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- 26 Apr 2023
- In Practice
Is AI Coming for Your Job?
users may have additional knowledge or context that the AI doesn’t (e.g. that the AI hasn’t been trained on, propriety knowledge, a better understanding of the specific task at hand, etc.). Another risk with these generative AI models is... View Details
- 17 Jan 2024
- HBS Case
Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues
value,” Ofek says. You Might Also Like: With Subscription Fatigue Setting In, Companies Need to Think Hard About Fees With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines How SHEIN and Temu Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New... View Details
- 09 Feb 2024
- HBS Case
Slim Chance: Drugs Will Reshape the Weight Loss Industry, But Habit Change Might Be Elusive
eating healthy and limiting portion sizes with support groups often composed of Weight Watchers alums. How significant is this change? Regina Herzlinger: It means there will be a huge shift to the drug-based model. But that does not mean the support-based View Details
- 14 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?
dynamics, tying back to McGinn’s prior research: Homebound parents modeled less gendered approaches to multitasking for their kids during lockdown, which their kids will hopefully retain in their own working lives. “Children got to see... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 15 Mar 2024
- HBS Case
Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work
comes to discussing geopolitical issues that might impact the business, Wing says. She suggests keeping the conversations professional, but also not avoiding topics that are relevant. In this case, in particular, management can model... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 14 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
To Change Your Company's Culture, Don't Start by Trying to Change the Culture
collaboration—that is, the culture. A model for culture change My colleague Russ Eisenstat and I, in collaboration with senior executives at Becton Dickinson, developed a powerful way to change culture by first coming to an agreement—in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- 28 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
How Workplace Wellness Programs Can Give Employees the Energy Boost They Need
for actually using well-being services. Managers can empower employees to use the services by acting as role models and talking about using the programs themselves. Listen to employees and focus on what works. Create a regular View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson
- 09 Jan 2024
- In Practice
Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year
contexts demonstrated that generative AI has the potential to enhance productivity (speed and efficiency of task completion), quality (precision in execution), and creativity (albeit with limitations). Notably, the simulation of synthetic humans through large language... View Details
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research
Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer May 2025 | Article | Review of Economic Studies How do people form beliefs about novel risks, with which they have little or no experience? Motivated by survey data on beliefs about Covid we collected in 2020, we build a View Details
- 16 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million
soliciting feedback from its most loyal and vocal customers” As impressive as that accomplishment was, 1,000 customers is hardly enough to ensure long-run success. For that, these companies had to scale up dramatically, from 1,000 to over... View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment
Bellwether at X, The Moonshot Factory at Alphabet (formerly Google X). Sarah shares how geospatial data and artificial intelligence can help communities and businesses anticipate and respond to climate risks. Sarah shares insights from her work building predictive... View Details
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?
charisma as a leader’s moral conviction, need for power, and ability to transfer an idealized vision to followers—it’s more than just straight-up beauty. Having it can mean the difference between making it to the C-suite and getting stuck in middle management, and... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 03 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact
organizations, but they are often in scarce supply. Colocating with diverse firms in terms of background and business model can help fill the gaps, “and that’s going to be where you get the really different information,” Roche says. “And... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
flags a couple important considerations for executives looking to model KKR’s success, which the private-equity firm is now using broadly. In addition, a non-profit Stavros founded called Ownership Works is developing the tools to help... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
affect market outcomes, and that market outcomes in turn affect investors’ beliefs. The authors develop a behavioral model of the credit cycle featuring such a two-way feedback loop, which can match many... View Details
- 06 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Truth About Authentic Leaders
also challenged older models of leadership, including the “great man theory” and competency-based leadership models. Previous generations of business people spent more time trying to “market” themselves as leaders, rather than undertaking... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 07 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook
the same customers. The Ordinary reduces costs. The no-frills cosmetic brand eschews the kind of product customization and coveted celebrity endorsements often seen in the industry, cutting research and development and advertising costs. At the same time, its... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive
Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image:... View Details
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
for people who apply their creative sparks to the insights they gain from data, artificial intelligence, and feedback from colleagues. Learning and performance are twinned, not split as is often the case at companies that have yet to... View Details
- 11 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits
transforming how work is done and how people are paid for it. This heightened tension between moral and material goals may be nowhere as intense as it is in journalism, a field with strong ethical convictions at its core, but whose business View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis