Filter Results:
(3,037)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,037)
- People (20)
- News (928)
- Research (1,169)
- Events (11)
- Multimedia (8)
- Faculty Publications (373)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(3,037)
- People (20)
- News (928)
- Research (1,169)
- Events (11)
- Multimedia (8)
- Faculty Publications (373)
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company
break up the airline and lay off thousands of employees if a consensual agreement could not be reached. Management made the threat real by developing an actual restructuring plan, containing detailed financial projections and valuations.... View Details
Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
#TOCItem { width:315px!important; font-size:24px!important;line-height:26px!important; } .mobilebr { display:block!important;} .tocarrow { border-bottom: 0px solid white!important;} } /* end of media query */ Above: Artists Celeste Cruz, Mariana Perez, and Ledia Mane... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
nonprofits led by people of color had been building for some time. “We’ve known that less than 2 percent of funding from the nation’s largest philanthropies is specifically targeted to the Black community,” notes Thomas. “The NCF is View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- Web
Building the On-Demand Workforce - Managing the Future of Work
digital talent platforms to access highly skilled freelancers. Read Employer Survey In 2019, Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute... View Details
- Article
Lessons From Hollywood: A New Approach To Funding R&D
By: Gary P. Pisano and Andrew W. Lo
Companies find it increasingly difficult to justify long-term, risky R&D investments—particularly in science-based fields such as biotechnology, advanced materials, and energy. We argue in this article that the traditional venture model has limits for such investments... View Details
Keywords: Financial Innovation; Financial Strategy; Project Management; R＆D; Start-up; Innovation Strategy; Business Model; Research and Development; Financial Management; Risk Management; Strategy
Pisano, Gary P., and Andrew W. Lo. "Lessons From Hollywood: A New Approach To Funding R&D." MIT Sloan Management Review 57, no. 2 (Winter 2016): 47–54.
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
women opt for the so-called mommy track, continuing to work but foregoing promotions and career moves that would make it harder to be with their families. For many, however, even that isn’t an option. “I just felt I couldn’t hold... View Details
- Article
Leaders as Decision Architects: Structure Your Organization's Work to Encourage Wise Choices
By: John Beshears and F. Gino
Everyone from CEOs to frontline workers commits preventable mistakes—for example, underestimating how long it will take to finish a project or focusing too much on information that supports their current view. It is extraordinarily difficult to rewire the human brain... View Details
Beshears, John, and F. Gino. "Leaders as Decision Architects: Structure Your Organization's Work to Encourage Wise Choices." Harvard Business Review 93, no. 5 (May 2015): 52–62.
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
At Work in the Fields with the Lord
determined that the project will succeed. “This is a clarion call to the faith community,” she said. “This is part of our commission from God, to address these issues.” View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Aug 1979
- Conference Presentation
Can Industrial Workers Reform Their Own Work? A Sociologically-Oriented Quality-of-Worklife Project in an Electronics Factory
By: R. M. Kanter, B. A. Stein, D. Brinkerhoff and Daniel J. Isenberg
Kanter, R. M., B. A. Stein, D. Brinkerhoff, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Can Industrial Workers Reform Their Own Work? A Sociologically-Oriented Quality-of-Worklife Project in an Electronics Factory." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 01, 1979. (Published as "Building Participatory Democracy within a Conventional Corporation." In Workplace Democracy, edited by J. Rothschild-Whitt and F. Lindenfield, Boston: Porter Sargent, 1982.)
- Web
Research & Development, Project Code SX-70 - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
of the Polarizer A RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development, View Details
- Web
Browse All Articles, Research, & Case Studies - HBS Working Knowledge
John Macomber argues that private investors could play a pivotal role in developing adaptation projects that provide strong returns. 06 Nov 2024 Managing the Future of Work Guest Episode: Joseph Fuller on... View Details
- 20 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
My Journey to Working with At Night Management / PRMD Music
From the time I arrived at HBS, I knew that my path to finding a summer internship wouldn’t be very traditional. Although I’ve managed to find others that share my career interests, working in the music industry remains an uncommon path... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 05 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology
about my previous research in Bayesian decision making, I've been able to work on projects at the Center for Brains, Minds and Machines to explore how Bayesian logic is being adapted to new computational... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 04 Oct 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies
Climate Stories Episode #10 – Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Through Project Finance Efficiencies Spurred by this summer’s record heat, floods, and wildfires around the globe, businesses, educational institutions like... View Details
- Web
Working with Spaces, Files & Folders - Research Computing Services
preference files, work that is considered 'in development'. Project folders are shared locations, and ideally used for collaborative project spaces. Please see our... View Details
- Web
Work With Us - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
interested in working with individuals and organizations who are doing action based research in value-based health care. We are interested in projects that involve integrated practice units, outcomes... View Details
- 2009
- Working Paper
Walking Through Jelly: Language Proficiency, Emotions, and Disrupted Collaboration in Global Work
By: Tsedal Beyene, Pamela J. Hinds and Catherine Durnell Cramton
In an ethnographic study comprised of interviews and concurrent observations of 145 globally distributed members of nine project teams of an organization, we found that uneven proficiency in English, the lingua franca, disrupted collaboration for both native and... View Details
Keywords: Spoken Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Globalized Firms and Management; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Emotions; Social and Collaborative Networks
Beyene, Tsedal, Pamela J. Hinds, and Catherine Durnell Cramton. "Walking Through Jelly: Language Proficiency, Emotions, and Disrupted Collaboration in Global Work." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-138, June 2009.
- Article
Scandal, Social Movement, and Change: Evidence from #MeToo in Hollywood
By: Hong Luo and Laurina Zhang
Social movements have the potential to effect change in firm decision-making. In this paper, we examine whether the #MeToo movement, spurred by the Harvey Weinstein scandal, led to changes in the likelihood of Hollywood producers working with female writers on new... View Details
Keywords: Gender Inequality; Social Movement; Scandal; Creative Industries; Project Selection; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Film Entertainment; Projects; Change
Luo, Hong, and Laurina Zhang. "Scandal, Social Movement, and Change: Evidence from #MeToo in Hollywood." Management Science 68, no. 2 (February 2022): 1278–1296.