Hybrid Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Philippe Taieb

impact and on using hybrid business models to generate social and environmental value. Work Experience: Social Impact Consulting & Coaching - Principal; City Year (youth development) -Director of... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Education; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Government; Health Care; Manufacturing; Social Enterprise; Sports; Clean Technology; Energy

10 Mar 2021
Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

flexible hybrid approach COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of remote work practices such as “work-from-anywhere,” a form of remote work that I have studied even prior to... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

29 Mar 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Entrepreneurs, Firms, and Global Wealth since 1850

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

excel in small firms, where they can set a goal and then empower others to work toward it. Navy and Air Force officers, who operate expensive, complex systems, such as submarines and aircraft carriers, are trained to follow processes to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

Organizational Challenge of Pursuing Joint Social and Financial Goals: Social Enterprise as a Laboratory to Understand Hybrid Organizing By: Battilana, Julie Abstract— While in recent decades the social and business sectors have evolved... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

institutional theorists from around the world gathered at Harvard Business School to address head-on how institutional theory research and tools can help practitioners address work-related and societal issues—and how academics in the field can explain their View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

In his recent Working Paper, "Marketing's Role in Cross-Sector Collaboration," HBS professor James Austin outlines three stages of collaboration between businesses and nonprofits—philanthropic, transactional, and integrative... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

09 Jan 2024
In Practice

Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year

As a new year begins, the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the future of work permeates nearly every workplace-related discussion, from diversity, equity, and inclusion goals and venture capital funding to strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

but it’s reasonable to assume that many companies and individuals will continue with full or hybrid remote work arrangements for months to come. Who’s moving and how? Lift outs help companies add talent... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

11 Oct 2013
HBS Seminar

Sen Chai, Post-Doc Labor & Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and NBER

Blog

How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America

including faculty and research staff traveled to the company and worked closely with company executives during a series of intensive interviews over a very short span of time. With the pandemic that well-established process came to a... View Details

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

Abstract The ongoing fragmentation of work has resulted in a narrowing of tasks into smaller pieces that can be sent outside the organization and, in many instances, around the world. This trend is shifting the boundaries of organizations... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2022

don’t forget these: Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails How often should employees come to the office? In the first large-scale study of its kind, Prithwiraj Choudhury finds that... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

In the wake of COVID-19, organizations around the world quickly made changes to how they got work done, including managing summer internships. For many organizations, that meant creating remote internship programs in 2020 that will stay... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Web

Middle East & North Africa - Global

burnout in the hybrid work era, highlighting how individual solutions often fall short in addressing systemic issues. Following her presentation, she led an engaging discussion on strategies to redesign... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

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HBS - The year in Review

Custom programs. And, while the HBS Online portfolio continued its rapid growth with four new certificate programs and three new Certificates of Specialization, it also hosted Connext, an annual gathering of learners, in a hybrid format... View Details

24 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Rituals at Work: Teams That Play Together Stay Together

who view their work as meaningful are more motivated, happier, and more productive. Given these benefits, employers should consider experimenting with rituals as a way to bring employees closer together, whether in offices or in View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

18 Jul 2023
News

The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

What inspired you to launch Forby Entertainment Partners? I started working on film and TV shoots in New York City during college. My first boss, an executive producer, recommended Edward Jay Epstein’s book, The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

in buying and selling, why understanding the difference matters, and the implications for areas such as sales hiring, training, pricing, use of new tools, and performance management. Slides How to Make Hybrid View Details

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