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  • Program

Growing as a Purposeful Leader

work Increase employee engagement and commitment, and in turn generate new levels of contribution Uncover untapped creativity and innovation as employees strive to do their job better Expand your personal and professional network Extend... View Details
  • 06 Nov 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better

each listener about a 5 on a 7-point scale in terms of attentiveness. “We suspect that many people struggle with competing motives while they speak and listen.” To rule out the possibility that people are dividing their attention and continuing to View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Tuition & Financial Support - Doctoral

Tailored Teaching Opportunities You may wish to take on teaching roles to enhance your academic experience and supplement your stipend. There are many opportunities to engage in teaching both at HBS and across the University. At HBS, PhD... View Details
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Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge

pivotal role in digital marketing and offers strategies for optimizing marketing efforts across different consumer engagement levels. 21 Oct 2024 Research & Ideas What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse by Scott Nover What could... View Details
  • February 2020
  • Technical Note

Talent Management and the Future of Work

By: William R. Kerr and Gorick Ng
The nature of work is changing—and it is changing rapidly. Few days go by without industry giants such as Amazon and AT&T announcing plans to invest billions of dollars towards retraining nearly half of their respective workforces for jobs of the future. What changes... View Details
Keywords: Human Resource Management; Human Capital Development; Human Resource Practices; Talent; Talent Acquisition; Talent Development; Talent Development And Retention; Talent Management; Talent Retention; Labor Flows; Labor Management; Labor Market; Strategy Development; Strategy Management; Strategy Execution; Strategy And Execution; Strategic Change; Transformations; Organization; Organization Alignment; Organization Design; Organizational Adaptation; Organizational Effectiveness; Management Challenges; Management Of Business And Political Risk; Change Leadership; Future Of Work; Future; Skills Gap; Skills Development; Skills; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Investment; Capital Allocation; Work; Work Culture; Work Force Management; Work/life Balance; Work/family Balance; Work-family Boundary Management; Workers; Worker Productivity; Worker Performance; Work Engagement; Work Environment; Work Environments; Productivity; Organization Culture; Soft Skills; Technology Management; Technological Change; Technological Change: Choices And Consequences; Technology Diffusion; Disruptive Technology; Global Business; Global; Workplace; Workplace Context; Workplace Culture; Workplace Wellness; Collaboration; Competencies; Productivity Gains; Digital; Digital Transition; Competitive Dynamics; Competitiveness; Competitive Strategy; Data Analytics; Data; Data Management; Data Strategy; Data Protection; Aging Society; Diversity; Diversity Management; Millennials; Communication Complexity; Communication Technologies; International Business; Work Sharing; Global Competitiveness; Global Corporate Cultures; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Management; Intellectual Property Protection; Intellectual Capital And Property Issues; Globalization Of Supply Chain; Inequality; Recruiting; Hiring; Hiring Of Employees; Training; Job Cuts And Outsourcing; Job Performance; Job Search; Job Design; Job Satisfaction; Jobs; Employee Engagement; Employee Attitude; Employee Benefits; Employee Compensation; Employee Fairness; Employee Relationship Management; Employee Retention; Employee Selection; Employee Motivation; Employee Feedback; Employee Coordination; Employee Performance Management; Employee Socialization; Process Improvement; Application Performance Management; Stigma; Institutional Change; Candidates; Digital Enterprise; Cultural Adaptation; Cultural Change; Cultural Diversity; Cultural Context; Cultural Strategies; Cultural Psychology; Cultural Reform; Performance; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Management; Performance Evaluation; Performance Appraisal; Performance Feedback; Performance Measurement; Performance Metrics; Performance Measures; Performance Efficiency; Efficiency; Performance Analysis; Performance Appraisals; Performance Improvement; Automation; Artificial Intelligence; Technology Companies; Managerial Processes; Skilled Migration; Assessment; Human Resources; Management; Human Capital; Talent and Talent Management; Retention; Demographics; Labor; Strategy; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Working Conditions; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Disruption; Economy; Competition; Globalization; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Transformation
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  • 28 Aug 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Impact of Private Equity Ownership on Portfolio Firms’ Corporate Tax Planning

Keywords: by Brad Badertscher, Sharon P. Katz & Sonja Olhoft Rego; Financial Services
  • Research Summary

Overview

By: Mark L. Egan
When considering how households make investment decisions, Professor Egan became intrigued by the question, “What makes a bank ‘special’ when compared to other lending institutions?” Focusing on empirical industrial organization with applications to finance and... View Details
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Veil-of-Ignorance Reasoning Favors the Greater Good

