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- 25 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
Physician burnout costs the United States health care industry $4.6 billion a year, a number that brings a new spotlight to an age-old problem. In a paper published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine this past June, a research...
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- 03 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2010
dispersed around the globe. But the one theme that has attracted the most HBS Working Knowledge readers over our 11-year history is how to improve personal leadership skills. A third of the articles on this page relate to improving work...
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- 27 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding
relationships with the right people. This crisis presents an opportunity for the CEO to communicate to all employees, including new hires, that the company cares about them and is prioritizing their health and safety during the pandemic....
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by Boris Groysberg
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?
department of a professional services firm: "I really care about the skills and expertise you bring to the table. If you're a nice person on top of that, that's simply a bonus." But despite what...
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by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
clear-headed adviser,” Eisenmann adds. “They’ve probably been doing the lion’s share of keeping the household on the rails and caring for children while you’ve been working 100-hour weeks and ignoring the family. At some point, you’ll...
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by Danielle Kost
- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
data, which can be used to improve programs and services, according to Michael Luca and his research colleagues. Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing New tech-heavy financial firms are helping millennials invest, but...
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- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
traffic-snarled commutes. But right now, with offices, schools, and day cares closed, those time-on-your-side benefits have evaporated for many remote workers who no longer have the house to themselves and are struggling with the...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Mar 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business
This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in...
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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
personal responsibility. Evidence of this problem is provided by a study of a large European telecoms company, which revealed that very little learning occurred from a set of large and small failures over a period of twenty years. Instead...
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by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
- 21 Aug 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively
the class toward her personal passion, precision medicine. “Health care is rife with examples like these—and such applications of big data will only expand over the coming years. I spend a lot of time...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
Wendy Zito believes that "when you feel you are being listened to then it helps you connect to the other person but it also helps you hear yourself." Gael raised the question to a more universal level with her comment: "Listening to...
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by James Heskett
- 14 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need
doctors had to switch from their traditional specialties to treat patients affected by the virus. Given the isolation of coronavirus patients from family members, many doctors and nurses who were not accustomed to providing end-of-life View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
each segment, for example, of both the seniors in the early majority and the seniors that are laggards less keen on taking the vaccine. The diffusion of innovations research indicates that a combination of personal and societal factors...
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- 06 Aug 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?
Apple's 1984 ad, which aired, not surprisingly, on the 1984 Super Bowl when they announced the launch of the Macintosh personal computer. That is still in the advertising Hall of Fame. It was directed by Ridley Scott, who is a well-known...
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- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
environment to drive innovation." Out of that commitment came SK-II, a skin care product that sells for about $120 a bottle and has moved them into a whole new range. Now this prestige line is being rolled out globally. So the...
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by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People
bonuses for themselves. One commonly proffered explanation is that these executives lack a moral compass, leading them to care only about themselves to the extent of hurting others. Our findings offer another perspective—the fact that...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
When companies have the same capabilities and motivation, they care about the battle and have the necessary skills to fight it. Skills in execution make the difference here—and because other scholars have addressed these challenges quite...
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- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions
But take care not to double count. Go-no-go choices involve only one option and don't qualify as two alternatives. Assumption Testing. "Facts" come in two varieties: those that have been carefully tested and those that have been...
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by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
seems to look at its successor as beneath their own." There were a number of suggestions about how millennials might manage differently from their predecessors. For example, Bette Price said, " this group will be fine managers we may see more managers/leaders...
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by Jim Heskett
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
"goals and objectives, pressures, strengths, weaknesses, blind spots, and preferred work styles"; (2) understanding yourself and your needs, including "strengths and weaknesses, personal style, and predisposition toward...
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by Jim Heskett