Meanings Of Work And Retirement - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

the administration has instituted high-profile travel bans and worked to undo the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) policy of the Obama administration, the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

05 Mar 2019
Blog Post

"It is Possible to Walk Away from Situations that Make You Unhappy": Cauvery Patel, MBA 2016

keywords, the HBS network became useful as a means of identifying fellow alums who could make introductions. Not having prior sustainability experience also posed an additional challenge. To overcome this,... View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

react to each politician's promises: If elected, I will do everything possible to ensure that all Americans will be treated by the doctor of their choice and receive as much medical attention as they... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk

03 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss

As your last question implied, there is a potential to decarbonize a deeply carbonized energy system. That means a likely much diminished role for fossil energy sources and a much increased role for... View Details

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

Competing platforms are affected negatively because more information intensifies price competition. Publisher's link: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2360263 Working Papers Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2021
Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

because the goals conflict,” Sucher says. Means: A company’s means are not merely its business methods, but whether it takes “the fair path to get there,” Sucher says, in creating equitable practices for employees View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

26 Apr 2022
Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

were waiting for a business meeting and were wrongly accused of loitering at a Starbucks store. “We work to create a warm, welcoming environment in our stores for every... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

16 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

the one between coordination and cooperation. Coordination—the ability to work together—involves the alignment of "hard" phenomena: activities, processes, View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

came about over 25 years, the result of another civic- and business-led effort. And it’s wonderful, many agree. But there are still a good number View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Dec 2023
News

Turning Point: Where Credit Is Due

five-minute interview. This disappointing selection process was a setback, but one I thought was unique to me. After graduating from HBS, I worked in finance with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

02 Nov 2023
News

Seeding Startups

a mobile shopping app acquired by Motivity Labs. Now Nadkarni, who retired from entrepreneurship in 2015, is the one sharing lessons to the next generation of startup founders. “I love View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2024
News

3-Minute Briefing: Ilana D. Weinstein (MBA 1995)

Weinstein: Standing tall and seeing all of the strategic possibilities in a highly competitive industry. I grew up in New York City and worked in... View Details

Keywords: Edited by Julia Hanna; Photo by Chris Sorensen; search firm; entrepreneurship; hedge funds

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

Rising as part of our series on voluntary carbon markets. Luke has spent over 20 years in carbon markets and finance, working in investment banking, private equity, View Details

02 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'

better leaders, and the practical steps to kicking an addiction to success. Dan Morrell: There’s been increasing academic interest in the topic of happiness in recent years. We’ve seen it at HBS with the... View Details

Keywords: by Dan Morrell

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Finance - Faculty & Research

its peers, Shukla watched the crisis unfold with interest. Should the TfL Pension Fund act quickly to buy cheap gilts while the window was open, or was it time to rethink the fund’s approach to hedging and risk? 2025 View Details

August 2021
Supplement

Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game

By: Boris Groysberg

NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details

Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Decision Making; Talent and Talent Management; Sports Industry; United States

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12 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

of whether managers should aim to deliberately increase the diversity of their evaluator pools,” the researchers write. Experts prefer feasible robot designs To test how open experts are to unique ideas, the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

09 Jun 2022
HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

In 2021, US Foods faced a problem that has become all too familiar: As thousands of Americans re-evaluated their work lives in the middle of the pandemic, the company—one View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

provides an insider's perspective on what has made it so effective. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/07/sustainability-in-the-boardroom/ar/1 Working Papers Modularity and Intellectual Property... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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