Does Financial Misconduct Affect the Future Compensation of Alumni Managers?
Analyzing data from an executive search firm, this paper explains how former employees who are free from wrongdoing still pay a price in stigma after incidents of corporate financial misconduct. The...
View ArticleIs It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?
The US government has in recent years been reluctant to pursue antitrust measures against dominant competitors, but that could change in 2018. James Heskett asks: Are tech's Big 4 killing the competition?
View ArticleThe Use and Misuse of Patent Data: Issues for Corporate Finance and Beyond
Corporate finance researchers who analyze patent data are at risk of making highly predictable errors. The problem arises from dramatic changes in the direction and location of technological innovation...
View Article'Don’t Show Up Empty-handed' and Other Tips for Finding the Right Job at a...
Jeffrey Bussgang's new book, "StartUpLand," is an essential guide for finding work at a startup.
View ArticleNew Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
When Donald Trump comes knocking ... How important to success is an entrepreneur's personality? ... A new theory on what motivates us at work.
View ArticleThe Real Exchange Rate, Innovation and Productivity
Addressing debates on the effects of real exchange rate (RER) movements on the economy,Laura Alfaro and colleagues examine manufacturing firm-level effects of medium-term fluctuations, in particular...
View ArticlePersonality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature
This paper by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, and Tina Xu brings together recent findings in the academic literature on the prevalence of various personality traits among entrepreneurs and their...
View ArticleWhy Employers Must Stop Requiring College Degrees For Middle-Skill Jobs
Employers are guilty of degree inflation: requiring lofty academic bonafides for jobs that don't need them. Joseph Fuller says the practice is hurting American competitiveness.
View ArticleNew Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
Creating the organic wine market...Changing attitudes about war...Understanding precision medicines
View ArticleHow to Design a Better Customer Experience
With the help of LEGO bricks, Stefan Thomke helps business executives discover how design principles can serve as building blocks to create a great customer experience.
View Article'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
Readers from all over the world frequently (and eloquently) comment on HBS Working Knowledge articles. Here are some of our favorites from 2017.
View ArticleThe Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017
The most popular articles on Working Knowledge in 2017 included new research on gender and racial bias, personal productivity, and happiness.
View ArticleFirst Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
Hulu: The case study ... The country where big business helped drive environmental controls ... Why isn't health care delivery more efficient?
View ArticleIn the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?
Is corporate governance broken? How else to explain the many charges of sexual harassment and gender bias that surfaced in 2017? James Heskett poses a potential fix.
View ArticleFraming Violence, Finding Peace
Data collected in a survey of 1,120 Syrian refugees in Turkey finds that 1) framing civilians’ wartime ordeal as suffering or sacrifice influences their attitudes about ending the conflict, and 2) the...
View Article5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)
Here are well-researched tips from Harvard Business School faculty to help you keep your career-related resolutions this year.
View ArticleCreating the Market for Organic Wine: Sulfites, Certification, and Green Values
Certified organic wine remains a tiny percentage of the global wine market. Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean provide a case study of failed new category creation, analyzing the challenges for the...
View ArticleThe Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
One in twelve financial advisors have been disciplined for serious misconduct, according to a recent study by finance professor Mark Egan and colleagues. The bad apples are rarely punished.
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