alumni gatherings—some in person, some... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 May 2022
- Blog Post
MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS
Olivia’s early years was really hard. Being in a very different life chapter from the majority of your classmates can be pretty isolating at times. HBS mama memory? My section threw an incredible baby shower for Olivia (in December 2019;... View Details
- 12 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb
belonging to a certain ethnicity to isolate distinctively Asian names. Because most guests leave reviews, the researchers say they can accurately reflect the number of bookings a host is getting. The researchers then compared the change... View Details
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad
research projects. Finally, Xerox knew that the laboratory would have an impact on the company's economic performance only if it had the critical mass to become an accepted member of the local scientific community. At the same time, it could not become View Details
Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle
- 18 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask
the right questions," says Kaplan, a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. "Most leaders spend a lot of their time looking for answers. Very often, they may feel isolated and alone. I want to help them... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 17 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups
basketball fan and a sociologist, began looking at the NBA several years ago as an ideal field in which to study the insidious effects of discrimination. “Racial bias is really hard to measure,” Zhang says. In most business scenarios interpersonal differences makes it... View Details
- 17 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Quiet Quitters Need More Than Money to Re-Engage
can reduce feelings of anxiety and isolation and replace them with feelings of empowerment and connectedness, the authors write. That, in turn, benefits both workers and companies. “If we focus on how, at the micro level, we can restore a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity
family member. Only a small minority brought the harassment to their employer’s attention: 15% talked with their supervisor or manager and just 7% lodged a formal complaint. Harassment left many women (37%) feeling isolated or... View Details
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
five types of followers: isolates (completely detached), bystanders (observers only), participants (engaged), activists (who feel strongly and act accordingly, both with and against leaders), and diehards (deeply devoted). Dismissing the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
in order to understand how well these initiatives might work,” Coffman says. “And it was a great opportunity to work with my mom It’s always great to work with someone I admire.” Specifically, Baldiga and Coffman wanted to gauge the efficacy of two View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 19 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control
profitability in many instances. So why are so many employers pushing so forcefully for all employees to return to the office, even as employee turnover across industries is increasing? It’s a pattern not isolated to the corporate world.... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
problems that hold back the rest of their economy. The problem is, isolated zones for processing foreign inputs and exporting all these outputs are the antithesis of cluster development. Emerging nations must create programs and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- Blog
What Black Executives Really Want
networked and got things done. But no one ever asked him to lunch. Many of the Black executives found their peers standoffish, perhaps because they were not used to being around black people. They concluded that their colleagues were just not interested in them. This... View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
simpler time. The global COVID-19 crisis has drastically changed the way people are relating to each other, isolating us in our homes and pulling us away from our social milieu. It is likely to fundamentally change how we think, behave,... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
(TSRs) are a dominant measure of company returns but are deeply flawed. We propose an alternative measure that isolates operational performance from financial engineering, titled Core Operating Shareholders Returns (COSRs). In the process... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader
of the job right away. The time prior to entry is a priceless period when the new leader can go beyond merely absorbing information about the organization to create a joining-up strategy for a successful transition. Becoming Isolated It's... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Busy…Very Busy
conversations, file cabinets opening and closing, and other office goings-on. Aside from conveying over the phone the aura of a successful enterprise, his virtual, aural workplace has another benefit, Freund believes. “A lot of people feel View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- Portrait Project
Sara Alsadi
Two months into my MBA, life suddenly happened: my partner passed away. I struggled and isolated myself. I even considered dropping out of HBS. I lost my main support and guidance; a selfless and loving person who– above everything–... View Details