Short Time Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 7

Working PapersConsistency and Monotonicity in One-Sided Assignment Problems Authors:Bettina Klaus and Alexandru Nichifor Abstract One-sided assignment problems combine important features of two well-known matching models. First, as in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

government no longer needed Yamato’s help. Soon after visiting the Tohoku area and seeing the devastation, Kigawa felt it was time to give back to an area that had previously boosted his business with the delivery of fish and agricultural... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

our work, especially during the current global health crisis. Just because we’ve been doing things a certain way for a long time doesn’t mean we should keep doing it.” About the author Dina Gerdeman is a senior writer at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Brandon Graves

classroom moment? Entering Aldrich 10, my first-year classroom where I spend many hours with my section, for the first time was one of my favorite HBS experiences. It felt surreal to step into the hallowed room and see my name tag printed... View Details

08 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team

Google and Groupon, for instance, a higher percentage of employees work in sales than engineering or data mining. And at Facebook the salesforce's ability to translate 'likes' into advertisers will make or break that company's valuation... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

employees, founding leaders confront an important reality: It’s time to let go. It’s simply impossible to be plugged into everything. At this stage, you are probably managing managers, and more than ever have to empower your leaders to,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

and Nohria examine how an organization built around the four-drive theory might look. The return from your work must be the satisfaction which that work brings you and the world's need of work. With it, life... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

with technology take longer, they're harder to follow. I'm involved, in addition to running Merck, I co-chair the commission in New Jersey about re-opening the state. Corporate America is asking what it needs to do about racial inequality. And we are View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

18 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows

alumni and Harvard-affiliated postdoctoral researchers the opportunity to advance new ventures around promising life science technologies and develop their leadership talents during a 12-month fellowship year. Fellows work closely with... View Details

26 Apr 2022
Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

To be successful, companies must build trust with their employees and consumers. But how can companies do so in these turbulent times when they are being pulled in many directions all at once? First, businesses must realize that trust is... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

21 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

opportunity to redouble their efforts and grab more market share, or take it as a warning that it might be time to get out while the getting was good? A new research study suggests that more companies than expected see a half-empty glass... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health

10 Feb 2020
In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

on master plans and involved time horizons measured in decades. Now, online platforms, algorithms, and ubiquitous data allow firms to test these decisions quickly, sometimes in a matter of months or weeks. Recent View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

are still interested in the program, please submit an inquiry to our program advising team . What kind of time commitment is required to complete CLIMB? + – CLIMB consists of four long and three short... View Details

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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

spanned half a century. At the time of his death in 1999, he was the Robert Walmsley University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard. Beloved and revered by generations of HBS students, Christensen regarded himself first and foremost as a... View Details

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

answer, 'On the number of sales made.' Similarly, when executives complain that 'My people just don't bring me dissenting views, what do I do?' my reaction is, 'Can you tell me the last three times someone brought up a dissenting view,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Top 5 Myths About HBS

family-like element that exists in your day-to-day life, people you take the same classes with and that you really grow a bond with. You spend a lot of time outside of the classroom getting to know them, their partners, their families,... View Details

19 Jan 2021
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Marc Duranteau (MBA 2019)

not hesitate one second and applied immediately. I felt that it would be much tougher to find time and availability to apply during my professional years. How long was your deferral (2, 3, or 4 years)? I deferred 2 years. It was the best... View Details

20 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation

came up with a clock that could keep time at sea. Nobody had anticipated that that kind of invention was practical. Most firms and scientists believe that the problems they work on are their most important... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

09 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

there is a deliberate attempt to create a link with another person, which is a very proactive behavior," Gino says. "But other times you and another person just happen to be at the same event, and you end up talking to each other and... View Details