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- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails
machine learning methods. For employees, the paper says, “hybrid work might represent the best of both worlds.” Worker surveys conducted at the end of the experiment revealed that hybrid employees reported... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 22 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Strategy: Aligning Planning and Execution
represents what actually gets done. Strategic integrity is when emergent and directed strategies are one and the same thing: when the strategy executes with the full, aligned backing of the organization for maximum impact. When a strategy... View Details
- 23 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do
personal experience and observation. When asked to imagine receiving a promotion at work, women predicted a higher level of negative outcomes than men did. ©iPhoto “We wondered if women may think about things that men don’t,” says Brooks.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jun 2022
- Book
Four Elements for Finding the Right Career Path
When people contemplate a career change, astute thinking alone won’t necessarily take them in the right direction. Instead, when career changes and other huge life-changing experiences are at stake, people should tap into their “full... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?
impulsive—than the exact same purchase made by higher-income Joe. In another experiment, a nationally representative panel of over 1,100 participants read about a soon-to-be new parent named Alex, who was described as either a high- or... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 14 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt
suggests that cortisol reactions may represent energy mobilization within the metabolic system in preparation for a potential threat (the ‘fight or flight’ response), and that this cortisol reaction may not be accessible to the subjective... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance
a one if the company did not seem to adopt the specific practice, and five if the plant manager’s answers indicated full adoption. In the end, the raw average across all these questions represented the firm’s management score on the one... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
The History of Beauty
and diversity, representing a new pride and interest in ethnic and local beauty ideals. The tremendous growth of skin lighteners in India and East Asia is one sign of this trend. While global companies are concerned that the core... View Details
- 2012
- Discussion Paper
Labor Productivity and Quality Change in Singapore: Achievements in 1974-2011 and Prospects for the Next Two Decades
By: Koji Nomura and Tomomichi Amano
Labor productivity growth in Singapore that has grown at a rate of over 3.0 percent per year since 1970s considerably slowed down to 0.5 percent on average per annum in the latter half of the 2000s. The purpose of this paper is to ask, first, to what extent Singapore’s... View Details
Nomura, Koji, and Tomomichi Amano. "Labor Productivity and Quality Change in Singapore: Achievements in 1974-2011 and Prospects for the Next Two Decades." Discussion Paper, Keio Economic Observatory, 2012.
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
asked to consider whether entry into web services by Amazon, which had established its brand in retail, represented a prudent move by the company. The case provides an opportunity to highlight the benefits of AWS's variable pricing for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2021
- Research & Ideas
What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?
Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 25 Aug 2014
- HBS Case
Starbucks Reinvented
Harvard Business School Professor and historian Nancy Koehn has studied Starbucks and its leader, Howard Schultz, for close to 20 years. For her, the company represents much more than a phenomenal success story. In a recently published... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922
Henry B. Hyde of the Equitable Life Assurance Society published Hints for Agents, which contained persuasive arguments for company representatives to rehearse. Canvassers for the American Bible Society carried booklets with helpful... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
- 04 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.
represented by debates over machines versus humans, analytics versus intuition, economic versus societal value, exploration versus exploitation, egoism versus altruism, etc.” "What we need to do is think of the oneness of nature and our... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
theoretical understanding of brand relationship phenomena and ideas for practical application from experiments and execution in commercial practice. Strong Brands, Strong Relationships will be the perfect read for marketing faculty and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
often too big to have everyone participate on the board so the board starts to become representative. Plus, shareholders recognize the value in having the objective, professional experience of external board members. I see... View Details
- 08 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Strategic Way To Hire a Sales Team
Recruitment and selection are now more important for various reasons. Due to the data and analytical tasks facing many sales forces, productivity ramp-up times have increased. Each hire then represents a bigger sunk cost for a longer... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Feb 2018
- Book
The New History of American Capitalism
represents a distinctive departure. First—and most basically—the history of American capitalism, along with the essays gathered here, reinstalls political economy as a category for analysis. Economic life, all the authors agree, is... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
jurisdiction, and therefore protection, of the states involved. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), whose members are states, represent an important attempt to span this abyss. IGOs are mandated variously to smooth economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
problem-solving process. When the two parties involved are buying and selling committees representing different organizational jurisdictions within their organizations, and perhaps different levels of management, the necessity for... View Details