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- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
PeopleImages New business school graduates have now made their way from campus to workplace. For them, this should be a time of optimism and energy, of setting ambitious goals and testing new ideas. At Harvard Business School, where I teach, many of these passions and... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
Podcast: Yelp ratings may be predictor of how restaurants fare after a minimum wage increase
Some restaurants owners have argued that raising the minimum wage may force them to close, or cut staff. Now a new study suggests that this only really happens to... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age
Are Uber drivers and HourlyNerd consultants independent contractors or employees? Interesting question, but the wrong one. Better to ask: Are we stifling innovation across the digital economy by forcing a simplistic choice, contractor vs. employee? The short answer is... View Details
- 11 Apr 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Learning By Thinking: How Reflection Improves Performance
- 17 Jun 2022
- News
In Defense of Online Anonymity
- 24 Jul 2018
- News
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
- 12 Aug 2019
- News
World in Motion
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
stringency of the ban on market transactions for organs (Steiner 2009). In essence, many would argue that blood, organs, and cadavers should not be considered goods. That said, the demand for cadavers remains strong, and numerous ideas... View Details
- February 1993
- Background Note
HRM Course Overview Note
By: Michael Beer
Provides an overview of the first-year required course in Human Resource Management. It argues that commitment, coordination, and competence are critical organizational outcomes and that skills in organizational diagnosis, design, and change are central to obtaining... View Details
Keywords: Change; Competency and Skills; Human Resources; Organizations; Organizational Design; Outcome or Result; Behavior
Beer, Michael. "HRM Course Overview Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 493-062, February 1993.
- 23 Aug 2014
- News
Got Skills?
- 2024
- Working Paper
How Real Is Hypothetical?: A High-Stakes Test of the Allais Paradox
By: Uri Gneezy, Yoram Halevy, Brian Hall, Theo Offerman and Jeroen van de Ven
Researchers in behavioral and experimental economics often argue that only
incentive-compatible mechanisms can elicit effort and truthful responses from participants.
Others argue that participants make less-biased decisions when the stakes
are sufficiently high.... View Details
Gneezy, Uri, Yoram Halevy, Brian Hall, Theo Offerman, and Jeroen van de Ven. "How Real Is Hypothetical? A High-Stakes Test of the Allais Paradox." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-005, August 2024.
- December 2002 (Revised February 2003)
- Case
Broken Trust: Role of Professionals in the Enron Debacle
By: Ashish Nanda
Discusses the role of professionals in the Enron debacle. Argues that professionals failed to prevent or predict Enron's collapse because of the conflicts of interest they faced. Concludes with observations on management and regulation of conflicts of interest facing... View Details
Nanda, Ashish. "Broken Trust: Role of Professionals in the Enron Debacle." Harvard Business School Case 903-084, December 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
- 14 Apr 2011
- News
Fail often, fail well
- 16 May 2018
- News
Salaries at this Boston company rank among highest in US
- January 1999
- Background Note
The Professional Pledge and Conflict of Interest
By: Ashish Nanda
It is argued that professionals pledge fiduciary responsibility towards their clients to minimize the occurrence of conflicts of interest, which are socially inefficient. Professional associations are formed to ensure that in their practices, professionals live by... View Details
Nanda, Ashish. "The Professional Pledge and Conflict of Interest." Harvard Business School Background Note 899-177, January 1999.
- 13 May 2021
- News
O'Hanley Talks ESG
- 28 Feb 2019
- News
Conscious decoupling
The 20 Online Talks That Could Change Your Life
The Guardian - August 27, 2013
Professor Amy JC Cuddy, of Harvard Business School argues that not only do our non-verbal communications govern how others think and feel about us, they also have a significant effect on how we feel about ourselves. View Details
Professor Amy JC Cuddy, of Harvard Business School argues that not only do our non-verbal communications govern how others think and feel about us, they also have a significant effect on how we feel about ourselves. View Details