Work Force Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 May 2023
News

Class of 2024 Embarks on Global Immersion

pandemic, FGI was canceled in 2020 and 2021, and was reintroduced in 2022 in 15 locations in the United States. More than 1,000 students in the Class of 2024 are set to travel this weekend to their FGI locations (see map), where they will View Details

17 Jan 2019
News

Why Business Should Support Employees Who are Caregivers

09 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)

realized that I can’t resent a person for not understanding a culture they had never been exposed to. It wasn’t until I began working that I realized that my ethnicity might cause others to have different expectations of me. And so,... View Details

05 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat

by understanding the role of hormone levels. ©iStock.com/VIPDesignUSA For eons, academics have studied the forces behind unethical acts, disturbed and intrigued by scary real-world data on corporate corruption. The Association of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Jun 2023
Blog Post

The Road to Impact

made a leap of faith. If he could just find a management position at a nonprofit, he figured, he could help direct social change. “That was my thesis,” he recalls. Since he made that jump, he’s proved that thesis correct several times... View Details

December 1994 (Revised May 2008)
Case

Jensen Shoes: Lyndon Brooks' Story

Jane Kravitz (Caucasian female), strategic product manager, and Lyndon Brooks (African American male), a member of her staff at Jensen Shoes, a successful producer and marketer of casual, athletic, and children's footwear, are assigned to new positions and to each... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Ethnicity; Race Characteristics; Performance Evaluation; Gender Characteristics; Management Skills; Diversity; Apparel and Accessories Industry

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05 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 5, 2007

Working PapersDesigning a Two-Sided Platform: When to Increase Search Costs? Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien Abstract We propose a model for analyzing an intermediary's incentives to increase the search costs incurred by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

with HBS Working Knowledge's Carla Tishler, Paine explains why this shift has occurred, and why now. Tishler: Your research on corporate values and ethics dates back to the 1980s, including much work done... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

05 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

of discretion that an investment advisor has on their client’s assets, interaction may require substantial work at both the investment advisor home office as well as with individual clients. Based on our interviews, securing the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

20 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Exploring Technology and Public Impact Through the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

impact. Along the way, I’ve been able to develop my understanding through both coursework and extracurricular offerings at Harvard. My background in the tech industry Before HBS, I worked at Google, where I started in the rotational... View Details

16 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

Nonstop flights generally make traveling more pleasant—but can they lead to innovation, too, especially in the global context? Research suggests that they can, with important takeaways for managers reinstating business travel in a world... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Air Transportation

04 Aug 2011
What Do You Think?

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

whether common sense based on accumulated experience can be of any help to decision-makers forced to predict the future in complex situations. Watts questions much of the recent work that purports to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September 2014
Case

Pfizer's Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI)

By: Gary Pisano, James Weber and Kait Szydlowski

In 2010, Pfizer established four small research units in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and San Diego located close to several premier Academic Medical Centers (AMCs), or hospitals with adjoining medical schools. The goal of these units was to redesign collaboration... View Details

Keywords: Drug Development; Academic Collaboration; Research And Development; Innovation; Translational Research; Management; Operations; Problems and Challenges; Research; Science; Information Technology; Strategy; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia

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01 Mar 2024
News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

wage increase. The union was asking for a 4 percent increase, while management wanted to raise salaries by only 1 percent. The executive considered the situation. During past negotiations, weeks were lost as each side jockeyed for... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

promote greater flexibility in work arrangements, such as working remotely.” POLL Does your commute affect your workday? We asked Working Knowledge readers how they View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

Four Companies that Conquered America

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Accounting for almost 30 percent of world... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

17 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Going the Distance for Investment Excellence

he had deficiencies, such as management, strategy, operations, and marketing. “I was intrigued by the study of business as a profession through multiple lens,” said Cameron. “Harvard Business School prepares students well for a training in general View Details

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

managers observed frontline staff work with particular attention to patient safety issues and facilitated open discussion meetings with employees about their safety-related concerns. Data Collection:... View Details