Knowledge Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors

work on knowledge diffusion demonstrates that knowledge flows along these collaborative relationships, even years after they were formed," says Fleming. At the same time,... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Publishing

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

the empirical facts we observe. Our results illustrate how financial innovation can mitigate investor behavioral biases. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53859 Intellectual Baggage of Ethnic Migrant... View Details

19 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles

out he was right. Q: How did your research advance previous knowledge on bubble formation, "herd" mentality, and other work in this area? A: While there are scores of anecdotal accounts of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

e-mail interview, HBS Working Knowledge talked with team member Raj De Datta to hear more about the plan and next steps for Gyaana.Tishler: What inspired you to develop Gyaana? De Datta: The genesis of... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

13 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw

Vulnerabilities don’t work on a calendar. Cybercriminals show up when they show up.” You Might Also Like: How Transparency Sped Innovation in a $13 Billion Wireless Sector The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Technology; Information Technology; Computer; Web Services

18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

and monitor" the work of others and then reel in that technology and knowledge for its own use. The result is Intel-sponsored research at leading universities, relationship building with faculty... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

12 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers

leaking outside the factory,” says Toffel. This all indicates that improving working conditions through social monitoring is a learning process that depends on both the quality and the quantity of the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Aug 2021
What Do You Think?

Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?

(Image credit: iStockphoto/SDI Productions) Despite reams of material written about remote work in recent months, we know very little about the impact of remote management on performance. Perhaps it’s too soon. Until we can assess... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

focuses on improving health care access, investing nearly 500,000 skill-based volunteer hours since 2004. It works with non-profit community health centers that provide primary care to underserved communities to build health worker skills... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8

leadership. This week, Kanter sat down with HBS Working Knowledge to discuss how these same reasons might hinder corporate adoption of Windows 8. 1. Loss of Control—Unsolicited change naturally meddles with... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Computer; Consumer Products

04 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

readers of HBS Working Knowledge who would be willing to share their experiences around any of the strategies I've just mentioned or on building successful careers in general. Their insights would further... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Take Responsibility for Rising Stars

Many executives believe that leadership development is a job for the HR department. This may be the single biggest misconception they can have. As corporations have broken down work into manageable activities and then consolidated... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey M. Cohn, Rakesh Khurana & Laura Reeves

13 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

Business School. “They need to cut expenses to the bone to ride out this crisis.” Stanton worked with HBS colleagues Michael Luca and Zoe Cullen; Harvard University economics professor Ed Glaeser; and Alex Bartik of the University of... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean Silverthorne conducted an email interview with Paul R. Lawrence and Nitin Nohria about their new book, Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices.Silverthorne: How did the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

31 May 2023
Research & Ideas

With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines

Be Regulated—if at All? Is AI Coming for Your Job? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/kate_sept2004 View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Cheap, Fast, and In Control: How Tech Aids Innovation

of well-designed business experiments can address new and unknown markets. In contrast, running experiments where early product prototypes are shown to customers can address need uncertainty. Q: How should organizations respond when experiments fail? A: We need to... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

23 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Market Research Meets the “People Factor”

Market Knowledge brings together groundbreaking work by a variety of top-notch scholars on vital issues facing the transfer and implementation of market knowledge now and in... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

interests of the United States,” and “opposes undue burden on members of our community.” As of this writing, the signatories include some 50 Nobel Laureates and more than 14,800 faculty members at US colleges and universities. Harvard Business School View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Nov 2024
Book

Building the Road to 'Small Business Utopia' with AI and Fintech

Matter in Remote Work How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working View Details

Keywords: by Karen G. Mills; Financial Services

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

of Booth Business School at the University of Chicago, and Amit Seru of Stanford Graduate School of Business. Their initial working paper on the results made business headlines in 2016. The best, the worst The researchers found that when... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

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