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- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
they may fail to notice when the moment is right for action on one path. They may also seem too remote and aloof to their staffs. The best leaders can zoom in to examine problems and then zoom out to look for patterns and causes. They... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Numbers on Social Investments
the team was able to draw some conclusions about how the companies performed individually and as a hypothetical portfolio. They were also able to make some observations about how investor behavior contributed to the success of individual IC members. The students View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
offices working remotely and field teams continuing to support Sahel Consulting’s five-year Advancing Local Dairy Development in Nigeria program. Sahel Consulting is conducting COVID-related research and... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
service centers, which are primarily owned by physicians. Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration. Amy C. Edmonson: New ways to balance prevention and sick care Those on the front lines of COVID care, View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
more basic factor has been holding back investment: remote work. Lockdowns and rising COVID-19 cases prompted many venture capitalists to literally head for the hills, decamping to vacation homes in Wyoming and Idaho. Even with its close... View Details
- 21 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Fighting the COVID Blues: Advice from Business Research
Schedule each day. Many parents are caring for their children and guiding their remote learning while trying to do their own jobs—and feeling like they’re failing on all fronts. Eventually, thoughts about unfinished View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman and Danielle Kost
- 17 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often
comes from synchronous interactions that you cannot get otherwise,” Sadun says, “and your decision-making depends on these inputs.” You Might Also Like: What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener Where to Find Remote View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz
- 03 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains
to hear the lore of those early days.” It wasn’t unusual for the whole team to know every facet of the business—where you were with sales and fundraising, and how customers were feeling about every little change you made to the product. You saw each other’s View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
disaster that killed over 1,000 factory workers in Bangladesh in 2013 highlighted to Western consumers the challenging conditions faced by the workers who made their clothes. Consumer pressure on Western retailers worked its way back up... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
This focus, I argue, limits the practical utility of the discipline because universal propositions form only a part of new policy recipes.” Remote Patient Monitoring—Overdue or Overused? New England Journal of Medicine Keizra Mecklai,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
specifically about COVID-19 impacts and responses, we spoke with several Harvard Business School alumni committed to reducing the impact of mental illness and addiction on individuals and communities. Here are some examples of how they are View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
managing demand - using modern sensors and valves, remote measurement, big data optimization algorithms, mobile apps, and other innovations - is a more powerful way to benefit citizens and businesses than just pumping more stuff through... View Details
- 17 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Pandemic Self-Care for CEOs: Rituals, Running, and Cognitive Restructuring
less.” LEADING IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY More Stories in This Series How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Responding to COVID-19 in early 2020 was an exercise in crisis leadership. In 2021, the pandemic feels like a painful marathon that will never end. The rapidly spreading virus forced a precipitous shift to remote View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Balancing the Future Against Today’s Needs
from the core reap many benefits, not the least of which is that they deliver returns that satisfy investors while generating the cash they need to invest in more-radical growth and innovation opportunities. You don't want the guys in the core part of your business to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 05 Nov 2024
- Research & Ideas
AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen
how do we get this to work, so it’s credible and widely accepted?” You Might Also Like: Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change What... View Details
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
for learning about what works in digital health. Recently, we have witnessed developments that would have been difficult to imagine just a few years ago. In the United States, we have seen massive expansions in insurance coverage for... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 10 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Note: Managing the Medici String Quartet
would call near the frontier of human experience. Ordinarily I'd say near the frontier of business experience, but creative collaboration is very much relevant to business and the field of innovation." Austin is writing a book—the View Details
- 12 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unexpected Link Between Cadavers and Careers
jointly decide to donate their bodies to science after they die. In Individuals' Decision to Co-Donate or Donate Alone: An Archival Study of Married Whole Body Donors in Hawaii, published online by the Public Library of Science, the authors report that married people... View Details