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  • 2006
  • Working Paper

Defining the Attributes and Processes that Enhance the Effectiveness of Workforce Diversity Initiatives in Knowledge Intensive Firms

By: Modupe Akinola and David A. Thomas
Workforce diversity continues to be a key focus for organizations, driven by globalization of the U.S. economy and the desire for organizations to more accurately reflect the demographic diversity of the US population. Yet, most research on diversity in organizations... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Globalization; Employees; Retention; Knowledge Sharing; Research; United States
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  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

that health care organizations typically fail to analyze or make changes even when people are well aware of failures. Whether medical errors or simply problems in the work process, few hospital organizations dig deeply enough to... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • 01 May 2020
  • What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

coverage from Working Knowledge Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Critical Mass for some months was in the process of implementing a new program for remote work called Liquid.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 30 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Why Evolutionary Software Development Works

development was evolutionary in nature. Companies first would release a low-functionality version of a product to selected customers at a very early stage of development. Thereafter work would proceed in an iterative fashion, with the... View Details
Keywords: by Alan MacCormack; Technology
  • 05 Oct 2015
  • News

Reflecting on work improves productivity

  • 27 Oct 2020
  • News

HBS Votes

Blau (MBA 2001), Baupost CEO Seth Klarman (MBA 1982), Standard Hotels CEO Amar Lalvani (MBA 2001), General Assembly CEO Lisa Lewin (MBA 2003), and Jeffrey C. Walker (MBA 1981), among other HBS graduates) who issued a statement supporting... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Fellowship Campaign Approaching Goal

As the campaign enters the homestretch, HBS is focused on its goal of raising $100 million for MBA fellowships. Student need for financial aid is continually rising, and HBS is committed to ensuring that... View Details
Keywords: HBS; MBA; Fellowships; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • February 2020
  • Teaching Note

Upwork: Reimagining the Future of Work

By: Feng Zhu and Shirley Sun
Teaching Note for HBS No. 616-027. View Details
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  • 27 May 2015
  • Blog Post

What is an HBS Section?

diversity is one of the key ways learning at HBS works. In a classroom full of different perspectives and backgrounds you understand and work through cases together. The section is the embodiment of this... View Details
  • 13 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

No matter how you slice the numbers, all arrows in biotechnology's financial performance after twenty years are still pointing downward, said HBS professor Gary P. Pisano recently. Despite the great promise of the sector—to improve the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology
  • 09 Jul 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of Team Knowledge

Keywords: by Heidi K. Gardner
  • Video

Entrepreneurship - the HBS Way

  • 08 Mar 2016
  • Blog Post

6 Discoveries I Made About HBS

Recent grad Mallory Dwinal came to HBS after pursuing a PhD in education at the University of Oxford and working as a middle and high school Spanish teacher with Teach for America. Now a few months out of... View Details
  • 24 Mar 2015
  • News

Best-Selling Author Touts Walter Friedman Work

  • 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 09 Jan 2019
  • HBS Online

HBS Online Economics for Managers

Gain the knowledge and skills to craft successful business strategy, whether you are an aspiring marketing professional, strategy consultant, or entrepreneur, preparing for an MBA, or just looking to contribute more to business decision making. Program Dates: January... View Details
  • Blog

Recent Insights from HBS Podcasts

electric vehicle production? In this episode of Managing the Future of Work, hosted by HBS professor Joe Fuller, Volvo's chief people officer Hanna Fager explains how the company revamped jobs throughout the organization. How to Manage:... View Details
  • February 2004 (Revised March 2006)
  • Case

Pratt & Whitney: Engineering Standard Work

By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington
As the engineering of state-of-the-art jet engines becomes more and more complex, Pratt & Whitney leaders face major competitive problems. Product development projects are not meeting the cost, quality, and lead-time targets. The leadership develops a design,... View Details
Keywords: Design; Engineering; Cost; Knowledge Management; Time Management; Product Launch; Standards; Product Development; Problems and Challenges; Quality; Creativity; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 8 AM – 5 PM EDT, 31 May 2018
  • Career Events

HBS Career Reboot Camp in Boston

Career Reboot Camp is coming to Boston! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details
  • 13 Dec 2018
  • Video

What Research Associates Do at HBS

  • 8 AM – 5 PM CET, 23 Mar 2017
  • Career Events

HBS Career Reboot Camp in Paris

Career Reboot Camp is coming to Paris! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details