Rethinking DEI Training? These Changes Can Bring Better Results
Tailored, practical diversity trainings offered at the right decision points can yield meaningful change, says new research by Edward H. Chang and colleagues.
Content: Article | Authors: Edward H. Chang, Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Diversity, Hiring, Human Resources
What Drives Managers to Sabotage Talented Employees
Intense competition in the workplace may lead managers to sabotage talented employees to protect their own job security, says research by Hashim Zaman and Karim Lakhani.
Content: Article | Authors: Hashim Zaman, Karim R. Lakhani, Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior
Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential
We tend to avoid failure at all costs. But our smarter missteps are worthwhile because they can force us to take a different path that points us toward personal and professional success.
Content: Article | Authors: Amy Edmondson, Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Management, Success / Failure
Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It
How am I doing? Research by Francesca Gino and colleagues shows just how badly employees want to know. Is it time for managers to get over their discomfort and get the conversation going at work?
Content: Article | Authors: Francesca Gino, Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Human Resources, Management, Organizational Behavior, Training & Development
What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style
Tarun Khanna and Prithwiraj Choudhury use machine-learning technology to look for links between a CEO’s communication style and company performance.
Content: Article | Authors: Michael Blanding, Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Leadership
Solving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time
Can company growth rates persist over long periods of time? A new study of long-lasting enterprises might make CEOs rethink their strategies.
Content: Article | Authors: Gary Pisano, Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: General
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
Immigrants are 15 percent of the overall United States population, but they become entrepreneurs at a much higher rate, according to new research by William Kerr and Sari Pekkala Kerr.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Economics, Entrepreneurship
Resolve Your Toughest Work Problems with 5 Questions
In Managing in the Gray, Joseph Badaracco offers managers a five-question framework for facing murky situations and solving tough problems at work.
Content: Article | Authors: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr., Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Management, Personal Development
How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers
Thales Teixeira studies three of the most successful “platform” startups to understand the chicken-and-egg challenge of how companies can attract their first customers.
Content: Article | Authors: Michael Blanding, Thales S. Teixeira | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Marketing / Sales, Strategy
These Management Practices, Like Certain Technologies, Boost Company Performance
Management practice acts exactly as a new technology might in giving companies competitive advantage—and there is a right way and a wrong way to do things, says a new study by Raffaella Sadun and colleagues.
Content: Article | Authors: Michael Blanding, Raffaella Sadun | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Best Practices, Management
What’s a Boss Worth?
Quite a lot, it turns out. Good bosses can have a multiplier effect that ups everyone’s game, according to new research by Christopher Stanton.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Organizational Behavior
Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?
New research by Danielle Li and colleagues finds that computers make better hiring decisions than managers when filling simpler jobs.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Human Resources
Name Your Price. Really.
Is it worthwhile for retailers to experiment with “pay what you want” pricing? Shelle Santana unmasks the surprising logic behind how much customers will pay, and when. One finding: sellers can dramatically change what some buyers are willing to pay.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Pricing
The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs
David Yoffie and Michael Cusumano find common leadership lessons from the tech titans of Microsoft, Intel, and Apple in the new book, Strategy Rules.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Strategy
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
Most negotiation training focuses on what happens before and during the talks. Michael Wheeler’s new app helps users improve their skills after the deal is completed.
Content: Article | Authors: Michael Blanding, Michael Wheeler | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Negotiation
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
Research by Christopher Marquis shows that a company’s degree of social responsibility is affected by a surprising factor—the language it uses to communicate.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: International, Organizational Behavior, Social Responsibility (ESG)
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
Harvard Business School’s Rebecca M. Henderson and Karthik Ramanna argue that company managers have a moral obligation to preserve capitalism.
Content: Article | Authors: Karthik Ramanna, Michael Blanding, Rebecca M. Henderson | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Economics
Michael Blanding
Capitalism earns its legitimacy through the idea that the pursuit of self-interest explicitly delivers on certain moral goods for society. Individuals could criticize that moral framework—a Marxist, for instance, might argue that capitalism ignores issues of fairness in outcomes—but they can’t say that it doesn’t exist.
Content: Quotation | Author: Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Capitalism, Economics
Michael Blanding, Karthik Ramanna, Rebecca M. Henderson
Capitalism has two powerful things going for it. First, it has been shown to be incredibly effective in leading to economic growth. …Second, capitalism tends to be self-correcting. When the free market does fail, the market itself steps in to correct the problem. …But that doesn’t mean markets always work to self-correct structural problems. The snag, as Adam Smith first identified in The Wealth of … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Authors: Karthik Ramanna, Michael Blanding, Rebecca M. Henderson | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Capitalism, Economics
Solving the Search vs. Display Advertising Quandary
Internet advertising was supposed to make it easier for marketers to measure the impact of their ad buys. But a basic question remains: Do search ads or do display ads create more customers on the web? Research by Professor Sunil Gupta.
Content: Article | Author: Michael Blanding | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Advertising, Marketing / Sales