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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Economic Association (forthcoming). (Pre-published online May 11, 2023.) With Alfaro, Laura, Nick Bloom, Paola Conconi, Harald Fadinger, Patrick Legros, Andrew F. Newman, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. The World Management Survey... View Details

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OPM Renew

connections through cross-cohort collaboration. Details Broaden your global perspective and entrepreneurial leadership skills Learn how innovative global operators are changing buyer behavior and transforming bold ideas into new products... View Details

07 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much

more? Over five studies conducted primarily in 2020 and 2021, Keenan and colleagues surveyed approximately 900 participants about their product preferences. In one study, participants were told that they would be thanked for their time... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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Profiles - MBA

necessary to solve tangible problems. In fact, the fund itself was also in its early stage, showing me first-hand how to build a mission-oriented endeavor from the ground up. Professional goals: I want to create products and communities... View Details

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

motivated, to find meaning at work during this crisis. Research by Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria and colleagues suggests that people are guided by four basic emotional needs, or drives, that are the product of our common... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

the venture. Applications are reviewed by the Selection Committee on an annual basis. The application opens on March 17, 2025 and the deadline to apply is April 9, 2025, at noon (ET) . Funds awarded can be used only to reduce existing... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

pediatricians. As DaSilva looked forward, she considered whether to integrate AI more deeply at Summer Health, even at the expense of her current product roadmap and company priorities. Keywords: AI and Machine Learning ; Technology... View Details

07 Jul 2019
HBS Case

Walmart's Workforce of the Future

approach to the customer experience, with an emphasis on employee training and improved ecommerce and automation technology, both on the floor and in back office roles. One foundational move to beef up its technology was Walmart’s $3.3 billion acquisition of View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

consolidation. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55801 March–April 2019 Harvard Business Review The Dual-Purpose Playbook By: Battilana, Julie, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul, and Marissa Kimsey... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

18 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

innovation, and peer production—relate to theories of the firm, with particular attention on “sociality” in firms and markets. We first briefly review extant theories of the firm and then discuss three theoretical aspects of sociality... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Oct 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?

Here’s my perspective on the tradeoffs. Putting aside for a moment industry preferences and how you feel about the products the company is building (both of which are very important!), most of the differences between a startup and mature... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

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Research - Global

reduced shares outstanding, and... February 13, 2025 Article Harvard Business Review Digital Articles Research: The Costs of Circumventing Tariffs By: Jaya Y. Wen , Ebehi Iyoha , Edmund Malesky and Sung-Ju Wu When tariffs are levied... View Details

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Access to newspapers and other popular publications

Business Review Bloomberg.com We do have digital editions of many popular newspapers, but not the way you'd usually expect. Most newspapers do not make their digital editions available to institutions like Harvard. We know that the... View Details

25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

Publisher's Link: http://www.springer.com/medicine/nephrology/book/978-1-4419-1689-1 How to Do Well and Do Good Author:Rosabeth M. Kanter Publication:MIT Sloan Management Review 51, no. 2 (September 2010) An abstract is not available at... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2015
Case

Pricing in a Digital World (2015)

By: John Gourville

Dynamic pricing, especially as practiced by Uber and Lift, seems to be all the rage. In this case, we look at five interesting applications of dynamic price and price customization, each made possible by advances in digital technology. These range from the online... View Details

Keywords: Pricing; Marketing; Dynamic Pricing; Price Customization; Information Technology; Price; Entrepreneurship; Customization and Personalization; Product Marketing

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The Forgotten Real Estate Boom - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

Weiss, “Real Estate History: An Overview and Research Agenda,” Business History Review 63 (1989): 241–282. Leo Grebler, David M. Blank, and Louis Winnick, Capital Formation in Residential Real Estate: Trends and Prospects (Princeton: NBER... View Details

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Nov 2017
What Do You Think?

What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?

Fargo was asking its sales force to sell 8 products (‘Going for gr-eight’) to customers that needed fewer products.” This was coupled, as Thomas Dean put it, “with high, high pressure on line employees to perform or be fired.” Hamad... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Banking

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Impact Investing | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

to its investments in building coffee f... PayJoy: Finance for the Next Billion By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott January 2025 | Faculty Research PayJoy, an impact-driven financial technology company founded in 2015, provides smartphone financing and other... View Details

28 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Master the Team Meeting

meeting. Information sharing could be a product demo or draft of a presentation someone is seeking feedback on before it goes out. Always send the agenda for the meeting 24 hours in advance. This sets expectations and ensures no surprises... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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