Flexible Work Arrangements - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

think it just produces an enormous amount of stress.” Steps toward gender equality In Glass Half-Broken, Ammerman and Groysberg recommend a series of best practices along seven critical dimensions to organizations that want to work toward... View Details

26 Jun 2023
Research & Ideas

Want to Leave a Lasting Impression on Customers? Don't Forget the (Proverbial) Fireworks

way of leaving an impression. “A strong ending can have a big impact on people’s evaluations when they look back on an experience,” says De Freitas, coauthor of the working paper “Summarizing the Mental Customer Journey.” “We ended up... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

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Fellowships - Business History

Fellowships Fellowships The Business History Initiative offers the following fellowships and grants: The Thomas K. McCraw Fellowship in U.S. Business History This award honors the work and contributions of Thomas K. McCraw (1940-2012),... View Details

25 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The Importance of Teaming

learning and process knowledge, and explains why these are important concepts for today's leaders. Teaming is a verb Sports teams and musical groups are both bounded, static collections of individuals. Like most work teams in the past,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Amy C. Edmondson

05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Yanhua, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel Abstract— Exploitive working conditions have spurred companies to pressure their suppliers to adopt labor codes of conduct and to conform their labor practices to the standards set forth in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

investor at Coatue Management, a technology-sector hedge fund. Previously, he worked at Vector Capital Management LP in San Francisco and at Goldman Sachs International in London. Originally from Norway, Abrahamsen earned an undergraduate... View Details

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Help - Alumni

December 31 following the reunion and should be fulfilled by the following June 30. Non-Reunion Pledges: Must be paid by June 30th fiscal year close to be counted in giving totals and listed in the School's Contributors Report . Special payment View Details

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Agribusiness Seminar

and manage risks arising from climate change and environmental pressures Assess strategies for entering and competing international markets Identify ways to build the resilience and flexibility needed to thrive in an evolving industry... View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Agriculture

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal

innovation and agility across your organization Diagnose organizational problems that hinder innovation Embed new ways of doing things within your corporate culture Build a shared vision of success around change initiatives Promote organizational View Details

25 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams

It’s a manager’s nightmare: A customer pulls into a drive-thru after a long day at work with children in tow, everyone looking frazzled and famished. After waiting patiently in line, the customer grabs her bag of burgers through the... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Food & Beverage

30 Apr 2024
Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

she contributed to the recently published Research Handbook on Organisational Integrity, Paine revisits her earlier work and again urges managers to see ethics as an organization-wide imperative, not just a personal issue, and lead... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

July 2008 (Revised October 2024)
Supplement

UpDown: Confidential Instructions for PHUC

By: Noam Wasserman and Deepak Malhotra

Michael Reich is having severe doubts about how he split the equity with his co-founders two months ago, when they completed a one-page "November Agreement." Since then, Michael has found an angel investor and has worked non-stop on the business, while one co-founder... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation Participants; Agreements and Arrangements; Business Startups; Ownership Stake

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17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006

Working PapersInstitutional Pressures and Environmental Strategies Authors: Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Abstract This paper suggests how institutional theory can explain enduring differences in organizational strategies. We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2014 (Revised February 2017)
Case

Belk: Towards Exceptional Scheduling

By: Ethan Bernstein, Saravanan Kesavan, Bradley Staats and Luke Hassall

With 24,000 staff and over 300 stores, Belk Inc. sought to replace its entirely manual labor scheduling system with an automated software solution from Reflexis. Belk hoped the upgrade would simplify scheduling, reduce time employees spent in non-customer-facing roles,... View Details

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26 Apr 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vasilis Mornto

program, after hearing about it from an alumna, for two main reasons. First and foremost, I wanted to have flexibility with regards to the type of work I would do before going to business school, without... View Details

11 Apr 2024
In Practice

Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

students graduating from US schools who need a work visa). What about refugees, who are becoming more common globally? Research finds that refugees assimilate at an even faster rate into the economy and the workplace than general migrants... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

05 Jul 2022
Op-Ed

Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams

We've been encouraging readers to share feedback and observations about Working Knowledge articles by email, resulting in a slew of thoughtful responses. Here are a few comments from June, published with permission: Re: "Extroverts, Your... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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The Toyota Production System: Rules for Activity, Connection, and Pathway Design and Improvement

Researchers have established that Toyota enjoys advantages in cost, quality, lead time, and flexibility when compared to its competitors in automobile assembly. Differences in generating value have been attributed to differences between the Toyota Production System... View Details

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Finding Job Opportunities - Alumni

market. GradLeaders GradLeaders is an additional resource that you may use to learn about fulltime opportunities. With GradLeaders, you will be able to put your resume and a career profile online, conveying your work experiences and... View Details

10 Mar 2022
Blog Post

How I Spent My HBS 2+2 Deferral: Vika Wasyliw

Ultimately, I felt that I was enjoying the very technical work less and less as time went on and wanted to try a broader role. In 2019 I started as more of a generalist Electrical Engineer at Formlabs, helping build stereolithography 3D... View Details

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