FIELD - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

familiar." The remote and hybrid work that rose up during the pandemic helped break down these boundaries. Virtual meeting and collaboration platforms helped level the playing field by increasing meeting access and giving voices equal... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

A Balanced Scorecard Approach To Measure Customer Profitability

marketing, technical, and sales resources; extra post-sales support for installation, training, warranty, and field service; and liberal payment terms. While all of these services create value and loyalty among customers, none of them... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan

08 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder

employers, underscoring how changing the salary of one worker can affect the behavior of other employees. “These externalities can have important implications for the provision of incentives within the firm and for pay transparency,” the authors write. Cullen and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Bibliography – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Administration, 1966. Roethlisberger, Fritz Jules. The Elusive Phenomena: an Autobiographical Account of My Work in the Field of Organizational Behavior at the Harvard Business School . Boston: Division of Research, Graduate School of... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: Growth Investor

dirt roads. His excellence on the field was due to his preparation in the off-season.” First job: An independent video store. “I loved that job because I love the power of storytelling. I always wanted to tell customers about an amazing... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

07 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

medical field is another domain with a lot to gain from being able to predict patient flow better. “At the end of the day it’s all about decision-making,” Grushka-Cockayne says. “Why we care about a better prediction is to make better and... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

brands goes to digital media. What happens when products with sensors generate such volumes of customer experience data that advertising may be a less significant factor?” Jeff Polzer, of the Organizational Behavior faculty, introduced “people analytics,” the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Dillon House | About

Museum of Art. Dillon’s close involvement with Harvard University included two terms on the Board of Overseers, service on 11 visiting committees, and leadership of numerous fundraising campaigns. In addition to Dillon House, over the years the Dillon family has funded... View Details

2024
Book

Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You

By: Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall and Kathy E. Kram

Retirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement,... View Details

Keywords: Retirement

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Joiner - Entrepreneurship

experience: Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing Launching Tech Ventures Founders’ Journey Startup Operations Field X (provides funding) Get additional startup experience: Work on a project for a startup for credit through an Independent... View Details

14 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

causing researchers to miss vital information outside of their fields that could lead to new breakthroughs? “We find that generalists end up doing things not only earlier, but end up having more impact than folks who are more specialized... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Dissertation: "Essays in International Non-market Strategy and the Political Economy of Environmental Regulation"

My dissertation is part of a research agenda intended to advance our understanding of the interaction between companies and non-market actors (e.g. regulators) in an international context. The empirical setting of my analysis is the European Union Emissions Trading... View Details

24 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

cardiovascular exercise and hydration. It’s not that we are uninformed, unable, or lazy. It’s that we’re just not in the habit. “The idea is that habits are equivalent to addictions” With that in mind, the researchers designed a field... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

personally was in the field for at least 180 working days during that time and even spent one week at a non-Toyota plant doing assembly work and spent another five months as part of a Toyota team that was trying to teach TPS at a... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

in the program] Degree: Other; Certificate in Strategy Execution Field of Study: Leave blank Grade: "Complete" Activities and Societies: Leave blank Description: Strategy Execution is an 8-week, 45-hour online certificate program from... View Details

07 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

Commercializing Climate Tech; The Future of Food. When asked about the experience the co-chairs hoped to cultivate during the Symposium, Angela Son explained: “I hope that our attendees not only learned something new about their field of... View Details

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Baker Library | Bloomberg Center Harvard Business School Soldiers Field Boston , MA 02163 Phone: 617.495.6411 Email: histcollref@hbs.edu Map/Directions Related Links Alumni Doctoral Executive Education Faculty & Research Initiatives &... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

society. Quantum Untangling By Simon Sherwood (MBA 1986) Wiley Quantum Untangling introduces readers to the fascinating and strange realm of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. It is written in an accessible manner while not... View Details

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

shifts were canceled due to closures. When the lockdown continued, the company then furloughed 51,000 store employees—while still retaining 82 percent of its full-time store and field employees on payroll. To support workers through the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

04 Feb 2022
Book

Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details