Inner Work Life - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

the new workplace. There's a lecture about the firm's history and another about standard operating procedures. There's a packet of information from human resources, emblazoned with the firm's logo, and maybe a coffee mug to match. The underlying message: Welcome. You... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Service; Telecommunications

07 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty

spur agriculture. Or the supermarket going up in the inner city. What can a marketing background say to you when your goal is not to sell Coca-Cola, but to offer a better existence to people on the edge? That's the puzzle facing HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2011
News

Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

that it is available for rent on eBay. Klarman's legendary success as both an investor and a philanthropist belies another aspect of his personality: he enjoys living his life out of the spotlight. At Baupost's Boston headquarters,... View Details

02 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 2

progress and enhance inner work life every day. The book shows how to remove obstacles to progress, including meaningless tasks and toxic relationships. It also explains how to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jun 2008
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?

Jeffrey Immelt, GE's CEO, has received a lot of publicity recently for fostering "imagination breakthroughs" by encouraging managers to think deeply about innovations that will ensure GE's longer-term success. He has vowed that he will protect those View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

13 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores

opportunities and jobs, their life satisfaction has steadily declined, the paper notes. That might be due at least in part to women working during the day, then having to return home to the “second shift” of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

ethical standards, while creating and claiming greater value in future negotiations: whether you will be buying or selling a home, getting a new job, working with international business partners, or anything in between. Matt C. US Navy... View Details

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

Currently a Unilever brand can be found in one out of every two households in the world. This book has related how these brands came to form part of the everyday life of so many people as the world "globalized" from the 1960s.... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

). It also made poaching easy." Arun expressed fears that, "people will begin to judge one another by their compensation instead of the value they bring to the company." Chakraborty went on to suggest that "every organization may like to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

potential projects Examine how capital markets work and how they affect your business Develop a financial intuition that will give you the confidence to make effective decisions in your career and life Who... View Details

19 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 19, 2006

Working PapersSuperstars and Underdogs: An Examination of the Long Tail Phenomenon in Video Authors:Anita Elberse and Felix Oberholzer-Gee Abstract The rise of online channels facilitates the distribution of a wide range of products and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

disciplines and schools working on similar challenges.” In this conversation, Segneri highlights the broadening of the initial i-lab model as an educational collaborative just for students into a three-lab ecosystem that also engages... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

took me to his personal dentist, and we put the fruit flies in the dentist’s chair.” Kidney love: “In medical school, renal medicine seemed to scare other students away. It’s about acid-based imbalances. Electrolyte abnormalities. You have to View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

Competitive advantage. Corporate strategy. The competitive advantage of nations. All over the world these terms quickly bring to mind the groundbreaking work of HBS professor Michael Porter, whose two decades of research on these and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

product." 14 EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x HOME EMERGENCE OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY The Invention of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working... View Details

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A Chronicle of the China Trade. The Papers of Augustine Heard & Co., 1840-1877

Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership Networked Business... View Details

18 Jan 2023
Blog Post

Career Planning and Development: Interview with Career Coach Wendi Zhang (MBA/MPP 2013)

is unique to each individual. Coaches help students and alumni assess what is needed to move forward, work with them to address specific obstacles, and direct them to other helpful resources. Who should opt for career coaching? Everyone... View Details

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

work tirelessly to make sure that HBS women are supported in their professional endeavors. The WSA has become known for their “final review sessions,” where RC (first-year) women take the stage in Klarman Hall and present the content... View Details

29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

Working PapersEconomic Catastrophe Bonds Authors:Joshua D. Coval, Jakub W. Jurek, and Erik Stafford Abstract The central insight of asset pricing is that a security's value depends on both its distribution of payoffs across economic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Dec 2022
Blog Post

TOP 10 MBA VOICES BLOGS OF 2022

study, either in college or a full-time master’s degree program. If you are admitted through 2+2, you work for two to four years in a field of your choice before enrolling in the regular HBS MBA Program. This spring we’re speaking with... View Details

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