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- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
These candidates are trying to adjust to what the voters care about.” You Might Also Like: Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace? Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
“Automating Mortality: Ethics for Intelligent Machines.” You Might Also Like: Struggling With a Big Management Decision? Start by Asking What Really Matters How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
after their teams have won more games. This study demonstrates an important relationship between performance feedback and racial bias and suggests that even in highly competitive industries, managerial bias may be prevalent in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 18
executives at a major multinational corporation, and with participants in an open-enrollment program at a major business school. Student course feedback and a follow-up survey administered about one year after the course suggest that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?
Cathy Hackl, “The Metaverse Is Coming And It’s A Very Big Deal,” impactlab.com via Forbes.com, July 5, 2020. Metaverse Definition, Oxford Language Dictionary via google.com. Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash (Penguin Random House, 1992). Your View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
compete but few made money. "It's not just in shipping," he says. But in shipping and real estate, where feedback is delayed, he concludes, "learning is slow." Greenwood and Hanson were drawn to maritime studies after teaching cases on... View Details
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
safety, the researchers note that our understanding of how managers can increase the value of reporting systems remains incomplete. To shed light on how to encourage staff to share constructive feedback when using reporting systems,... View Details
- 16 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 16
and shows that effects of a similar size can be achieved by holding people accountable through feedback text messages, without any meetings or peer pressure. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42103 Cases &... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
Inside One Startup's Journey to Break Down Hiring (and Funding) Barriers
Cell to Nike’s C-Suite: The Journey of Larry Miller Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image by HBWSK with asset from AdobeStock/ArtFamily View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
new ideas and approaches within certain zones of privacy. Organizations allow them to do that by drawing four types of boundaries: around teams of people (zones of attention), between feedback and evaluation (zones of judgment), between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
discussed. Because Natura has a network of more than 200,000 direct sales consultants (much like the U.S.A.'s Avon or Mary Kay), new product ideas can be quickly tested in the market and immediate customer feedback can easily be obtained.... View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Board’s Effectiveness
and shareholder expectations, and is investing well in its people and information resources. To help companies ensure that the board receives the right information about company strategy and performance, as well as feedback about the... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
feedback to the employee may be adequate but of limited value toward the employee's development Most people manage for performance's sake rather than for development, he added. Managers who manage for performance are more likely to be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
they can answer it in Slack.” You Might Also Like: In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go? Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity? Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge Feedback or ideas to share? Email the... View Details
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
surgical procedures. In-process analyses that allow rapid feedback to the surgeon based on surrogate markers may provide a powerful method for quality improvement. Methods: The authors reviewed performance data from all bilateral... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
heavy premium on class participation. Beyond grading, students also receive regular feedback from professors about the quantity, quality, and constructiveness of their comments. The Habit Of Decision Making Third, and perhaps most... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
into the digital age. And so we became ever more ambitious: to transform both the research and the teaching about business and entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Silverthorne: In terms of public response or feedback from researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
be achieved through feedback text messages, without meetings, rewards, or peer pressure. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=42103 Harvard Business School Case 516-072 Cyberdyne: A Leap to the Future No... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
alpha-test of the service and completed an in-depth survey of potential customers to explore the market. Most of the feedback was positive, which confirmed Berger's intuition about this market opportunity. Berger had found a more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne