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Research - Managing the Future of Work

Entrepreneurship By: William R. Kerr and Martin Mandorff We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example,... View Details
  • September 2008
  • Case

Adobe Systems: Working Towards a "Suite" Release (A)

By: David A. Thomas and Lauren Barley
The case examines the tools a manager can use to keep her project on track and manage conflict and tension as Adobe prepares to launch Creative Suite 3, the biggest software release in the company's 25-year history. The protagonist, Yvonne Murray, is a group program... View Details
Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Product Launch; Projects; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management; Power and Influence
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  • March 2021
  • Article

Experimenting During the Shift to Virtual Team Work: Learnings from How Teams Adapted Their Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By: Ashley V. Whillans, Leslie Perlow and Aurora Turek
Past research has focused on understanding the characteristics of work that are fully virtual or fully collocated. The present study seeks to expand our understanding of team work by studying knowledge workers' experiences as they were suddenly forced to transition to... View Details
Keywords: Team Work; Activities; Virtual Work; Digital Technologies; Groups and Teams; Health Pandemics; Internet and the Web; Adaptation
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni

with pre-vetted flexible work opportunities. Project & Flexible Work Opportunities The programs below connect alumni from top business schools with flexible work opportunities... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

analysis and deep probing, individuals tend to leap prematurely to unfounded conclusions and misunderstand complicated problems. Some understanding of system dynamics, the ability to see patterns, statistical process controls, and group... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
  • Supplement

From "BIG" Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (B)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In August 2023, Raviv Zoller, CEO of ICL Group, discussed his upcoming business trip to St. Louis with Eduard Croitoru, VP of ICL Corporate Initiatives, to commemorate the construction of ICL's new $400 million advanced manufacturing facility. In preparation for the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Agribusiness; Accounting; Communication; Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Machinery and Machining; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Globalization; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Partners and Partnerships; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; Battery Industry; Israel; United States; China
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  • November–December 2020
  • Article

Our Work-from-Anywhere Future

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
The pandemic has hastened a rise in remote working for knowledge-based organizations. This has notable benefits: Companies can save on real estate costs, hire and utilize talent globally, mitigate immigration issues, and experience productivity gains, while workers can... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Best Practices; Employment; Health Pandemics; Geographic Location; Opportunities; Problems and Challenges
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  • 08 Sep 2016
  • News

How We Make It Work

1999), program manager, Strategic Decisions Group Diane and Peter Escher (both MBA 2009) Children: Hazel (4); Josh (2) Diane and Peter both work for startups in downtown Seattle, commuting to different... View Details
  • 18 Jun 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

have worked on" —Max Bazerman A recent collaboration between Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) reveals that you're much less likely to stereotype by gender if you apply an "evaluation nudge"—an... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 09 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

"Self-regulation" increasingly rings like a mantra in business. Just think of topics in the news over the past couple of months, such as the Italian fashion industry's move toward self-regulation to discourage the hiring of dangerously thin models. Or the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jun 2015
  • News

Working Out With Your Co-Workers Is as Bad as You Think

  • 9:30 AM – 4:15 PM EDT, 06 Jun 2019
  • HBS Alumni Events

Renewal: A Workshop for Work and Life Transition

Career development experts Dr. Tim Butler and Lauren Murphy will lead participants through a series of exercises to gain clarity about what matters most to you in work and life, better understand what you need and want in your life, and determine what actions needs to... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs

’93), head of the South Florida initiative, notes that the alumni base is smaller and more scattered in that region than in Boston or San Francisco, for instance, but is pleased with the results from their first six–month project cycle. “The core model for Community... View Details
Keywords: Alumni groups; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 11 Feb 2016
  • News

Many Voices Working Toward a Solution

is bringing together available technology—social media kinds of functions and features—to assemble a group of experts in multiple fields: chemistry, physics, business, not-for-profit. What we collectively View Details
  • 31 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

How to Come Out at Work

talking about partners.” Join LGBTQ+ and Ally Groups and Events During PRIDE month, many companies will publicly state their support for the LGBTQ+ community, but coming out and being out at work is not... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 20 Nov 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurship and Business Groups: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey

Keywords: by Asli M. Coplan & Geoffrey Jones
  • December 2020 (Revised October 2021)
  • Case

Responsive Working at PepsiCo UK (A): Streamlining a Turnaround

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Nancy Boghossian Staples
Facing a significant decline in revenues in 2016, David Gwilliam, Head of Transformation at PepsiCo UK introduced a new way of working (“Responsive Working”), which encompasses a set of work practices and some new team structures. The work practices comprise a set of 9... View Details
Keywords: SLAM Teams; Turnaround; Groups and Teams; Employees; Training; Decision Making; Planning; Performance Improvement; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United Kingdom; Europe
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  • 31 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

How to Come Out at Work

talking about partners.” Join LGBTQ+ and Ally Groups and Events During PRIDE month, many companies will publicly state their support for the LGBTQ+ community, but coming out and being out at work is not... View Details
  • 22 Aug 2022
  • News

A Group of Apple Employees Protests Company’s Three-Day-a-Week Office Policy

  • Research Summary

3. Emergence and Early Growth of a New Venture in an Unfriendly Environment: The Role of a Business Group

Abstract: How can an established organization ease the emergence and early growth of a new venture in an unfriendly environment? To answer this question, I describe and analyze the foundation and early life of two biotechnology start-ups at the... View Details