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- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
editors at Harvard Business Press, suggested the Times project to me; and as a historian I thought it would be a terrific opportunity to gain deep exposure to the primary source reporting that newspapers afford. When I was doing research... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- Research Event
Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture
to address,” Ely says. “I think it can be done. Do I think it actually will be done or when? I don’t know.” About the Author Danielle Kost is senior editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Image: skynesher What do you think... View Details
- 23 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
China’s 60-Year Road from Revolution to World Power
from around the world. The resulting book includes several of the papers and lectures that were presented at the conference, providing a wide range of views about China's past, present, and future. In this excerpt, editor William C.... View Details
Keywords: by William C. Kirby
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Evidence from Journal Editor Rotations By: Parsons, Christopher, J. Brogaard, and J. Engelberg Abstract—Using detailed publication and citation data for over 50,000 articles from 30 major economics and finance journals, we investigate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
Credit: iStockPhoto Who are the editors of HBS Working Knowledge most thankful for as the new year begins? It’s the readers who take time to contribute comments to our stories, more than 1,000 in 2017. Since our readership extends to more... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
Harvard Business School Exercise 908-051 A two-party negotiation between an Agent representing a new author and an Editor at a large Publishing Firm. The exercise involves a one-issue, zero-sum negotiation concerning the advance on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Quest for Better Layoffs
How can the layoff process be conducted better in the future?" To that end, Sucher has posted a listing on the HBS Working Knowledge Research Exchange, inviting managers to get in touch with her directly to share their tales from the field. Former newspaper View Details
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
Britannica had 123 errors while Wikipedia had 162 (for averages of 2.9 and 3.9 errors per article, respectively.) For the editors at Britannica, that may be a little too close for comfort. It's the kind of success that attracted McAfee,... View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
Business Review. With a long history of writing and editing on corporate strategy, the new economy, and trends in the workplace, he has been an advisor to Bain & Company and to other companies and individuals. Kiechel spent most of his early career at Fortune. As... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism argues for slavery's centrality to the emergence of American capitalism in the decades between the Revolution and the Civil War.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
regarded as China's most independent newsmagazine, gathered his core team for an urgent meeting. His pioneering editor Hu Shuli, described for her fiercely independent journalism as "the most dangerous woman in China" had quit... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Case 806-124 Dick Berggren, well-known FOXTV announcer for NASCAR races and executive editor of Speedway Illustrated magazine, considers how to grow the business he founded and balance his time, energy, and commitments to his wife.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism
nations must choose their own paths, for better or worse. He later expanded on his ideas in the following interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace. As a student at Cornell, Abdelal said, he became fascinated by the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
these energy firms might be helpful in some way.” About the Author Kristen Senz is the growth editor of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. . [Image: Unsplash/Karsten Würth] What role should companies play in addressing climate... View Details
- 13 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought
questions come up and new questions about the evolving landscape come up,” he says, “we’re hoping to keep asking in rapid fire questions to small business owners to help guide the policy and managerial discussions.” About the Author Kristen Senz is a writer and social... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration. About the Author Danielle Kost is a senior editor at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: vm] Related Reading These Coronavirus Heroes Show Us How Crisis Leadership Works Why... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
mobility and absence of ties to land, to slave society, or loyalty to any particular state, worked to their advantage. No one had written about that before. So my editors and I agreed that this should be a separate book. Q: Albert... View Details
- 16 Dec 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Marrying Distance and Classroom Education
In an interview with HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean Silverthorne, Harvard Business School professor Dorothy Leonard and research assistant Brian DeLacey discuss their research and the recent Adult Learning Workshop held at Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
COVID Not Slowing VC Investment
well during these turbulent times. “In venture capital, a third of the companies you put money into are just going to go belly up,” Gompers says. “But maybe 10 or 15 percent of your companies will go on to make five or 10 times your money.” About the author Danielle... View Details
- 07 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure
novel Look Homeward, Angel and cut its length by almost one-third. Had an editor of Perkins's talents applied his skills to Business Cycles, the book might well have fulfilled—and exceeded—Schumpeter's ambitions.16 The reorganized work... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw