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30 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

percent larger than the average effect of providing salary information, “which helps strengthen our claim that diversity information influences job seekers,” Pacelli says. Interest in diverse firms was higher among job hunters with... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

You,” in which Nicholas Kristof wrote, “Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors, but most of them just don’t matter in today’s great debates.” Or the 2015 Chronicle of Higher View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

Frederick Taylor's application of scientific methods to the study of physical labor had begun to be extended to the organization of industry as well as to spheres such as higher education and government.... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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Information Technology | Harvard Business School

research, and work at HBS. The HBS IT three-year strategic plan, which was developed in close partnership with members of our community, addresses current IT challenges facing higher education while also... View Details

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

higher education and beyond can realize change by working with, not against, change-makers even when board members and community leaders stand in opposition. Bold collaboration, significant due diligence,... View Details

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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

the globe after seeking opportunities abroad. While she welcomed international exposure, traveling to Europe and the United States for higher education and professional growth, Nneka felt she could make a... View Details

2022
Report

The First Four Healthy Building Strategies Every Building Should Pursue to Reduce Risk from COVID-19

By: Joseph G. Allen, Emily Jones, Marissa V. Rainbolt, Linsey C. Marr, David Michaels, Leslie R. Cadet, Shelly L. Miller, Meira Levinson, Lidia Morawska, Richard L. Corsi, Nira R. Pollock, Yuguo Li, Alasdair P.S. Munro, Kelly Grier, Qingyan Chen, John D. Macomber and Xiaodong Cao

Understanding of the most probable transmission routes and identifying the risk environments for disease spread should always be among the first critical steps in the response to future disease threats. This is one of the most vital public health lessons of the... View Details

Keywords: Health Pandemics; Buildings and Facilities; Risk and Uncertainty; Education Industry; Education Industry; Education Industry

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17 Jun 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Excellence Comes From Saying No

We all know people who seem able to perform at a higher level than those around them; and we've all had moments ourselves where we are firing on all cylinders and everything just seems to work. But how do you achieve that kind of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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CSV in Practice - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

thinking. Profits involving a social purpose represent a higher form of capitalism—one that will enable society to advance more rapidly while allowing companies to grow even more. The result is a positive cycle of company and community... View Details

24 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

is considerable variation across industries. Remote work is much more common in industries with better educated and better paid workers. Respondents in better educated and View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Wyss House | About

Programs, Wyss House (formerly Sherman Hall) was renovated in 2006 and rededicated to honor a visionary entrepreneur and generous supporter of Harvard University and higher education. The three-story Georgian Revival–style, stucco... View Details

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

of Nonprofit Organizations in June, a joint executive education program presented by the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative, Harvard's Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, and the Harvard Kennedy School. He will co-chair the HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

too-commonly used term, not mine) are tradable on international labor markets. They especially follow the migration of manufacturing activity involving jobs requiring lower skills and compensation. Efforts to revive high value-added manufacturing in the US and UK will... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

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Industry Information - Alumni

entrepreneurs building edtech products; investors, policy makers and others involved with education. The Chronicle of Higher Education Primary news source dedicated to covering colleges and universities. The... View Details

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Team - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Elizabeth Teisberg Ph.D., Cullen Trust for Higher Education distinguished University Chair in Value-Based Care Kevin Bozic M.B.A., M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care S.... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

You Only Thought You Were Republican

interest — on this mostly Republican $10 trillion debt, up from slightly less than $1 trillion when Reagan took office, is equivalent to about 40 percent of all the personal income taxes Americans pay each year. Imagine what would happen if the market ever demanded a... View Details

Keywords: Andrew Tobias; national debt; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

measures, and capabilities that are aligned with a focused, winning strategy. Psychological alignment: Managing with their heart, leaders create a firm that provides employees at all levels with a sense of higher purpose, meaning,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Dec 2017
Op-Ed

Why Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs

Credit: Pixsooz American companies have a problem. Over the past decade, they have begun to demand a bachelor’s degree in hiring workers for jobs that traditionally haven’t required one. This uptick in credentialing, or “degree inflation,” rested on the belief that... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Fuller

02 Aug 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: Why Can’t Organizations Engage Their Employees?

As Miki pointed out, “Respect and valuing employee input have little to do with education and much to do with personal values.” We’re told that personal values are very difficult to change beyond a very early age. How can we prepare... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

Blog Blog Health Care and Life Science at HBS Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS Partners Author HBS Staff Author... View Details

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