Flexible Work Arrangements - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jul 2020
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Reimagining Chicago’s Schools

high schools were really hard to crack.” At the time, Zaikos was working for the Chicago Public Schools system as part of the Broad Residency, a program created to bring management professionals into urban education, in an effort to... View Details

01 Dec 1996
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An Entrepreneurial Journey

that also housed a hamburger stand. It was 100 square feet and featured a single copier, an offset press, film processing, and a small selection of stationery and school supplies. "I essentially had a concept that would work on any... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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In Character: A Case Discussion Drama

the business but no day-to-day role). The case is fictional but is based on a combination of several real businesses encountered by Boris Tsimerinov (PLDA 16, 2017), managing director at Semper8 Capital, a Toronto-based investment firm. Tsimerinov View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Dec 2021
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New Wave

large and relatively stationary concrete ring by flexible tendons. As the float interacts with ocean waves, the movement of the tendons drives the generators, converting mechanical energy into electricity. Smith in the RITE control room,... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

01 May 2015
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Celebrating and Supporting Leadership

Engage with and support the University in new and mutually beneficial ways Raise funds for current priorities and future flexibility "Let us take the opportunity to ask ourselves,” says Nohria, “When future generations look back on this... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Apr 1998
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Professor Ramchandran Jaikumar Remembered

pioneer in the study of flexible manufacturing systems. A major component of his work was a comprehensive study of more than half of these systems in use worldwide. The project had a significant impact on... View Details

19 Jun 2019
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Connecting Patients and Providers

Greg Jarzabek (PLD 21, 2016) was living in London and working in finance when his mother was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in her native Poland. Jarzabek wanted to reach out to doctors around the world to review and discuss... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

them in order to provide direction to the management negotiating team." This approach worked well, Carty says, in a recent negotiation with the Transport Workers Union. As a result of that negotiation, the company received "substantial... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Feb 1998
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New Releases

professor Sumantra Ghoshal. In The Differentiated Network: Organizing Multinational Corporations for Value Creation, Nohria and Ghoshal assert that the traditional, hierarchical "spoke-and-hub" forms of organization do not provide the View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Sep 2008
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Building a Better MBA

robust and travel across boundaries, you don’t actually have to teach management country by country. So the first order of business for us is to get the global content right so that when our students graduate they can work for a company... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Feb 1999
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Short Takes

members of a work team believe that well-intentioned efforts, regardless of outcome, will neither be seen negatively nor lead to punishment or rejection? New research by HBS assistant professor Amy C. Edmondson shows that such teams are... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Dec 2016
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Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

is the kind of question that RMI is tackling as a member of the Energy Transitions Commission—a global coalition of energy companies, nonprofits, academics, and innovators working toward the goal of “reforming the energy system.” RMI CEO... View Details

01 Mar 2019
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The HBS Fund

Most alumni gifts go to the HBS Fund, which provides flexible resources the School can spend immediately on both core priorities and new initiatives. Your gifts support the people and programs that have a tremendous impact on business... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

degrees in mechanical engineering and economics at Yale and then worked in tech investments at Morgan Stanley and as a project manager at Microsoft. But what Hopkins hoped to learn from the course taught by Shane Greenstein, the Martin... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2018
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Case Study: A Good Fit

a lark, Gain Life partnered with an insurance company to see if its apps could help people who are out of work on shortor long-term disability or workers’ compensation. This market has only a handful of competitors and big bottom-line... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

22 Sep 2017
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The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice

cocaine, it was just so ubiquitous. And that was the money that corrupted this city. Money bought law enforcement, money bought the protection. I mean, even people who worked in this hotel, like the one waitress, the hostess who I... View Details

06 Dec 2021
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Vision: Sound Science

at HBS.” Simons saw entrepreneurship as “the best path to translate breakthrough research into something that can help people.” He launched Akouos (Greek, for “to listen”) with a realistic attitude about risk and a flexible definition of... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

When hotel manager Alessandro Benedetti worked for Kempinski chain locations in Spain and Switzerland, morning meetings were a time to go over the numbers and discuss strategy for the days ahead. But ever since Benedetti moved to Havana... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

01 Jun 2014
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The Digital Deck

the first launch of HBX, and is targeted at a group that HBS has historically not served: undergraduate students, non-business graduate students, and professionals in the pre-MBA stage of their working careers who would benefit from a... View Details