Learning By Doing - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

embracing work-from-anywhere.” Mismatched working hours makes it difficult for employees to connect, and even a one-hour schedule difference can hurt communication, introduce complexity, and potentially create new gender inequities, according to recent research View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Nov 2008
Op-Ed

Selling Out The American Dream

Investment Act, which challenged redlining policies of local banks that set higher hurdles for home-ownership among minorities. But it ended with the recent $5.2 trillion guarantee of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac assets after these quasi-government housing agencies... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

08 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

Tell Me What to Do: When Bad News Is a Big Relief

work-related perceptions, too, the researchers say. For instance, a candidate who applies for two jobs might privately wish to get rejected by one rather than have to choose between two options, notes Barasz, a former assistant professor... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

companies like Disney, McDonald's, Levi Strauss, and Jack Daniel's spun American myths for the rest of the world. But today's global myths have less to do with the American way of life. Further, no longer are myths created only View Details

Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor

15 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

The Coming Transformation of Social Enterprise

generation of social enterprise leaders? A: I don't think the business schools by themselves are going to solve this problem. Whether it's HBS or any other business school, ultimately I think students come to View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

24 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Want People to Save More? Send a Text

companies and entrepreneurs in emerging markets. "With governmental and nonprofit ventures, it's generally harder to see which initiatives work and which are ineffective at achieving their goals. That is what drives me to do this... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

proposition offered by the two clothing retailers is so different that one cannot learn much from comparing the aggregate cost of servicing customers at the two companies. Armani would probably not benefit... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

15 May 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

The Promises and Limitations of Big Data

How Will the Age of Big Data Affect Management? How do we avoid losing useful knowledge in a seemingly endless flood of data? Jim Heskett's readers offer some wise suggestions. Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Utilities; Public Administration; Health

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

even within states, with no apparent difference in care. How do you explain those differences? A: The recent findings are just the latest in a body of important work by John Wennberg and his colleagues at... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

05 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software

light on is that the companies that contribute and give back learn how to better use the open source software in their own environment,” Nagle says. “A lot of the research I do looks at the question, can the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Computer

02 Aug 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

Engaged workers are more productive. (iStock) iStock SUMMING UP: How Can We Prepare Leaders to Engage Their Associates? This month’s column elicited a number of reasons on why organizations around the world do such a poor job of engaging... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

collective practice has led us to understand that the individual development has to take place in the context of a larger change process motivated by the senior team. Just calling HR to say we have a strategy, we want to be more safe,... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

our study, a key difference lay in the challenges faced by novices and veterans. The core challenge for everyone who performs necessary evils comes from having to do two seemingly contradictory things at... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

have limited resources, how do we use them most effectively?" he said. Governments can use two avenues for education without spending more money, he said. Through the media, the government can insist on precautions. In Kenya, for... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

06 Mar 2020
Book

A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

leaders and teachers share? DeLong: Both need to put people in their life who are truth speakers. I don’t want to sound like I have the answers, by any means. I’m embarrassed that I waited until my oldest daughter was 15 before I asked... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Market for Babies

process of thinking about possibly adopting a third child (we already had two through old-fashioned means). And as I was doing personal research into adoption, it struck me one day that adoption was really just the flip side of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

15 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Free Software

a large majority of those who contribute to the open source community do so in order to learn and share new knowledge and skills, over half cite direct payment for their work or the chance to improve their... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

07 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

redeploying anesthesiologists to duties that are more appropriate and reducing their unnecessary duties by 30%. Furthermore, the change in epidural placement location alone in 80% of cases reduced costs by... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities

note. Fold in the recent rise of remote work amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the question arises: Has the trend peaked? Tech history as told by patents To look at the trends, Kerr and Chattergoon examined detailed filings from the US... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

neighbor, India, has been much better at. After all, we are discussing the Olympics, are we not, in a spirit of constructive engagement? That's a good sign, as are the debates within China that are prompted by the Olympics. Unsavory... View Details