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20 May 2020
News

How Will COVID-19 Change Demand for Office Space?

12 Oct 2022
Video

Dan Mall: Defining Good Design

2016
Working Paper

The Climate Custodians

By: Robert G. Eccles and Tim Youmans

Can custody banks become key players in climate change? Custody banks joining the battle against climate change will signal a significant shift in governance ideology for this highly regulated industry so critical to the global financial system. While global custody... View Details

Keywords: Pollutants; Climate Change; Capital Markets; Investment Banking; Institutional Investing; Policy

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22 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

When Does Impact Investing Make the Biggest Impact?

The idea of supporting social change has propelled impact investing assets to more than $1 trillion. But what if those funds aren’t as impactful as investors expect? Recent Harvard Business School research indicates that while impact... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Nov 2017
What Do You Think?

What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?

would then benchmark the company against those “which have truly acted in accordance with their vision and values over 10+ years to get ideas for what might work at Wells Fargo.” As if that were not enough, he then proposed a question... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Banking

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

with open disagreement). The paper thus provides micro-foundations for the idea that bringing a project inside the firm gives the manager control over that project, while explaining concentrated asset ownership, low-powered incentives,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Profiles - MBA

build technical infrastructure that pushes the bounds of what we take for granted. Find Grace on LinkedIn . Computer Science, Secondary in Economics DUNSTER 2026 Cohort 7 Sahar Maisha “Being in a community of eager and dedicated students creates an environment that... View Details

15 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

which for years has remained wedded to a well-developed competency in centralized controls and efficient execution but has steadily lost ground, posting a record $38.7 billion loss in 2007. Such an execution-as-efficiency model results in employees who are exceedingly... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

ideas from employees, customers, vendors, and regulators. They must spot even the weakest signals of change so their companies can proactively shape their future. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/v5DzUtp1aNo8lvwCoV7l][/div]... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

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Sign up for our e-mail newsletter - HBS Working Knowledge

Sign up for our e-mail newsletter Sign up for the weekly Working Knowledge e-mail newsletter, offering business leaders cutting-edge research and ideas from Harvard Business School faculty. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the... View Details

22 May 2019
Blog Post

What is FIELD Global Immersion?

cultures and environments. How long has this course been running and how has it evolved? The FGI course has been running for seven years now – since 2012! The case method is the hallmark of the HBS MBA program, but the idea behind FIELD... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

and ideas outside of HBS; and a core that provides key data and administrative services. More on the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society Established The Institute for the... View Details

01 May 2013
What Do You Think?

Why Isn’t ‘Servant Leadership’ More Prevalent?

exhausting but also fulfilling," while Myrielle Lemoine attributed its rarity to "everyone from all levels being stretched too thin " Several (including John Keck, Michael Darmody, and Mona Bagot) subscribed to the idea... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

23 Nov 2021
Book

What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins

another. It is a culture geared to the long-term success of an increasingly rapidly changing panoply of strategies in an accelerating competitive environment based on a stream of new ideas and constant change. At no time has the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

02 Apr 2024
Research & Ideas

Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

Conquered Fast Fashion—and Forged a New Business Model Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Illustration created using images... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion

30 Jun 2022
HBS Case

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

Also Like: Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right? Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Winners and... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Media & Broadcasting; Health; Bicycle

10 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle

way? A group of researchers recently considered that idea in a new study, concluding that variety is a crucial ingredient. “We wanted to examine what would be the optimal mix of people to talk to over any time period,” says Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Virtual Tours Still Worth It in Real Estate? Evidence from 75,000 Home Sales

Gap, One Mortgage at a Time With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: AdobeStock/DimaBerlin and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Real Estate

08 Aug 2022
HBS Case

Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS

Push Through the Pain? Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. (Photo by Lee Young-ho/Sipa... View Details

Keywords: by Shalene Gupta; Media & Broadcasting; Music

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