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26 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

There’s a saying in hospitality: The customer is always right. In fact, customers might be more influential than ever, according to a study of online restaurant reviews. Yelp, the website where consumers share their service experiences,... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

relative performance incentives in addition to piece rates to encourage competition in the workplace. We find that social identity has a significant impact on competition: a weaver only competes against coworkers with a different social identity, but not against those... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 1999
News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

and governance. He shares Jensen's view that something akin to a modern revolution has taken place in recent years and that one result is a growing problem with overcapacity, a situation he believes is best resolved through the workings... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

19 May 2021
Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

private sector spends the largest share of training dollars dedicated to adults. Policymakers should support programs that actively encourage employers to invest in talent pipelines. CareerWise, founded in Colorado but now expanding to... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

ventures I was advising as the senior advisor for social entrepreneurship at the Harvard Innovation Labs. They said: “Hey, we’d like to learn more about that solution, and we think our colleagues might too.” So they set up a pitch day for Climate Circle teams to View Details

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Current working papers

Organizational restructuring: the influence of formal and informal structure on tie formation. This paper considers how changes in formal structure and a key element of informal structure – the embeddedness of employee... View Details

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

impact, the incentive model will reward the farmers leading the cooperative on sustainable dairy production. In parallel, Arla HQ is offering technical assistance and support for farmers, sharing resources... View Details

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Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging - Recruiting

what are you willing to commit to and hold all members of your community accountable for? Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are important because they bring individuals together in the workplace based on View Details

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Empowering Future Leaders: Meet the HBS Women’s Student Association

personally. Our mission is to connect, empower, and celebrate the next generation of women leaders. We feel it's our responsibility to ensure the women in our campus community have the resources and allies they need to thrive, both as HBS... View Details

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

remote work during this bizarre time, with so many people scrambling to get their work done while sharing close quarters with shut-in kids, spouses, and pets, is certainly not business as usual, even for work-from home veterans. While... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Dec 2020
Blog Post

The Forward Fellowship Convinced Me That I Belong at HBS

Financial Aid office), I discovered different resources and opportunities that I could turn to in order to make this impossible dream a reality. The Forward Fellowship was designed for students like me with extenuating family... View Details

05 Sep 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Making the Right Technical Hire

will pay off. Join the conversation You can read more about my thoughts on hiring for startups here. Please share other ideas on this topic in the comments! Adapted from the author’s blog post, Are You Being Strategic About Hiring? View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin; Technology

27 Jun 2019
Research & Ideas

Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too

have-to-do tasks day after day, week after week, many couples carve out special time and space for certain want-to-do moments they enjoy together: They work in the gardens on Saturdays; they share a kiss on weekdays before heading to the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

21 Sep 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?

control access to resources that I value, and I have power over you if I control access to resources you value. It is then up to each one of us to decide how to use the power we have. What do you hope people... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

28 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 28, 2010

leverages shared user relationships. We build upon the traditional view of bundling for economies of scope and price discrimination and extend this view to include the strategic management of a firm's user network. Envelopers capture... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

Benioff has long espoused the need for a more equitable economic system and has stated that the current pandemic “is a tremendous opportunity for all CEOs and all businesses to really put their resources right out there and say, 'We're... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

needed; an organizational design that enables coordination; and human resource management policies and practices to enhance competence and commitment and develop a community of purpose. In particular, leadership must enable the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

policies that amount to a “fragmented insurance system” that leaves 10 percent of the population uninsured, according to research by Harvard Business School Professor Amitabh Chandra. “The United States spends substantially more on health care than most developed... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

and shared value creation. Through its open innovation model, the company has catapulted to the cutting edge of electric mobility and distributed power generation, partnering with the likes of Google and Tesla. Under the leadership of Mr.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

manufacturing and financial activities around the globe prior to WWI. The British trading companies played a significant role in opening new markets and developing new sources of supply in resources in the emerging global economy.... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones

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