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2017
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Business and Green Knowledge Production in Sweden 1960s–1980s

By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist and Kristina Söderholm

This working paper contributes to the burgeoning historical literature that has transformed our understanding about the relationship between big business and the environmental regulation. Previously, it was believed that corporate managers resisted the extra costs... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Research and Development; History; Sweden

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Some Things Are Sacred: How Economics Can Help Us Protect What Matters | Working Knowledge

Beliefs Share: Facebook LinkedIn Print Email Latest from HBS faculty experts Expertly curated insights, precisely tailored to address the challenges you are tackling today. More about Working View Details

01 Jun 1998
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HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work

large whiteboard to enable the discussions to mimic those conducted at HBS. By all accounts, the hard work of the organizers paid off. "I congratulate the HBS alumni in Ireland... View Details

11 Mar 2014
News

HBS Associate Professor Amy Cuddy Named Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum

04 Apr 2023
What Do You Think?

How Does Remote Work Affect Innovation?

productivity, mainly by eliminating commute time, the evidence thus far suggests two things: We don’t yet know how to measure productivity changes from remote work and that, even when we learn, the impact... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Jul 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Firsthand Experience and the Subsequent Role of Reflected Knowledge in Cultivating Trust in Global Collaboration

Keywords: by Mark Mortensen & Tsedal Neeley

01 Jun 2003
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

hard work and steady support as we wrestled with these difficult issues. We hope you will plan to join us next year in Shanghai for what promises to be a unique and important event. In spite of global uncertainties, I am pleased to report... View Details

Keywords: Susan Luick Good; HBS Alumni Association; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Charting Tariff Pain: Small Businesses Brace for Job Cuts, Falling Sales | Working Knowledge

research by Zoe B. Cullen and Ebehi Iyoha, assistant professors at Harvard Business School, and MIT Professor David Atkin. For the working paper "Navigating Choppy Waters: How US Trade Policy Uncertainty... View Details

17 Dec 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Integrity: Without It Nothing Works

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

31 Jul 2014
News

Making Private Equity Public Knowledge

first tried to transition to private equity from consulting, looking for more ownership over his work. Because the consulting company he worked for wasn't targeted by private equity, he had to go out and... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

31 Jul 2020
News

Braintrust Podcast Episode 1: Joseph Fuller Professor at HBS - The Future of Work

January–February 2022
Article

Algorithm-Augmented Work and Domain Experience: The Countervailing Forces of Ability and Aversion

By: Ryan Allen and Prithwiraj Choudhury

How does a knowledge worker’s level of domain experience affect their algorithm-augmented work performance? We propose and test theoretical predictions that domain experience has countervailing effects on algorithm-augmented performance: on one hand, domain experience... View Details

Keywords: Automation; Domain Experience; Algorithmic Aversion; Experts; Algorithms; Machine Learning; Future Of Work; Employees; Experience and Expertise; Decision Making; Performance

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08 Jul 2015
What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

recognized Robert E. Downing's advice that we may need to define work before asking the question. For knowledge workers, "it is very difficult to determine when the workers are actually View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

29 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

interaction between co-workers, and “sequential interdependence,” which involves a series of tasks performed by different employees. POLL Do you prefer to work remotely? We're asking View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

02 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

Learning Effects of Monitoring by Dennis Campbell and Francisco de Asís Martinez-Jerez of HBS and Marc Epstein of Rice University, are the result of an extensive study of the culture and management style at... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

faced by entrepreneurs in starting and running a business, including securities and intellectual property law issues. Bagley's teaching and research focus on legal aspects of entrepreneurship and corporate governance. Before coming to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 May 2020
What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

SUMMING UP Is Management the Missing Ingredient in Melding Organization Culture and Remote Work? Those who have experienced remote work are largely vocal supporters of the notion. Its success is dependent, on the one hand, on an effective... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2015
News

Sharing Knowledge of Innovation in India

India is experiencing is phenomenal,” he adds. “Massive innovation is happening, and entrepreneurship is critical to the process.” An engineer by training, Tewari says that HBS “played a huge role in shaping... View Details

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

say that's actually the way from the beginning we started talking about this, that I look at it. I look at it as an offering. And I learn to do that, Jeff, when I had done a movie called Beloved, a book written by Toni Morrison. I View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

"Work/Life Balance: Are We Comfortable with the Choices We Make?" moderated by HBS professor Robin Ely, discussed their work/life decisions and the repercussions of those decisions at the 12th... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

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