Shared Office - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

of discretion that an investment advisor has on their client’s assets, interaction may require substantial work at both the investment advisor home office as well as with individual clients. Based on our interviews, securing the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

professor identity. “For now, it feels very right to say, ‘Yes, there’s that office at HBS, and I know what meetings I have, what work I’ll be doing, and what seminars I’ll attend,’” Amabile says. “Instead of leaping off a cliff into... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

Venrock, as he shares lessons from his more than 25 years of experience in the venture capital business in Silicon Valley. The Shiny Penny: How to Maximize the M&A Value of Your Company For years, you've worked nonstop and sweated bullets... View Details

21 Jan 2022
Blog Post

How HBS Financial Aid Can Help You Meet the Cost of Your MBA

HBS scholarship Students can get up to $30,000 in outside scholarships on top of an HBS scholarship While our scholarships can cover a substantial portion of the cost, no one receives a full-ride scholarship from HBS. This is a shared... View Details

15 Dec 2023
News

Like-Minded

Yumiko Murakami (MBA 1994), Miwa Seki (MBA 1993), and Kathy Matsui share the same month and year of birth, so the friends started an annual birthday get-together to reflect on the year ahead. Work was always a hot topic of discussion. Each woman had built a strong... View Details

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

with Britain which made the operation of a British and colonial share register easier. Conversely, some merchant firms from the colonies relocated to London in order to access the markets for capital and information. David Sassoon moved... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

remote work tech tools. Find a colleague who has used Slack and Zoom and set up a tutorial and get a sense of how to use these tools and what their functionality is like. Hopefully the virus will go away soon, but those tools will stay helpful even if you choose to go... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Negotiating - Alumni

standards/goals Geographic flexibility Office space Paid travel Ownership options Professional training + – Negotiate The following tactics can help you conduct productive negotiations. Speak with the hiring manager, if possible Express... View Details

01 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security

expect an equal contribution from your citizens, all citizens must be treated equally,” says Tabellini. “It reveals the costs for society as a whole if you don’t.” Despite the national reckoning in the United States after the killing of George Floyd by a white police... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

30 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

disclosures with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While many companies have been trying to build more inclusive workplaces, only half of S&P 500 companies had gone as far as naming a chief diversity officer as of 2021,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2020
What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

keep me figuring out ways to deal with problems (like an unsupportive manager) In the past (presumably, in a shared office situation), I would have been gone already.” Joan De Souza endorses remote work in... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Apr 2019
News

Ray Dalio: Why and How Capitalism Needs to Be Reformed

In a series of posts on LinkedIn, Ray Dalio (MBA 1973), co-chief investment officer and co-chairman of Bridgewater Associates, has written an extensive examination of modern capitalism. “I believe that all good things taken to an extreme... View Details

Keywords: capitalism

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

his office isn't as big as Jenny's. And he blames others when he screws up. Joe is an HNAP, or a high-need-for-achievement professional, according to Harvard Business School professor Thomas J. DeLong, who explores Joe's world of driven,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

23 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Why White-Collar Crime Spiked in America After 9/11

economic, and other variables, Nguyen’s analysis found that the FBI referred 15 percent fewer white-collar cases for prosecution in judicial districts whose corresponding FBI field offices had a larger portion of Muslim residents. In... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

15 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 15

tied to their competitors via shared intermediary organizations. To test our theory, we examine every relationship between entrepreneurial firms and their venture capital investors in the minimally invasive surgical segment of the medical... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

remote work during this bizarre time, with so many people scrambling to get their work done while sharing close quarters with shut-in kids, spouses, and pets, is certainly not business as usual, even for work-from home veterans. While... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Dean Nitin Nohria | About

convene thought leaders, and undertake initiatives to advance African American business leaders. November 2017 Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab The Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab is a shared laboratory space for high-potential life sciences and... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

be—skeptical of his younger brother,” Brandon says, laughing. It’s easy to laugh: Today, the brothers are cofounders of Shield AI, a rapidly growing artificial intelligence company based in San Diego, with offices in Washington, DC, and... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

people don't know what to expect—I think for CEOs to come out and say, 'We are going to give up our pay,' it's a signal that they are sharing the pain." TJX Companies announced its CEO and chair would have their base salaries reduced for... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

15 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021

offices and forging new paths in hybrid and remote work models. Many workers decided they didn’t want to suffer through long commutes or return to jobs they hated and joined the “Great Resignation.” And ultimately, virus variants and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

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