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For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce ProductivityFor Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity   

Workers in the global economy increasingly perform their jobs far away from home. It turns out, says Prithwiraj Choudhury, that homesickness is a significant barrier to their productivity. Here's what employers can do. 
25 Feb 2020  |  Research & Ideas

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How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

by Julia Austin
  • 17 FEB 2020
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  • Sharpening Your Skills
Identifying a customer's pain points is the first step for entrepreneurs in developing a new product. Julia Austin offers tips for choosing the right "job to be done."

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 JAN 2020
  • | 
  • Research & Ideas
Life isn't fair, especially in the workplace. In Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage, Laura Huang offers a new strategy for uncovering and showcasing your unique value in the face of obstacles.

Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 17 MAY 2017
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  • Research & Ideas
African American and Asian job applicants who mask their race on resumes seem to have better success getting job interviews, according to research by Katherine DeCelles and colleagues.

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 FEB 2020
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  • Book
When company leaders can't hear the voices of their workers, serious strategic mistakes are likely. Michael Beer discusses ways organizations can build powerful communication channels.

New Working Papers 

Scholarly papers that describe original research in a narrow field of study.

Reinventing Retail: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores

by Ryan Raffaelli
  • 25 FEB 2020

Recovering Investor Expectations from Demand for Index Funds

by Mark Egan, Alexander J. MacKay, and Hanbin Yang
  • 24 FEB 2020

A Preliminary Framework for Product Impact-Weighted Accounts

by George Serafeim, Katie Trinh, and Robert Zochowski
  • 18 FEB 2020

The Impact of Technology and Trade on Migration: Evidence from the US

by Marius Faber, Andres Sarto, and Marco Tabellini
  • 17 FEB 2020

Books 

Articles about recent books written by Harvard Business School faculty.

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

by Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 JAN 2020

Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 JAN 2020

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

by Dina Gerdeman
  • 09 JAN 2020

Creating the Experimentation Organization

by Michael Blanding
  • 04 DEC 2019

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