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01 Jul 2021
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Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated workforce shifts that had been gaining momentum before the public health crisis, thrusting employers and workers into a new era within months. Joseph Fuller, a professor at Harvard Business School and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail; Manufacturing

15 Dec 2024
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Forward Thinking

You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Illustrations by Richard Borge; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Jun 2020
News

How Sports Should Use Its Timeout

when we get out of this, laying that groundwork for safety reasons today will pay dividends tomorrow in terms of fan engagement. This fluid fan wants to have that personalized experience in the venue. They want you to know what kind of... View Details

13 Oct 2016
News

Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

afford these patients a better quality of life for a longer period of time. It could be the first new treatment for ALS in nearly 25 years and the first one to potentially affect muscle function and strength as well as hopefully preserve patient independence.” While... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2005
News

One-on-One with Edwin Reed

challenge, ironically, is our own success. Due, in part, to our initiatives, people have recognized the value in Southeast Queens, and the rapidly rising cost of land has become an inhibiting factor to future development. Before we built... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Personal Services; Personal Services

James J. Hill

Hill, a railroad builder and entrepreneur, was a pioneer of the Northwest in a variety of ways. He located his roads and terminal facilities in potentially productive areas, he constructed them for economical operation at minimum cost... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

Profile

Minal Mehta

first fitness video, have been presenting at major health and fitness conferences and events nationwide, and launched an interactive, multimedia learning-management portal for our instructor community." How is your company and its... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Services

Profile

Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

that contribute to development and are crucial for growth.” Abena began with GE’s medical and health care device divisions, serving as a business analyst responsible for “increasing growth and market share” in West & Central Africa.... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Ticked Off

The HBS Club of Connecticut Community Partners recently partnered with Time for Lyme (TFL), a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating the devastating effects of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses. Founded in 1998, TFL has raised millions of dollars, lobbied for... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

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A Multicountry Perspective on Gender Differences in Time Use During COVID-19

By: Laura M. Giurge, Ashley V. Whillans and Ayse Yemiscigil (shared authorship)

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally altered how people spend time, with possible consequences for subjective well-being. Using diverse samples of remote workers from the United States, Canada, Denmark, Brazil, and Spain (n = 31,141), following a preregistered... View Details

Keywords: Time; Subjective Well-being; COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Gender; Time Management; Well-being; Work-Life Balance; Global Range

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27 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

New Cluster Mapping Project Helps Companies Locate Facilities

Too often corporations decide to locate facilities based solely on cost savings. And that's shortsighted, argues Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter. Instead, business leaders should look for locations that gather... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

business and the company's strategy. In a service business like Tesco's, the health of the brand depends heavily on the quality of the millions of daily transactions between shoppers and staff. Motivating the front-line personnel is... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA

investment, HBS students meet the remaining cost of their MBA using personal savings, a student loan, and/or outside funding. Employer sponsorship and loans are considered outside scholarships for financial... View Details

10 Nov 2020
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Learning to Fight

faculty member at Harvard Medical School when he received the grant. “The Sontag Foundation was pivotal in helping me design and sustain a research career,” says Johnson, who is now chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at UMass Memorial View Details

Keywords: April White

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

Crisis in Health Care Authors:Robert S. Kaplan and Michael E. Porter Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 9 (September 2011) Abstract Existing health care costing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2020
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Keeping the Beat

lyrics like, “I’ve been holding out strong from a past life, I’m holding out strong it’s gonna be alright.” These are lyrics that are 100 percent inspired by this time of waiting, this time of uncertainty, this time of actually being able to go deeper into your own... View Details

Keywords: Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information

02 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?

The instructions went on to say that the participants would receive a tax credit for the cost of their commute to the lab. After the problem-solving exercise, the participants went into another room and filled out a "research study tax... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting

01 Feb 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?

(iStockphoto/Mladen Zivkovic) Several years ago, my spouse and I turned to concierge medicine. We no longer wanted to deal with a US health care system that often provides basically anonymous, production line diagnosis and treatment... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

was to make a series of unsustainable promises that sustained the illusion of prosperity" by extending easy credit to fuel consumption, covering health care and retirement costs, and directly employing people while lowering tax... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2003
News

South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs

and sales management, spoke on the subject “Specialties vs. Commodities: It’s Not All about the Price.” He is pictured with Philadelphia Club chairman V.J. Pappas (MBA ’76, at left) and Robert Bristol Collins (MBA ’91). Health Industry... View Details

Keywords: Alumni groups; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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