Shared Office Space - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership

naturally that way; I knew too much about the politics of Asia when I got shot down. I think there was a lot of damage done by optimists; other writers from other wars share that opinion. The problem is, some people believe what... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

14 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

officer of RANE, a risk intelligence company. Emily Tedards is a research associate at HBS. [Image: iStockphoto/Krzysztof12] Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives The IT Leader’s Hero Quest What qualities do leaders need... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

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Insights & Advice - Recruiting

Development (CPD) office shares practical tips to help you and your team thrive. Whether you work from home full-time or split your week between home and the office, success depends on intentionally managing... View Details

13 Jul 2016
HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

New businesses often struggle finding their first customers. The challenge is even more difficult with startups in the sharing economy that launch as platforms connecting independent service providers with consumers. Take Uber. Its... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation

05 Sep 2023
Book

Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

workplaces recognize this fact and create a psychologically safe space for people to speak up about failures, she says. In her book, Edmondson introduces Jen Heemstra, a chemistry professor at Emory University who was profoundly shaped by... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

Reading Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far Master the One-on-One Meeting Do you work remotely or manage those who do? What works and doesn't work about the arrangement? View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

31 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

democratized both inside and outside of companies. In the past, CEOs and other senior leaders were seen as the legitimate strategic decision-makers because they had more access to data and could decide if and when to share it. With much... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

21 Jun 2018
Blog Post

Living in a Dorm at HBS

months before school did and wasting money. Can you tell us about the dorm options on campus? There are six dorms on campus - Chase Hall, Gallatin Hall, Hamilton Hall, McCulloch Hall, Morris Hall, and Mellon Hall. They differ quite significantly from each other.... View Details

26 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different

Want to be different? Change your world, not your tactics. As HBS professor Youngme Moon argues in Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd, competition too often breeds conformity. Yet there is plenty of space for adventurous companies... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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MBA Experience - Health Care

presentation and pitching skills, and potentially commercialize a health care innovation. Careers Students pursuing careers in health care receive job search support from our MBA Career & Professional Development office in conjunction... View Details

17 Feb 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

product. Having target customers use a competitive product for a week or two can also be insightful. Expert testing. You may be working in an area where you are no expert, but you have a hunch it’s a white space ripe for disruption. If... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

15 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 15

more: http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631215066_chunk_g978063121506624 Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2024
What Do You Think?

Do Boomerang CEOs Get a Bad Rap?

Carolina to support their claim. The Bingham study analyzed data for 6,429 CEOs of S&P 1,500 index firms from 1992 to 2017. Among these were 438 boomerang CEOs with more than a year out of office between stints as CEO; 193 of these... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

digital transformation journey. 2. Align around a customer-centric narrative Vision and strategy matter, but without a sense of shared purpose, employees aren’t willing to do the hard work required to build a digitally mature... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

28 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?

To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

typical startup roles to help you determine which one might be the best fit for you, 2) profiles of startup executives across many different functions who share their stories and describe their responsibilities, and 3) a methodology to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Nov 2021
Book

What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins

because they don’t know how to get there. In the book, Heskett shares a collection of stories that illustrate the real-world ways a number of CEOs have swiftly and effectively tackled cultural change, spurring their employees to become... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

April 2017
Case

The Future of Patent Examination at the USPTO

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna and Sarah Mehta

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal government agency responsible for evaluating and granting patents and trademarks. In 2015, the USPTO employed approximately 8,000 patent examiners who granted nearly 300,000 patents to inventors. As of April... View Details

Keywords: Machine Learning; Telework; Collaborating With Unions; Human Resources; Recruitment; Retention; Intellectual Property; Copyright; Patents; Trademarks; Knowledge Sharing; Technology Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Productivity; Performance Improvement; District of Columbia

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09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

Anglo-Dutch twin Royal Dutch Shell formed major elements in the historically large Dutch FDI in the United States. 2 However, the fact that all dividends were remitted to N.V. in the Netherlands did not mean that the head office in... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail

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Skydeck - Alumni

political spectrum How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team Scott O’Neil (MBA 1998) , CEO of the group that owns the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers and several other sports properties, on why his office thrives even in the face of losing... View Details

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