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- 20 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
drivers would likely quit dashing; the researchers estimate that a strict assignment to the most frequently worked delivery shifts would result in more than 30 percent of drivers leaving DoorDash entirely. Understanding dashers and their View Details
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
drivers would likely quit dashing; the researchers estimate that a strict assignment to the most frequently worked delivery shifts would result in more than 30 percent of drivers leaving DoorDash entirely. Understanding dashers and their View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
message to all businesses, Paine says: Even though the claims against the board were ultimately dismissed, the saga underscored the importance of the board’s role in fostering a safe and respectful organizational culture through its oversight View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
activities in her hotel room. That Maria—who was 21 or 22 at the time—was able to address a room full of journalists at the UN and take questions about the war in Bosnia was eye-opening. I learned that, yes, she's an amazing tennis player... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
active ingredients for anti-nausea drugs, even the drug inside an EpiPen. There were also more mundane items like milking machine parts and telescopic gunsights for rifles. The careful selection avoided high-profile items like smartphones... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
plan. Store managers, following this change, directed less attention to the prevention of inventory shrinkage and more toward sales-generating activities and made different process choices within the store.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 7
Simons. By posing these provocative questions, you identify critical gaps in your strategy execution processes, focus on the most important choices you must make, and understand what's at stake in each one. In this concise guide, Simons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
LR Ripsy Bandourian Risk-taker, investment strategist, go-getter Bandourian Growing up in Armenia during the waning Soviet years, Ripsy Bandourian was well on her way to becoming a medical doctor, like both of her parents and two of her grandparents. But the View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
next generation of leaders. "I try to help young women make deliberate choices and deliberate moves," she says. She is chair emerita of, and still an active participant in, The Committee of 200 (C200), an... View Details
- 10 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Perspectives on Anti-Racism in the HKS Curriculum
open students up to the reality that each of us have massive blind spots, and that it’s our responsibility to explore our blind spots rather than shy away from them. Austin: Systemic racism is not a product of past decisions and decision-makers, it is an View Details
- 14 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
value: Attraction and recruitment. Actively seek candidates outside managers’ networks, and assess the language used to describe jobs and the company. Hiring. Educate managers about the gender biases that influence hiring decisions.... View Details
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
Wandering By: Giblin, Colleen, Carey K. Morewedge, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—The mind wanders, even when people are attempting to make complex decisions. We suggest that such mind wandering-allowing one's thoughts to wander until the "correct" View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Potential Downside of Win-Win
restaurant A and movie D and have a wonderful evening. Both enjoy the activity they care more about, making both happier than they would have been if they compromised. On the societal level, while one restaurant won and others lost, and... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
Behavioral Decision Making The Impact of 'Display-Set' Options on Decision-Making By: Karmarkar, Uma R. Abstract—The way a choice set is constructed can have a significant influence on how individuals perceive and evaluate their options... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
matter where and at what price the money to fund an entrepreneurial venture comes from? The answer, it turns out, is that it does matter—a fact that policymakers may benefit from understanding as they look at ways to generate more entrepreneurial View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
how, all the way through the 1970s, the U.S. not only failed to resist pressure to defend American investments, but also remained unsuccessful at altering internal institutions of other countries in order to make property rights secure in the absence of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
latent or explicit. It involves branding these products and services, communicating their benefits to intermediaries and end consumers, and distributing them. All of these activities involve value creation. In return, producers extract... View Details
- 08 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career
not for his skills or experience per se, but for those interests, ambitions and activities he was most passionate about. Looking back, Kloeblen spoke passionately about a social-networking group he had led at IBM. “It was a network of... View Details
Keywords: Technology
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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA (LIFE) - Course Catalog
accompany the readings to learn more about you, whether it’s looking back at your past, or tracking how you spend your time, or playing a life simulation to uncover the choices and tradeoffs you are inclined to make. The exercises will... View Details