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- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
influence their everyday work life, but to date, little is known about how weather affects individual productivity. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we predict and find that bad weather increases individual productivity and that it does... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs
eyeglasses that can be calibrated by the user to circumvent the need for an optometrist. The second, VisionSpring, follows a different approach, working to build a network of entrepreneurs who sell eyeglasses in their communities. Rather... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
drive-through restaurant with low prices that appealed to working-class families. “The company has built its brand around family dining, so that is especially important to its culture,” explains Paine. Despite its ubiquity, McDonald’s managed to inspire View Details
- 16 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience
research, started in the year 2000, was aimed at understanding how an innovative team working together in a creative act managed the process of knowledge transfer between the more experienced and less... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Harvard Business School professor Constance Bagley studies the intersection of business and law, and is interested in how companies can use legal resources as a competitive asset. In this interview, Bagley discusses ways businesses can make ethical decisions. Tishler:... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Working Papers Using By-Product Synergy for Competitive Advantage Author: Deishin Lee Abstract We study how a manufacturer can leverage by-product synergy for competitive advantage. By focusing on the economic impact to the firm and the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Spending on Happiness
next? A: We are now actively looking to work with more companies that are willing to be creative with how they encourage their employees to spend their bonuses, and companies that are willing to be View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
is an optimistic point of view. It is the idea that cultural diversity in work groups increases the pool of available resources—such as social networks, skills, and insights—to enhance the group's ability to be View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
has to know the answer to four basic questions. Your setting for this span is determined by the kind of behavior you want to see. To ensure compliance with detailed directives, hold managers to narrow measures. To encourage creative... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
shape when and how public agencies implement policies effectively on behalf of marginalized citizens. November 2014 Antitrust Law Journal Are Patents Creative or Destructive? By: Nicholas, Tom Abstract—Current debate over patent... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Let Customers Call the Shots
What is consumer empowerment and what does it mean for you as an executive? HBS professor Luc Wathieu outlined his views in the following e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace.Lagace: In your paper you... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
Yet others viewed it as a means of getting more for less out of people, something to be tried when other approaches don't work. Howard Esbin likens it to "strategic scenario planning or futurism. The more one is able to ask 'what if' and 'why not', the more View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 29 Jan 2015
- Op-Ed
The Fall of Greece
the contrary the poor utilization of assets, especially in poorly governed countries like Greece, is dramatic. The emerging status is pretty clear: a deeply socialist state where central planning by politicians will command the use of scarce resources. These... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 13 Feb 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
passionately for a global-historical approach to political ideas. To better understand the development of liberalism, he looked not only to the works of great thinkers but also to their reception and use amid revolution and interstate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
collective creativity and insight. These two divergent perspectives pose a paradox that has held the attention of scholars for many years. In response, researchers have marshaled evidence to specify the conditions under which diversity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips
Credit: iStock If you think looking for a job in your profession is difficult, try being an accounting PhD looking for work in academia. Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ethan Rouen advises job hunters to start a physical... View Details
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
separates professional service firms from other businesses is that the employees are their most important assets. Yet professionals in any field — independent-minded, creative individuals—can be difficult to manage. In LPSF, we use an old... View Details
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
not currently in the full-time workforce. Many of the women who chose to leave their professional careers had approached Clark during his recent visits with alumni groups. They told him they felt disconnected from business and from HBS after leaving full-time View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute
seems likely that Brazil will work with Canada to arrive at mutually agreeable financing packages to be used by each country. HBS professors Rawi Abdelal and Laura Alfaro recently co-wrote a business case with Brett Laschinger on the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
10 percent, in these early weeks. Q: Do your findings have implications for the video market? A: The video window, particularly DVD sales in recent years, has developed into a significant additional source of revenue for movie studios. However, what View Details