business school - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2015
Module Note

Power and Influence in Society

This module aims to help students understand how power and influence are employed, both to reproduce the status quo and to effect change in society. It first helps them to understand why, more often than not, power is used to reproduce the existing way individuals and... View Details

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29 Oct 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Can a Coffee Shop in Utah Help Solve Underemployment for People with Disabilities?

Keywords: Re: Richard S. Ruback

Career Coach

Becca Carnahan

Becca (HGSE, '13) is a career coach, writer, and entrepreneur passionate about helping students and alumni find fulfillment and joy in their work. She spent 12 years at Harvard Business School, most recently as Associate Director,... View Details

Keywords: Education; Publishing / Communications / Advertising

10 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology

03 May 2016
First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

By investing in training that is not likely to yield a good return, senior executives and their HR professionals are complicit in what we have come to call the "great training robbery." Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2014
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Bridge the Gap: Rebuilding America's Middle Skills

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Jennifer Burrowes, Manjari Raman, Dan Restuccia and Alexis Young

The market for middle-skills jobs—those that require more education and training than a high school diploma but less than a four-year college degree—is consistently failing to clear. That failure is inflicting a grievous cost on the competitiveness of American firms... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Human Capital; Education; Competency and Skills; Macroeconomics; United States

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20 Apr 2020
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Fintech, el salvavidas de la pyme frente al COVID-19

31 Aug 2013
News

Long CVS receipts spark social media sensation

16 Mar 2013
News

Looking for a Lesson in Google’s Perks

31 Jul 2021
News

Is a Four-Day Week the Future of Work?

08 Sep 2020
News

In defense of Milton Friedman

07 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

was, at least in part, due to cultural differences between immigrants and natives, suggesting that diversity might be economically beneficial but politically hard to manage. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54793 Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne