Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2012
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MFW research: Rethinking low-wage work

What's the business case for upgrading low-wage, high-turnover jobs? Joe Fuller joins his Managing the Future of Work co-chair and podcast co-host, Bill Kerr, to unpack the project's recent report, Building From the Bottom Up. View Details

David Yoffie in Working Knowledge

12 Apr 2021
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Civic Tech as Advocacy Work

10 Oct 2018
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Working with a Giver’s Spirit

Manny Ayala (MBA 1992) is managing director of Endeavor Philippines, a branch of the global Endeavor organization, which fights poverty by finding and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs. “Our mission statement is to create an economic multiplier effect in markets... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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2006 MBAs Go to Work

As a fresh crop of MBA students arrived on campus in the fall, the School’s most recent alumni settled into new lives and new responsibilities. And according to MBA Career Services Director Jana Pompadur Kierstead, they have much to celebrate. “Students enjoyed some... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Nov 2021
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How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

05 Oct 2015
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Study finds that daughters benefit when moms work

13 Oct 2020
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Working too much? Break some bad habits

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The Creative Environment Scales: The Work Environment Inventory

By: T. M. Amabile and N. Gryskiewicz

The Creative Environment Scales Work Environment Inventory (WEI) is a new paper-and-pencil instrument designed to assess stimulants and obstacles to creativity in the work environment. Unlike many instruments that are designed as comprehensive descriptions of the work... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Working Conditions; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

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The Changing Geography of Work: Priorities for Policy Makers

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury

The COVID-19 pandemic thrust the issue of how and where we work into the spotlight. The adoption of remote and hybrid work increased exponentially as lockdowns necessitated social distancing. But now, as we enter a new phase of the pandemic, the Geography of Work—where... View Details

Keywords: Remote Work; Hybrid Work Model; Work-from-anywhere; Employees; Geographic Location; Policy

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01 Sep 2013
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The trouble with grade inflation: It works

15 Jun 2015
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Kids of working moms are better off

22 Sep 2015
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Working on the Local Level

Aaron Chadbourne (JD/MBA 2010) accepted an offer from Maine’s governor to put his MBA to work tackling some of his home state’s toughest issues—from high taxes and an aging population to business development. In this video, he explains... View Details

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Raffaella Sadun | Working Knowledge

School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Her research focuses on managerial and organizational drivers of productivity and growth in corporations and the public sector. She co-founded... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets

Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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Our Work Together | About

Our Work Together Published January 10, 2024 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print Share via email President Alan Garber’s message to the Harvard community earlier this week reflected on the disorienting tension the University... View Details

13 Jul 2015
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Applying lessons of team work

Alex Schultz (MBA 2016) believes that a lot can be gained from working with others and sees the powerful role that small, incremental changes can play in leadership. (Published July 2015) View Details

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