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- 02 Aug 2021
- What Do You Think?
Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?
(Image credit: iStockphoto/SDI Productions) Despite reams of material written about remote work in recent months, we know very little about the impact of remote management on performance. Perhaps it’s too... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
isolating settings where analysts would benefit more from either increased comparability or higher quality information, we document that the improvement in the information environment is driven both by information and comparability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018
Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun was on a fast track until the EC's antitrust concerns about open-source MySQL ignited a transatlantic war of words delaying the deal. Sun's View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
making complex decisions. Under some circumstances, unconscious thought improves decisions even more than conscious thought. Executive functioning depends on energy provided by glucose, and we know from previous research that the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Health Care a Top Priority at HBS
that focus on health care and health-care delivery. Simply put, we want to improve the performance of global health care and make an impact on the industry worldwide.” Related... View Details
- 03 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 3
making the concept of enterprise architecture more operational, improving a firm's ability to analyze its architecture, understand its performance implications, and adapt and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
teams often changes over time or between projects. In this paper, we use detailed data from an Indian software services firm to examine how such changes may affect the accumulation of experience within, and the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
neighborhoods with better initial appearances experience, on average, larger positive improvements—an observation that is consistent with “tipping” theories of urban change. Third, neighborhood improvement... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
and Michael E. Menietti Abstract—We investigate the factors driving workers’ decisions to generate public goods inside an organization through a randomized solicitation of workplace improvement proposals in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Companies Shouldn't Delay Software Updates—Even After CrowdStrike's Flaw
highlights one simple change companies could make: updating software sooner after improved versions hit the market. The research finds that some 60 percent of US organizations continued to use a popular... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Support for the Healers
As COO of the UK-based Point of Care Foundation, Deborah Sandford (MBA 1990) runs an organization that addresses the needs of health care professionals who spend their careers... View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
trend is the use of online tools to improve physical asset utilization in many traditional off-line businesses. This article discusses the water industry as an example, and the organizational changes and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 07 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
How One Organization Increased Their Internship Yield
In their reciprocal pursuits of internships and interns, HBS MBA candidates and participating employers invest a considerable amount of interest, time and, in many cases, money. With so much at stake, both... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 12 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Leadership Lessons from a Young Martin Luther King, Jr.
with Rosa Parks, when she refused to move to the back of the bus. That led to the formation of the Montgomery Improvement Association, where Dr. King was nominated four days... View Details
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
organizational behavior. Our ideas have been profoundly influenced by these early scholars. Q: What concerns you about the emphasis of leadership studies on economic performance rather than social impact? A:... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)
environmental concerns (for example, water treatment and usage) that a company needed to pay more attention to. The goal was to work with portfolio companies to improve their ESG ratings. By doing so we believe they could potentially... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
borrowing DeWitt’s uniform for Eddie Gaedel, a 3-foot, 7-inch circus performer added to the lineup as a pinch hitter. League officials changed the rules to prevent a repeat of the stunt — Gaedel walked on... View Details
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
improvements will be exhibited by those shamed firms that face lower-cost opportunities to improve—-and thus are particularly able to respond. We take advantage of a natural experiment, when a major social... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth
technology expertise they need. And thus the link to savings—to attract an investor, companies must put collateral into the project: money from savings. With access to technology, the company improves its productivity and contributes to... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert