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- 10 Feb 2020
- In Practice
6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy
involving artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and the Internet of Things are changing the way business leaders think about strategy. Here’s what they said: 1. Talent and data are more critical than ever “Traditionally,... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
Investigation," co-written by HBS colleagues Ranjay Gulati, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration and head of the Organizational Behavior unit; Ryan L. Raffaelli, an assistant professor in the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?
HBS colleagues Leslie Jeng, senior lecturer; Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor; Natalia Rigol, assistant professor; and Benjamin N. Roth, Purnima Puri and Richard Barrera Associate Professor. A year-long database build Because no... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 16 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
As AI Upends Recruiting, Job Seekers Need a Waze App for Careers
Artificial intelligence is changing the nature of work on a scale some predict will be as transformative as the Industrial Revolution. It’s also exposing the yawning gaps in a fractured US employment system that many companies and workers... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?
experiment with generative artificial intelligence (AI)—ramifications of its use on practice are just starting to be examined. The research sheds light on the biases that digital platforms, whether a simple messaging solution or a... View Details
- 04 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
those facts and find a solution, a team of Boston researchers reports. "When it comes to solving problems, connectedness is a double-edged sword," says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ethan Bernstein, co-author of... View Details
- 27 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Cost of a Product Recall
more important than previously thought, says Ariel D. Stern, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, where she is the Hellman Faculty Fellow in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. “Product... View Details
- 08 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles
field studies, researchers tend to think that workers submit resumes to open positions. In fact, scholars have learned a lot about discrimination in labor markets by sending resumes to job postings to see who gets called back and who doesn’t. As Harvard Business School... View Details
- 30 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date
conversation partners,” says Alison Wood Brooks, assistant professor and Hellman Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School. “This strategy does both. It’s an easy-to-deploy strategy anyone can use to not only be perceived as more... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 25 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Transparency Sped Innovation in a $13 Billion Wireless Sector
a potential source of innovation rather than fearing what could happen if they freely share ideas, suggests the work, which Greenstein wrote with Do Yoon Kim, an assistant professor at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, and... View Details
- 29 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.
Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 25 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?
increase their occupancy rates significantly, bringing their earnings more in line with the higher rental incomes of white hosts, according to a study coauthored by Shunyuan Zhang, an assistant professor in the Marketing Unit at Harvard... View Details
- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
can all be defused. Confusion Some idea-killing questions and concerns muddle the conversation with irrelevant facts, convoluted logic, or so many alternatives that it is impossible to have the clear and intelligent dialog that builds... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
important point: Once a scholar has conducted research that’s germane to practitioners, it’s important to let practitioners know that the research exists. “Ultimately, I conduct research to try to help people,” says HBS Assistant... View Details
- 13 Jun 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants
including several instances where the highest rated securities (AAA) defaulted. The resulting financial meltdown pushed the US and the rest of the world economy into recession. In the recent case "Kroll Bond Rating Agency," Bo Becker, an View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
ask follow-up questions tend to land better jobs than people who don’t. (That goes for landing second dates, too.) ”Compared to those who do not ask many questions, people who do are better liked and learn more information from their conversation partners,” says Alison... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?
When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details
- 17 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News
media would benefit their personal reputations more than spreading misleading articles, the research shows. Furthermore, when political articles are shared on Twitter (now X), accurate information tends to garner more approval, finds Jillian J. Jordan, View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
growing—with HBS Research Assistant Shirley Sun. Here, Simons discusses three leaders whose service left a powerful mark, leading to their own success. Business leaders might learn some important lessons from their experiences, he says.... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
these programs often have years of combat arms training and experience (for example, as pilots, ship captains, armor commanders). For decades, many have observed that government program managers and their staffs are intelligent and... View Details