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- 28 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can You Buy Creativity in the Gig Economy?
might also be applied to settings outside of creative production. For his next study, Zhu says he wants to examine how freelancers choose between contracts. “It will be interesting to see, as they gain some experience operating as a gig worker, how that experience... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
If I had a nickel for every time I get an email or text asking if I know any full stack developers for hire, I could cover the cost of my next trip to San Francisco. I’m also struck by the number of founders who say they’re raising more... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
started 14 years ago with an email from Franklin Leonard, a development executive in Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, asking a select group of friends to let him know if they’d read any good scripts in the past year. He aggregated... View Details
- 05 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Benefit of Giving Back to Open Source Software
operating system. By cross-referencing a large technology-usage dataset with the domain extensions in the contributors’ email addresses, he was able to compare similarly situated companies–all of them medium-sized or large public... View Details
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
people to leave. Furloughs can also be difficult for morale in the short term. Cote admitted he received angry emails from several employees as the furloughs at Honeywell dragged on from days to weeks. “By the time we got to the fourth... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
world’s largest association of technical professionals. “The email responses can be very interesting and educational,” he says. Gino has written articles for Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, Scientific American, and Huffington... View Details
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
top-down, generic approaches to communicating their plans with their employees. Although mass emails and newsletters are not problematic in and of themselves, they are no substitute for the kind of communication this moment calls... View Details
- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
expenses and health checks. To make sure to reach everyone in the firm, including production workers who lacked company email addresses, WhatsApp groups were created. After a few weeks, PrecisionCo completed their human resources... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Advice for the New CEO: Talk to Your Employees Early and Often
million emails and 80 million meeting invitations. Shortly after a new CEO takes over, uncertainty among employees dampens communication within a company. However, after about five months, internal chatter sharply intensifies as managers... View Details
Keywords: by Ami Albernaz
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
knowledge, attitudes and experience will free them from the past and help them become successful leaders in ever-evolving tech-contributor spheres?" What do you think? Original Article The other night a classmate and long-time friend, at the end of a phone... View Details
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
business leaders demanded collaboration tools, we saw Zoom and other video conferencing products explode. But MS quickly responded with improvements to Teams’ videoconferencing capabilities and ease of use. As everyone in the company has an MS 365 account and an... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
make a big difference The researcher found that, on average, the amount of synchronous communication, such as phone calls and video chats, declined by 11 percent when the time delay between workers increased by an hour. Meanwhile, the amount of asynchronous... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
is this term an oxymoron?) received attention. To some degree, readers adopted a “user beware” stance. This becomes even more relevant in view of the massive hacking of Yahoo’s email user base that was disclosed after the column was... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
Burgess, Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) at Meldon Hospital, encountered workarounds by two physicians attempting to transfer their patients to the SICU because the other ICUs were full. Reflecting on the wasted effort and confusion caused by the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Charting the US-China Trade War: What Does 'Made in Vietnam' Mean?
Voters? Not Really, Except for One Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image credit: HBSWK, with assets from AdobeStock/moofushi... View Details
- 27 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Charting 'Cheapflation': How Budget Brands Got So Pricey
Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal? Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Unsplash/Alex Shuper View Details
Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
A few years ago, Sandra J. Sucher received worried emails from two MBA students in her first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability (LCA) class at Harvard Business School. Elana Green (now Elana Silver) and David Rosales (both HBS... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
against Black citizens and resulting Black Lives Matter marches and protests. It prompted Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria to send an email (which quickly became public knowledge) to faculty, staff, and others associated with the... View Details
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
you this theatrical experience but with some operational benefits: If you want to receive the picture, you have to give them your email address. And when you are browsing frames, they offer to send you a link with the frames you have... View Details
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
mail. Their idea became Hotmail, the world’s first free web-based email service and the first electronic mail for tens of millions of users. While it was only a promise, the parties struck a deal less than 48 hours after they first met.... View Details