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- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
widened. By 2015, 20 business groups—nearly all family owned—controlled one in four listed companies through corporate pyramids. Public anger over the high cost of living, which many believed was due to a lack of competition, led to a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
Middle East. “There is a general sense that we never stop being in front of Zoom or interacting. It’s very taxing, to be honest.” “The role of an office is to congregate and help people work together,” Sadun says. “For us, the question... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
19% less likely to seek family planning services, 25% less likely to use concealable contraception, and 27% percent more likely to give birth. However, women given access to contraception alone report a lower subjective well-being,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning
something we’d rather avoid than engage in with confidence,” explained Francesca Gino, Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets Unit at Harvard Business School during the event.... View Details
Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette
- 19 Oct 2022
- Op-Ed
Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup
“How will we educate our kids?” is similar to “what kind of company culture will we have?” There are philosophies on which to reach alignment: “Where will we raise our family?” is similar to “will we have a home office or remote-friendly... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
maximizing productivity? How do we help employees with work/life balance?” “How to keep people engaged and connected and OPTIMISTIC in appropriate measure while so many have so many competing personal and business and health and family... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 10 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage
recognize how the sum is greater than its parts. While each team member played a role in your efforts, it is almost always how the team worked together that led to where you are now. Schedule a couple hours to be together—ideally, face to face and out of the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 24 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day
students’ performance on standardized tests.” Published in the February 15 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study was authored by Hans Henrik Sievertsen, a postdoctoral researcher at the Danish National Centre for Social Research;... View Details
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
personally profit by violating the law or by harming or misleading others. The stakes can be enormous, especially when a big transaction or career-making decision is involved. This means people in business often face much larger temptations in the View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 11 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive
Frances Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management, is an expert in the intersection of leadership and inclusion. Francesca Gino, the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration, studies how people can lead more... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint
- 27 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Recovering from the Need to Achieve
his office isn't as big as Jenny's. And he blames others when he screws up. Joe is an HNAP, or a high-need-for-achievement professional, according to Harvard Business School professor Thomas J. DeLong, who explores Joe's world of driven,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
the capital and information available in London was one reason why from at least mid-century Liverpool-based firms such as Swire's and Harrisons & Crosfield began to shift their head offices to London, although other firms such as... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
or the family circumstances of their student populations, had access to resources that supported learning. After going on the road and visiting a wide range of schools, she uncovered a gap in school improvement efforts—that most... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation
treat serious medical conditions,” says Ariel D. Stern, the Poronui Associate Professor of Business Administration at HBS. Stern cowrote the December 2022 working paper with Amitabh Chandra, the Henry and Allison McCance Family Professor... View Details
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
play? We are given to believe that Steve was very much of two minds about his next move. He was not a boy wonder anymore. He was forty-two, with a family and with more than a billion dollars in assets. His marriage was a success. He loved... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Key to Doing Your Best at Work? Be Yourself
Today, the most innovative leaders aren’t the conformers. They’re the bold individualists who carve their own paths. So learning to embrace one’s inner “badass” is the new key to success, say Harvard Business School faculty Francesca Gino, Tandon View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
buell) is the Finnegan Family Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury: Remote work will become strategic I’ve been studying remote work for years now,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition
difficult decisions, such as closing offices or eliminating travel, but now they should express in black-and-white terms how employees’ work priorities should change as a result of these business disruptions. If certain non-essential... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Does Spirituality Drive Success?
in the family [is] the most authentic thing I can say about what Wainwright Bank does." According to Ricardo Levy, chairman of Catalytica Energy Systems, executives are trained for action—contemplation is not part of their rulebook.... View Details
- 17 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?
year later that he had never really identified with his career, that work was just for pay, and that his self-concept as a family man was—and had always been—most important. Maintaining a life philosophy: Many people mentioned holding... View Details