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- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
As every company knows, employees are its greatest resource. It's more than a shame, then, that many workers are either not encouraged or afraid to speak up and communicate ideas at work. Employers are losing valuable knowledge and... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
doctors and hospitals.” “No provider has all of your records,” says Bushkin, adding that a study published in the Journal of Patient Safety found that 440,000 Americans die annually as the result of medical errors. “Someone who is a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
gathering in large groups. If we get to 40 or 50 percent occupancy rates by the end of the year, we’ll be doing pretty well. What will hotels need to do to make guests feel safe? MD: Hotels need to ensure their guests and their employees... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
society that should offer a safety net, but also companies, where they recognize that employees are, first and foremost, people who must manage through the volatility we all experience over the course of our... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
households. The quality of the liquidity services provided by bank liabilities depends on their safety in case of default. Commercial bank debt is fully insured and thus provides full liquidity. However, commercial banks do not... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
the company, from light bulbs to medical systems to financial services. It was a very valuable time for me because I gained hands-on experience applying 'quality' principles to the environmental health and safety arena. I worked with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
Profiles & photographs by Susan Young Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989 CARROLL: Discussing safety awards in her London office. Photographs by Susan Young This year's recipients join a distinguished group. Video portrait of this year's honorees.... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
meaningful relationships with their people, they also create loyalty and an environment where employees feel secure enough to take chances and suggest innovative and sometimes disruptive ideas . When I speak of leadership, I’m referring... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur
Your company is forming an intrapreneurial venture, and has asked you to join the start-up team. Is this a career pick-me-up, or occupational suicide? It could be either one, and employees should carefully weigh the pros and cons before... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
approach is to hold the stock and try to change behavior. One of our students actually convened people from CalSTRS and 10 other investors on campus last May, and together they came up with a set of principles for a responsible firearms industry, with a focus on... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
Michael Beer Is silence killing your strategy? In his thirty years of working in corporations, Harvard Business School professor Michael Beer has witnessed firsthand how organizational silence derails strategic objectives. When employees... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
transformed into a truly global enterprise with 127,000 employees of 153 nationalities in 140 countries generating $56.7 billion in 2012 revenues and $9.6 billion in net income, making the firm one of the world's largest and most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase
small-business owners trying to survive. Strict safety protocols haven’t been enough to get customers through the door for some small businesses, and many owners—crushed by inventory and overhead costs—are grappling with hard choices.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
that she also published in the August 2002 Harvard Business Review. For the time-pressure study, Amabile endeavored to “trap creativity in the wild” by surveying employees at seven companies across three industries. She and her... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
expatriate employees ride them. By comparison, through the Go-Jek app a user could now summon a ride in seconds just as a New Yorker could summon an Uber. Routes were traceable, fares were calculated transparently, and passengers could... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
is that their employees have a sense of emotional safety and can bring their best selves to work. The same is true in sports, especially when you have younger athletes performing under immense pressure.”... View Details
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax
well-maintained. The CleanMax employees gave an overview of the site, explained the various parts of the site (the modules, the inverters), and answered a barrage of questions from inquisitive MBA students. From an operations and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill
Business School provided him with the managerial know-how and business contacts to begin to turn that dream into a reality. "When I came to Harvard, I was keenly interested in leadership and in what the best companies were doing to make it possible for their View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
on-time performance, and offered to share equally with all employees 50 percent of the cost savings achieved by better service. Employees were motivated to achieve this goal and showed initiative in taking... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
uncomfortable territory in an effort to respond to their employees' deeper yearnings. While spirituality is a highly individual and personal matter, managers and employees alike seem to find common themes emerging when they begin thinking... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso