HBS Working Knowledge - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 May 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Learning by Supplying

Keywords: by Juan Alcácer & Joanne Oxley

10 Jan 2012
Working Paper Summaries

The Evolving Basis for Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: Dispute Settlement and the Rebalancing of Global Interests

Keywords: by Arthur Daemmrich

2013
Working Paper

Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850

By: G. Jones

This working paper integrates the role of entrepreneurship and firms into debates on why Asia, Latin America and Africa were slow to catch up with the West following the Industrial Revolution and the advent of modern economic growth. It argues that the currently... View Details

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17 Oct 2023
HBS Case

With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees

With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Information; Information Technology

01 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

How Foundations Think: The Ford Foundation as a Dominating Institution in the Field of American Business Schools

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Kenneth Kimura & Marion Fourcad; Education

Career Coach

Cheryl Rousseau

While a Senior Vice President for global consulting firm Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), Cheryl was invited to join their International Center for Executive Options (ICEO) practice where she is a Confidential Advisor and Coach to C-Suite and E-Suite executives. In her 15... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Retail

28 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

How Workplace Wellness Programs Can Give Employees the Energy Boost They Need

strategy to improve performance and drive bottom-line results. You Might Also Like: Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson

11 Apr 2024
In Practice

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

Business Administration at HBS and co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative. Marco Tabellini: One negative scenario and one positive for firms Given the current political climate, it’s... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

02 Oct 2016
Blog Post

Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort

that. When an HBS representative came to my campus and described a program that gives participants a glimpse into Harvard’s take on business management education, with a focus on family business, it seemed like an ideal way to keep... View Details

03 Oct 2023
HBS Case

Layoffs Can Be Bad Business: 5 Strategies to Consider Before Cutting Staff

Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: AdobeStock/tujuh17belas View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Telecommunications; Technology; Financial Services; Manufacturing

28 Feb 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Pursuing Precision Medicine at Intermountain Healthcare

Keywords: Re: Richard G. Hamermesh; Health; Biotechnology; Pharmaceutical

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

iStockphoto/SergeyChayko] Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery Are companies reponsible for their employees' well-being? What do you think? Share your... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

wherein managers work in cross-border teams to resolve a variety of complex, international, management problems. The challenges they encounter are much like those of the "virtual" teams at the heart of effective global... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

More Faculty News HBS Working Knowledge 28 Oct 2024 Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising. Re: Vincent Pons & Jesse M. Shapiro 24 Oct 2024... View Details

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023

Soon after ChatGPT debuted in late 2022, business leaders began taking their first steps into generative artificial intelligence, approaching this powerful technology with a mix of awe and trepidation. It’s no surprise that one of the most-read articles in View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

07 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

"Let's focus on becoming much more efficient in competitive terms." And it worked in accomplishing that objective. But it fails to connect to all the constituencies—other than the shareholders—whose energies and commitment you... View Details

Keywords: by Harvard Management Update

18 Oct 2017
Blog Post

4 Advantages of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

two nuclear physicists for grandparents, I grew up in a strongly STEM household. My family fostered in me a desire to understand how things worked and I latched on to the then-nascent Internet and computer revolution. When it came time... View Details

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

In the wake of COVID-19, organizations around the world quickly made changes to how they got work done, including managing summer internships. For many organizations, that meant creating remote internship programs in 2020 that will stay... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

24 Oct 2023
Research & Ideas

When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy

Vaccinated When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Food & Beverage

31 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

Americans increased the knowledge among whites of systematic lynchings and brutality against African Americans in the South,” he says. Building coalitions. Majority and minority groups can find strength and support by banding together,... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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