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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

evolving occupational demands varies widely among firms and countries, exerting substantial influence on productivity growth at both micro and macro levels. As we navigate... View Details

16 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults

careers influenced by whether their mothers work outside the home. It may not affect sons’ employment choices simply because men tend to be employed, and also, as other research shows, sons’ occupations... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 May 2019
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Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

borrowers with other private information, including monthly payment histories on auto loans, mortgages, home equity lines of credit, student loans, and credit cards, plus occupation View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

09 Sep 2015
HBS Seminar

Judith A. Chevalier, Yale University

20 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Creating a Positive Professional Image

their profession and less loyal to their employing organizations. All of these stereotypes pose obstacles for creating a positive professional image. Members of negatively stereotyped identity groups may... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

15 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'

profession as a whole (computer support specialists) and the highest (computer research scientists), comparing them with patterns in other STEM professions like chemist. While... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

17 Nov 2023
Blog Post

HBS Veteran Spotlight: Rex Willis (MBA 2024)

of veterans. This post was prepared in collaboration with the Armed Forces Alumni Association (AFAA). Growing up, like many other children, I aspired to pursue careers in professions such as medicine, law, View Details

01 Dec 2023
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The Exchange: Help Wanted

big institutions. Sadun: To have a functional team I expect that all executives will need social skills to work together. Even outside the realm of business: Think about teams of doctors and engineers. These technical View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

15 Feb 2022
Book

When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career

career well in advance. Brooks recalls not knowing exactly when his French horn skills started going downhill, but musicians, similar to athletes, rely on precise fine motor muscles that often deteriorate with age, use, and injury. People... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

17 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

discovery work to validate the problem or their target customers. While gut feel or personal experience with a problem can be a strong signal there is a problem to solve, without proper product discovery work you won’t truly know if you have a winning solution. For... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

09 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program

a better place. What advice do you have for college students considering attending Peek? I highly recommend Peek. This incredible opportunity can broaden your perspective and you will benefit from leadership lessons no matter what View Details

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Rafaella Mazza

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? An internal feeling of inquietude regarding my career path and future opportunities and a desire to “go back to school” as a growth platform. Also, the... View Details

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The Women in the Relay Assembly Test Room – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

HBS Home HBS Index Contact Us A New Vision An Essay by Professors Michel Anteby and Rakesh Khurana Introduction The Hawthorne Plant Employee Welfare Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room Enter... View Details

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HBS - Key Metrics

(GHG) Reporting Program. The GHG inventory consists of direct emissions from onsite fuel combustion (Scope 1) and indirect emissions from purchased electricity (Scope 2) sources. In addition to the reduced View Details

14 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt

scent of a romantic partner can lower psychological and physiological stress levels, even when that partner isn’t physically present. Moreover, the scent of a stranger increases stress levels, according to the study, “Olfactory Cues from... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

around the living room. As the days progressed, there were similarly positive reports from his occupational therapist. Rodakis began to suspect the antibiotic was creating the improvements, and, after some outreach View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

formed a relationship. The authors chose to focus on patient ratings of specialists instead of specific medical outcomes because they assess an “important dimension of quality” that transcends the clinical boundaries of medical specialties View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

December 5, 2024
Article

A Consensus Definition of Creativity in Surgery: A Delphi Study Protocol

By: Alex Thabane, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W. Busse, Sameer Parpia and Mohit Bhandari

Introduction
Clear definitions are essential in science, particularly in the study of abstract phenomena like creativity. Due to its inherent complexity and domain-specific nature, the study of creativity has been complicated, as evidenced by the various... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics

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29 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

gained higher levels of education and workforce integration, leading analysts to blame ingrained bias and “occupational sorting” for the difference. Occupational sorting occurs... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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A Commitment to Sustainability | About

Reporting Program. The GHG inventory consists of direct emissions from onsite fuel combustion (Scope 1) and indirect emissions from purchased electricity (Scope 2) sources. In addition to the reduced View Details

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