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In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid: Strategies for Success - Recruiting
more tools don’t automatically lead to more productivity. In fact, too many platforms can become distractions if not used intentionally. Be deliberate about which technologies you use and how you use them. Establish clear team norms—such... View Details
- 06 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy
global marketplace, it is imperative for multinational organizations to have clear language strategies. Neeley has coauthored a September Harvard Business Review article with HBS Professor of Management Practice Robert Steven Kaplan on... View Details
Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
forces, differentiation—Professor Porter’s conceptual frameworks are the foundation for understanding how companies achieve and sustain competitive success. A senior associate at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness at HBS, Magretta provides a View Details
- 02 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘A Social Strategy’
book excerpt What My Research Revealed, In Broad Strokes From A Social Strategy: How We Profit From Social Media By Mikolaj Jan Piskorski As I began my research, it quickly became clear that there are two major ways in which companies... View Details
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
plagued earlier corporate ventures. The agreement made clear that the XTV partners had the flexibility to respond rapidly to investment opportunities, something that independent venture capitalists typically possess. They essentially had... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 21 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand
foundation: Get your story straight"Your story is much more than a pitch," Grinshpun says. "A good story gives others a clear idea of who you are and what excites you," and embraces three core virtues: 1) it... View Details
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
constrained by it. Managers who succeed at meeting their team members’ drive to acquire: Set clear expectations by which performance is evaluated Demand high performance Ensure their team members receive rewards and recognition. Be... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
constrained by it. Managers who succeed at meeting their team members’ drive to acquire: Set clear expectations by which performance is evaluated Demand high performance Ensure their team members receive rewards and recognition. Be... View Details
- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
bolster their bargaining power, and channeling the flow of the process through time. They understand that actions taken away from the negotiating table can be as important as what goes on at the table, if not more so.1 Specifically,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
of that, in French! Flying fish are amazing to see, though I wore a helmet with a clear Lexan visor to protect myself: They glide at 25 knots, so you don’t want to get hit in the eye. In the Southern Ocean, the albatross are beautiful... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
alternatives to expand its presence in online advertising, especially text-based pay-per-click advertising. Google dominates, and it is unclear how Microsoft can grow, despite considerable technical and financial resources. Microsoft considers a set of alternatives,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
outsider's view to challenge the status quo. Given the string of ethical failures of corporations around the world in recent years-from BP to GM to JPMorgan Chase-it's clear that leaders not only need to act more responsibly themselves,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
entertainment executives do is spend a large chunk of all their production and advertising budgets on a small portion of their total output. It can lead to big failures, of course, but it's the best strategy in the long run. When you look across hundreds of such... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
good weather. When the weather is bad, individuals appear to focus more on their work than on alternate outdoor activities. We investigate the proposed relationship between worse weather and higher productivity through four studies: (1)... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 10
interaction between analysts and managers on conference calls. The evidence suggests that private interaction with management is an important communication channel for analysts for reasons other than firm-specific forecasting news. ... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
In this uncertain economic climate, downsizing and layoffs are a sadly frequent occurrence. Although bad news is always painful to deliver and to hear, the process of conducting "necessary evils"—such as layoffs or firings—can be managed in a way that is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Africa - Global Activities 2021
academic experience to the people she has met—in furthering her ability to pursue economic development as a long-term career path that will have impact. “Articulating your ideas in very clear and convincing ways through the case method... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Saving Grace
major pension providers where his savings were stowed. It was hard to pry even basic information from them, he says. Instead they channeled his calls through financial advisors, who pitched costly services. The more he prodded for... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
difficult) as this, Amabile concludes: Support employees' progress in their work every day. Set clear and meaningful goals for them; provide direct help, versus hindrance; offer adequate resources and time; respond to successes and... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
emphasize that our new Dean, Srikant Datar, is deeply committed to these efforts. He made this clear in his first comments to the community on the day his deanship was announced, saying, “We must act with speed and urgency to advance... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie