Knowledge Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Oct 2015
Blog Post

HBS and the Arts

company. I applied my newfound knowledge on process flow to help senior staff redraft their procedures for receiving incoming property, among several other key operations. I worked to understand the... View Details

24 Apr 2023
HBS Case

What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks

business—economies of scale and repeatable models, for example—might not apply. You Might Also Like: Latest Isn’t Always Greatest: Why Product Updates Capture Consumers Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

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Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade

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

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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

the universe. This book continues to inspire me in ways I can't even put into words. Shunyuan Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Marketing Unit at HBS. This article originally appeared on Harvard Business School Working Knowledge.... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

came about over 25 years, the result of another civic- and business-led effort. And it’s wonderful, many agree. But there are still a good number of Chattanooga residents who’ve been left out of the picture. As in so many American cities, public education is View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

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Course Materials For: 'Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership - An Ontological Model'

By: Werner H. Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This course is designed to leave students being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression - rather than attempting to learn the characteristics, styles, and skills of noteworthy leaders, and then trying to remember and apply them... View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Leadership Development; Research; Science; Attitudes

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14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

Offices may look just as they did in March 2020, but many companies attempting to welcome workers back are finding that the rules of engagement have changed. For many employees, the sweet freedom of remote work has turned into bitterness... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

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

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/JohnnyGreig View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

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Leadership - Health Care

that support faculty research and teaching, educational programs within the MBA and Executive Education curriculum and career support programs, and alumni outreach and engagement. She has spent her career working in the non-profit,... View Details

01 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1

the world. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49090 Private Equity and Financial Fragility During the Crisis By: Bernstein, Shai, Josh Lerner, and Filippo Mezzanotti Abstract—Do private equity firms... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

it’s just a virtuous cycle. We’ve never seen an organization that didn’t attract more and more diversity when people there behaved inclusively. Gino: I agree, and there is research that backs you up. This article originally appeared in the HBS Alumni Bulletin.... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Entrepreneurs Prepare for leadership roles after working as an individual contributor or functional specialist. "I found the content of the course to be extremely informative and applicable to the real challenges of being a leader. I... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

stay-at-home mompreneurs, the work got done in whatever bits of time she could steal from the day. When her daughter, Della, enrolled in a dance class in Harlem that year, Dixon would drive her Jetta wagon with “WOKE” plates and SiriusXM... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

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Logging In - Research Computing Services

VNC running Stata on the cluster looks like running Stata on your desktop, for example. An additional application to run X11 (a long-established Unix graphics windows system) such as Xming or XQuartz is not needed. With NoMachine, Unix/Linux View Details

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The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

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

15 Aug 2022
Book

University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed

Between School and Career College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Unsplash/Good Free... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

is especially important when looking at higher-skilled workers, says Kerr, whose new book, The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society, will be released by Stanford Business Books in October. “Today’s View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results

interact with different people and maintaining a strong knowledge of who you are.” Last year, in conjunction with the School's Nonprofit and Public Management Summer Fellowship Program, Dasgupta worked with... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; development; leadership; social issues; management; technology; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Negotiating - Alumni

an offer that is fair, realistic and the basis for a good working relationship between you and your employer. While you should be prepared to discuss compensation at any time, your position will improve if you are able to delay the... View Details

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