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- 17 Sep 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Secrets of the Academy: The Drivers of University Endowment Success
- 12 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 12, 2016
forecasts as an input into the government budgeting-making process would probably reduce official forecast errors for budget deficits. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51324 College Tuition, Public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Beyond Gender and Negotiation to Gendered Negotiations
Keywords: by Deborah Kolb & Kathleen L. McGinn
- February 1985
- Article
Motivation and Creativity: Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writers
By: T. M. Amabile
72 members of the college community who identified themselves as actively involved in creative writing participated in individual laboratory sessions, in which they were asked to write 2 brief poems, to investigate the hypothesis that intrinsic motivation is conducive... View Details
Keywords: Social Psychology; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Performance; Personal Characteristics; Situation or Environment
Amabile, T. M. "Motivation and Creativity: Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writers." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 48, no. 2 (February 1985): 393–399.
- July–August 2008
- Article
Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare
Regina E. Herzlinger is the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration Chair at the Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA. She received her bachelor's degree from MIT and her doctorate from the Harvard Business School The first woman to be tenured and... View Details
"Interview with a Quality Leader: Regina E. Herzlinger on Consumer-Driven Healthcare." Journal for Healthcare Quality 30, no. 4 (July–August 2008): 17–19.
- 04 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees
study in their paper, the researchers devised a scenario in which 163 college students participated in a T-shirt folding contest. The students were divided into fifty-six groups, all tasked with folding as many T-shirts as possible in ten... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
examine the selection of students going into finance or science and engineering (S&E). I find that academic achievement in college is negatively correlated with a propensity to take a job in finance and positively correlated with a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work
based on a large online survey and was cowritten with Boston College Professor Lucas Coffman and Boston University Professor Keith Marzilli Ericson. Understanding the aspirations of non-binary people Relatively little research has been... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Jul 2019
- HBS Case
Walmart's Workforce of the Future
different universities; in June 2019, the program expanded to six universities and 14 areas of study, including cybersecurity and computer science. Widely hailed in the press for the opportunity it offers workers to graduate from college... View Details
- 26 Sep 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Dangerous Expectations: Breaking Rules to Resolve Cognitive Dissonance
- March 2022
- Case
The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program: 2009-2021
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Julia Kelley
In December 2021, more than a decade after its founding, Goldman Sachs’s 10,000 Small Businesses program was still going strong — and the firm now needed to evaluate potential program modifications to reach a wider group of small business owners. Launched in the... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Small Business; Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Government and Politics; Knowledge; Knowledge Dissemination; Labor; Employment; Human Capital; Management; Goals and Objectives; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Programs; Networks; Social Enterprise; Society; Strategy; Demographics; Diversity; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US)
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Julia Kelley. "The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program: 2009-2021." Harvard Business School Case 322-052, March 2022.
- April 2012
- Article
Bouncing Out of the Banking System: An Empirical Analysis of Involuntary Bank Account Closures
By: Dennis Campbell, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez and Peter Tufano
Using a new database, we document the factors that relate to the extent of involuntary consumer bank account closure resulting from excessive overdraft activity. Consumers who have accounts involuntarily closed for overdraft activity may have limited or no access to... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Customers; Social Issues; Outcome or Result; Budgets and Budgeting; Forecasting and Prediction; Competition; Banks and Banking; Policy; Personal Characteristics; Credit; Employment; United States
Campbell, Dennis, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez, and Peter Tufano. "Bouncing Out of the Banking System: An Empirical Analysis of Involuntary Bank Account Closures." Journal of Banking & Finance 36, no. 4 (April 2012): 1224–1235.
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
Black Experience, co-edited by Mayo, University of Virginia Professor Laura Morgan Roberts, who is a visiting scholar at HBS, and David A. Thomas, president of Morehouse College and a former professor at HBS. “These African American... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
prom queen means capturing your special aura by explaining where you have come from and where you are going to guide other people to understand your value. And that value doesn’t have to be the same as everyone else’s. In meetings with job search committees, Huang... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
5 Companies Where Employees Move Up the Ladder Fast
Companies vying to fill entry-level roles should take a page from AT&T and American Express and offer aggressive advancement opportunities to workers without college degrees to help expand the talent pool, says a new report. According... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 08 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
November 20, 2018 Journal of the American College of Cardiology Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory By: Reed, Grant W., Michael L. Tushman, and Samir R. Kapadia Abstract—Operational efficiency... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Feb 2023
- HBS Case
Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis
Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy? People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change Making Diverse Leadership a Priority at Whittier College Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- Research Summary
Overview
The Information Age has introduced well-received opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands allow individuals to track their own performance; companies like Uber and leading hospitals help you choose a driver or a doctor based on how others rated... View Details
- May 2022
- Case
Deborah Quazzo at GSV Ventures
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael D. Smith and Nicole Tempest Keller
As COVID-19 swept across the globe in 2020, the education sector faced unprecedented disruption. Schools and colleges worldwide shut down, forcing over a billion students and teachers to move to online learning. Investor interest in the EdTech space exploded as... View Details
Keywords: Edtech; Technology; Online Learning; COVID-19 Pandemic; Education; Information Technology; Venture Capital; Change Management; Strategy; Education Industry; Financial Services Industry; Chicago; California
Sahlman, William A., Michael D. Smith, and Nicole Tempest Keller. "Deborah Quazzo at GSV Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 822-131, May 2022.
- 30 Nov 2010
- Working Paper Summaries