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- 05 May 2020
- News
“Walking a Tightrope”
workers. And let's hope that's not just sort of PR. And that it really is something that's happening because we do need to change the dynamics for the working class. April: One of the things you emphasized in the book is that these social... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
to that model, it is challenged on all fronts. On the general merchandise side, Walmart has competition from the Amazons of the world. So their ability to make money with general merchandise has become compromised because ecommerce forces prices down. Amazon's cost... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
The Year in Ideas 2015
this to VCs, they thought we were crazy,” Sapone says. There was the increase in cost structure and concerns about scalability. “But these are people we’re sending to your home to take care of you: They are our product.” Providing steady... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
and HR departments and an important fixture in the new set of executive offices in DC, is to create systems that allow people to safely voice complaints or report abuse. Some of these compliance structures are really about keeping up with... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
An Eye to the East
of Taiwan's Acer Group and a pioneer Asian brand-builder, to raise his hand. (Throughout the conference, Shih was a case study of the dynamic CEO: when he wasn't in his seat listening attentively or in front of the audience imparting... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
by traditional models of decision making under uncertainty and highlight the importance of increasing the salience of unfavorable information in uncertain contexts to promote unbiased decision making. Publisher's link: View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
we found firm age to be positively associated with affect-based trust for partners of the same cultural ethnicity. We discuss theoretical and practical implications of this pattern of inter- and intra-cultural trust on international business and networking (guanxi)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-093.pdf Componential Theory of Creativity Author:Teresa M. Amabile Abstract The componential theory of creativity is a comprehensive model of the social and psychological components necessary... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
Kraus, “that doesn’t look like her path.” Kraus has witnessed this dynamic as an entrepreneur. When she cofounded and served as CEO of Circles, a national corporate concierge, in 1997, there were even fewer women on the entrepreneurship... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
term. So interested was the public in its findings and analysis, the book became a widely praised New York Times bestseller. It was also “a model of what university research and monograph writing on a major question of policy should be,”... View Details
- Profile
Jeremy Andrus
and so on—that’s one challenge. Then the product has to be shipped and distributed to 30,000 or 40,000 locations across the globe, where government rules, regulations, labor laws, cultures, and tax structures vary significantly. The... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
we have this web of doers. The business model is very much like the network-based mobilization that we see in the tech world. This is not a top-down organization. Everyone owns it. One of our founding members, for example, is Gisel... View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
work they are already doing. For, example I am helping a major U.S. utility look at the implications of possible carbon regulation and the way they structure their business. I'm working with a large consumer goods company to look at the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
Press, 2007). Within five years, business school faculties became specialized along traditional academic disciplines, with particular emphasis on economics and quantitative analysis. And that's largely where they remain today. At the time, it made sense to View Details
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
growing evidence of pollution and resulting political pressures. The variety of capitalism literature has suggested that the German coordinated market economy model was more conducive to green corporate strategies than liberal market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
I. Norton Abstract—While many experiments have explored risk preferences for money, few have systematically assessed risk preferences for everyday experiences. We propose a conceptual model and provide convergent evidence from seven... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
real-time connections with colleagues, but will prefer to maintain their at-home work lifestyle. I suggest managers put some structure in place to ensure that time in the office is optimized for face time. For example, make a team... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
Noting that nearly 40 percent of the alumni present had graduated from HBS since 1980, Piccus predicted a lively exchange of ideas between dynamic business professionals and some of the School's leading academicians. "This is an historic... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
So I felt it was important to serve as a role model of women who are driven to succeed in the same way that men are. It was quite a burden. In those early days, for example, I returned to teaching two weeks after my first child was born... View Details
- 11 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Financial Services 24/7
handle transactions are decreasing, "the need to have confidence in the people on the other side of the structure is as strong as ever." HBS senior lecturer Sandra J. Sucher worked at Fidelity Investments for a dozen years before joining... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young