Inner Work Life - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

and ultimately an excellent journey to learning effective leadership skills in The Adventures of an IT Leader (Harvard Business Press). According to the novel's creators, a fictional approach allowed them to blend real-life incidents they had encountered as managers,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

experience suggests it may take several years. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-020.pdf Working PapersWellsprings of Creation: How Perturbation Sustains Exploration in Mature Organizations Authors:David James... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2018
Blog Post

Reapplying to HBS

dinged. Life went on and, following graduation, I started working for Worthington Industries—a manufacturing company based in Columbus, Ohio. After a few years at Worthington, and a recent promotion to a... View Details

10 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Combining an Interest in Music and Business

far are amazing (and incredibly fun), the team is great, and I am working in an industry that I love. I still don’t know what I want to do for the rest of my life or how to find the perfect balance between... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

My First Job

People, was visiting. As I served him, I managed to spill soup on his suit. I thought my life was about to end. Fortunately he was very kind about it and didn’t make a big deal. I learned that responding calmly when other people mess up... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

24 Jun 2008
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First Look: June 24, 2008

Working Papers Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences Authors: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract We investigate, using firm-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Online Learning Model | HBS Online

You’ll build lasting connections that support you wherever life takes you next. Stories from Our Learners “I had never experienced such an immersive platform online, and could argue that it was more effective at building and solidifying... View Details

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Why HBS? - Doctoral

Why HBS? Why HBS? Rigorous academic research that influences practice Faculty & Research Harvard Business School faculty are world-class scholars who have had an impact on organizations and economies on every continent. Doctoral students across our programs also will... View Details

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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Russell Aikins. 21 Aikins, who had worked for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Times , opened a studio in New York City and took on assignments with Time and Life . Corporations valued press in... View Details

26 May 2016
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

carry with me what I learned at HBS every day.” She also met Philip Erdoes, a classmate, while working out at Shad. She pursued him, and it worked out: the pair married four years later. Her eyes light up... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

05 Sep 2014
News

Keeping Education in Check

help of a PR company hired by Berman. Their campaign worked. Other charities popped up as a result of Chess for Change. Moves for Life now coaches more than 12,000 students a week in South Africa. ChessKIDS Academy is also coaching 12,000... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

11 Jul 2016
HBS Case

Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

when the CEO sends out a companywide email, are you supposed to reply? That’s where the soft skills training comes in. After landing a job, Autism at Work participants are given mentors and team buddies—existing SAP employees who... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology

30 Jun 2022
News

Scaling Hope

them. It was a night that would change both his son’s life and D’Antonio’s. Today, both men work in the field of addiction treatment. D’Antonio’s son, now with more than six years of continuous sobriety, is... View Details

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Identifiers in Business Information Databases

agencies or other bodies. Identifiers can either relate to companies or to specific securities issued by companies. The universal identifiers that work across several databases are: View Details

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

activity sponsored by Harvard Business School. That study sought to examine questions of M&A strategy and execution with a new rigor. Our in-depth findings will emerge over the next year or two, in the form of various books, articles, and cases. Our View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

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

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 Life... View Details

27 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’

For the most part, social media is what you make it. You choose whom to keep tabs on, who can follow you back, what you “like,” and which snippets of your life you reveal. But what if those carefully curated depictions are suddenly on the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Andy Wu : Winner of the 2018 Best Conference Paper Award from the Behavioral Strategy Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society with Sourobh Ghosh for "Iterative Coordination and Innovation" (HBS Working Paper, No. 20-121,... View Details

27 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Recovering from the Need to Achieve

We all know "Joe." He's the guy who leaves his coat on his chair so the boss thinks he worked all night. He boasts loudly in the break room about how much time he spends zigzagging the planet for work. He pretends to listen to... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006

Working PapersAnomalies in Estimates of Cross-Price Elasticities for Marketing Mix Models: Theory and Empirical Test Authors:Andre Bonfrer, Ernest R. Berndt, and Alvin Silk Abstract We investigate the theoretical possibility and... View Details