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- 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.... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
- May 2007
- Article
Inner Work Life: Understanding the Subtext of Business Performance
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
Anyone in management knows that employees have their good days and their bad days and that, for the most part, the reasons for their ups and downs are unknown. Most managers simply shrug their shoulders at this fact of work life. But does it matter, in terms of... View Details
Amabile, Teresa M., and Steven J. Kramer. "Inner Work Life: Understanding the Subtext of Business Performance." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 5 (May 2007).
- 17 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Brands Work
Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Ford has finally woken up to... View Details
- 28 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
HBS Celebrates Social Enterprise Initiative
educational activities within the HBS community. Our vigorous research program pushed outward the knowledge frontiers and created a rich portfolio of courses and learning opportunities for MBA students and... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- November 2021 (Revised May 2025)
- Teaching Plan
Responsive Working at PepsiCo UK (A), (B), and (C)
By: Amy C. Edmondson
This teaching plan is designed to be used in conjunction with the case “Responsive Working at PepsiCo UK (A) and (B)” HBS product numbers 621076 and 621077 to help faculty deepen students’ comprehension of business issues and energize classroom discussion. View Details
- 2005
- Working Paper
Silent Saboteurs: How Implicit Theories of Voice Inhibit the Upward Flow of Knowledge in Organizations
By: James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson
This article examines, in a series of three studies, how people working in organizational hierarchies wrestle with the challenge of upward voice. We first undertook in-depth exploratory research in a knowledge-intensive multinational corporation in which employee input... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Working Conditions; Knowledge Management; Attitudes; Organizational Culture
Detert, James R., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Silent Saboteurs: How Implicit Theories of Voice Inhibit the Upward Flow of Knowledge in Organizations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-024, December 2005. (Revised October 2006, December 2008.)
- May 2016
- Article
Return Migration and Geography of Innovation in MNEs: A Natural Experiment of Knowledge Production by Local Workers Reporting to Return Migrants
I study whether return migrants facilitate knowledge production by local employees working for them at geographically distant R&D locations. Using unique personnel and patenting data for 1,315 employees at the Indian R&D center of a Fortune 500 technology firm, I... View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "Return Migration and Geography of Innovation in MNEs: A Natural Experiment of Knowledge Production by Local Workers Reporting to Return Migrants." Journal of Economic Geography 16, no. 3 (May 2016): 585–610.
- 29 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely
workers temporal flexibility, ‘work from anywhere’ goes a step further and provides both temporal and geographic flexibility,” says Choudhury, who co-authored the paper, (Live and) Work from Anywhere: Geographic Flexibility and... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 28 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Begins Teaching Consumer Finance
businesses that we study at HBS work in the context of a larger political economy. Consumer finance businesses, in particular, more so than many others, operate under substantial regulatory and legal... View Details
- November–December 2020
- Article
Our Work-from-Anywhere Future
The pandemic has hastened a rise in remote working for knowledge-based organizations. This has notable benefits: Companies can save on real estate costs, hire and utilize talent globally, mitigate immigration issues, and experience productivity gains, while workers can... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Best Practices; Employment; Health Pandemics; Geographic Location; Opportunities; Problems and Challenges
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "Our Work-from-Anywhere Future." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 6 (November–December 2020).
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home
Instagram and look for the “Office Hours” story series. You can also follow HBS Working Knowledge on Twitter (@HBSWK) and Facebook. About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Teaching Interest
Managing the Future of Work (MBA Education—Elective Curriculum)
The nature and scope of work is changing rapidly, creating massive business challenges in the shadow of broader political and social shifts. HBS launched a major initiative in 2017 on Managing the Future of Work to define these workplace issues and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
August 3rd-4th in Buenos Aires with a multi-faceted research conference at the Caesar Park Hotel. The 130 participants at the conference, "Partnering for Knowledge Creation," included prominent university academics and top... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Will the “Long Tail” Work for Hollywood?
than a Blockbuster store, stocking a limited number of popular movies? Intrigued with these questions, HBS assistant professor Anita Elberse and associate professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee analyzed the distribution of revenues in the U.S.... View Details
- 08 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder
she says. A different reaction While knowledge of managerial compensation seemed to coax more effort out of workers, the exact opposite happened when employees learned what peers were making. For every 1 percent higher salary a co-worker... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?
employment, and points to some surprising new developments for working moms. Despite all the upheaval, the changes aren’t all bad. “Children got to see how their moms and dads managed to be good parents and good employees at the same... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- June 2018
- Teaching Note
Difficult Conversations and Dealing with Challenging Situations at Work
By: Boris Groysberg and Amram Migdal
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 416-031, 416-032, 416-033, 416-034, 416-035, and 416-036. View Details
Keywords: Communication; Communication Intention and Meaning; Human Resources; Employee Relationship Management; Management Skills; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Groups and Teams; Social Psychology; Attitudes; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Emotions; Perception; Personal Characteristics; Perspective; Power and Influence; Prejudice and Bias; Reputation; Satisfaction; Trust
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
Keywords: by HBS News
- 24 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA
students for the future." –Jay Light, HBS Beyond the classroom, global preparation also involves travel, study, and work abroad. This is where experiential learning comes into play. At HBS, students... View Details
- 14 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact
professor Herman "Dutch" Leonard), for nonprofit board members, in November. In two working papers that break down what makes social impact easier or more difficult to measure (one coauthored with HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna