Filter Results:
(105)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(105)
- News (46)
- Research (56)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (26)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(105)
- News (46)
- Research (56)
- Multimedia (2)
- Faculty Publications (26)
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
asked, “Is this a good time to begin thinking about prudential limits so that the brick-and-mortar stores will continue to be around when the next lockdown happens?” Perhaps the most basic question was one raised by NickC when he said,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Launch Codes
entrepreneurship has taught me to lean into surprises. Between border shutdowns, lockdowns right before launch, and other unexpected turns, I’ve learned to adapt, iterate, and persevere amid uncertainty. Though solving health care... View Details
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
data-id=_/CWwxVO0Me28Q0etkq2Sr][/div] The most vulnerable businesses won’t last that long. They’ll need interest-free loans and other cash buffers to pay their workers and keep their storefronts while they wait out citywide lockdowns and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
big part of it is actually a tangible barrier rather than a behavioral one. If you're in a lockdown or if you’re nervous about going out and being around other people, you’re less likely to go out and shop, to consume, and this directly... View Details
- 20 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
compare work habits before and after the COVID-19 pandemic began. Starting in March 2020, when meal-delivery services became a fixture of lockdown life, drivers worked an extra 2.4 hours per shift, and earned an additional $39.50 per... View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- Book
Why COVID-19 Raises the Stakes for Healthy Buildings
Will you ever again step onto a crowded elevator without hesitation? Reach for a doorknob without concern (or gloves)? Easing social distancing restrictions might reopen businesses, but as long as memories of COVID-19 lockdowns are still... View Details
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
compare work habits before and after the COVID-19 pandemic began. Starting in March 2020, when meal-delivery services became a fixture of lockdown life, drivers worked an extra 2.4 hours per shift, and earned an additional $39.50 per... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products
- 29 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, 59 percent of women respondents considered COVID-19 a very serious health problem, compared to 49 percent of men. When the research team surveyed people again a month later, in mid-April, the numbers... View Details
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
the gig economy. Things would soon change with the onset of the COVID-19 crisis in early March. Shrey posing in front of the HBS sign on campus “It was a surreal experience to be sitting in one of the final in-person classes of the semester and receiving notifications... View Details
- Web
2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
champion. His critically-acclaimed multimedia production LYRICS FROM LOCKDOWN (directed by Gina Belafonte) is a one-man show weaving together hip hop theater, spoken word poetry, blues, comedy, calypso and classical music to tell his... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
Business Administration, Emeritus. He's the author of Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations about Your Company’s Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy. Arthur C. Brooks: Weigh the risks of loneliness I’m an optimist, so one of the first things I thought as... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
likelihood of success was 15 percent at best. But by December 2020, the first NHS patient received a vaccine. Now, nearly every adult in Britain has had the jab, lockdowns have ended, and we can finally live with COVID. What lies behind... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
it’s clear who does what and why. And after that, stay in your lane. Due to COVID-19 lockdowns there were no domestic flights, and you had to have special permits to travel by road. We had to think through the logistics of how to operate... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Howard (MBA 1971) Boiling Point Editions This story depicts a youth’s journey set in the turbulent Middle East and spiked with tragedy, wrong turns, unforced errors, luck, espionage, and family love. Life can either grind you down or polish you—it depends on what... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
were conducted during the lockdown last year in Tamil Nadu and real-time implementation of the drones delivering COVID-19 vaccines looks promising.” JANUARY 11 Ten years ago, Jeff Feingold (MBA 1997) founded Hope and Comfort, a nonprofit... View Details
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
revival, Sri Lanka’s capital has big plans for its future. Enter one visionary—part dreamer, part pragmatist—with the soft power skills to make them a reality Complete Table of Contents June 2017 Supercharged Is the electric car finally on the road to mass-market... View Details