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05 Feb 2021
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Why Your Values Belong at Work

15 Sep 2020
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Is Happiness at Work Really Attainable?

24 Dec 2014
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Working against Al Qaeda’s financial networks

As president of her own global advisory firm, Celina Realuyo (MBA 2000) has merged business and banking skills to help the US government track down and disarm Al Qaeda since September 11, 2001. (Published December 2014) View Details

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Lead with Research | Working Knowledge

Lead with Research Harness emerging faculty research insights to empower your leadership and spark innovation. AI at Work Harvard Business School faculty research shows how AI drives experimental agility and innovation while revealing... View Details

30 Oct 2013
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Make Big Bets: How Blockbuster Strategies Work

February 2014
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Furloughs: An Alternative to Layoffs for Economic Downturns

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Susan J. Winterberg

This note describes the practice of employee furloughs (also known as work sharing or short-time work) including their regulatory frameworks in different countries and the business and ethical implications of their use. View Details

Keywords: Work Sharing; Furloughs; Temporary Layoff; Short Time Work; Employee Relationship Management; Job Cuts and Outsourcing

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ING Türkiye: Flexible Work in a Competitive Banking Environment

By: Ashley Whillans and Nico Schaefer

This case explores ING Türkiye’s journey toward workplace flexibility within the traditionally conservative Turkish banking sector. Beginning with early remote work experiments in 2015 and culminating in the FlexING model, by 2024 ING Türkiye had positioned itself as a... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employee Relationship Management; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Adaptation; Competition; Organizational Culture; Banking Industry; Turkey

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13 Jan 2003
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Making Biotech Work as a Business

for example, was a banner year for bad news, with thirty late-stage clinical failures of biotech drugs, he said. The online magazine Signals, which is published by Recombinant Capital, a consulting firm that works on biotechnology... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

06 Jul 2009
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Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

professor of organizational behavior at Brandeis University International Business School, have described their work in two papers: "The Emotional Tightrope of Downsizing: Hidden Challenges for Leaders and their Organizations,"... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2015
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What is the benefit of working with HBS students?

11 Oct 2024
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Committing to Work and Family: Allison Boxer (MBA 2012)

Learn about the career resources available to HBS alumni through HBS Career & Professional Development I found my professional North Star as an undergraduate student while studying abroad in rural Tanzania. Our work in clean water... View Details

14 Jun 2010
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The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

professor Herman "Dutch" Leonard), for nonprofit board members, in November. In two working papers that break down what makes social impact easier or more difficult to measure (one coauthored with HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan), Ebrahim... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Newsletter - Managing the Future of Work

Subscribe to Managing the Future of Work Newsletter Subscribe to Managing the Future of Work Newsletter Many forces are redefining the nature of work: automation and AI, the gig economy, the care economy,... View Details

16 Oct 2013
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