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- 06 Mar 2013
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Manage Our Work Time?
productivity always hold a fascination for us. But the last few weeks seem to have brought an unusual flow of material on the subject across my desk. One question this raises... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
Anderson found sustenance in personal and professional relationships that allowed her to talk through the situation and regain her psychological footing. "In the middle of last summer, when no one was hiring, I found six jobs. A new... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
has a historic opportunity to recast itself, to meet the enormous impending demand for the new type of vehicles that a petroleum-deficient world will require. The dream machine that built America can once again help shape its future. After all, the lure of the open... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril
Employees regularly turn to managers and other higher-level co-workers to seek advice about job-related issues and next steps for their careers. Yet people don’t always take the advice they receive; they may accept some suggestions and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
answers, which may change with the passage of time. What was an opportunity in 1975 or 1980 is probably no longer an opportunity today. At the same time, the questions that lead one to identify an opportunity are the same as they have... View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
Photography by Jared Leeds "Our students use traditional academic theory to take on problems that have fundamental relevance in today's business world," says Janice McCormick, executive director of the HBS Doctoral Programs. "Many come in... View Details
- 02 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2006
In the six-year history of Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge, some types of articles have always been popular with our readers. Want to generate a lot of reader buzz? Then write about negotiation strategy, managing IT,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Hiding Products From Customers May Ultimately Boost Sales
on rapid rotations. New research considers the wisdom of frequent assortment rotation in cases in which a retailer has many new varieties of a product to sell—nine different silver necklaces, say, or 17 different toaster ovens. Is it... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
exclusive than the approximately 7,000 companies worldwide that received a venture investment in 2010. Birchbox was among the just 823 companies—11.8 percent—that had at least one woman founder. The number with a woman of color View Details
- 20 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Airplane Design Brings Out the Class Warfare in Us All
Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “The psychology is powerful. That feeling of being in first or last place affects our thoughts, emotions, and behavior.” Although the research focuses on aircraft design, its findings... View Details
- 28 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Football Stars Debate ‘The Social Capital of the Savvy Athlete’
"Richard Sherman sets Twitter off." T-shirts emblazoned with "Don't you ever talk about me" are now available on Sherman's website for $29.95. Sherman was among the panelists at a recent forum entitled "Unrealized... View Details
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
HBS Professor Marco Iansiti and H.T. Kung, William H. Gates Professor of Computer Science at Harvard, solicited views on new directions for the Internet in a panel discussion called "e-Service: The Next e-Wave." The current shift View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Generation Next
the conglomerate and Mumbai business circles. Above all, family-run companies in India value loyalty and seniority. But the maneuvers worked. Over the next few years, the business started to rebound, marking a turning point for Godrej, View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
Building organizational confidence, and turning losing streaks into winning streaks, is the work of leaders. Great leaders build winning streaks, prevent losing streaks, and in turnaround situations, they focus on changing the momentum.... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
by-product produced is exactly the amount that can be produced using the entire waste stream). The operational synergy in the joint production process is manifested as one of two subsidies: the by-product is subsidized by the disposal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
What You Need to Know about SVMP
SVMP? “One of my greatest takeaways from the week was the value of the case method and the diversity of perspectives that so strongly enhanced the classroom. I learned so much from my classmates through exchanging thoughts and building on... View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything
As the technology wave breaks over us, some think the Internet looks to many about to wash out the established order of everything from vacation booking to the nation-state itself. But hold on a minute, Debora Spar cautions. We've seen... View Details
Keywords: by Debora L. Spar
- 29 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Whence IT Value?
During the past few years inventory turns among U.S. manufacturers have climbed steadily, and it appears as if productivity has improved nicely. One explanation for these happy trends is that the massive investments we've been making in... View Details
Keywords: by Andrew McAfee
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
he's wrong.' I did. The rest is history.” Investment outlook over the next five years: “It's hard to be bullish on the U.S. equity market, which continues to go up. We're not going to be in a permanent expansion with little inflation... View Details