by HBS Working Knowledge - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2021
What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

return of a pandemic. But what about potential opportunities associated with the recession of the coronavirus, opportunities associated with a “reshuffling of the deck” in the workforce caused by COVID-19 that could create opportunities... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

It’s India Above China in New World Order

will be tomorrow." How these two models play out has great significance not just for Asia but also for other parts of the world that want to benefit from their lessons and avoid their mistakes. Huang and Khanna recently collaborated on an e-mail interview with... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

working paper, published this year, titled "Promoting a Management Revolution in Public Education." Mallory Stark: How does the PELP program operate? Stacey Childress and Allen Grossman: PELP operates as a learning laboratory... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

23 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Financial Reporting Goes Global

then all the regulators, auditors, analysts, management teams, etc. know that they have a single set of standards to understand and implement. This allows all of those entities to focus resources on making that single set of standards View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell; Accounting; Financial Services

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

ChromeOS as the user-facing operating system.” You Might Also Like: Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money? How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change Feedback or ideas... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

04 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee

Oberholzer-Gee: “One of the fascinating things about newspaper economics is that, if you could magically jump into an all-digital future, you actually don’t need that big of an audience in order to survive.” Working View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education; Entertainment & Recreation

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

Working PapersIf You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? The Effects of Education, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Financial Market Participation Authors:Shawn A. Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract Household financial... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

that eight of the 10 most-read HBS Working Knowledge stories of the year were COVID-focused. Readers sought insights from HBS faculty about... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

Domingo, managing director of O&V Associates, said established Latin American companies face a situation in which their markets are no longer protected by national interests and suddenly face competition on all sides. Andres Obregon... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

million grant to scale a successful medical knowledge sharing and collaborative practice platform pioneered by Project Echo in 2003 to expand specialty care access and quality at the centers. Long involved... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

the chain best positioned to create a process that benefits all. In this excerpt, Rangan discusses the promise of channel stewardship. (Look for an HBS Working Knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

03 Nov 2003
What Do You Think?

Can Investors Have Too Much Accounting Transparency?

Section 404, which will become common knowledge from Wall Street to Main Street, as well as rules promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in recent years. This is not an issue of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

shared benefits; they don’t just benefit IBM. Making systems better for everybody is also good for your company. About the Author Kristen Senz is the growth editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: iStockphoto/Vladimir... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

28 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur

2003. He is now active mentoring young entrepreneurs, investing in companies, and painting. The interview is part of the Creating Emerging Markets series sponsored by the HBS Business History Initiative, in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

Right, a new book by HBS research associate Gorick Ng. Educated during the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, the class of 2021 concludes an unusual academic experience only to face an unsteady global economy.... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

29 Apr 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

quantitative strategy, digging into numbers many ignore; others look deeply into industries or countries they are familiar with that many analysts don't understand. Successful investors learn how to put their unique knowledge to View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

13 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?

semiconductors and software, but monetization of IP only works there because of some very specific conditions. You need to have a very modular knowledge base; that is, you need to be able to break up a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

performance. What struck me most from this case was the power of the great leader. It was fascinating to learn that all the reforms Ghosn implemented were originally proposed by the middle managers who had been View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

A Fast Start on Your New Job

full-blown crises. We explore the reasons—cognitive, organizational, and political—why predictable surprises happen and we develop a framework to help leaders recognize, prioritize, and mobilize to avoid them. Once that is done, I'm planning to View Details