Leadership And Managing People - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages

stop to unemployment benefits slashed the incomes of the vast majority of those who were cut off and crimped overall spending in local economies, says Raymond Kluender, an assistant professor in the Entrepreneurial View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

19 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

Family Associate Professor at Harvard Business School. “There are many benefits to the individual and the company from embracing work-from-anywhere,” Choudhury says. “But there are also challenges—and one of those is that when View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Nov 2000
What Do You Think?

Succession at GE: What’s Next?

concerning GE's choice of a possible successor to Jack Welch? In your responses there was little of the talk heard in the media about whether it will be possible for someone to successfully succeed Welch. The prevailing opinion was that the kind of View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

upper Amazon, they brought people a taste of America, along with the promise of freedom and prosperity. The end of the Cold War signaled victory for Brand America. As closed economies opened up to foreign... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective

overestimates of the actual substantive conflict. To an outsider, those caught up in disintegrating partnerships or marriages often appear to hold exaggerated views of each other. Such partisan perceptions can become even more virulent among View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

09 Aug 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

Productivity Tips You Probably Haven't Considered Before

taking breaks help or hinder getting things done? The researchers also address questions you've likely never considered, such as how weather affects productivity and why collaboration may make you less able to solve problems. Hiding From... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

capitalists. He cofounded BlackRock in 1988 and has grown it into the world’s largest money manager with more than $6 trillion in assets under management. Yet many other fund managers, private equity... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

Business sat down with HBS associate professor Walter Kuemmerle to discuss the entrepreneurial process in an international setting. Kuemmerle, a Novartis Fellow, holds a joint appointment in Entrepreneurial and Service View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Mar 2015
What Do You Think?

Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?

suggest that no one should hold their breath waiting for a hands-off approach to work. But now a recent announcement by Walmart's management to raise minimum and average wages paid by the company has changed... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

Harvard Business School started its Japan Research Office in December 2001—smack in the middle of an incredibly turbulent time for the country's economy. The boom years of the 1970s and 1980s—when Japanese View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

26 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations

And so the manipulation of the alternatives was really straightforward. Q: What can managers and other professionals learn from this research when they find themselves in... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

renewables, nuclear, demand management and other low-carbon technologies are better understood by the Chinese than any other nation. The Chinese know more because they are building far greater numbers of... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

29 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Global Change in the Built Environment

leadership of the real estate industry around the world. I also was able to share what we are trying to teach in our real estate MBA curriculum and get feedback on what we now teach or might teach in the... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur Segel; Construction; Real Estate

16 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

the Public Education Leadership Project (PELP), a joint project of HBS and Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is also founder and CEO of the District View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

July 2022
Teaching Note

TraceTogether

By: Mitchell Weiss and Sarah Mehta

This Note provides guidance for teaching "TraceTogether," HBS Case No. 820-111. View Details

Keywords: Government Administration; Crisis Management; Health; Health Pandemics; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Social Issues; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Health Industry; Public Administration Industry; Singapore

Citation

Purchase

02 Mar 2017
What Do You Think?

Is China About to Overtake the US for World Trade Leadership?

SUMMING UP: Does It Matter If China Assumes Global Trade Leadership? There are a variety of reasons why China is not a threat to the global trade leadership of the United States. They include demographic disadvantages, an unwillingness to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

The Landscape of Integrated Reporting: An E-Book

lost trust in business. Whether it be the environment, health care, or making sure that people have access to information, I can't think of any major problem that society confronts today that can be effectively solved unless business... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria; Accounting

18 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

Silence can be experienced by different people as liberating or debilitating—that is, as freedom from unhelpful constraints or as a source of confusion and even paralysis. Adding enough vocal elements to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

13 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

The Hidden Market for Babies

limits to parental choice. Where should we draw the line on what kinds of children people can create, and what kinds of technology they can employ? We've already said no to reproductive cloning. There may... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

choice of non-pension assets or capital structure. In the late 1990s, as the focus of tax-deferred investing drifted away from defined benefit plans and toward individually managed retirement accounts, a... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

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