Flexibility - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

Yet research suggests that this “work-family narrative” is incomplete: men also experience it and nevertheless advance; moreover, organizations’ effort to mitigate it through flexible work policies has not improved women’s advancement... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part Two]

survivors such as eBay, has to do with a work style that allows you to be enormously productive, professional, able to turn on a dime, and be open to change—because that's what many of those companies had to do. What we learn is View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

explaining why monetary policy was tight during the Great Depression. The paper shows that the evolution of policy was much more gradual and flexible after the Volcker disinflation, when the Fed was not generally deemed to have made an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

05 Jul 2022
Op-Ed

Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams

introvert, I get the idea of the piece, but I wish we could get away from the idea that: People ‘extrovert’ or ‘introvert’ all the time. We do have preferences, but we’re all more flexible than the labels suggest. I’m a strong introvert,... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

24 Jul 2020
News

Reimagining Chicago’s Schools

in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago made up of large, open-classroom spaces called Pods for traditional class periods, with up to 60 students, and broken into subjects based on personal learning data. Three teachers support each Pod, and the setup allows them to be... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

function. One important element will be time-based pricing that stimulates demand when renewables are producing abundant electricity. Additionally, electrification of whole new sectors such as transportation (through electric vehicles) or heating (through heat pumps)... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

The Digital Deck

can be adapted to a range of content and uses. "Some alumni have told us that they're interested in a forum for real-world challenges like US health care and water scarcity, or life-stage issues like estate planning and returning to work," she says. "It's a very... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

11 Sep 2017
Blog Post

7 Lessons from My Time at HBS

diverse environment requires lots of flexibility and patience to understand different points of view and adapt to various ways of thinking, interacting, and communicating. However, I cannot emphasize enough how much being in a diverse... View Details

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

mechanism." The basic concept is straightforward enough: A cap is set on carbon emissions. Companies can then buy and sell a limited number of emission permits, which allows them flexibility in their pollution levels, and at the same... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

Web

Burden Park | About

functions, Burden was a flexible amphitheater-style space that expanded and contracted to meet the needs of each individual gathering. William A.M. Burden III (AB 1953, MBA 1955) Although Mrs. Burden did not live to see the building... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Andrea Silbert

strengths and interests blossomed more in a creative, flexible environment than in a large, corporate structure. She left Wall Street for a job as a case writer at INCAE, the Central American business school based in Costa Rica. In... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 1999
News

Short Takes

while others turned them in the direction of travel. The discovery of such unspoken preferences among consumers led the company to make important changes in the development of its navigational system. The authors conclude by urging managers to create an atmosphere that... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

principal, and other people. It's working on the level of new alliances, and for IBM, a new set of relationships. 4. Be flexible to replicate success Kanter: The next step for P-TECH is replication. You have the support of [New York]... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

12 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

select components from the PLC and tailor them to the needs and behaviors of individuals and teams. The PLC is flexible and immediately accessible, and it enables employees to pick up skills in the context in which they must be used. In... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

problem of an investor with power utility defined over wealth at a finite horizon, who faces a time-varying investment opportunity set, parameterized using a flexible vector autoregression. We apply this framework to study the horizon... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1996
News

New Initiatives in MBA Recruiting

concludes Moss, "we hope to address the students' need for efficiency in gathering information through better access to the wealth of resources at HBS. We'll also be able to offer students more flexibility in their job searches. In... View Details

25 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 25

Authors:Steenburgh, Thomas J., and Das Narayandas Publication:Chap. 9 in Legends in Marketing: Philip Kotler, 114-122. Sage, forthcoming An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book235569 Working PapersFairness,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2014
News

Groundwork

strategic needs.” What does that imperative look like in today’s academic environment? Hive-style classrooms are one example. Introduced in Batten Hall to support the launch of the School’s required FIELD course in 2011, hives offer View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; George F. Baker III; real estate; Tata Hall; Educational Services; Real Estate

01 Oct 2021
News

No Time Like the Present

providing unrestricted HBS Fund support can have. “The deeper I got into the Harvard ecosystem, the more I saw the power of flexible funding,” he says, citing the School’s ability to develop hybrid classrooms in response to COVID-19 as an... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

Case Study: A Good Fit

solution is more robust? How they answered the question: “Being flexible proved to be the most effective path forward for us,” Jurist-Rosner says. Wellthy offers a range of pricing models—all informed by utilization data. The PEPM pricing... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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