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- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
PublicationsTeaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Author:Amy C. Edmondson Publication:Jossey-Bass, in press Abstract Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the...
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Carmen Nobel
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
learned from her depression after a movie she worked on “bombed;” and how to be not necessarily happy all the time, but happier. Here's a transcript of the full conversation. Jeffrey Goldberg: Please join me in welcoming to the stage...
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by HBS Staff
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
for people who apply their creative sparks to the insights they gain from data, artificial intelligence, and feedback from colleagues. Learning and performance are twinned, not split as is often the case at companies that have yet to...
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- Portrait Project
Nikita Ramanujam
It was supposed to be a week of celebration—after a year of distance learning during the pandemic, the public elementary school in Oakland where I taught had reopened. We were finally back together as a...
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Partners and Families - MBA
integrated into life at HBS. The answer is a resounding yes! HBS warmly welcomes significant others and children into the campus community. Download the HBS Partner Resources Flyer and read below to learn more. MBA Partner Resources...
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- 04 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Money Connection—Understanding VC Networks
the effects of geographic distance and a "hot" IPO market on the formation of networks in the venture capital industry. The fact that the world is connected through spanning ties has huge effects on the spread of all manner of...
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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...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
necessities of social distancing attenuate or alter the traditional organizational levers. Several CEOs observed: “Keeping spirits high in a sales environment. At the moment our sales force has to work twice as hard for a quarter of the...
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- Web
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Smitha Das (MBA 2018) - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
period, Sadun suspects that employees adopted more fluid schedules to accommodate interruptions from, say, a child struggling with virtual learning or a sick family member. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/PHD0Oe3IKZEzoXHByJOS][/div]...
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by Danielle Kost
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
don’t have the benefit of ongoing conversations that happen when people are physically together, a distance that can easily result in misalignment. A dispersed working environment can only succeed if everyone is clear on their role. What...
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by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 31 Mar 2022
- Op-Ed
Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services
Those features, they assert, help them learn best practices from their multitude of engagements, ensure the confidentiality of specific information, and apply cutting-edge knowledge to assignments. Network economies. Across various...
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by Ashish Nanda
- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails
country’s nationwide COVID-19 lockdown. The researchers studied employee emails and attachments before and during a nine-week period using machine learning and textual analysis. They supplemented their email analysis with qualitative...
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by Ben Rand
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
depends on whether its rival is expected to obtain this information in equilibrium. Consequently, one firm may forgo market research even though its rival conducts such research and learns the true state of demand. We examine both...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place
not work somewhere else. We tend to believe that technology has made us homogeneous, but distance matters. Countries are different; consumers are different. People in India are different than the people in the United States."...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
and know-it-all, they won’t get anywhere,” Beer says. “People at the top have more decision rights, and that gives them a sense of distance and sometimes a false sense of confidence that they have the answers to everything. But they...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
Deborah L. Soule and Lynda M. Applegate Abstract This paper examines virtual team learning in new product development situations. New product development activities manifest novelty, uncertainty and complexity, presenting an extreme need...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 1)
differences resulted in distance between me and my parents. We had a hard time saying “I love you” to each other, or having conversations that went beyond perfunctory topics. This was especially the case with my dad. So, when I saw that...
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Partners - Case Method Project
Ruby Radnor High SchoolRadnor, PA Subjects:Civics, Government PA 37 of 40 Carl Shusko Laurel Highlands High SchoolUniontown, PA PA 38 of 40 Carol Smialek PA Distance Learning Charter AcademyWexford, PA PA 39...
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- 22 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Moving to the Lower 48 from Alaska for my MS/MBA
taught me orienteering, wilderness survival, and more. I remember once we even ate carpenter ants we found on a log, just to learn all the different ways a person can subsist in nature. My mom and I liked to spend time together in late...
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