Knowledge Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

What Makes a Good Leader?

up as a manager. HBS professor David Thomas points out that "increasingly, the people who are the most effective are those who essentially are both managers and leaders." Communication Is Key "Communication is the real work... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg & Susan Young

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

involved or started a number of entrepreneurial ventures. While working three days a week at AOL, he bootstrapped Compare.com , which enabled customers to compare prices on everything from PCs to mortgages. Later, He View Details

07 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay

years beyond when this regulation was passed, and the world has changed,” Cohen says. “We can actually pay people for what they do, instead of who they are.” You Might Also Like: IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional' The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

for the MBA classroom. While I originally enrolled in CORe to determine if I wanted to pursue an MBA, I ended up using the knowledge I gained from CORe to interview for and land my current job. Kali Pfaff Operations Strategist at... View Details

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

Founders: An Entrepreneur’s Dilemma Fencing Off Silicon Valley: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology Spillovers Financial Distancing: How Venture Capital Follows the Economy Down and Curtails Innovation Feedback or ideas to share? Email the View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

30 May 2024
News

How to Have Effective Conversations

ultimately a class about communication. And it was really made clear that the job of a CEO is mostly to communicate. The CEO can't make all the decisions themselves; they can't do all the work themselves, but what they can do is they can... View Details

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. She's also a startup adviser and angel investor. This article originally appeared on her blog, Being FA and Other Ponderings. You Might Also Like: Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance? How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 1

knowledge work and reveals the challenges inherent in manipulating network structure to enhance performance, as the communication structure that helps one antecedent of successful problem solving may harm... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?

choices, resulting in more efficient organizations. “It’s about how we think about talent and resource allocation,” Paik says. You Might Also Like: When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions Delivering a Personalized Shopping... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

14 Mar 2023
In Practice

What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

Credit Ratings? Buy Now, Pay Later: How Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

Sourcing at Nike This case explores the evolution of Nike's global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve working conditions at its suppliers' factories. Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea? The setting for this case... View Details

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The Caring Company

Photos, Citi Pay Gap, Caregiving Crisis: Broadsheet January 17 Kristen Bellstrom & Emma Hinchliffe 17 Jan 2019 | Fortune Why Business Should Support Employees Who are Caregivers Danielle Kost 17 Jan 2019 | HBS Working View Details

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Speeding Up the Trade: Clippers and Steamships - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy &... View Details

23 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

Experiment of On-the-job Learning of Knowledge Production by Local Workers Reporting to Return Migrants By: Choudhury, Prithwiraj Abstract—I study whether return migrants facilitate knowledge production by... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

Might Also Like: The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them Feedback or ideas... View Details

Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health

21 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity

using them can’t use the technology correctly. “AI tools might be good at predictions, but, if they are not used properly, there is no value in investing in such tools,” Choudhury says. Choudhury aims to fill that gap with a new working... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Information

25 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Collaborating Across Cultures

Working on a $30 million historical epic about the Tang Dynasty to be set in China, Hollywood screenwriter David Franzoni struggled to make the story appeal to Western audiences. Then Franzoni hit upon an idea: tell the tale through the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading

people. That’s a big transition that many people can’t make.” Source: Harvard Business School Working Knowledge It’s a problem that can permeate any layer of a business—a star performer is tapped to become a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

Working PapersOn Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions Authors:Matthew Cary, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna R. Karlin, Claire Mathieu, and Michael Schwarz Abstract How should players bid in keyword... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55860 in press Journal of Consumer Psychology The Feeling of Not Knowing It All By: Yang, Haiyang, Ziv Carmon, Dan Ariely, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—How do consumers assess their mastery of View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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