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- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023
Happiness, artificial intelligence, and climate change were just some of the themes that caught the attention of Harvard Business School podcast listeners in 2023. Here are some of the most-downloaded episodes of the year: Deep Purpose... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 13 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores
well-being by offering time-saving services—perhaps even in place of financial rewards. The Stanford School of Medicine did just that with a pilot program that rewarded faculty members with vouchers for meal deliveries, laundry services,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Nov 2022
- In Practice
COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?
electric buses. This can also help businesses meet diversity, equity, and inclusion goals by enlarging employment pools. Business leaders must think outside their own buildings to the communities that make... View Details
Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
- 14 Mar 2023
- In Practice
What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?
single day, leaving the bank with a $1 billion negative balance, according to a regulatory filing by the company. While financial regulators have announced that the US will guarantee all deposits at SVB, its collapse has spooked customers... View Details
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
How to Demotivate Your Best Employees
along with professor Lamar Pierce and doctoral student Timothy Gubler from the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. The researchers studied an attendance award program initiated by... View Details
- 28 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. Turns out, using cash as a carrot isn’t always the best answer, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
the partners worried the high turnover was damaging the firm’s competitive edge, according to research by Robin Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, who studies race View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 23 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified
that are widely seen as measures of gentrification are accompanied by growth in the number of businesses in every category we examined.” Creating better public policy Gentrification has swept through some of America’s largest cities,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
disease, so they're refraining from adopting these rules," Pons says. "So we may need to work on some stereotypes. We may need to show men that wearing a mask is not unmanly, and it's something that is necessary to protect themselves... View Details
- 01 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Retail Execs Underplay Current Performance to Investors--but Why?
typically are presented four to six weeks after the close of a quarter, often involve a conference call by company executives with shareholders and stock analysts. Part of those sessions may include... 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
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?
The Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS) welcomed scholars to Harvard Business School last year to advance their research about race, diversity, inclusion, and inequality. As the nation reflects on issues such as... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
practice cost transparency. For example, Everlane (www.everlane.com), is a San Francisco-based online retailer that reveals the variable costs of production for each of its products, as well as images and descriptions of the factories... View Details
- 25 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
When Your Passion Works Against You
always be authentic and genuine.” About the Author Dina Gerdeman is a senior writer for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: pixelfit] Related Reading The Right... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
Why Honest Conversations about Your Company’s Capabilities Are the Key to a Winning Strategy by Michael Beer. Copyright 2020 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. About the Author View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
can truly build advantage in this new world. About the Author Dina Gerdeman is a senior writer at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: ipopba] Book Excerpt Putting AI at the Core View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Manager in Red Sneakers
a nonconforming person to have a heightened status and more competence, particularly when they believed the person was aware of the established norm but deliberately chose to make a fashion statement by... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
supporting caregivers a critical talent management issue, according to a new report, The Caring Company: How Employers Can Cut Costs and Boost Productivity by Helping Employees Manage Caregiving Needs, View Details
- 22 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading
a manager. And then they’ll need to decide whether to embrace the job at all.” About the Author Dina Gerdeman is senior writer at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman