Managing The Future Of Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

chose to host conference calls in English, placing themselves on shaky linguistic ground. The recent working paper Capital Market Consequences of Non-Plain English in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

15 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem

communications readers used by Apple Pay unless consumer demand is high. First off, Apple must convince merchants to adopt its service, says Willy Shih, the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Technology; Retail

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

was growing up, my parents often talked to me about the importance of working hard and becoming successful. "You should go into a profession," they would say.... View Details

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

itself,” he says. “When we act out of a duty to loyalty we feel like our actions are ethical or moral even if they would conflict with what society prescribes as ethical.” Back at Harvard, Bazerman talked to Gino about View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

development of the U.S. railroad industry in the latter half of the 19th century. Al went straight to View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

accreditation. Also, the use of the LEED standard increased among private builders in the same local markets. "Our paper describes several... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

The specter of "headquarters" usually looms large in the business world's imagination, but few managers—and few CEOs, especially new CEOs—understand how size,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

philanthropy and a search for 'give us better practices,' " said Nancy Roob, president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (EMCF). Joining her on the panel were... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

23 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It

probability of reaching the top, nor are they paid equally,” the researchers write. An entire nation of data To investigate View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind

report their preliminary findings in their working paper BYOB: How Bringing Your Own Shopping Bags Leads to Treating Yourself, and the Environment. (The collaborative effort addresses each View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

10 Apr 2019
HBS Case

How Entrepreneurs Can Turn Lead Into Gold

the Academy of Management Annals. Their conclusion: Far too much focus is placed on raising money and signing formal contracts, but far too little attention on informal and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

they are managing their careers in the evolving context of their own professional and personal lives. Q: The book addresses aspects View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

13 May 2002
Op-Ed

A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures

If companies and regulators are ever to learn from the collapse of Enron—and prevent similar corporate debacles in the future—they must look more closely at View Details

Keywords: by Jay Lorsch; Accounting

24 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit

these firms.” You Might Also Like: Reading the Financial Crisis Warning Signs: Credit Markets and the 'Red-Zone' What Does the Failure of Silicon... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

05 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

requires four seats at least." His current projects include histories of German management thought and German capitalism, but working on the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

who was working in Tokyo last week when tremors hit the city. He left his office to drive home. The usual 10-minute trip lasted four hours. Despite their lack View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

tolerated with others. The sales manager who brings in big bucks but acts in a hostile, domineering way with his team may be seen as the definition View Details