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- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
Summing Up What Role Will Management Play in Saving US Health Care? The verdict is in, according to respondents of this month's column: Problems confronting health care in the US are much larger and broader than those that can be solved View Details
- 04 Apr 2011
- HBS Case
Reinventing the National Geographic Society
Teaching a case study on the National Geographic Society for the first time, HBS professor David A. Garvin walks out to the middle of the horseshoe-shaped classroom and asks his students, "How many of you have familiarity with... View Details
- 18 Oct 2010
- News
Honorable Mention
- 09 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Where to Find Remote Work Now: 250 Million Job Postings Paint a Complex Picture
climbed more than three-fold in the United States. In Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, openings skyrocketed by at least a factor of five. That said, in Miami; Savannah, Georgia; and Memphis, job listings with one or... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
book excerpt Leading Innovation From Collective Genius: The Art of Practice of Leading Innovation By Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove and Kent Linebeck Though each of our leaders and their firms... View Details
- 22 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms
on specific proposals begin the week of June 22.] Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's proposals for fixing the broken financial system closely resemble those found in Moss's own playbook. In this instance, the book is a Special Report on Regulatory Reform,... View Details
- 05 Mar 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?
by Nobel-prize winner in economics George Akerlof and economist Robert Sheeler of "irrational exuberance" fame. These authors cite the importance of what John Maynard Keynes once referred to as... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
accompanied by lower inflation and interest rates—that justify deficit spending to produce both economic growth and social programs designed to improve our quality of life and reduce social inequality” (JohnfrmClevelnd). Or, it prompts... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Wide Horizon
commercialized, Rodakis has focused on helping early stage companies. N of One provided seed funding, for instance, to BioROSA, a startup led by his inaugural conference cosponsor and longtime collaborator, View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Photos by Sarah Wilson
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
John A., and Leora Kornfeld Abstract—The new marketing order, as played out on media platforms like YouTube, Twitter and Instagram, is so unlike the order it is displacing that it might seem like bedlam, an asylum of sorts for ideas... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?
Summing Up Does Common Sense Impede Change? Common sense is the decision-maker's friend when the decision has to be made rapidly, with a minimum of research or formal theory, with no more than moderate risk or consequences, and by... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
humans have become an indoor species, so buildings have a major impact on our health. say John Macomber and Joseph Allen. Teaching by Heart: One Professor’s Journey to Inspire Thomas DeLong, a professor at... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 17 May 2016
- First Look
May 17, 2016
2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: John A. Quelch. Abstract—The public health footprint associated with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jan 2021
- Book
In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded
How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Curb Appeal
Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Harvard Business Analytics Program
The Harvard Business Analytics Program is offered through a collaboration between Harvard Business School (HBS), the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).
Designed for... View Details
- 17 Jan 2020
- In Practice
6 Traits That Set Top Business Leaders Apart
theme." Leonard A. Schlesinger, Baker Foundation Professor and co-author of What Great Service Leaders Know and Do. 6. They avoid distractions “They focus!” Rebecca M. Henderson (@RebeccaReCap), John and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
The panel was moderated by John Macomber, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School whose work ponders how public/private partnerships can fuel urban development for the better. As a business person, he... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees
study with professors Adam M. Grant of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and David A. Hofmann of UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Their article, "Reversing the Extraverted Leadership Advantage: The Role of Employee... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel