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24 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

firms that had employees switch to remote work believe that it will remain more common at their company even after the COVID-19 crisis ends. “These estimates suggest that at least 16 percent of American... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

28 Nov 2005
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Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

problems valuing the business, which seemed at times to resemble more of a holding company or conglomerate than anything else, nor that most consumers barely knew that Unilever... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

27 May 2009
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First Look: May 27, 2009

Abstract This paper constructs an index of financial sophistication that, in comprehensive data on Swedish households, best explains a set of three investment mistakes: underdiversification, risky share... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

or you are a founder of a new venture. A full-time job is defined as working 35 hours or more per week with a projected tenure of 12 months or longer. A note for joiners: the Review Committee's preference is... View Details

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

perfect substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international panel with many changes in payout... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Mar 2021
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Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself

John, the charismatic chief marketing officer of Netflix (once described by Buzzfeed as the “coolest” person to ever go onstage at an Apple event). Research shows being true to who you are leads to greater... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

22 Apr 2002
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Does Spirituality Drive Success?

Company based in Boston, Glassman (HBS MBA '69) said issues such as homelessness, women's rights and outreach to the gay and lesbian community have shaped his own life and the life of his business. Seven... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

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Judges - Alumni

Service2School, and various other education related causes. Industry Technology Verticals AdTech, E-Commerce, Telecoms, Media & Technology (TMT), Mobile Commerce, Digital Health, Marketing Tech Area(s) of... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

get its case history, diagnose its problems, and only then solve them. Invented by the scholars who launched Harvard Business School, this medical model will still cure companies today. During the last 30 years, business schools embraced... View Details

Keywords: podcasts

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On Campus Logistics - Recruiting

visit. Email our office with your name at least one day before your arrival. Ride-Shares/Taxis : Input the destination as Spangler Center, Batten Way, Boston, MA. Once You Arrive Parking: If you arranged to park, you may inform the... View Details

10 Oct 2011
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Retailing Revolution: Category Killers on the Brink

category levels, which over time would destroy the economics of the entire store. Amazon.com and other e-commerce players did a tremendous job focusing on goods and categories that shoppers were now willing... View Details

Keywords: by Rajiv Lal & Jose B. Alvarez; Retail

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Negotiating - Alumni

process, you might say "I'd like to get a better sense of my fit with the position and company before discussing finances." When it's time to talk, the offer should come from the hiring manager or your HR... View Details

19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006

series models within the context of a single-stage stochastic inventory system with periodic review, constant leadtimes, infinite supply, full backlogging, linear holding and penalty costs and no ordering... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Cumnock Hall | About

Cumnock Hall Cumnock Hall was made possible through the support of Grace Cumnock Ditman and is named in honor of Alexander Goodlet Cumnock and Arthur J. Cumnock, (Harvard College 1891). Cumnock Hall was... View Details

22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015

finance patents in the years after the landmark litigation between State Street Bank and Signature Financial Group. We show that relative to two sets of comparison groups, finance patents in aggregate cite fewer non-patent publications... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Jun 2020
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Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving

work, typically through online delivery companies such as Uber Eats, Postmates, Grubhub, and DoorDash. (Delivery services are not new, of course. In 2018, American consumers used third-party delivery... View Details

Keywords: by Lena Ye and Geoffrey Jones; Food & Beverage

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

society that somehow valued this specific ability I had.” [music] At the Seoul offices of MBK Partners, Kim contemplates shelves of Lucite trophies commemorating some View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

01 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making

What determines whether decisions happen on the bottom, middle, or top rung of the corporate ladder? New research offers a surprising conclusion: The answer often lies in the technology that a company uses.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The ‘Luxury Prime’: How Luxury Changes People

bequeath themselves expensive office facilities and luxurious corporate jets make different business decisions than those who do not? In this age of Wall Street excesses, these are pertinent questions that... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

University of Zurich. Workers with long commutes dislike their jobs more Previous research shows the longer people commute, the lower their job satisfaction and the more likely they are to quit. In one 2006 survey, people said that the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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