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  • 17 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

that eight of the 10 most-read HBS Working Knowledge stories of the year were COVID-focused. Readers sought insights from HBS faculty about everything from managing large-scale remote work to leading during a crisis. The year was also marked View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • November 2016 (Revised April 2018)
  • Case

reMarkable: e-Writing the Future

By: Elie Ofek and Curtis Hsu
Magnus Wanberg is the creator of reMarkable, a breakthrough e-writer device set apart from similar products on the market by having solved the frustrating “slow ink” problem typically experienced on pen-based electronic devices, thus providing a “pen and paper” like... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Marketing; Innovation Management; Go To Market Strategy; Marketing Plan; Target Market; Digital Devices; Consumer Electronics; Forecasting; Information Technology; Marketing Strategy; Innovation and Management; Marketing Channels; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Marketing; Product Development; Electronics Industry
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  • 04 Jan 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?

productivity flourishes where income disparity exists to a greater extent." Susan Rushworth offered "food for thought" in citing research that led her to conclude that "the faster the economy grew (as measured View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 29 Jan 2015
  • Op-Ed

The Fall of Greece

bill, an increasing number of young Greeks are leaving the country causing perhaps the most damaging effect of them all, brain drain. One of the most robust academic evidence is that an economy where the means of production are controlled... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 03 Apr 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

Summing Up How Important is Leadership Gender in Influencing the Way We Work? Any attempt to describe behaviors on the basis of gender runs the risk of stereotyping, generalizing, and generally oversimplifying. As Susan Chipman said in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • May 2025
  • Article

Workplace Segregation Between College and Non-college Workers

By: Francis Dillon, Edward L. Glaeser and William Kerr
We measure the level and growth of education segregation in American workplaces from 2000 to 2020. American workplaces show an educational segregation, measured by the degree to which the establishment has mostly workers of similar education levels, that is... View Details
Keywords: Isolation; Segregation; Mobility; Education; Demographics; Equality and Inequality; Labor
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  • 25 Jul 2012
  • News

At Harvard's Arthur Rock Center, Entrepreneurship is the Avenue That Lets Students Chase Their Dreams

  • 31 Oct 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

accumulate, perceptions can shift; for example, young boys in California and New Hampshire might believe that only women can become US senators, as they see the pair of female senators in each state. Bias can be unwound View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea
  • 17 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

plans to enroll 40 percent of young adults in colleges or universities by the year 2020. Keep in mind, though, that there is still a big gap between education for rural and urban Chinese. In China’s elite... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
  • 29 Mar 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

firms, which by definition have enjoyed some measure of success, are more likely to deny new realities because the old ones worked well for them. Young enterprises are not similarly weighed down View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

by transforming" the existing business or creating a new one. An effective e-leader, Hargrove continues, must shift from "being a productivity and efficiency junkie to being an opportunity seeker and innovator who quests for... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
  • August 2007
  • Article

Remedying Education: Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments in India

By: A. Banerjee, Shawn A. Cole, E. Duflo and L. Linden
This paper presents the results of two randomized experiments conducted in schools in urban India. A remedial education program hired young women to teach students lagging behind in basic literacy and numeracy skills. It increased average test scores of all children in... View Details
Keywords: Literacy; Teaching; Performance Improvement; Competency and Skills; India
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  • 05 Jul 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?

threaten our world competitiveness. It may actually help us find ways to be more productive." Susan Seitel agreed, saying "there are ways to have both and we have proof. The country's dramatically increasing output comes... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • October 2023 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Ӧzyeğin Social Investments: A Legacy of Giving

By: Christina R. Wing, Zeshan Gondal and Brittany L. Logan
This case explores the work of Özyeğin Social Investments, founded by Hüsnü Özyeğin, one of Turkey's most successful entrepreneurs. With a focus on education, health, gender equality, rural development, and disaster relief in Turkey, Özyeğin Social Investments and the... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Family Business; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Turkey
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  • February 2016 (Revised February 2017)
  • Case

Alvogen

By: Daniel Isenberg and William Kerr
Alvogen is a young Icelandic generic pharmaceutical company, whose CEO believes that his global strategy will give them an edge in this competitive industry.
Robert Wessman, Alvogen’s CEO, was also previously the CEO of Actavis, another Icelandic generics... View Details
Keywords: Pharmaceutical Companies; Generic Drugs; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Risk and Uncertainty; Pharmaceutical Industry; Iceland
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  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Bridging the Gap

brought an extra white shirt for the afternoon; the first would be gray by the time they got back to the office. A manufacturing hub for everything from Buster Brown socks to Chris-Craft boats—with plenty of steel and coal foundries to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

given to broader success factors which are ethical and value centered, are or certainly can be detrimental to the society they serve ...." A more acerbic point of view was offered by Mark Anton: "The area of ethics and values is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • December 2012
  • Case

Chobani: Growing a Live and Active Culture

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Matthew Preble
Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of the Greek yogurt company Chobani, Inc., was reflecting on what explained his young company's meteoric rise. The company held over half of the U.S. Greek yogurt market, and nearly 20% of the total yogurt market. The company's innovative approach to... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Growth Strategy; Growth Management; Yogurt; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Culture; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Agribusiness; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Canada; Australia
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  • 01 Mar 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?

personal computing and the power of the Internet. CEO Jack Welch responded with his typical high-energy enthusiasm. After seeking out a young mentor in the organization to help him learn, he “suggested” that his senior colleagues find... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett