Virtual Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 8

Contrary to the view that non-core users and downward brand extensions pose a threat to the brand, this work investigates the conditions under which these non-core users enhance rather than dilute the brand image. A distinction between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2023
News

Wide Horizon

virtually every other parent who’s been through this journey,” he says. “The doctors call you into the little room and they say, ‘I’m sorry to tell you, your child has autism. It’s genetic. There’s nothing that can be done about it.’ ”... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson

07 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

the first project, we didn’t have a virtual team room, and didn’t have a rhythm for working together and organizing our work,” the interviewee said. “In the second project, we had a smoother teaming process... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Sep 2023
News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

worked and what it could and couldn’t tell them about their health and lineage. “And, of course, we were very worried about people discovering surprises in their parentage,” he acknowledges. “We thought that, about 10 percent of the time,... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

Web

Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

His research has received numerous awards, and he is the most cited scholar today in economics and business. While Michael Porter is at the core a scholar, his work has achieved remarkable acceptance by practitioners across multiple... View Details

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Technology

emphasized this point and added “If you’re able to visit HBS, that is still very impactful. However, we work with many companies that never set foot on campus. You’re a technology company, so students expect View Details

Keywords: Technology

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

27 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Asian and American Leadership Styles: How Are They Unique?

connections that are important to their businesses. In America, the chief executive officers of very large firms often have virtually no direct connections to top politicians—the government is treated at arm's length and business is done... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

02 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable

the need for reporting on corporate misconduct, acting as a watchdog to help keep companies accountable for their actions. It comes at a time of upheaval in social media, with the rapid rise of TikTok, Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, and Facebook parent Meta’s... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Technology

27 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Social Network Marketing: What Works?

influence consumers' behavior," says Gupta, who coauthored the working paper "Do Friends Influence Purchases in a Social Network?" [PDF] with Raghuram Iyengar, of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and Sangman Han, of Sung... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising; Publishing; Retail

Web

HBS - The year in Review

the world. The pandemic necessitated a complete pause in 2020 and 2021. In 2022, FGI resumed in 15 locations in the United States, and in 2023, more than 1,000 students traveled to 15 global locations to work with project partners on new... View Details

Web

Events - Business & Environment

Virtual Open to the HBS alumni BEI is hosting an alumni-to-alumni virtual speed networking event to foster connections between those working in or looking to View Details

01 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

one company launched daily virtual coffee breaks. For those working while caring for children, leaders must be sensitive to issues of exhaustion and the difficulty of working... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson

29 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

Working PapersTraveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani Abstract We develop a framework to examine how politicians with short-term electoral pressures control bureaucrats... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

This tendency is pervasive: It affects the educated and the uneducated, those inflamed by passion for an issue as well as those who pride themselves on their cool-headed rationality. Virtually everyone can benefit from incorporating a... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk

06 Jul 2023
News

Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

MLB, where he's worked since he graduated from HBS in 2008. And he's helped lead some of the transformational innovations the sport has undergone in the last decade, both on the field and off. In this episode of Skydeck, taped in front of... View Details

02 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

webinars and virtual reunion sessions on the topic, and recently released From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. “I’m simply eating my own cooking,” says Brooks, who also... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Morrell

Web

PRIMO News Stories - Doctoral

Program for Research in Markets & Organizations PRIMO News Stories 1ms PRIMO 2020: A Summer of Virtual Community and Research PRIMO was launched in 2011 as a representation of one of Dean Nitin Nohria’s Five I’s; an initiative for greater... View Details

11 Oct 2016
First Look

October 11, 2016

the industry leader. New hires would help to integrate new products and grow marketing efforts, but several experienced team members wondered whether virtual collaboration could continue to work with an... View Details