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  • 17 Jan 2023
  • In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 09 Dec 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever—A Case Study

Anglo-Dutch twin Royal Dutch Shell formed major elements in the historically large Dutch FDI in the United States. 2 However, the fact that all dividends were remitted to N.V. in the Netherlands did not mean that the head office in Rotterdam exclusively View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Manufacturing; Retail
  • 03 Feb 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Can Business Schools Teach the Craft of Getting Things Done?

their students may devote most of their study of management to them, relegating the less-accessible matters of getting things done to the back burner—and, in the view of some, rightly so. As one respondent put it, "'doing' needs more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 27 Aug 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

future," says Bunsho Kure (HBS MBA '14), now at Mitsui & Co. "By coming up with creative business models to solve those problems, Tohoku and the people in the region can become a leader for other regions or countries."... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail
  • 14 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

need to be shoulder-to-shoulder to collaborate,” Neeley says, “but you have to trust people will show up when they need to. 2. Stop counting ‘butts in seats’ As a corollary to trusting in workers, managers... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 1965
  • Article

Group Decision Making: A Report of an Experimental Study

By: Joseph L. Bower
When a group of people must decide on some one action, such as where shall we go out to dinner, or in an investment club which stock shall we buy, how do the individual members come to a decision that affords the best resolution of the question at hand for the group as... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Conflict Management
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  • 31 Oct 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change

managers exposed to the business case were less inclined to promote a Black candidate than those who weren’t exposed to this messaging. Superficial efforts don’t stick, even if they generate early results Standing up an effective... View Details
Keywords: by Katherine Hutt Scott and Barbara DeLollis
  • 11 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits

transforming how work is done and how people are paid for it. This heightened tension between moral and material goals may be nowhere as intense as it is in journalism, a field with strong ethical convictions at its core, but whose... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 27 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

We’re told that the secret to success is hard work. But the truth is, hard work alone doesn’t always pay off. After all, career advancement isn’t always neatly tied to your skills, effort, or even the quality of your work. Some people... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

Transparency Trap By: Bernstein, Ethan Abstract—To get people to be more creative and productive, managers increase transparency with open workspaces and access to real-time data. But less transparent work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Middle East & North Africa - Global

2003), Co-Founder and Managing Director of Qalaa Holdings, shared his experiences during and after HBS and offered valuable insights on scholarships. The session also featured a panel discussion and Q&A with alumni and a current student,... View Details

    Waze Connected Citizens Program

    Di-Ann Eisnor, Director of Growth at Waze, founded the company’s Connected Citizens Program (CCP), a data-sharing partnership that provided officials with traffic incident and congestion data in exchange for data on anticipated road closures, re-routing, etc.... View Details
    • 25 Oct 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Developing the Global Leader

    development," says Professor of Management Practice William George, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic. “We're looking to companies to create a global cadre of people who are... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna
    • 30 Jun 2022
    • HBS Case

    Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?

    world went into lockdown, droves of people who couldn’t go to a health club turned their homes into one with Peloton’s pricey bikes and treadmills. Exercise enthusiasts used them with a devotion that earned them the nickname... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle
    • Article

    Are They Useful? The Effects of Performance Incentives on the Prioritization of Work Versus Personal Ties

    By: Julia Hur, Alice Lee-Yoon and Ashley V. Whillans
    Most working adults report spending very little time with friends and family. The current research explores the aspects of work that encourage employees to spend less time with personal ties. We show that incentive systems play a critical role in shaping how people... View Details
    Keywords: Rewards; Performance Incentives; Social Relationships; Instrumentality; Time Allocation; Performance; Motivation and Incentives; Relationships; Time Management
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    The Conversational Circumplex: Identifying, Prioritizing, and Pursuing Informational and Relational Motives in Conversation

    By: Michael Yeomans, Maurice E. Schweitzer and Alison Wood Brooks
    The meaning of success in conversation depends on people’s goals. Often, individuals pursue multiple goals simultaneously, such as establishing shared understanding, making a favorable impression, and persuading a conversation partner. In this article, we introduce a... View Details
    Keywords: Conversation; Goal Pursuit; Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Goals and Objectives; Framework
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    • 11 Apr 2024
    • In Practice

    Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

    School experts discuss the current quandary and potential policy and corporate solutions. William Kerr: Untangling migration and employment The immigration system to the United States is very complex. We have many people coming at many... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • 19 Aug 2002
    • Research & Ideas

    Here Comes Internet2—Time to Shed Dot Vertigo

    The dot-com implosion has left many managers wary of the promised wonders of information technology, but those who ignore the next phase of the Internet—dubbed Internet2—do so at their peril, says HBS professor Richard Nolan. "The... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 2022
    • Chapter

    Luxury Tourism and Environmentalism

    By: Geoffrey Jones
    This chapter examines the evolution of luxury tourism and its environmental impact. Whilst mass tourism is widely seen as environmentally damaging, the impact of luxury tourism is nuanced. During the first stage of the growth in the nineteenth century, the numbers of... View Details
    Keywords: Luxury Consumption; Environmentalism; Tourism; Green Business; Luxury; History; Ethics; Globalization; Environmental Management; Business History; Tourism Industry; Antarctica; Latin America; North and Central America; Europe; Switzerland; Chile; Costa Rica; Africa; Kenya
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    • 01 Mar 2024
    • News

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

    making something happen for yourself. Stuyvesant High School was a big influence because it was such a meritocracy. In college I double majored in English literature and psychology. How people are wired was inherently interesting to me.... View Details
    Keywords: Edited by Julia Hanna; Photo by Chris Sorensen; search firm; entrepreneurship; hedge funds