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Scaling Work - Research Computing Services

to do intense, focused work for short periods of time (up to a few days) and subsequently exit the software, choosing multiple cores is fine. But if you plan to run an... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Leading the way in times of crisis

inspiring to see ordinary people respond with courage and humanity,” recalls Lhota, who worked to get New York’s business community up and running. This battle-tested native New Yorker’s leadership experience also includes managing major... View Details

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

work over their personal lives are less happy." The findings have professional and personal implications for workers at a time when many business leaders are embracing performance-based pay. About 75 percent... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

01 Mar 2020
News

How Coronavirus Is Creating A Watershed Moment For Remote Work

22 Sep 2015
News

Working on the Local Level

highest income taxes in the country. It's a particular challenge when we try to get either companies or professionals to locate in Maine. “It's an exciting time to be working in a state. I think the federal... View Details

21 May 2020
News

4 Rules for Identifying Your Life’s Work

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

with each other: Highlights and lowlights of the work you did together. Consider specific wins you had as a team and what made that work together special. Name one or two times... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Oct 2000
News

Laura Scher of Working Assets

socially responsible Working Assets Money Market Fund. Working Assets Funding Service emerged from the fund entity in 1988 and now operates various enterprises, with telecommunications as its core service.... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Mar 2022
What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

should be practicing anyway. The only new element is that it has to be practiced in a different (remote) work environment. As David Wittenberg put it, “It might take a bit more time to connect with employees... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

writing his weekly update reports on Wednesday, continuing to work on them when he had time on Thursday and Friday, working even into the weekend. On Monday morning, he would... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

01 Mar 2018
News

Turning Point: One Step at a Time

Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) Christina Wallace (MBA 2010) (illustration by Gisela Goppel) I cheated on the mile run in junior high gym class. I was a chubby girl who spent every moment of free time... View Details

Keywords: Christina Wallace (MBA 2010)

17 May 2015
News

Mounting Evidence of Advantages for Children of Working Mothers

17 Mar 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions

Keywords: by Alvin E. Roth

01 Mar 2003
News

All in a Day's Work

HBS. While the world of work is nothing new to either of these young alumni, they each acknowledge the significance of this initial year in their post-HBS careers. Although they came to Soldiers Field with different backgrounds, goals,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate

2013
Working Paper

An Empirical Study of the Spillover Effects of Workload on Patient Length of Stay

By: Jillian Berry Jaeker and Anita Tucker

We use two years of inpatient data from 243 California hospitals to quantify the relationship between hospital-level workload and patient length of stay (LOS), and its "spillover" effects across patient types. Patients are categorized as medical or surgical, and the... View Details

Keywords: Workload; Processing Times; Healthcare; Working Conditions; Performance Productivity; Time Management; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; California

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01 Mar 2005
News

Changing Lives One Computer at a Time

otherwise have access them. Working through Dell's TechKnow initiative, HBSAAA volunteers in the New York metropolitan area are helping to teach middle-school students how to take apart, reassemble, and use refurbished Dell computers,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

valued. Executing well on this component of the playbook can provide significant leverage in a few short years. 4. Invest in your product Speaking of the product development process, if sales are less frenetic and customer requirements... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home

people will not shirk and will be responsible. Has coronavirus changed your remote work research at all? Choudhury: I've started multiple projects, especially trying to understand how companies and workers are scrambling to adjust to this... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

23 May 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Board Games: Timing of Independent Directors’ Dissent in China

Keywords: by Juan Ma & Tarun Khanna

15 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Molly DeCastro

How long have you been working at HBS? I have been at HBS for almost 5 years now. I guess time flies when you are having fun. What did you do before coming to HBS? My entire career has been in career... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entertainment / Media / Sports

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