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17 Jan 2023
Book

Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

controlled. You Might Also Like: The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both? Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work Corruption: New Insights for Fighting an Age-Old Business Problem Feedback or ideas to share? View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

10 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay

are really powerful drivers.” Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Food Stamp Entrepreneurs: How Public Assistance Enables Business Bootstrapping Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

play in inequality as well.” You Might Also Like: The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less? Feedback or ideas to share? View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

Corp. You Might Also Like: Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control Feedback or ideas to share? View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

09 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture

Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/Oscar... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

31 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?

COVID Was Supposed to Increase Bankruptcies. Instead, They've Gone Down. Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/RobertCrum View Details

Keywords: by Ray Kluender; Insurance

31 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

Innovation Can Amazon Remake Health Care? A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/JazzIRT View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

28 Jun 2022
Book

The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose

How can government and business work together in this fractious political moment, when finding solutions to pressing problems like inequality and climate change are more urgent than ever? Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University’s John and Natty McArthur University... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

like. “It’s presumably making workers happier and more productive, and helping their communities and their organizations,” he says. Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers Feedback or ideas to... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

illustrative and by no means inclusive. The majority of companies do not, however, fall into the HCHP camp. Despite many differences in industry, products, and strategy, the companies and their leaders employ common principles and values," says Beer. For our View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

Everyone Earns Less? Nominal and Opportunity Effects of Managerial Discretion Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/miodrag... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

03 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Confronting Racism in AI 'Creates a Better Future for All of Us'

Bias Disaster? When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/VioletaStoimenova View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis

28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

importance of collaboration. Leaders often wish they could improve the way they collaborate, starting with how they approach working with others, she says. “Leaders tend to dominate the conversation; they don’t listen and shut down others’ ideas,” Gino wrote in a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

17 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

make America great again. Those drawn to this view, by extension, place a higher level of scrutiny on those who do not fit their image of success. Thus, Secretary Clinton’s handling of her emails was considered far more egregious than... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

22 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

Can Amazon Remake Health Care?

appeared in the Harvard Gazette. You Might Also Like: Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic? A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape? Feedback or ideas to share? View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Health

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

get disrupted and then blended with your personal life as you begin working from home. The colleagues you usually run into at the office will no longer be down the hall, and the normal meetings and email threads that occupy your days may... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

04 Jan 2022
What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

transferred to a personal account from his corporate email account. The board also was able to allege that Easterbrook had actually had physical sexual relationships with three other McDonald’s employees in 2018. In other words,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Nov 2022
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Safeguard a Legacy in Asset Management?

Make Venture Capital Accessible for Black Founders: An Entrepreneur’s Dilemma A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive What Does It Take to Close the Opportunity Gap in America’s Labor Market? Feedback or ideas to share? View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details