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11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

underwriting systems neither approve nor reject. Narrowing the default gap The research team found minority applicants were about 3 percentage points less likely to be approved than white applicants working with the same white loan... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

03 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?

Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World How Transparency Sped Innovation in a $13 Billion Wireless Sector Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Information Technology; Technology

01 Jun 2007
What Do You Think?

How Should Pay Be Linked to Performance?

downside, more gains on the upside. The company's goals are the (opposite)." Claude Des Rosiers warned that "There are enough challenges to get people in an organization to work together (without compounding the problem View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

Michael W. Toffel

Professor Toffel is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management. His research examines how companies are addressing climate change (especially decarbonization) and other environmental and working condition issues in their operations and supply... View Details

27 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right

Harvard Business School professor John Quelch is debuting a blog on marketing issues at Harvard Business Online. HBS Working Knowledge is reprinting his first entry, which looks at the Mattel toy... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Consumer Products

15 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Free Software

a large majority of those who contribute to the open source community do so in order to learn and share new knowledge and skills, over half cite direct payment for their work or the chance to improve their... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

Business School and Harvard University jointly created the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, led by Professor Porter, to further his work. Professor Porter is the author of sixteen books and over 100 articles. Thomas A. Stewart... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

30 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

How to Recover Gracefully After Shutting Down Your Startup

Eisenmann says. “It also helps if the person who presided over a failure can thoughtfully discuss what really happened, what they learned from it, and how they’ll manage their next startup.” Danielle Kost is senior editor of Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

15 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

doesn’t work. You Might Also Like: Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore Why We Still Need Twitter: How Social Media Holds Companies Accountable What Motivates People to Give Generously—and Why We Sometimes Don't Feedback or ideas to share?... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2015
Published Proceedings

Academic Engagement in Public and Political Discourse: Proceedings of the Michigan Meeting, May 2015

By: Andrew J. Hoffman, Kirsti Ashworth, Chase Dwelle, Peter Goldberg, Andrew Henderson, Louis Merlin, Yulia Muzyrya, Norma-Jean Simon, Veronica Taylor, Corinne Weisheit and Sarah Wilson

What is the role of the academic scholar within the discussions of the global challenges that are relevant to society, such as sustainability, health care, gun control, fiscal policy, and international affairs? How do scholars engage in a world in which knowledge is... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Social Issues; Knowledge Sharing; Communication Strategy

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11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

16 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense

How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image:... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

31 Jul 2017
HBS Case

It’s Hard to Fix the Family Business Without Offending the Family

to change them.” Blame it on the alcohol Schlesinger’s student coauthors worked with Tam Le as part of the HBS Neighborhood Business Partnership, a field-based second-year course led by Schlesinger and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

11 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

Years Ago How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image by HBSWK with... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

04 Apr 2022
What Do You Think?

As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?

to age discrimination. But I reserve the right to raise questions about sensitive topics. Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

March 28, just days before the congressional hearing. The new choices were constrained, however, by knowledge that every new option offered potential for a less open site. This was something that was... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Information Technology

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/hapabapa View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

20 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

It's No Joke: AI Beats Humans at Making You Laugh

generated by a machine, those very same recommendations were perceived as inscrutable. People are less willing to accept recommenders when they do not feel like they understand how they make recommendations.” POLL Do you consider these... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

innovation, which is our field of specialty, proved a great way to help us do just that." Christensen, Horn, and Johnson recently teamed up via e-mail to answer a few questions from HBS Working View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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