Gap - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

National Health Costs Could Decrease if Managers Reduce Work Stress

them," says Goh. Making The Stress-health Connection Unlike in Europe, little or no data exists in the US that correlates exposure to workplace stress with health outcomes or health care costs. Goh tackles that gap in a new working... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

Runner-Up & Crowd Favorite Pioneering Bridging gaps in medical equipment access by enabling sharing and redistribution through an asset-light model sustainable biopolymer production. Business Track, 2024 Crop Diagnostix Brandon Chi (MBA... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

large banks. In the midst of the financial crisis of 2008, the 4 largest american banks sharply decreased their lending to small businesses. Their small business lending activity remained depressed into 2014. While smaller banks have began providing credit to fill in... View Details

11 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

manager gets the negative emotion wrong, talking about it is still better than ignoring the emotion completely. The team points to research showing an expectations gap between managers and employees. While managers view emotional support... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

01 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

relation to the worker’s job. That is, employees with fixed-rate contracts were more likely to propose broad-scope innovations, even when the changes would not benefit them personally. It’s costly to think outside the box Gallani says the study results showed the... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

09 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

The Simple Secret of Effective Mentoring Programs

didn’t fully explain the wide productivity gap between opt-in and opt-out employees. The findings suggest that “unobservable characteristics largely drive the decision to forgo mentoring,” meaning that hard-to-detect shyness,... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

the Arab Gulf. The Special Committee of each generation sought to minimize the gap between capabilities and performance. However, no Special Committee began with a clean sheet of paper. Indeed, they inherited such a formidable package of... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

more than 4,000 small businesses conducted between March 22 and 31, 2025, we examine firms’ knowledge, expectations, and decisions during a period of substantial trade policy uncertainty. Our findings reveal widespread knowledge gaps... View Details

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Media Coverage - Managing the Future of Work

Broadcast Retirement Network Your Employees Are Also Caregivers Re: Joseph Fuller 21 Apr 2025 Charter How AI is reshaping HR Re: Joseph Fuller Harvard Magazine The New Gender Gaps Re: Joseph Fuller 19 Mar 2025 Me, Myself, and AI... View Details

15 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Redrawing the Lines: Did Political Incumbents Influence Electoral Redistricting in the World’s Largest Democracy?

Keywords: by Lakshmi Iyer & Maya Reddy

11 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

their owner. Assigning responsibilities for their execution to the OSM fills a gap in management practice without infringing on the current responsibilities of any existing department or function. Finally, the OSM is the integrator of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

play in inequality as well.” You Might Also Like: The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less? Feedback or... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

21 Nov 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Path-Breakers: How Does Women’s Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success?

Keywords: by Sonia Bhalotra, Irma Clots-Figueras & Lakshmi Iyer

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

or the family circumstances of their student populations, had access to resources that supported learning. After going on the road and visiting a wide range of schools, she uncovered a gap in school improvement efforts—that most... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Sep 2023
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Ana Barrera (MBA 2024)

led me to my pre-MBA career roles at Morgan Stanley and Harlem Capital, in which I worked on talented, diverse teams helping close the funding gap for underrepresented founders. Additionally, I care deeply about building a strong... View Details

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

what you do, and showing up with a sense of purpose.” Roberts credits his family as his primary influence. As the youngest of three, with a sizable age gap between him and his older sisters, he was given a long leash and the foundational... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

dissatisfaction with an employer’s response. In both cases, the decision comes with a price: from the material losses of firm-specific human capital—which is linked to earnings—to severed access to professional networks, financial strain, View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2024
News

Elevator Pitch: Banking On It

financial institutions approach digital initiatives,” says Klaric. “By bridging the gap between technology and functionality, we are not just providing a scalable tech solution; we are reshaping and reimagining the operating system for... View Details

Keywords: fintech; finance; entrepreneurship; Finance

14 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

was often predictable. The concept of talking to extreme consumers was developed to push students out of their comfort zone. "There is an enormous gap between chatting with your friends and chatting with people on the streets in Vietnam,"... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

didn’t feel safe or welcomed. It wasn’t until I met my first partner senior year of college that I found someone that could begin filling those gaps in support I so desperately craved, eventually giving me the confidence and strength that... View Details

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