By: Karen Huang, Joshua D. Greene and Max Bazerman
The “veil of ignorance” is a moral reasoning device designed to promote impartial decision-making by denying decision-makers access to potentially biasing information about who will benefit most or least from the available options. Veil-of-ignorance reasoning was... View Details
Keywords: Policy-making; Procedural Justice; Ethics; Decision Making; Fairness
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    The Contract Year Phenomenon in the Corner Office: An Analysis of Firm Behavior During CEO Contract Renewals

    This paper investigates how executive employment contracts influence corporate financial policies during the final year of the contract term, using a new, hand-collected data set of CEO employment agreements. On the one hand, the impending... View Details
    • 22 Nov 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Humans vs. Machines: Untangling the Tasks AI Can (and Can't) Handle

    explains. The second would engage in “business problem-solving tasks using quantitative data, customer and company interviews, and a persuasive writing component.” The experiments represent typical activities for consultants; some... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology
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    Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

    and paths for social entrepreneurship. Alumni Engagement Connect to a powerful global network of social impact leaders through events, interest groups, and local alumni clubs. For Organizations Build your organization’s social impact by... View Details
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    Program Requirements - Doctoral

    with a grade of B or better. Teaching Requirement Students must teach or assist with teaching in a formally offered course for one full academic term. This engagement should include, at least, 8 hours of front-of-class teaching and 16... View Details
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    HBS Recruiting Homepage

    graduated MBAs 28 Apr 2025 Sign up to participate in events to engage and recruit students for internships and full-time roles. Recruit Now Hire Our Talent Hire Our Talent Gain expert recruiting advice and learn how to connect with... View Details
    • February 2025
    • Article

    Improving Customer Compatibility with Tradeoff Transparency

    By: Ryan W. Buell and MoonSoo Choi
    Through a large-scale field experiment with 393,036 customers considering opening a credit card account with a nationwide retail bank, we investigate how providing transparency into an offering’s tradeoffs affects subsequent rates of customer acquisition and long-run... View Details
    Keywords: Transparency; Customer Selection; Customer Compatibility; Retention; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Communications; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Banking Industry; Australia
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    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    Managers and Market Capitalism

    By: Rebecca Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
    In a capitalist system based on free markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they are engaging in the political process in an attempt to structure the institutions of... View Details
    Keywords: Market Design; Economic Systems; Managerial Roles; Government and Politics
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    • June 2025
    • Case

    TagHive: Edtech Pricing and Distributor Decisions

    By: Isamar Troncoso, Frank V. Cespedes and Stacy Straaberg
    Education technology (edtech) company TagHive, founded in 2017, used a direct sales team and third-party distributors to sell its Class Saathi hardware and software solution to 300 clients, mainly primary and secondary schools in India. The product aimed to improve... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Marketing Channels; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Social Marketing; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Technology Adoption; Education; Teaching; Price; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Satisfaction; Growth and Development; Technological Innovation; Education Industry; Technology Industry; India; South Korea
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    • March 2011
    • Article

    Talking Past Each Other?: Cultural Framing of Skeptical and Convinced Logics in the Climate Change Debate

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman
    This article analyzes the extent to which two institutional logics around climate change—the climate change “convinced” and the climate change “skeptical” logics—are truly competing or talking past each other in a way that can be described as a logic schism. Drawing on... View Details
    Keywords: Climate Change; Values and Beliefs; Cognition and Thinking; News; Conflict and Resolution
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    • December 2009
    • Article

    Media Markets and Localism: Does Local News en Español Boost Hispanic Voter Turnout?

    By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Joel Waldfogel
    Since the dawn of broadcasting, and especially in the past decade, Americans have turned their attention from local to more distant sources of news and entertainment. While the integration of media markets will raise the private welfare of many consumers, critics of a... View Details
    Keywords: Voting; Ethnicity; Behavior; Local Range; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
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    • October 20, 2023
    • Article

    How ENGOs Can Support Corporate Climate Change Efforts

    By: Michael W. Toffel
    Nearly half of CEOs view climate change as affecting their companies now or within the coming decade, but there is also a wide gap between what CEOs say is progress on tackling climate change and what many of their investors believe are effective actions. Companies... View Details
    Keywords: Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    • March 2016
    • Module Note

    Government Policy and Distributive Justice

    By: Matthew Weinzierl
    This note introduces the second of two main modules in the HBS elective curriculum course, The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME). This module is focused on policies, such as taxes, that change the distribution of economic outcomes. Like the... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Government and Politics; Economics
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