Selection - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

an experiment almost a decade ago in which the company allowed a randomly selected subset of employees to work from home for nine months while the rest of the team stayed in the office. As it turned out, the employees who worked from home... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

selective anecdotal evidence to pose a question. After all, John Doerr is a graduate of Harvard Business School. But think about it. The Silicon Valley and its neighbor to the north Seattle have influenced management and the conduct of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

01 May 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

find turnover increases for the most productive workers. We detect limited effort responses and find no evidence of different effects based on workers’ expectations of fairness or future promotion. The findings suggest that adjustment constraints stem primarily from... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jun 2016
First Look

June 7, 2016

spreads have lower means, lower cross-country correlations, and lower sensitivity to global risk factors. We discuss several major sources of credit-spread differentials, including positively correlated credit and currency risk, selective... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

In the fall of, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new rule meant to combat the problem of selective disclosure among public companies and their favorite investors. Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) mandated that any... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

27 Oct 2009
First Look

First Look: October 27

survey data from India and Indonesia, we first show that financial literacy is a powerful predictor of demand for financial services. To test the relative importance of literacy and price, we implement a field experiment, offering randomly View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

remote interns. “It's important to select projects which are important or notable to a large group. This ensures that many people in the organization are invested in the intern's success, and it widens the scope of available mentors who... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Fast Answer

Global Climate Change

Selected resources for the course Global Climate Change. For further assistance contact,

01 Mar 2013
News

A Healthy Profit

organizations to help improve existing businesses or to develop new ones. Each year, Antares carefully selects approximately three new organizations as field-study partners. In addition to affecting partner organizations' business... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

that explicitly address the leaders' role in building a "great institution": one that does "well" (produces financial results) and "good" (contributes to the larger good). Q: Who are higher-ambition leaders? A: In our book we explicitly View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

and style: the essential skills, the selection of a boat that is up to the task, the necessary equipment, and the planning required for world cruising. Costs are discussed as well as the type of ownership, taxes, insurance, and... View Details

16 Dec 2013
HBS Case

D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable

For restaurateurs, receiving a Michelin star can be a mixed blessing. Certainly it's a rare and celebrated honor—the French company bestows its one-, two-, and three-star ratings only to a select few restaurants worldwide. However, a star... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Joanie Tobin; Food & Beverage

30 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers

scored much higher. "The finding there is not so much that family ownership per se is associated with lower scores, but rather family ownership when the selection of the CEO is not meritocratic," Sadun says. "Especially in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University chose business and government ethics and a good infrastructure for attracting business; while a third panelist selected civil society. Discussion and debate ensued among the five... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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For Guests - Commencement 2025

single-use to-go items; and select menu items with lower greenhouse gas emissions in mind. In addition to our sustainable event practices, HBS has made significant reductions in GHG emissions along with other sustainability achievements .... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Contributing to a Better Future

addressing key challenges, beginning with climate change and building a more inclusive economy. How did you select these two issues? To be sure, the world doesn’t lack for great challenges. But climate change and inclusive prosperity both... View Details

Keywords: April White

30 Oct 2017
News

Giving Minorities a Playbook for Career Success

selectivity indices 75 percent of the professionals in MLT’s mid-career advancement program received promotions within one year of completing the program “I think that what success will look like in the next 10 years is a critical mass of... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 2009
News

Seven Honored with Alumni Achievement Award

On October 19, the School conferred its highest honor, the Alumni Achievement Award, on seven distinguished individuals. Since 1968, the School has selected outstanding men and women for the award, recognizing their accomplishments in the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; awards; fishing; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

aeronautic plant, I demonstrate how an implicitly negotiated leniency between management and workers around the use of company materials and tools, on company time, to produce artifacts for personal use, enhances workers' identities. This leniency applies to a View Details