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- 20 May 2013
- Op-Ed
Making America an Industrial Powerhouse Again
industries. Research funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sowed the seeds for the internet and advanced computer graphics. And massive investments by the National Institutes of Health in biomedical research, including the View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
less in their first jobs even when differences in job level were taken into account, and didn’t catch up on either front throughout their careers. These findings still held true when we controlled for factors such as industry, pre-MBA... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
negatively impact job performance. But companies can mitigate these effects by adopting specific human resource policies, says Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. The... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
Adherence to Global Labor Standards and published in the journal Regulation & Governance, was authored by Toffel, UC Hastings Law Professor Jodi L. Short, and former HBS research associate Melissa Ouellet. The study began by asking what View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From
We’re in the middle of a Great Resignation. This past April, 2.7 percent of Americans quit their jobs, the highest rate on record. And according to a study by Microsoft, more than 40 percent of the global workforce would consider leaving their jobs this year. Several... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Leng Lim: The Spiritual Face of Business
religion, was a key factor in his decision to enter the ministry. “West spoke eloquently about what communities needed to be, not just what they needed to do,” says Lim, who received an M.Div. degree from Harvard Divinity School in 1995... View Details
Uncovering the roots of innovation
with key actors in the local ecosystem. I am deeply grateful to the scientists, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, legal experts and policymakers who generously shared their extraordinary experiences in building the local life sciences industry. These conversations... View Details
- 14 Jun 2018
- News
Catalyzing Social and Economic Change in Rural Africa
de-risks the entry for other investment opportunities. “At the end of the day, that helps people who are living on $1 a day increase their livelihoods by maybe a factor of 5x. We are, of course, focused on the economic side of investments... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Live Long and Prosper: Lillian Too Reveals Ancient Chinese Secrets
places such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore factor Feng shui into the design and construction of buildings, because its principles are widely known to make work less tedious and human... View Details
- 18 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 18
as consumers and employees (what we buy, how we manage others) to the choices that we make more broadly as human beings (who we date, how we deal with friendships). From my research, we see when a mismatch is most likely to occur between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
management control.” These comments help shape an interesting question about whether employees bring a renter’s bias to the job or whether that bias is fostered by leadership, incentives and compensation policies, organization, or other View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
Experimental Social Psychology Visual Attention to Powerful Postures: People Reflexively Avert Their Gaze from Nonverbal Dominance Displays By: Holland, Elise, Elizabeth Baily Wolf, Christine Looser, and Amy Cuddy Abstract—This paper investigates whether View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design
managers allow so-called support function employees to become catalysts for change. Key concepts include: Marketers, human resources managers, finance managers, and other so-called support function employees often have trouble defining... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness
harm as overt racism, Bazerman says. Even as most of us would agree that equality for all is good, tribalism can threaten our ability to do anything about it. “Biological and social factors pressure us to do more to try to alleviate the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
required reductions in bank leverage—have resulted in a financial system that is much safer today than it was 15 years ago, Associate Professor Sam Hanson says. “But no one should be declaring that we’ve won the war.” In fact, some of the View Details
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
growing academic interest in the influence of social networks on entrepreneurial successes and failures, Nanda says. As an example, he cites Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128, a 1994 book by AnnaLee Saxenian that examines... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
factors in how people gain access to power that have changed in ways that reflect how the country as a whole is evolving.” How did you develop the data that Paths to Power is based on? If you study art, music, or writing, there is a list... View Details
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
factored in." Walter P. Blass noted that in academia the search is usually run by a search committee, but the nomination needs the approval of the next level to that position. "That way, you get input from affected... View Details
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
"What's horrible is often in the eye of the beholder," she says. "There are many people who complain about their bosses without taking a look at themselves, and vice versa." Kanter recently sat down with HBS Working Knowledge to discuss some of the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
It's a funny image that touches the underlying anxiety some firm leaders express about managing and maximizing human resources. When their people get on the elevator at night, there's no guarantee they'll be back the next day. More than... View Details