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  • 12 Apr 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks

working paper Discretionary Task Ordering: Queue Management in Radiological Services by María R. Ibáñez, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Business School; Jonathan R. Clark , an assistant professor at the University of Texas at San... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 19 Apr 2017
  • Blog Post

7 Ways MBA Students Use Baker Library

Project I remember having the opportunity to provide a personalized library orientation to a student who arrived to campus early to work on a faculty project. I was able to get her up to speed for the... View Details
  • 26 Aug 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Can AI Match Human Ingenuity in Creative Problem-Solving?

When ChatGPT and other large language models began entering the mainstream two years ago, it quickly became apparent the technology could excel at certain business functions, yet it was less clear how well artificial intelligence could handle more creative tasks. Sure,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information; Technology
  • Program

Senior Executive Leadership Program—China

region or with a partner in the region Nonprofit organizations Government agencies, especially those working closely with the private sector The program content is global in nature and applicable to the Chinese business environment. The... View Details
  • 2022
  • Article

Which Explanation Should I Choose? A Function Approximation Perspective to Characterizing Post hoc Explanations

By: Tessa Han, Suraj Srinivas and Himabindu Lakkaraju
A critical problem in the field of post hoc explainability is the lack of a common foundational goal among methods. For example, some methods are motivated by function approximation, some by game theoretic notions, and some by obtaining clean visualizations. This... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Decision Choices and Conditions; Analytics and Data Science
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    Mastering the VC Game

    Entrepreneurs who dream of building the next Amazon, Facebook or Google have the opportunity to take advantage of one of the most powerful economic engines the world has ever known: venture capital. To do so, you need to woo, impress, and persuade venture... View Details

    • 31 Jan 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

    democratic history and an immediate, practical exercise for anyone looking for a way to strengthen our common civic commitments. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52134 2017 Academy of Management Annals... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 07 Feb 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

    digital transformation journey. 2. Align around a customer-centric narrative Vision and strategy matter, but without a sense of shared purpose, employees aren’t willing to do the hard work required to build a digitally mature... View Details
    Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
    • 13 May 2021
    • Blog Post

    Zhalisa Clarke’s Sabbatical Story: Tech Leader Turned Healer

    working professionals. Along with collaborator Professor Matt Bloom, The Sabbatical Project is now exploring the role and effects of companies in making sabbatical policies mainstream. DJ received his MBA... View Details
    • 13 Aug 2021
    • Blog Post

    Exploring Racial Justice with the Scaling Minority Businesses Course

    work on real-world projects with Black and Latinx-led businesses in Greater Boston – a proximate learning experience that seemed like exactly the opportunity I was seeking. The course itself consisted of a... View Details
    • 15 Nov 2016
    • First Look

    November 15, 2016

    policies and practices as an unconscious “social defense” to help employees fend off anxieties raised by a 24/7 work culture. Due to the social defense, two beliefs remain unchallenged—the necessity of long... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 04 Jul 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

    on how people work together productively,” Bernstein says. “But they don’t know where to start, or, if they do, all they see are roadblocks in the way.” To that end, he and several colleagues recently launched the Harvard Business School... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • Web

    Middle East & North Africa - Global

    Middle East & North Africa Cairo, Dubai, Istanbul, Tel Aviv HBS continues its efforts to build a deep understanding of and expertise in global business practice and innovation around the world, including throughout the Middle East and... View Details
    • Web

    Insights & Advice - Recruiting

    Development (CPD) office shares practical tips to help you and your team thrive. Whether you work from home full-time or split your week between home and the office, success depends on intentionally managing... View Details
    • Web

    Courses - Entrepreneurship

    Richard Ruback Royce Yudkoff Spring 2024 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Field X (also listed under Finance) Randolph Cohen Fall 2023 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Field Y: Projects in Business Management (also listed under Finance) Randolph Cohen Spring... View Details
    • 25 Jun 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams

    managerial practices necessitate a good rapport with workers, and some managerial styles and approaches only work if you have that good rapport. [Lack of rapport could] lead to increased turnover and low... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Food & Beverage
    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    I Am Not on the Market, I Am Here with Friends: Using On-Line Social Networks to Find a Job or a Spouse

    By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
    Sociologists have extensively documented that networks influence market exchange through improved matching and vouching. In this paper, I propose that networks can also blunt the signal of market participation, as actors who are on the market surrounded by their... View Details
    Keywords: Job Search; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Social and Collaborative Networks; Online Technology
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    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Taking a 'Deep Dive': What Only a Top Leader Can Do

    By: Howard H. Yu and Joseph L. Bower
    Unlike most historical accounts of strategic change inside large firms, empirical research on strategic management rarely uses the day-to-day behaviors of top executives as the unit of analysis. By examining the resource allocation process closely, we introduce the... View Details
    Keywords: Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Resource Allocation; Business Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure
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    • 09 Jul 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off

    history of empirical work on the search for a relationship between corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP). Second, we critically appraise the quality of this work. And third, we question the... View Details
    Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
    • 23 Jun 2016
    • Blog Post

    How I Structured My Second Year at HBS

    Formally trained as an engineer, Matt Holzapfel (MBA 2015) worked at both Sears and Dell in the years before business school. While at HBS he discovered a budding interest in entrepreneurship, and took advantage of the flexible second... View Details