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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 22 May 2024
- HBS Case
Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore
Image Searches Drive Purchases How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Illustration created by HBSWK using... View Details
- 07 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back
venture to be all about the technology or all about the sales, without taking time to form a balanced plan. “In Silicon Valley, the fact that your enterprise has failed is actually a badge of honor.” And all too often, they do not give themselves wiggle room to pivot... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 31 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change
Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions? Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
The Presentation of Self in the Information Age
- Forthcoming
- Article
Deep Responsibility, SDGs, and Asia: A Historical Perspective
By: Geoffrey Jones
Although it was only in 2015 the 17 SDGs were adopted by UN Member States, many of the underlying ideas can be found in the strategies of some businesses going back to the nineteenth century. Asia was the home of many of the most advanced concepts of business... View Details
Keywords: ESG; Multinational Corporation; Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Asia
Jones, Geoffrey. "Deep Responsibility, SDGs, and Asia: A Historical Perspective." Asian Business & Management (forthcoming). (Pre-published online February 7, 2025.)
- August 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game
By: Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt and Evan M.S. Hecht
NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018–2019 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to the NBA. He also did not know what he... View Details
Keywords: Career Decisions; Career Journey; ＂Sports Organizations,; Mentoring; Retirement; Sports; Performance; Training; Personal Development and Career; Sports Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Evan M.S. Hecht. "Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game." Harvard Business School Case 420-031, August 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- Article
How Beliefs about Self-creation Inflate Value in the Human Brain
By: Raphael Koster, Tali Sharot, Rachel Yuan, Benedetto De Martino, Michael I. Norton and Raymond J. Dolan
Humans have a tendency to overvalue their own ideas and creations. Understanding how these errors in judgement emerge is important for explaining suboptimal decisions, as when individuals and groups choose self-created alternatives over superior or equal ones. We show... View Details
Koster, Raphael, Tali Sharot, Rachel Yuan, Benedetto De Martino, Michael I. Norton, and Raymond J. Dolan. "How Beliefs about Self-creation Inflate Value in the Human Brain." Art. 473. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9 (September 2015): 1–10.
- 2009
- Book
Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950
By: Aldo Musacchio
In Experiments in Financial Democracy, I challenge the idea that it was colonial institutions that sent Brazil, a civil law country, down a particular path of corporate governance and finance. Detailed archival research reveals significantly different patterns of... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business History; Business and Shareholder Relations; Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo. Experiments in Financial Democracy: Corporate Governance and Financial Development in Brazil, 1882-1950. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- 12 Oct 2022
- Video
Dan Mall: Defining Good Design
- 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
- Web
Case Method Teaching - Case Method Project
questions, strategies for eliciting key insights, and ideas for organizing student responses visually on a blackboard. For some cases, more extensive supporting documents known as “teaching notes” are available to fully brief the... View Details
- 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
- Web
How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace - Recruiting
employees to engage in open conversation and feedback. Edmondson finds that organizations will often set the bar for participation too high, meaning that employees do not feel comfortable contributing to a conversation if their idea isn’t... View Details
- 26 Sep 2023
- Book
Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target
Age Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/cagkansayin View Details
- 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
- 12 Jan 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Modularity for Value Appropriation--How to Draw the Boundaries of Intellectual Property
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & Joachim Henkel
- 22 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries