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09 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

conflict," says Chua. "The key word here is 'ambient,' looking at the effect that cultural conflicts can have on an observer. That flows more through the perceptions we have about other cultures." The effect of indirect conflict happens all the time. Children who... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

10 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

Do MBAs Need More Street Smarts?

best predictors of success for at least one class of Harvard MBAs was whether or not a parent of the applicant had had a career in management. An implication that one might draw from this finding is that the presence in a household of a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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By: Reshmaan N. Hussam

Engaged with field work in South Asia and East Africa, Professor Hussam places a focus on exploring questions with strong theoretical motivation in the economics literature as well as relevant downstream policy implications. Her research spans four broad interests.... View Details

06 Dec 2017
What Do You Think?

Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?

entity be able to thrive if denuded to some extent from the parent platform economies and technologies?” LockedOnLeaders asked how Google or FB could actually be broken up. “They own the virtual real estate, and I don’t see how you take... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology; Web Services

31 Oct 2011
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The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

Any parent can tell you that a surefire way to turn joy into rage is to offer your child a big candy bar—and then turn around and offer an even bigger one to his sister. Suddenly, a special treat turns into a great injustice. "Hey! How... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Jan 2018
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How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

olfactory system is a powerful sensory source of both memory and pleasure and thus easily embedded into the habit loop,” the researchers explain in the paper. The experiment included 3,763 young children and their parents in 2,943... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Jun 2019
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Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

the daily gathering of parents and kids at the same table every night for dinner can make that time feel less like eating an ordinary meal and more like sharing a meaningful family ritual. Types of rituals: from date nights to chores In... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 Mar 2020
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The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

expect someone to be fully present, eight hours a day, when they have a three-year-old with crayons drawing on the wall, or an elderly parent who needs help navigating the stairs.” THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 May 2020
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It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

offices, kitchen tables, and bedrooms. Parents suddenly needed to juggle homeschooling while learning how to be effective remote workers. Working from home during a global pandemic has introduced new formats, patterns, challenges, and... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

30 Jun 2003
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Are You Supporting Your B Players?

whether it's learning algorithms or derivatives or parenting or riding a bicycle." "One of the things we find is that if you ignore [B players] long enough, they begin to see themselves as low performers," DeLong said.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Aug 2007
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How Will Millennials Manage?

of their childhood. Others attribute it to Baby Boomer parents more devoted to their children than those of other generations, with children who regard them as "pals" as well as parents. Some ascribe it to a society in which... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

23 Jan 2013
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Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

become an online reseller of used children's clothes, buying inventory from parents and reselling it to other parents. "The problem with the MSP model is that it is sometimes too slow and not sufficiently convenient for either side," says... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 Aug 2008
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How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

able to build products that help them teach other students. Parents will be able to assemble tools to tutor their children. And teachers will be able to create tools to help the different types of learners in their classrooms. These... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

07 Apr 2020
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What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

time its parent company announced $100 million in product donations, including 200,000 face masks to New York City hospitals to help keep healthcare workers safe. Given the prevalence of fake news proliferating in social media, consumers... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

does not disappoint. I loved his class, Justice, as a Harvard freshman and doubly loved this book as a college parent. In it, he exposes the downside of our meritocratic society—spurred on by pushy parents and elite universities—and... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

10 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

others made diapers a highly competitive, money-losing proposition. Why underwrite the loss? Eliminating diapers from a grocery's offerings would make their baby sections unappealing to parents with young children—an attractive clientele.... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

15 Jun 2007
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Remembering Alfred Chandler

Mccraw In 1989, Thomas K. McCraw succeeded Alfred Chandler as the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History, and like him is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Both of Al's parents lived into their 90s, and his death at 88 hit me hard.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

working parents and eldercare providers) or those interested in similar topics (baking or jigsaw puzzles) share information, recipes, items for sale or barter, and the like. Keep such forums tied to the organization’s identity and... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

June 2011
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Elder Abuse: How the Moderns Mistreat Classical Realism

By: Joseph M. Parent and Josh Baron

Neorealists narrate their origins by explaining that classical realists committed a multitude of sins and were therefore displaced. The classics unscientifically explained world politics primarily through individual-level characteristics, typically a will to power that... View Details

Keywords: International Relations; History

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iPremier (A): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version)

By: Richard Nolan, Robert D. Austin and Michael Parent

Describes an IT security crisis, and raises issues of risk management, preparation for crisis, management of crises, computer security, and public disclosure of security risks. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Crisis Management

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