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- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
found (or potentially found) in practice and whose hypotheses connect independent variables within the control of practitioners to outcomes they care about using logic they view as feasible. I provide several suggestions for how scholars can enhance research relevance,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
experiences also sent him on a quest to find academics who were studying sabbaticals so he could better understand how the implementation of sabbatical policies impact employee behavior. Informally called the Sabbatical Project, DiDonna’s... View Details
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
senior leadership positions, the most frequently adopted strategy is to remain silent about race or other issues of inequality or injustice in order to avoid being labeled as an agitator (Cose, 2011). Nearly 40 percent of black employees... View Details
- 19 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
A Day at Royal FloraHolland: The Epicenter of the Global Flower Market
for the quality of the flowers they sell, RFH employees will also engage in quality checks and research. In fact, quality assurance is a hallmark of RFH's operations. The auction house's dedicated Product... View Details
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
make a significant decision about their young company's sales function. DoubleDutch's key product was a mobile application (app) and event management platform that customers could use to better engage and connect with their event... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
Case Study. Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001, MPA 2002) believes that has to change—and it’s the responsibility of her generation to lead the way. Ballou-Aares is creating a path for the next generation of business leaders to engage in... View Details
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
sponsorship (PE-backed firms) and those that do not (non-PE-backed firms). The findings indicate that PE-backed firms generally have higher earnings quality than those that do not have PE sponsorship, engage less in earnings management,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
business world and academia had a distinct advantage. He went back to the Pentagon to try to change the way the military engaged with civilians, then to serve at the White House. In 2007, he retired as an Air Force Deputy Assistant... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
insurance when they think they will need it. Should people who make bad personal health choices pay more for their health insurance? We are moving to a system where individuals will have to be engaged in their own health, or face the... View Details
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
Management and Davies through a unique recruitment process that raises questions of compensation and employee incentives, negotiation strategy, and human resources management. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
Humanity as a Leader To spark discussions among executives in the Program for Leadership Development about how to help employees succeed, Professor Joshua Margolis wrote a case with the Latin America Research Center on a challenge that... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
apps for frontline employees to contain the pandemic. The experience will like reshape the entire health care industry for years to come. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Health Care Initiative at Harvard Business School how... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
and operations theory suggests that the longer people wait, the less satisfied they become; we demonstrate that due to what we term the labor illusion, when websites engage in operational transparency by signaling that they are exerting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Smaller Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
collection, circa 1945 to 1970, includes striking scenes of employees engaged in steel production, close-ups of machinery in operation, and aerial views of plants at several Jones & Laughlin Steel... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
goes wrong; measuring success against unrealistic or ever-increasing standards; and worrying constantly about potential negative outcomes. If you’ve ever had a supervisor or employee who behaved like that, you already know the negative... View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
studies and one field experiment, we find that employees higher in trait self-control are less likely to experience negative effects of lengthy commutes because they use their commuting time to engage in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
Based on surveys gathered from 140 employees in a division of a global chemical company, we found that direct knowledge and reflected knowledge enhanced trust differentially. While both enhanced feelings of closeness with others, results... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
Menges, and Francesca Gino Abstract—To get to work, employees need to commute. Across the globe, the average commute is 38 minutes each way per day. It is well known that longer commutes have negative effects on employees’ well-being and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
organizational values and business ethics, Paine focused on U.S. companies engaged in business principally at home. But faced with an increasing number of questions from international students about whether U.S. standards and values... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 30 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Do Mergers Hurt Product Quality?
There's a lot of worry afoot whenever companies merge. Wall Street worries about the stock price. Employees worry about potential job cuts. And consumers worry about the fate of their favorite products: Whither the price and the quality?... View Details