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- 08 May 2022
- Blog Post
The Territory of Motherhood: A Reflection in Honor of Mother’s Day
have spent twenty days in the NICU watching our babies become strong enough to come home. All of our first interactions have been tangled with cords and closely watched by wonderful nurses as we grew the confidence to care for our tiny... View Details
- 10 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative
emotional level with this initiative. As one Pfizer manager put it, "One of the reasons people enjoy working at Pfizer is that we conduct medical research that helps with the illnesses that mankind suffers." Indeed, this type of initiative fit with Pfizer's... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees
workers during the pandemic. “You have to trust that they are intelligent enough and well-intentioned enough to get work done no matter what it takes,” she says. This means managers should be careful not to treat workers like children by... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
Southern California (USC) changed Velasquez’s trajectory, making it possible for him to become the first person in his family to attend college. But that was just the initial step toward Velasquez’s ultimate goal: to become a doctor and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
on all levels, personally and professionally. Our theme, Emerge Stronger, really spoke to people. The speakers we attracted were just mind-blowing! I think we hit on something unique here by looking back on the year with positivity and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
essentially enumerating the qualities that we should look for in a leader without suggesting how we identify and select for them. Some of the more interesting ones included Kapil Kumar Sopory's suggestion that we look for "... the View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
gifts to be savored. Other days, when she has read the same newspaper article aloud five times in an hour, it is heartbreaking. Trying to make reason out of the insanity of the disease is difficult. My advice is take good care of your... View Details
- Web
Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA - Course Catalog
Equipping Yourself for What You Cannot Control How do I take care of myself, and especially take care of my mental health? How do I build my capacity for resilience? How do I develop relationships that will... View Details
- Profile
Shabrina Jiva
first Asian branch in Singapore. "It was a fantastic four years," Shabrina says, of her work with her mentor. "Christophe truly cares about people, and he gave me so many opportunities to challenge myself." Within just... View Details
- Profile
Fatou Bintou Sagnang
and how the world hangs together, then bringing it down to the corporate and personal levels." She references a case study about a young HBS graduate who assumes an executive position, bringing analytical skills more mature than his... View Details
- 04 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee
have included divergent takes on such topics as: Ep 16: Is the Job of the Presidency Too Big for One Person to Lead effectively? Moon: “A corporation is designed to enable the company to be led, whereas when you look at the presidency,... View Details
- 27 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work
June 2012 working paper, Key Drivers of Successful Implementation of an Employee Suggestion-Driven Improvement Program. Tucker is an associate professor in the Technology and Operations Management unit, and the Marvin Bower Fellow at HBS. Singer is an assistant... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- November 2014 (Revised March 2016)
- Background Note
Mental Health and the American Workplace
By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Mental illness has been described as an epidemic affecting nearly a quarter of all Americans in their lifetimes, often during their most productive working years. Managers who can design organizations that maximize mental health can minimize these risks and boost... View Details
Keywords: Public Health; Productivity; Competitiveness; Stress Management; Depression; Absenteeism; Presenteeism; Work Culture; Business or Company Management; Work-Life Balance; Performance Productivity; Organizational Culture; Medical Specialties; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
Quelch, John A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Mental Health and the American Workplace." Harvard Business School Background Note 515-062, November 2014. (Revised March 2016.)
- August 2010 (Revised September 2011)
- Background Note
Retiree Pension and Health Benefits
By: David F. Hawkins
Note on accounting for retiree pension and health benefits under IFRS and U.S. GAAP. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Standards; Retirement; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Retiree Pension and Health Benefits." Harvard Business School Background Note 111-033, August 2010. (Revised September 2011.)
- 06 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower
creating the final versions. Some companies even base their business model on co-production; Build-a-Bear stores allow consumers to create personalized teddy bears. "With the growth of customizable technology, there is an appreciation of... View Details
- 20 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind
beginning when its drivers are matched with a paid fare and throughout the duration of that fare. So drivers often don’t buy their own commercial insurance, opting instead to stick with personal insurance. However, in most cities, Uber... View Details
- Profile
Abby Falik
lessons through the lens of what I cared about most. The cases tested my assumptions and developed skills that would give me the confidence to hit the ground running.” In fact, Abby didn’t wait until graduation to begin. While at HBS, she... View Details
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
The Road to Impact
the need to enter personal information up front, using a chat interface, and adding details about the wide range of services available—that led to a big uptick in the number of women vets engaging with U.S. VETS. An example of an EDC... View Details
- 27 Aug 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery
executives at dozens of organizations—Google and Yahoo!, health care organizations, even a knitting business in a fishing village. They've talked with public officials in Japan and the staff of the US Embassy, and undertaken service... View Details
- Profile
Creighton Taylor
Out of what Creighton Taylor describes as a “turbulent childhood,” he emerged as a self-taught jazz pianist and as a person with dual interests in creativity and practical analysis. “When I was young,” Creighton says, “I learned to adapt... View Details