Social Distance - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

Customers demand more value and innovation than ever before, but they’re not always willing to pay more for that product or service. In fact, thanks to social media, dissatisfied customers can amplify their opinions about a company’s long... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

necessities of social distancing attenuate or alter the traditional organizational levers. Several CEOs observed: “Keeping spirits high in a sales environment. At the moment our sales force has to work twice... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

21 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

You Don’t Have to Quit Your Job to Find More Meaning in Life

It’s a philosophical debate as old as time: What is the secret to leading a meaningful life? For many, the question gained new urgency after years of social distancing and upheaval during the COVID-19... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

putt and the remaining distance to the pin conditioned on missing. The first is modeled through a logistic regression, the second through a gamma regression. Both models fit the data well and provide interesting insights into the game.... View Details

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Historical Data Visualization - Business History

Historical Data Visualization To facilitate understanding the history of global capitalism in its broad societal context, this tool provides historical data on broad economic, social and political trends both globally and within the... View Details

19 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022

Two intense years of pandemic distancing and disruption gave way to another sort of distress in 2022—a year of soul searching, burnout, and quiet quitting. The 10 most-read articles on Harvard Business School Working Knowledge showed a... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

primarily around rewards and punishments. Tight supervision, a controlling type of leadership style characterized by a great deal of social distance between leaders and led." That's what you want to do,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

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Innovation & Innovative Capacity - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Research Areas Research Areas Antitrust & Competition Policy CEO Leadership Environmental Quality Innovation & Innovative Capacity Philanthropy Social Progress Index Innovation & Innovative ... Innovation & Innovative Capacity... View Details

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

reveal our deep devotion to success, we simultaneously lower standards. And when we're setting high standards, we simultaneously make ourselves chilly; we distance ourselves emotionally from people. A lot of people spend their lives going... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

28 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?

To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Partners - Case Method Project

DC 6 of 23 Brandi Byrd Anacostia High School Washington, DC Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies TLI, US History, AP US History DC 7 of 23 Pam Cogas Coolidge High School Washington, DC Subjects: US History, AP US History DC 8 of 23 Katie... View Details

13 May 2013
Research & Ideas

How to Spot a Liar

to lie," Van Swol says. "Using so much of your brain to lie may make it hard to monitor yourself in other areas." Liars used far more third-person pronouns than truth tellers or omitters. "This is a way of distancing... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Research Summary

Institutions and Corporate Lobbying

“Institutions and Make-or-Buy Decision of Lobbying: The Role of Sociopolitical Legitimacy on Foreign MNEs’ Lobbying Internalization”

In this study, I examine how legitimacy comes into play in foreign MNEs’ make-or-buy decisions... View Details

Keywords: Institutions; Make V. Buy; Lobbying; Legitimacy; Corruption; Culture; Multinational Enterprise; United States

23 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

Loneliness, in the March edition of the journal Frontiers in Digital Health. The loneliness epidemic Even before the pandemic’s social distancing requirements isolated people in their homes, one January 2020... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Aug 2022
Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

own nation. Despite excellent new programs of general education, in the realm of politics and history the distance between what students have to learn in order to graduate, and what they know to be true, grows greater every year. "Over... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

does reopening look like and can we afford it? Throughout the crisis, restaurants and regulatory authorities have discussed game plans for reopening. Prominent features of these plans include reconfiguring floor plans to enable physical View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Ships and Sea Transport (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1931), opp. p. 8, map. Distances Between Ports U.S. Navy, Hydrographic Office, Table of Distances Between Ports (Washington: GPO, 1942), opp.... View Details

14 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Dating at HBS

The business school experience is different for everyone. Some students come to HBS with partners, some bring their families, and some are in long distance relationships—while others are single and interested in exploring the dating scene... View Details

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Elverson Philadelphia, PA Subjects: US History, AP Government, Social Science OR Molly Bruins St Mary's School Medford, OR NY Sue Brumer White Plains High School White Plains, NY NC Mark Brunton Charlotte Latin School Charlotte, NC... View Details

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