Knowledge Use and Leverage - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

a blueprint. What there is is a very deep need for self-reflection and community reflection." Nash expanded on these views in an interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace; the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?

Beyond what we can do as individuals to reduce our risks of exposure, are there objective measures employers can use to validate what is effective? The answer, fortunately, is yes. Many claims will be made over the next few weeks View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber and Joseph Allen; Real Estate

10 Aug 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Focus on Racial Equity and Justice

Boston, initially stocked with 30 books each, and garner used and new book donations to promote a continual exchange of books. After establishing a process for exchanging books... View Details

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

knowledge loss, identify the deep smarts essential to their business, use techniques for transferring knowledge when its loss is imminent, identify View Details

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

masks. We recently asked Harvard Business School professors whose research and expertise traverse topics related to remote work what advice they would offer managers and executives actively seeking to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones By: Dur, Umut, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak, and Tayfun Sönmez... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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The Big Ditch: How America Took, Built, Ran, and Ultimately Gave Away the Panama Canal

By: Noel Maurer and Carlos Yu

On August 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened for business, thus changing the face of both world trade and military power and playing a pivotal role in the rise of the United States on the world stage. Today we view the creation of the Panama Canal as a... View Details

Keywords: Political History; For-Profit Firms; Development Economics; Infrastructure; State Ownership; Ship Transportation; Panama; United States

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14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

aspect of doing business must be completely rethought for both short-term survival and long-term advantage—and CEOs are profoundly aware of that. We want to share with you both high-level findings about the sleep-robbing concerns of... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto

Harvard Business School professors David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto fielded questions about their article in an email interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace. Garvin View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Apr 2024
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2024: Business and Environment Ventures

intensity fuel of the future. Integrated Dynamics - Jake Sweed (MBA 2024), Henry Markarian, Niranjan Kulkarni - Turning food waste into green hydrogen using hyperthermophile archaea. Latent - Rourke Pattullo (MBA 2025), Tom Walkinshaw... View Details

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Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery | About

read the report . As members of an academic institution whose motto, Veritas , impels us to seek truth, it is incumbent upon us to acknowledge and understand the ways that... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Making It Possible to Explore and Grow

is important,” Friedlander continues, “but telling the right story about it moves a company forward.” Realizing that he lacked the business knowledge to craft such a story with credibility and impact,... View Details

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Simultaneous Distinction, Democratization and Omnivorism Effects: A Longitudinal Analysis of Dynamic Symbolic Boundaries in Counterfeit Consumption Networks

Sociologists have long examined the interactive relationship between social structure, taste and power. This literature has overwhelmingly fallen into three, ostensibly competing, theoretical “camps”: Distinction, where high-status consumers use... View Details

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Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog

and leverages learning from the Leading Professional Services Firm Executive Education course. The outcome is a course curated by and for aspiring-consultant students View Details

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image by HBSWK with assets created using Midjourney, an artificial intelligence tool, and from AdobeStock. View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Jun 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

expectations; create and implement an effective customer-access strategy; capture and leverage the customer’s voice to set priorities and improve... View Details

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

offered in cooperation with the HBS Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC). Key Benefits In this program, you will use a value framework—first introduced by HBS professor Michael E. Porter in his... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

leaders manage these conversations effectively. Drawing on our insights and those of others, we offer this guide to help leaders have the kinds of discussions we need to be having right now. The four I’s of conversational leadership The... View Details

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

13 Dec 2018
Blog Post

Working at the Intersection of Business and Environment

ideas and solutions. We have three core goals: catalyze and refine faculty research ideas, educate MBAs on the value of natural resources and the opportunities for innovation... View Details

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Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change - Course Catalog

course, many of whom are building high growth social enterprises. Course Overview Social entrepreneurs don’t just build organizations, they change systems. This course will explore the frameworks, tools, mindsets, and best practices that... View Details

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