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15 May 2024
Research & Ideas

A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better

may be bridling widespread acceptance of automation, says Julian De Freitas, an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, and one of the authors of the piece forthcoming in the Journal of the Association... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation; Auto

03 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All

aspects of the firm: operations, marketing, finance, communications, and product development. Clearly, general management skills win the day, says one of the paper’s coauthors, Paul A. Gompers, who is the Eugene Holman Professor of Business View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance

Professor of Business Administration at HBS; Giada Di Stefano, an assistant professor at HEC Paris; and Bradley Staats, an associate professor at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

15 Aug 2023
HBS Case

(Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

the case with HBS professor David B. Yoffie, the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at HBS, and Matt Higgins, now a senior researcher at the HBS California Research Center. At this point, it seems that... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Computer; Information Technology

07 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

Legacy of Enron's Collapse (Harvard University Press), the devastation of Enron was total—yet there is much that business today can gain from a postmortem of the once-triumphant company. Salter had access to an extensive library of public... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

28 Nov 2023
Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

Capitalism Succeeded Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Oxford University Press/HBSWK View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It

most people don’t,” says Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “People overestimate the negative consequences giving feedback for themselves, as well as underestimate the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Oct 2023
HBS Case

Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta

qualifications, while expanding new apprenticeship and professional development programs. Now, three years later, Delta is making progress toward hiring and developing more Black talent, with and without college degrees, says Linda Hill, the Wallace Brett Donham... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Air Transportation

24 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together

participating—and a lot of them do—group rituals can still be effective, says Norton, the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “Despite the fact that they think the thing is ridiculous, it... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

22 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

Doctrine Authors:Niall Ferguson Publication:In To Lead the World: American Strategy after the Bush Doctrine. Oxford University Press, forthcoming Abstract Critics of the National Security Strategy document produced by the Bush View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

School Assistant Professor of Business Administration Andy Wu to conduct a study that asked: Does the daily commute affect innovation and productivity for tens of millions of workers? And if so, what are the implications for companies... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Central Banks Missed Inflation Red Flags. This Pricing Model Could Help.

explains Cavallo, the Thomas S. Murphy Professor of Business Administration at HBS. “They tend to rely on time-dependent models, which assume a fixed frequency of price changes. Many of them failed to recognize that, given the size of the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services; Banking

14 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

administration in the HBS Strategy Unit. “It’s very taxing, to be honest.” Shifting to remote work at the start of the pandemic stripped away whatever was left of the elusive 9-to-5 business day and replaced it with videoconferencing and... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

21 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 21

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609094 Mina O'Reilly at Logan Airport's TSA Harvard Business School Case 409-116 Mina O'Reilly, an officer at Logan Airport's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Mar 2007
What Do You Think?

What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

percent) is never seen by recipients. It goes for administration. On a per capita basis, it is roughly $280 billion more than is spent for administration in the other twenty-one countries whose life expectancies exceed those in the U.S.,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health

07 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

2017 New York: Oxford University Press Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming By: Hauter, Niels Viggo, and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Abstract—This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of the reinsurance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails

but more productive and creative, resulting in higher-quality work, the study shows. “It seems there is a sweet spot in the middle,” says Prithwiraj Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

are external hires, and roughly two-thirds are “complete outsiders,” finds a recent working paper by Paul Gompers, the Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In contrast, one recent analysis found... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

17 Jan 2020
In Practice

6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart

include many viewpoints, learn from critics, and remain aware that trends could shift quickly. And then they are better armed when they act quickly and decisively." Rosabeth Moss Kanter (@RosabethKanter), Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business View Details