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  • November–December 2023
  • Article

Network Centralization and Collective Adaptability to a Shifting Environment

By: Ethan S. Bernstein, Jesse C. Shore and Alice J. Jang
We study the connection between communication network structure and an organization’s collective adaptability to a shifting environment. Research has shown that network centralization—the degree to which communication flows disproportionately through one or more... View Details
Keywords: Network Centralization; Collective Intelligence; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Communication; Decision Making; Networks; Adaptation
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  • 04 Feb 2010
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

Summing Up What is the right mix between intuition and analysis? Several clear themes characterized responses to this month's column. Dominant among these was that the best way to reach a decision depends on a number of factors, including... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

of the "long tail" principle argue that lower transaction and search costs will lead to a shift away from hit content and cause more fragmentation in consumers' choices. This perspective is in sharp contrast with the more established View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jan 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Peer Effects and Entrepreneurship

Keywords: by Ramana Nanda & Jesper B. Sørensen
  • 23 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 23

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-139.pdf Optimal Taxation in Theory and Practice Authors:N. Gregory Mankiw, Matthew Weinzierl, and Danny Yagan Abstract We highlight and explain eight lessons from optimal tax View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Jan 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others

Keywords: by Rafael Di Tella & Ricardo Pérez-Truglia
  • 07 Aug 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

decision theory in which we were advised to construct decision trees, mapping outcomes, attaching values to each one, and estimating probabilities that various combinations of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Teaching Interest

Overview

Laura taught undergraduate Military Leadership and Intro to Sociology for 6 and 4 semesters, respectively, at the United States Military Academy (West Point) from 2013-2016 (see course descriptions and links below). She was promoted from instructor to Assistant... View Details
  • 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... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

challenges facing those who wish to use game theory to assist in strategic and tactical decision making. Purchase this overview: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/707475-PDF-ENG Merger of Equals: The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract The existing theory of modularity explains how modular designs create value. We extend this theory to address value appropriation. A product or process design that is modular with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 May 2017
  • Sharpening Your Skills

The Promises and Limitations of Big Data

hiring decisions than humans. In these stories from our recent archives, Harvard Business School researchers outline the promises of big data—and the limitations of trying to harness data from a firehose. The Civic Benefits of Google... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Utilities; Public Administration; Health
  • 05 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 5

at Harvard Business School, Collis' new text takes the firm that operates across borders as a unit of analysis and the senior manager in a multinational as the typical decision maker. Illustrated with examples from companies of all sizes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

power. Publisher's link: http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/amy-cuddy/presence/9780316256575/ February 2015 Prentice Hall Managerial Accounting: Making Decisions and Evaluating Performance By: Datar, Srikant M., and Madhav V. Rajan... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Aug 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

how recent increases in competition among raters led to "friendlier," poorer-quality ratings. As Becker explains, "The related theory goes back to the early 1980s (especially to an influential paper by economists Benjamin... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 08 Feb 2008
  • Working Paper Summaries

Psychological Influence in Negotiation: An Introduction Long Overdue

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
  • 15 Jul 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes

Keywords: by Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay & Max H. Bazerman
  • 13 Oct 2015
  • First Look

October 13, 2015

conclusions about the universality of gender stereotype content. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49830 in press Journal of Behavioral Decision Making Should You Sleep on It? The Effects of Overnight Sleep... View Details
  • 03 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

International, a company publishing 70 editions of its free newspaper in 20 countries. Metro had been a pioneer in the free newspaper market, fighting incumbent publishers distributing traditional paid-for newspapers. Looks at the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

new ideas and approaches within certain zones of privacy. Organizations allow them to do that by drawing four types of boundaries: around teams of people (zones of attention), between feedback and evaluation (zones of judgment), between View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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