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- 12 Nov 2021
- News
The Psychology Behind Meeting Overload
- 18 Jun 2020
- News
The Rise of the Investor State: State Capital in the Chinese Economy
- 23 May 2018
- News
Winning Bid
Photo via Black Enterprise Photo via Black Enterprise As head of eBay’s multi-billion dollar Arts & Collectibles platform, Sam Bright (MBA 2009) oversees more than 50 million listings, ranging from rare comic books to sports memorabilia to even larger, more unique... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
When a Rainy Day Comes: The Economics of Happiness
A study by HBS assistant professor Rafael Di Tella (with Andrew Oswald of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, and Robert MacCulloch of the London School of Economics) finds that when a country is in a recession, the number of people describing themselves as... View Details
- 30 Aug 2021
- News
One and the Same
Taking notes is often seen as a gendered, secretarial role—something to be avoided at all costs if you were a young woman hoping to make an impact early in your career. But Mary Wooldridge (MBA 1994) saw it differently. “If you are holding the pen, there is a huge... View Details
- May 2018
- Article
The Downside of Downtime: The Prevalence and Work Pacing Consequences of Idle Time at Work
By: Andrew Brodsky and Teresa M. Amabile
Although both media commentary and academic research have focused much attention on the dilemma of employees being too busy, this paper presents evidence of the opposite phenomenon, in which employees do not have enough work to fill their time and are left with hours... View Details
Brodsky, Andrew, and Teresa M. Amabile. "The Downside of Downtime: The Prevalence and Work Pacing Consequences of Idle Time at Work." Journal of Applied Psychology 103, no. 5 (May 2018): 496–512.
- 2012
- Working Paper
Pay Dispersion and Work Performance
By: Alessandro Bucciol and Marco Piovesan
The effect of intra-firm pay dispersion on work performance is controversial and the empirical evidence is mixed. High pay dispersion may act as an extra incentive for employees' effort or it may reduce motivation and team cohesiveness. These effects can also coexist... View Details
Bucciol, Alessandro, and Marco Piovesan. "Pay Dispersion and Work Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-075, February 2012.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank
By: Bradley R. Staats and Francesca Gino
Sustaining operational productivity in the completion of repetitive tasks is critical to many organizations' success. Yet research points to two different work-design related strategies for accomplishing this goal: specialization to capture the benefits of repetition... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Working Conditions; Service Delivery; Performance Productivity; Financial Services Industry; Japan
Staats, Bradley R., and Francesca Gino. "Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-015, August 2010. (Revised May 2011.)
- August 2009 (Revised February 2011)
- Background Note
Managing Organizational Human Capital: Research Resources
By: Boris Groysberg and Ann Cullen
This technical note provides a list of library resources for researching various aspects of managing human capital within organizations. View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Human Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Organizations; Research
Groysberg, Boris, and Ann Cullen. "Managing Organizational Human Capital: Research Resources." Harvard Business School Background Note 410-045, August 2009. (Revised February 2011.)
- November 2007
- Supplement
Differences at Work: Ben (C)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon
In Differences at Work: Ben (C) 9-408-044 Ben shares the remark with his bosses who let Ben decide whether to report the incident to Human Resources. He decides not to, but several years later he still regrets his inaction. View Details
Sucher, Sandra J., and Rachel Gordon. "Differences at Work: Ben (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 408-044, November 2007.
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Green as Gold
At first glance, Hamilton Hall looks the same as it has since the student residence was constructed eighty years ago. The building, home to 72 MBA students, blends seamlessly into the classic Georgian architecture of the HBS campus and frames a well-manicured courtyard... View Details
- 20 May 2014
- News
HBS Startup Turns Unused Gift Cards Into Cash
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Merton Receives Prestigious Award
University Professor Robert Merton, a member of the HBS faculty since 1988 and cowinner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Economics, recently received the Kolmogorov Medal from the University of London. He was honored for his distinguished work in the fields of research... View Details
- 21 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow
historically distressed communities nationwide. He later served as an HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship Summer Fellow, working to address the labor shortage within the restaurant industry, developing service models to protect and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- Web
Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
people are included in the labor market today,” says Rewane. “This is not just a West Africa problem—it’s a global problem. We’re learning from on-the-ground implementation, looking to work in partnership with bigger players like... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
A Constructive Summer at HBS
parking lot. As many as one hundred workers have been laboring on the site each day, pouring the concrete foundation and positioning the structural steel beams and columns. While the summer's extreme heat occasionally halted work early -... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Notes from the Trenches
he confessed. “You need soldiers, not generals.” All emphasized the importance of action over PowerPoint presentations and laboring over the “static” text of a prose business plan. “Creating companies is not something you do in your head... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
When Business History Was Business News UTAH, 1859: East meets West and America opens for business. Henry Guttmann/Getty Images Newspapers, so the saying goes, write the first draft of history. In her new book, The Story of American Business from the Pages of the New... View Details
- 22 Sep 2009
- News
The Case for Regulatory Reform
This is week when the Wall Street chickens come home to roost. In the wake of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the Obama administration has sent Congress a package of regulatory reforms aimed, in large part, at putting an end to what HBS professor... View Details