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- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
transactions are made far in advance are markets in which it is acceptable for firms to make exploding offers, and unacceptable for workers to renege on commitments they make, however early. But this evidence is only suggestive, because... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
internal data with government to gain understanding into their employees—providing insight, for example, into health behavior of workers in different neighborhoods. “There is so much data now, it’s exhilarating—and frightening,” says... View Details
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
appliances to turn on when rates were at their lowest. Plus smart meters, monitors, and sensors capable of two-way communication would allow for a more efficient reaction time if an outage was detected, rather than relying on field View Details
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
he cites France's National Federation of Farm Worker Unions (FNSEA); in 2006 FNSEA chief Patrick Ferrère said, "When the French Minister for Agriculture, whatever his political affiliation, wants to launch a reform or a new policy, he... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
if not the competence, of the workers in that facility. Are such efforts appropriate, even in situations in which disclosure can exacerbate the very problem for which a solution is sought? When should the takeover happen: (1) immediately,... View Details
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
brings with it approaches such as customer resource management and supply chain management and lets companies re-create interactions between groups of workers or with business partners. Different types of technology bring about different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
self-conscious focus on increasing safety and effectiveness—which compelled workers to adopt a set of work practices that supported deep and ongoing learning—had the secondary consequence of disrupting and revising the hyper-masculine... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
Christopher Stanton Abstract—Wage rigidity creates real and financial frictions, though the real-world drivers of rigidities remain largely unstudied. We use staggered commission reductions at a sales firm to estimate effects on worker... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Inner Life of Leaders
energizes and draws on imaginative thinking. Managers tend instinctively to delegate; leaders like to get involved in working toward solutions to substantive problems. The picture in business today (along with government) is bleak. The mantra today is to lay off View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
dairy worker on a rail stop in western Kansas, Eisenhower felt passionate about military history and football from a young age. He was determined to escape his father’s line of work in the local creamery and applied for officer training,... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions
realizing they need workers to be physically present, in person, at least several days a week and that they need to coordinate the timing of this so they have shared time to work with each other. Andy Wu: Broadly, we’ve seen a lot of... View Details
- 17 Oct 2016
- HBS Case
Business Solutions That Help Cut Food Waste
different ways. Nature isn’t perfect.” Another issue that contributes to food waste are “consume by” date labels on products. Alvarez says they were created in the 1970s, to find an easy way for workers in stores to rotate products,... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 8
2013 European Business Review Changes in Work, Changes in Self? Managing Our Work and Non-Work Identities in an Integrated World By: Ramarajan, Lakshmi, and Erin M. Reid Abstract—Diverse workplaces are challenging the boundaries between workers' personal and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
data-id=_/CWwxVO0Me28Q0etkq2Sr][/div] The most vulnerable businesses won’t last that long. They’ll need interest-free loans and other cash buffers to pay their workers and keep their storefronts while they wait out citywide lockdowns and... View Details
- 14 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ethics Bots and Other Ways to Move Your Code of Business Conduct Beyond Puffery
may not be illegal, but can cause enormous amounts of reputational damage.” A good code can also help workers do their jobs better. Most employees want to follow the rules and do the right thing, but may not understand how to comply with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
to their employers. Internment not only robbed companies of these key employees, it also made it more difficult for companies to recruit and retain workers for their European businesses. “Only [a] few of the old India experts have found... View Details
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 06 Jun 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?
European countries where vacations are mandated, most employees take their prescribed amounts of time off. In America, where vacation time is not mandated, roughly half of workers last year had vacation time left over and failed to take... View Details
- 08 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care
is transformative in lots of unexpected ways. In some areas of sub-Saharan Africa, for example, PEHR technology in the hands of health-care workers has already helped reduce the transmission of mother-to-child HIV. For many pharmaceutical... View Details
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Racial Diversity Pays Off
Two books helped to spark the trend. The first, Workforce 2000: Work and Workers for the Twenty-First Century, by William B. Johnstone and Arnold E. Packer, boldly predicted that by the year 2000 only 15 percent of the workforce would be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace