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- 28 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
What's a Boss Worth?
We all have our boss horror stories. The underminer. The bad communicator. The credit hog. The snake. Then again, if we’re lucky, we’ve all had those amazing bosses as well—the supervisor who encourages all employees to take their work up... View Details
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Value Creation Through Effective Boards
global governance challenges affect the business Improve governance processes relating to strategy, risk management, integrity, and oversight Prepare your board to react to crises and deal with exposure to risks Expand your personal and professional network Extend your... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 28 Sep 2016
- Webinars: Career
5 Happiness Hacks That Drive Productivity, Sales, and Creativity
According to Harvard Business Review, happy people are 37% more productive, have 31% higher sales, and are three times more creative than their peers. In this webinar, Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007) provides models to create lasting happiness including building diverse... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
the optimal rule. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50545 Who Should Select New Employees, the Head Office or the Unit Manager? Consequences of Centralizing Hiring at a Retail Chain By: Deller,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Policy The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines and best practices for students, alumni, and/or other community members participating in Instagram Takeovers of HBS-related Instagram accounts. Institutional Voice Highlights from the Harvard University... View Details
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The New CEO Workshop - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
if you expect the job to be as simple as that, you're in for an awakening. Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch, and Nitin Nohria Harvard Business Review , OCTOBER 2004 Read More of the Article The New CEO Workshop at Harvard Business School brings together a small View Details
- 12 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 12, 2006
Working PapersNone available this week Cases & Course MaterialsAnalyzing Work Groups Harvard Business School Note 407-032 Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches
some estimates, with players such as Bumble, Tinder, and OKCupid vying to help people find love. While McFowland is not a dating expert, his work in machine learning and social sciences examines the efficacy of how people interact in... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 30 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networks in China and America
contribution to the team. However, when cognition-based trust is high, people start to believe that they can rely on their teammates to get work done, and actually stop working as hard. By differentiating... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Social Network Marketing: What Works?
it's important to understand both who influences purchase decisions in online communities and which groups of users can be influenced. “Viral campaigns truly leverage the network aspect of these social networking sites.” "By understanding... View Details
- 18 May 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Organization Design for Distributed Innovation
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
Working PapersFinding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya Authors:Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine, and Dean Karlan Abstract In much of the developing world,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
leaping. And leaping. Video Embed Tony Deifell on the HBS Portrait Project. Jon Swan (MBA/MPP 2009) Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group I am going to rediscover the buffalo. As a young kid, an elder on my reservation... View Details
- April 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Buro Happold
By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman
Padraic Kelly became Managing Director (MD) of the engineering services firm Buro Happold in 1996. One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size where it was constrained by a structure of having each... View Details
Keywords: Training; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Organizational Culture; Programs
Eccles, Robert G., and Kerry Herman. "Buro Happold." Harvard Business School Case 409-021, April 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
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Finance - Faculty & Research
Valuation ; Stocks ; Asset Pricing ; Investment ; Behavioral Finance Citation Related McCarthy, Odhrain, and Sebastian Hillenbrand. "Heterogeneous Beliefs and Stock Market Fluctuations." Working Paper, June 2025. (WFA Brattle View Details
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
employees and supporters in academia, industry, and civil society groups signed a petition calling Gebru’s “termination” an “act of retaliation” that “heralds danger for people working for ethical and just... View Details
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Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship
large... More Research 2025 Working Paper How Does Wage Inequality Affect the Labor Movement By: Barbara Biasi, Zoë B. Cullen , Julia H. Gilman and Nina Roussille This paper provides causal evidence on how wage inequality among workers... View Details
- April 2012
- Article
Coming Through When It Matters Most
By: Heidi K. Gardner
All teams would like to think they do their best work when the stakes are highest-when the company's future or their own rests on the outcome of their projects. But too often something else happens. In extensive studies of teams at professional service firms, I have... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Projects; Performance Expectations; Failure; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Experience and Expertise; Knowledge Sharing
Gardner, Heidi K. "Coming Through When It Matters Most." Harvard Business Review 90, no. 4 (April 2012).
- 29 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 29, 2008
Working PapersProduct Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges Are the Benefits Authors:Amy C. Edmondson and Ingrid M. Nembhard Abstract The value of teams in new product development (NPD) is undeniable. Both the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2009 (Revised August 2021)
- Supplement
Jieliang Phone Home! (B)
By: Willy Shih, Ethan Bernstein and Nina Bilimoria
At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators—bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao—are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and have... View Details
Keywords: Managing People; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Production; Innovation and Invention; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Management Practices and Processes; Compensation and Benefits; Labor; Surveys; Decisions; Manufacturing Industry; China
Shih, Willy, Ethan Bernstein, and Nina Bilimoria. "Jieliang Phone Home! (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-081, February 2009. (Revised August 2021.)