Filter Results:
(18,082)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(18,082)
- People (91)
- News (6,696)
- Research (6,745)
- Events (109)
- Multimedia (661)
- Faculty Publications (4,241)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(18,082)
- People (91)
- News (6,696)
- Research (6,745)
- Events (109)
- Multimedia (661)
- Faculty Publications (4,241)
- February 2023
- Module Note
Managing the Geography of Work
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "Managing the Geography of Work." Harvard Business School Module Note 623-061, February 2023.
- December 2022
- Course Overview Note
Managing the Future of Work
Stanton, Christopher. "Managing the Future of Work." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 823-085, December 2022.
- May 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Managing the Future of Work
By: William R. Kerr, Allison Ciechanover and Jeff Huizinga
By 2019, leaders from the public and private sector had become increasingly anxious about how advanced technologies and aging global populations could affect labor markets, workplaces, and workers’ lives. Some analysts forecasted that hundreds of millions of workers... View Details
Keywords: Labor Markets; Workplace; Employment; Technological Innovation; Demographics; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Problems and Challenges; Opportunities
Kerr, William R., Allison Ciechanover, and Jeff Huizinga. "Managing the Future of Work." Harvard Business School Case 818-128, May 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- March 2012
- Article
How to Make Finance Work
By: Robin Greenwood and David S. Scharfstein
Once a sleepy old boys' club, the U.S. financial sector is now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of U.S. households and firms, and by... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Value; Competitive Advantage; Investment; Performance Evaluation; Household; Financial Crisis; Finance; Financial Services Industry; United States
Greenwood, Robin, and David S. Scharfstein. "How to Make Finance Work." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012).
- May 1987 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
John Deere Component Works (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The division has recognized the inadequacies of its existing, traditional cost system for estimating product costs. Describes the innovative activity-based system that was developed to more accurately trace overhead costs to individual products. Provides students with... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Cost vs Benefits; Production; Budgets and Budgeting; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Consumer Products Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "John Deere Component Works (A)." Harvard Business School Case 187-107, May 1987. (Revised November 1998.)
- September 2005
- Article
Affect and Creativity at Work
By: Teresa M. Amabile, Sigal G. Barsade, Jennifer S. Mueller and Barry M. Staw
This study explored how affect relates to creativity at work. Using both quantitative and qualitative longitudinal data from the daily diaries of 222 employees in seven companies, we examined the nature, form, and temporal dynamics of the affect-creativity... View Details
Amabile, Teresa M., Sigal G. Barsade, Jennifer S. Mueller, and Barry M. Staw. "Affect and Creativity at Work." Administrative Science Quarterly 50, no. 3 (September 2005): 367–403.
- October 27, 1986
- Article
Why Dollar Bashing Doesn't Work
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Finance
Luehrman, Timothy A., and W. Carl Kester. "Why Dollar Bashing Doesn't Work." Fortune (October 27, 1986), 137–138.
- winter 1978
- Article
Work in a New America
By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Jobs and Positions
Kanter, R. M. "Work in a New America." Daedalus 107 (winter 1978): 47–78. (Also in A New American?, edited by S. Graubard. N.Y.: Norton, 1980. Reprintings include: Essential Sociology, edited by R.L. Ellis and M.J. Lipetz. Chicago: Scott-Foresman, 1979; (Italian) Quaderni di Rassegna Syndicale, Journal of the Italian Confederation of Workers (CGIL), (excerpts); Sourcebook on Individual Rights in the Corporation, edited by A. Westin N.Y.: Educational Foundation on Individual Rights, 1979; Individual Rights in the Corporation, edited by A. Westin. N.Y.: Pantheon, 1980.)
- 05 Mar 2015
- News
Wayfair CEO: Marketing investment working
- Web
Navigating Tariffs | Working Knowledge
Navigating Tariffs Harvard Business School faculty research about how tariffs affect businesses, supply chains, and prices for leaders managing trade uncertainty. What does HBS research say about tariffs? Tariffs have roiled global markets, creating challenges for... View Details
- January 2000 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina
Describes the creation and financing of Officenet, an office supply distributor in Argentina. The company serves the business-to-business market through a catalog (combined with phone orders) and also through an Internet-based catalog. Officenet is a pioneer in both... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Argentina
Kuemmerle, Walter, and William J. Coughlin Jr. "Officenet (A): Making Entrepreneurship Work in Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 800-238, January 2000. (Revised March 2004.)
- 09 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?
adoption, participants are no better than others. Little evidence suggests that adopting such programs leads participants to improve faster, says Toffel. Government-initiated programs, however, show more mixed results. Toffel met with HBS View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jun 2021
- News
The Psychological Benefits of Commuting to Work
- 14 Aug 2019
- News
Is It Time to Let Employees Work from Anywhere?
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
The Expert’s Guide to Crying at Work
- February 2014
- Background Note
Furloughs: An Alternative to Layoffs for Economic Downturns
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg
This note describes the practice of employee furloughs (also known as work sharing or short-time work) including their regulatory frameworks in different countries and the business and ethical implications of their use. View Details
Keywords: Work Sharing; Furloughs; Temporary Layoff; Short Time Work; Employee Relationship Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing
Sucher, Sandra J., and Susan J. Winterberg. "Furloughs: An Alternative to Layoffs for Economic Downturns." Harvard Business School Background Note 314-097, February 2014.