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- 12 Dec 2023
- Book
HBS Faculty Books of 2023: Find Happiness, Fix Things, and Fail Well
mobilize organizational change quickly, untangle digital strategy, and reflect on socially responsible leadership. Take a look back at some of the books by Harvard Business School faculty members that hit the market this year: Economic... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 27 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Can Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
on the line, women were twice as likely to choose to be part of an all-male team, according to a study co-authored by Edward H. Chang, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. Faced with the same... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 21 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do TV Debates Sway Voters?
pinpoint exactly when a voter decided on a candidate—before or after a debate—without having to rely on voters’ memories. They found: A large fraction of voters change their minds during the campaign. The percentage of voters who had settled on a candidate rose View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
Work-from-home employees whose days seem longer, with more meetings and emails than ever before, may find a new Harvard Business School study validating. An analysis of the emails and meetings of 3.1 million people in 16 global cities found that the average workday... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 25 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Incubators Take Notice: Your Entrepreneurs Are Networking with the Wrong People
hackathons and set up incubators to nurture new ideas. Traditional companies are even wading into co-working to stimulate interaction. But, does it take a village to hatch a groundbreaking venture? It can help, but only if you don’t already know everyone there, says... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 19 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022
Stress) It's not about the bigger home or the better vacation. Financial stability helps people escape the everyday hassles of life, says research by Jon Jachimowicz. 3. Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023
BalanceYounger workers are rejecting the idea of sticking with one employer for the long haul and are instead finding happiness by job-hopping and creating dramatically different boundaries with work. In a new book, Christina M. Wallace... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 27 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall
patients. “The extremely high profit margins in medical devices offers a setting in which the risks are often overwhelmed by the potential rewards to innovate, especially when competitors face their own product failures,” according to the... View Details
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
Happiness, artificial intelligence, and climate change were just some of the themes that caught the attention of Harvard Business School podcast listeners in 2023. Here are some of the most-downloaded episodes of the year: Deep Purpose How Framebridge Founder Susan... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 26 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why the US-China Tariff Standoff Hurts American Companies More
"We are the 'piggy bank' that everyone wants to take advantage of," President Donald Trump told his 61 million Twitter followers in May, days after he hiked tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods. "NO MORE!"" But research View Details
- 30 Apr 2020
- Book
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
on how COVID-19 might reshape city life and the business ecosystem. “As business and policy leaders try to navigate the crisis created by the pandemic, there’s an urgent need for data and evidence to help guide the decisions leaders are... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Managers Stifle Creativity
Danielle Kost: Every executive is searching for the next big idea or strategy. Are there any techniques or approaches that people can use to stimulate their own creativity at work? Teresa M. Amabile: Three of the components necessary for... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 30 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup
love the product? Or investors who believed in the founder and her dream? Many entrepreneurs rightly want to protect the interests of these constituencies, Eisenmann says, and will strive to do so by keeping the startup alive—sometimes... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
in other spheres that are vital to the interests of society (such as law and government, military affairs, health, and religion, to consider the classic examples), modern societies have responded by creating the institutions that we know... View Details
- 10 Feb 2020
- In Practice
6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy
suggests) has focused more on value capture and competition within existing business models, and yet the most valuable companies in the US today simply did not exist 30 years ago. The technology they exploit creates enormous value for customers through the novelty of... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
With CEO turnover climbing, many business leaders are trying to hone skills that will keep them at the helm longer. We asked professors from Harvard Business School’s General Management Unit what qualities distinguish extraordinary leaders from merely average ones.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
day.” Testing the unique benefits of work By all accounts, overcrowding, extreme poverty, and the experience of forced displacement inside the camps has taken a profound toll. Doctors Without Borders has provided almost 1.4 million... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?
procurement side, research I’ve conducted with Kylie Hwang shows that returning citizens are more likely to become entrepreneurs. As part of a business’ diversity initiatives, hiring a vendor or supplier owned by a returning citizen can... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 17 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
supporting caregivers a critical talent management issue, according to a new report, The Caring Company: How Employers Can Cut Costs and Boost Productivity by Helping Employees Manage Caregiving Needs, by... View Details