HBS Working Knowledge - Faculty Research at Harvard Business School

courtneyk

Measuring the Efficacy of the World's Managers

January 30, 2012

Over the past seven years, Harvard Business School's Raffaella Sadun and a team of researchers have interviewed managers at some 10,000 organizations in 20 countries. The goal: to determine how and why management practices differ vastly in style and quality not only across nations, but also across various organizations and industries.

Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors' Prison

February 2, 2012

Forget the notion of the home as "castle." Twenty-two percent of Americans owe more on their mortgages than the value of their homes. Nicolas P. Retsinas offers ideas for how these "debtors' prisons" can be turned into productive housing.

Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?

February 1, 2012

Forum Open Is support for small business overhyped as a panacea for our economic troubles? Recent research suggests the advantages of bigness when it comes to employment and economic development. If so, asks Professor Jim Heskett, what does this mean for government policy?

First Look: Jan. 31

January 31, 2012

The name game … Incentives to save … Squelching motivation

Best of WK:

Financial Reporting Goes Global
Gregory S. Miller and V.G. Narayanan

New HBS Working Papers:

Coming Soon:

The case for not being colorblind
Timing in the market of ideas
Paper: Open innovation and organizational boundaries

US Competitiveness Site Launched

Visit the new HBS information site on US competitiveness, part of a larger project to generate ideas and actions that boost the ability of companies to compete globally and raise American living standards.