Knowledge Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Jun 2012
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Leadership: What We Know

pedagogy and grounded in quality research. University educators are expected to have a more intricate knowledge base—in both breadth and depth, more fundamental and more strictly criticized and tested—than is available to a layperson.... View Details

Keywords: by Scott A. Snook, Rakesh Khurana & Nitin Nohria; Education

17 Jan 2007
Op-Ed

Learning from Private-Equity Boards

sponsored buyouts are typically more informed, more hands-on, and more interventionist than public company boards. There are several reasons for this: Private-equity boards typically have the advantage of in-depth due diligence that precedes a buyout, and they use this... View Details

Keywords: by Malcolm Salter; Financial Services

02 Apr 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

focus on employees and more on business and profitability." Phil Clark posited that knowledge work that deals with intangible results and hard-to-pinpoint accomplishments "just isn't as... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

"The Changing Structure of the Global Wine Industry," won the Best Paper award at the 2003 European Applied Business Research Conference. Roberto recently shared his thoughts on wine for HBS Working View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

and I had collaborated "telepathically" for years. I'd always liked John's perspective on leadership, and I think he more or less appreciated what I was doing, so our working together to develop this course was a natural... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

Gender Inequality: The Work-family Narrative as a Social Defense Against 24/7 Work Culture By: Padavic, Irene, R. Ely, and Erin M. Reid Abstract—It is widely accepted that the conflict between women’s family obligations and professional... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

Oberholzer-Gee: “One of the fascinating things about newspaper economics is that, if you could magically jump into an all-digital future, you actually don’t need that big of an audience in order to survive.” Working View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation

05 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade

Cohen. The research team reasoned that firms would most likely export products and services to countries where they had strong informational ties—and that people with personal knowledge of those countries could help firms to form those... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Dec 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions to be answered: How can marketing better align with... View Details

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

ambiguity, if you bring men and women into the lab and you say either one of two things: "Work until you think you've earned the $10 we just gave you," or "Work and then tell us how much you think you deserve," the women View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

consider supporting deposit insurance schemes and undertaking subsidised recapitalisations. Working PapersTrade Policy and Firm Boundaries Authors:Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Harald Fadinger, and Andrew F. Newman Abstract We study how... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2024
Op-Ed

Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.

Like: Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace? How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation Feedback or ideas to share? Email the View Details

Keywords: by Richard Calvo, Vincent Pons, and Jesse M. Shapiro

05 Nov 2024
Research & Ideas

AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen

the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: HBSWK, made with assets generated by Firefly, an artificial intelligence tool, and from AdobeStock/Ziyan and AdobeStock/Abigail View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Technology

14 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

How Can Start Ups Grow?

intangible resources may be best acquired by following a road of conformity in how your company is organized and presented to the outside world. In start-ups in established industries, conventional business titles such as Marketing Director View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

30 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One

Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image created by HBSWK using asset from AdobeStock/Spaxiiax View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

HBS Center Focuses on Europe

political leaders, educational institutions, and local alumni. In Europe, a group of executives and professionals, all HBS alumni, form the European Leadership Council (ELC), which provides advice on the work of the ERC. Cynthia... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

check. In sheer terms of gaining favor among consumers, a firm with a high CEO-to-worker pay ratio must offer a substantial 50 percent discount to keep up with a firm that maintains a low pay ratio. This is among the key findings in the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

06 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy

language skills meet the demands of their work and that employees aren't over- or underestimated based on their language skills. Interestingly, language skills can seem abstract or amorphous. In reality, for most global View Details

Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

therefore facilitates implementation," says Roberto, who teaches in the School's General Management unit. An e-mail interview with HBS Working Knowledge follows. Martha Lagace: Why should a leader be... View Details