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- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
Working PapersCoupled Search Processes: Why Is It So Difficult to Find that Organizational Design Matters? Authors:Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin Abstract Organizational design affects performance via coupled search processes. At... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters
findings are particularly relevant at a time when the economy is clouded by recession concerns and companies in industries across the world are searching for ways to instill a spirit of innovation, with Google expecting employees to spend... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 05 Jul 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?
and too little to types of intelligence that enhance leadership performance. He argues that "when it comes to predicting work performance, cognitive-ability tests have been demonstrated to be approximately ten View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
hit to profit margins? A new working paper, To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts, sets out to help small businesses decide whether offering large discount vouchers is a profitable decision. HBS View Details
- 01 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
the new workplace. There's a lecture about the firm's history and another about standard operating procedures. There's a packet of information from human resources, emblazoned with the firm's logo, and maybe a coffee mug to match. The underlying message: Welcome. You... View Details
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
Working PapersState Owned Entity Reform in the Absence of Privatization: Reforming Indian National Laboratories and Role of Leadership Authors:Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tarun Khanna Abstract The literature on state-owned entity (SOE)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Action Plan: Life Study
a studio with skylights. “I continued to draw and paint but now I had a place to do it—and that changed everything,” Hartley recalls. An art gallery in Sag Harbor, New York, held a one-man show of Hartley’s work in 2019 and 2021, followed... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 24 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 24, 2006
Working PapersManaging Functional Biases in Organizational Forecasts: A Case Study of Consensus Forecasting in Supply Chain Planning Authors:Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson Abstract To date, little research has been done on managing the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
- 11 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive
in part because their backs were killing them when they worked at home, and they weren’t allowed to bring their office chairs home. The policy communicated a lack of empathy and general cluelessness about the employee experience—signals... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint
- 16 May 2024
- News
On the Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details
Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
- 22 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries
and efficiency, lean's influence (and various interpretations of its tenets) continues to grow. In their working paper "Lean Principles and Software Production: Evidence from Indian Software Services," HBS doctoral student... View Details
- 24 May 2017
- News
John J. Brennan, MBA 1980
assumed that today was my last day here and that I had to earn the right to be invited back to work tomorrow.” While work has always been important to him, Brennan’s commitment to his family has guided his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 29 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?
could even argue that the main difference between the two acts is merely the timing of the gift: Tips follow the rendering of a service, whereas bribes precede it." Torfason says the link between tipping and bribing may come in part... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement
Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
of both schools from day one. You spend your first year at HKS, your second year at HBS, and your third year taking electives across both schools. Throughout your time here all joint degree students participate in a weekly joint degree... View Details
- 03 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business
rituals associated with food, we next explored whether rituals could even make food taste better," Norton says. “With consumption, rituals seem to work because they increase your involvement in the experience.” In a series of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters
industrial-strength evaluation processes. There is no time for slow assimilation when substituting acquisitions for R&D. The new people won't work if the vision and values aren't compatible. Cultural due... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
- 30 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Role of Emotions in Effective Negotiations
"Rather than discussing topics in the rarified air of investment banking, an industry foreign to many of our students, we wanted to be as universal as possible." Not that it is a simple situation emotionally. Stressed out over lost View Details
- 04 Apr 2024
- News
The Making of a Medical Milestone
A monoclonal antibody, tegoprubart works by minimizing activation of the immune system so it can’t mount an attack on the new organ. In clinical trials, the drug has been shown to be well-tolerated, with fewer of the serious side effects... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley