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17 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Why a Blended Workforce May Be Key to Lasting Competitive Advantage

In recent years, companies have been anxious about the lack of skilled workers to fill pivotal jobs. But then came COVID-19 and a subsequent recession. The ensuing business turmoil and record-high unemployment may have temporarily distracted companies from their... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

02 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

bargaining power, the paper finds. Takeaways for executives and employees The Wall Street Journal reported in June that Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, and CBRE stated in job postings for remote workers that they wouldn’t consider for... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

25 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

The Secret Life of Supply Chains

Like archaeologists digging on a remote hillside, business researchers have unearthed an important segment of the United States economy all but hidden from traditional innovation policy, yet accounting for tens of millions of jobs crucial... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing; Service

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HBS - The year in Review

safety in planning and decision-making while supporting the residential campus. Teaching & Learning Modifications In Summer 2020 work began to design an innovative learning environment—leveraging technology and enhancements to the physical space—that could accommodate... View Details

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

quickly to produce and air new advertising creative that tapped into the rapidly changing zeitgeist. The result, the Retail Heroes campaign, featured CEO McMillon Zooming in remotely from home to thank the one million Walmart front line... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

technologies enable remote work environments, our use of large buildings powered by fossil energy is also facing change, with worker preferences for cleaner and more flexible “digital”-enabled work environments. Traditional approaches to... View Details

31 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

years later another colleague relies on Amazon for delivery of dog food to a remote location in Maine at a price comparable to the local supermarket.) There is no question that Bezos has built a retailing juggernaut, one that is capturing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

Leadership It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding Acknowledging that people are having a hard time whether or not they are... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

two decades later, I still grapple with this. What has changed, however, is that I have had time to learn about and reflect on my parent’s stories: my mom being the first woman from her village to go to college, my dad growing up in View Details

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

family and social connections are to happiness, and not a high-flying career. Over the last 5 years since your last reunion, our social connection has been negatively impacted by the pandemic, political divisions, and remote work. Plus,... View Details