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- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
Language Authors:Jerry Green and Laurence J. Kotlikoff Abstract A century ago, everyone thought time and distance were well-defined physical concepts. But neither proved absolute. Instead, measures/reports of time and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
Social or regulatory systems (ownership incentives, freelancing, virtual work, distance learning, digital copyright laws) Although Industrial Age markets and power bases were built on proprietary infrastructure, participants within... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
communication flow. Environments where risk-taking is championed and visibly rewarded rather than punished, where leaders have good personal as well as technical skills, and where factors that create psychological distance between bosses... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
businesses often have less than 20 days’ worth. While forecasts vary, many public health experts don’t expect the coronavirus outbreak to subside for at least eight weeks, assuming that social distancing and other mitigation efforts can... View Details
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
"It is raining today" is grammatically equivalent to saying "It is raining tomorrow." In his research, Chen found that speakers of the former languages with strong future-time reference (FTR) tended to focus and act less on the future—presumably because there was more... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
Cleveland after HBS that he realized how much those experiences had meant. "There is no wilderness within easy driving distance of Cleveland," he notes. "I had gotten to the point where I took that aspect of my life for granted. When you... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
in the country. QE Solar totaled almost $1 million in revenue in 2014—double what it made the previous year—and projects $2 million in revenue in 2015. The company has taken no money from outside investors. QE Solar has 20 clients, all of whom are within driving View Details
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
it.” In other words, the next time you face a difficult decision, you might want to get some distance from it for a while—but make up your mind before bedtime. View Details
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
knowledge production can be conducted in an emerging economy, at a distance from buyers of the knowledge. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708483 Sony PlayStation 3: Game Over?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 5/5
street as fear instantly consumed your eyes. I saw as you tried to distance yourself from him because of the color of his skin and condition of his clothing. The fact that you consider someone dangerous purely based on the way they look... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
workplace friendships, firms can minimize the psychological costs of homesickness, which increase depending on how far the employee is from home, according to Choudhury’s study, Social Attachment to Place and Psychic Costs of Geographic Mobility: How View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Wide Angle
what pieces of higher education can be done through distance technologies—through Zoom, through different kinds of online media—and what pieces can’t. It’s been touching and poignant and sad to see how this country is mourning being off... View Details
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53928 Homesick or Home Run? Distance from Hometown and Employee Performance: A Natural Experiment from India By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Ohchan Kwon Abstract—Companies often assign... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
to a continually evolving global business landscape. Curriculum Innovations What is the unique competence of HBS, and how will you deal with the distance learning revolution that is happening? Alan B. Steiner (MBA 1965), Colorado Springs,... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 13, 2015
Haier: Zero Distance to the Customer (A) No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/115006-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 115-056 Haier: Zero Distance to the... View Details
- 28 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
It Takes a Village: Global Field Courses at Harvard Business School
checklists. Whenever there is a new IFC location, or if it’s been a few years since an assessment visit, they need to check and update details such as hotel Wi-Fi quality, access to smaller meeting rooms, restaurants that can accommodate a group of 50 with various... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Class of 1975 in Review
The day before classes started in Sep-tember 1973, my classmates and I made our first stop at Baker 20 and then sauntered, wide-eyed and nervous, to Baker Beach for an informal gathering of the great Class of 1975. All I knew about those people in the View Details
Keywords: J. Hans Stumm
- Blog
Evolving Executive Education: Five Lessons from the Senior Associate Dean
can have very meaningful interactions over long distances when presented with the right tools for collaboration and discussion. Whether presented online or in person, our programs are designed to facilitate communication among... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
firms relative to firms with proximate divisions. The effects are strongest in dispersed firms with relatively less pay disclosure prior to 1992, a subsample for which the ruling had a relatively larger impact. Finally, based on analysis of manager pairs within a firm,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
Unlike the industry-standard AC power grid — the “local” — Clean Line’s system uses direct-current technology, which transports energy long distances with less energy loss. Wind power is cheap to produce — as low as 5 cents per... View Details