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- 29 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely
interaction between co-workers, and “sequential interdependence,” which involves a series of tasks performed by different employees. POLL Do you prefer to work remotely? We're asking Working Knowledge readers to share their thoughts about... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Web
Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship - Health Care
The application deadline is January 31, 2025. *This year, preference for admission will be given to graduates from the MBA classes of 2024 and 2025. Videos 29 MAR 2023 Harvard Business School The Blavatnik Fellowship: A Lifelong Community... View Details
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
and operations theory suggests that the longer people wait, the less satisfied they become; we demonstrate that due to what we term the labor illusion, when websites engage in operational transparency by signaling that they are exerting effort, people can actually... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
their funds on demand even if consumption takes place later. Capitalized institutions serving overoptimistic depositors emerge in equilibrium even if depositors and bank owners have identical preferences and investment opportunities.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Podcast - Business & Environment
discusses financing climate tech startups through growth equity. He describes how he started the Drawdown Fund with Paul Hawken, editor of the New York Times best-selling book on climate solutions called Drawdown, and the strategic... View Details
- 19 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Answering Your Questions About the HBS MBA Application
finalize your applications in the next few weeks! We also encourage you to check out the FAQs webpage and our Pep Talk video series. Top 5 Questions We Get from Applicants 1. Does HBS have a preference between the GMAT and GRE? We do not... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
William R., and Martin Mandorff Abstract—We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, Koreans are 34 times... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can
frozen pizza. "How much would you need to be paid to move from your most preferred brand to your second-most preferred brand?" The researchers came to a startling conclusion: Consumers were 30 percent less... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
of our stabilization policy? Time will tell. See Olivier’s other research here and Larry’s other research here . More Info Strengthening and Streamlining Bank Capital Regulation By: Robin Greenwood , Samuel G. Hanson , Jeremy C. Stein &... View Details
- 07 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
Giving Back: Consumers Care More About How Companies Donate Than How Much
perception is that brands that sacrifice relatively more of their earnings seem more generous,” says Elizabeth Keenan, assistant professor of business administration at HBS. “There's some good will associated with that type of generosity and therefore, people are more... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
link: http://www.palgrave.com/Products/TitlePrint.aspx?PID=362801 August 2013 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Investors Prefer Entrepreneurial Ventures Pitched by Attractive Men By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Laura Huang, Sarah... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees
an incentive is to turn around the timing of the reward, handing it out immediately after an employee excels at a particular task, rather than dangling it beforehand. “In this way, you can use timing to your... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
financed them—declared such brick-and-mortar businesses were dinosaurs on their way to extinction. The success of Bluemercury proved the critics wrong. “We’ve always had a hard time being able to identify the skills and behaviors of... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
- 04 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees
player on the sitcom 30 Rock; and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, the swashbuckling yachtsman. But then there are the introverted CEOs—calm, eremitic, and observant—who prefer flying below the radar. You've never heard of them because they... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 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
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
are being caused by rapid technological changes on the one hand and tectonic shifts in customer preferences and societal behaviour on the other. Marketing knowledge and practices have to advance at a significantly higher pace to address... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Startup or Established Company? Which Is Best for You?
Here’s my perspective on the tradeoffs. Putting aside for a moment industry preferences and how you feel about the products the company is building (both of which are very important!), most of the differences between a startup and mature... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- Web
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- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 04 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Want to Make Diversity Stick? Break the Cycle of Sameness
the race and gender of a new appointment to the demographics of the departing member of a group. “People are otherwise likely to choose replacements who demographically resemble their predecessors.” This preference for maintaining the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding