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25 May 2021
Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

burnout reconnect with what made their jobs meaningful in the past, which can provide guidance for how to restore meaning at work in the present. Developing organizational social rituals and traditions can help create organizational... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

26 Jan 2016
First Look

January 26, 2016

Abstract—Scholars from many disciplines have investigated self-deception, but defining self-deception and establishing its possible benefits have been a matter of heated debate—a debate impoverished by a relative lack of empirical research. Drawing on recent research,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

Informing Dissent By: Greene, Hillary, and Dennis Yao Abstract—The first part of this commentary argues that because the production of dissent depends on the availability of information, greater attention should focus on government... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

has two parts. The first discusses the geological and social history of the site, focusing mainly on the park’s construction in the late 1850s and 1860s. The second part has essays on the 200-plus tree species and varieties. This is... View Details

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

for predominantly white spaces is still not enough to keep Black people safe – and there isn’t a job title or degree in the world that can protect Black communities from institutionalized and systemic racism. Members of the HBS African... View Details

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

What Really Drives Your Strategy?

manage it, and give it direction? That's what our new book, From Resource Allocation to Strategy, is about. People have studied the process in various ways, first to understand how it works and then to understand how it breaks down; and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

health-economics literature has done a better job documenting consumer-choice mistakes in insurance and treatment choices than explaining why those mistakes occur, it is clear that we should not ignore these mistakes in our analyses. We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

Africa, and Latin America to seize the revolutionary mantle from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union adapted to win it back, transforming the nature of socialist revolution in the process. This groundbreaking book is the first to explore... View Details

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

ultimately hope to show the value of a product to investors? Is it trying to decide which product to introduce first to make the biggest splash with customers? Would offering a bonus differently boost employee output during a challenging... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

chart from the same two years. Chances are, those two charts look pretty similar. Sure, there are organizational outliers, like online shoe-seller Zappos, which famously adopted “holacracy,” a structure of no job titles and no... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 May 2012
Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

majority of them are not doing it effectively," says V. Kasturi "Kash" Rangan, the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School. "If you look at the Fortune 100 companies, you'll find at least half of them could do a much better View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

performance. "Frankly, it's very fuzzy," Soltes says. "What's material to you may not be material to me, and vice versa. If the CEO tells you he's skipping his family vacation for the first time in years, is that material or immaterial?... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

scenario, first "broke the back" of the DSL-based local phone companies, or ILECs (Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers), with low-cost digital telephony and broadband services. But with independent content providers squeezed out, an... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

recruits by five to 10 months. McKinsey, for example, has laid off both non-client and client service staff, and for the first time in its history, has offered buyouts to hundreds of senior associates. Meanwhile, public consulting firm... View Details

Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting

16 Nov 2017
News

The Business of Social Justice

refugee women about reproductive health. “I was shocked the first time I heard some kids call me La Blanche—“The White Lady”—because I am a lighter-skinned African American,” she laughs. Working in West Africa put the future into sharper... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

15 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS

clubs get exclusive access to our corporate sponsors - top investment banks, consulting firms, technology companies, and general management companies - more than one week early. This year, we hosted our first ever virtual Diversity Career... View Details

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

for relevant customization and adaptation to specific client needs. This is a significant aspect of maintaining ongoing client relationships. I observed that teams under heightened pressure tend to shut out dissenting points of view and new information, focus... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

06 Mar 2019
News

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream

One was the walking pilgrimage in Japan, and another was a spiritual retreat in India. Can you give us a sense of what came out of those two experiences in a tangible sense? What was different from when you left to when you came back? DJ DiDonna: Well, View Details

13 Dec 2017
News

Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

the time. Morrell: What was driving your questions? What were you pulling these prompts from? Hessan: Most of the time I just was looking at things that were going on in the news. Here's what happened this week. What's your reaction? What about this? What about this?... View Details

18 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

research and courses on sustainable cities, infrastructure, real estate, and his most recent collaboration and co-authored book on Healthy Buildings with Dr. Allen. It is our hope that this SIP serves as the first step among many in... View Details

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