Impact Portfolio Companies - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

initiative. Follows the company as these changes are driven through the business units, focusing on GE Transportation as it launches a series of groundbreaking, green products—from the Evolution Locomotive to the Hybrid Locomotive. The... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Apr 2020
Op-Ed

Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19

Their fit within a team matters. Groysberg, Sant, and Abrahams looked at this question of how NFL player performance was impacted by changing teams—focusing particularly on wide receivers and punters. They found that while punters saw no... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Abbott , Boris Groysberg, Tali Groysberg, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

11 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

13 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rock the workplace with no end in sight, leaving business leaders to struggle with a wide variety of challenges, including keeping staff members happily engaged—and employed. To make sense of the pandemic’s View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 ^ back to top O Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits OWN: The Power of Company Ownership Strategy Josh Baron Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 ^ back to top P Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Power and Influence for Positive... View Details

06 Jan 2017
News

Mental Illness and the Workplace

so important. And that's one of the reasons we really need to improve the ability of people with mental health conditions to get back to work quickly and back to school quickly because it can have such a positive impact on your mental... View Details

10 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

dangerous to share," John says. Creepy Questions Specifically, John and two colleagues from Carnegie Mellon set out to study a common contradictory attitude toward Internet privacy. On the one hand, studies show that Americans are wary of View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 1999
News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

are probably a dozen different things that I work hard on that have a direct impact on young people and the quality of their lives. What are some of the other issues you're involved in? I fight for consumer and business issues. I'm always... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

rural Africa. A small company in Tanzania seems to fit the bill, but it faces health-safety issues with the potential to spread E. coli throughout the region. Another problem: It's not clear whether the local agency flagging the potential... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

John Irving’s Lessons for Business

on your basic love of the domain, however. It also depends on the social environment. This discovery, I think, is the most important contribution that my research has made. The work environment you're in, or the school environment you're in, can have an important View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

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Year in Review | Annual Report 2024

economics. This award celebrates the extraordinary achievements of students who made a positive impact on Harvard, Harvard Business School, and/or broader communities through exceptional acts of leadership during their time at the School.... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

Your credit card has already been stolen. You just don’t know it yet. Thomas knows it, though. (A 12-year IT security veteran, Thomas requested anonymity to protect the reputation of his employers, which have included Fortune 100 View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

08 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 8

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-038.pdf Fluid Teams and Fluid Tasks: The Impact of Team Familiarity and Variation in Experience (revised) Authors: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Abstract In many manufacturing and service... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

In a US presidential election year with more twists and turns than most in recent memory, many of the issues on the ballot impact business. And keeping politics in the workplace respectful is forefront on managers’ minds as a divided... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

18 Aug 2021
News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

2021 AUGUST 12 Edwards Lifesciences Corporation recently announced that it has established a $100 million Social Impact Investment Fund “aimed at advancing racial equity through economic development, especially in predominantly Black and... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Media Metamorphosis: Advertising in the Technology Age

doctoral candidate Lisa R. Klein and MIT professor Ernst R. Berndt, offer some important insights. The researchers begin by identifying forces both inside and outside the media industry that are influencing its rapid evolution. Then, within the context of these... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Advertising

28 Mar 2016
News

Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

for a company for a couple of years. It’s then that many of them decide to go on to graduate school,” Shibayama says. “In Japan, many of the students decide their position for life as an undergraduate.” He prefers the American path, he... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

16 Feb 2016
First Look

February 16, 2016

incentives only to exemplary employees. Such plans incorporate elements of tournaments (through the selection of employees chosen largely on the basis of past performance but incorporating some managerial discretion) and linear incentives to align employees with View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online

work impactful and useful for their target audience.” Cebisa Ncube Design Thinking and Innovation Participant Ideate, develop, launch, and scale digital products that give your venture a competitive advantage. “The course masterfully... View Details

03 Jun 2016
News

Again in a Great City

conclusion that investing in Detroit is like investing in an emerging economy without political and currency risk.” Cummings has formed a new company to manage his Detroit projects: The Platform. The name has many meanings for him. A... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

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