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- November 1988 (Revised July 1997)
- Case
Technology Transfer at a Defense Contractor
By: Linda A. Hill
At a time of great changes in the corporate environment, Larry Yoshino, a design lab manager at Parsons Controls Corp., faces a delay in a costly defense project due to the inability of one of his subordinates to gain the cooperation of engineers at Parsons'...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Conflict Management;
Managerial Roles;
Management Teams;
Employees;
Competitive Strategy;
Projects
Hill, Linda A. "Technology Transfer at a Defense Contractor." Harvard Business School Case 489-084, November 1988. (Revised July 1997.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
Self-Interest: The Economist's Straitjacket
By: Robert Simons
This paper examines contemporary economic theories that focus on the design and management of business organizations. In the first part of the paper, a taxonomy is presented that describes the different types of economists interested in this subject—market economists,...
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Self-interest;
Economist;
Moral Philosophers;
Regulation;
Capture;
Organization Design;
Economy Theory;
Organization Theory;
Management Theory;
Commitment;
Controls;
Governance;
Customers;
Conflict of Interests;
Business or Company Management;
Competition;
Organizational Design;
Business Education;
Agency Theory;
Economics;
Theory;
Boundaries
Simons, Robert. "Self-Interest: The Economist's Straitjacket." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-045, October 2015. (Revised January 2019.)
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
resource practices such as employee selection and conflict resolution affect how well care providers work together, as well. Gittell and Weiss are currently surveying managers, care providers, and patients to further develop and test...
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Judith Ross
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
Code of Change. Despite its importance, Beer and Nohria assert that the process of change remains poorly understood, and only a third of corporate change initiatives succeed. After encountering widely divergent assumptions by leading executives about View Details
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
evolution of the two companies' relationship and the differences in mindset and culture—Norwegian/Japanese as well as small venture/big venture and software company/hardware company. There are also conflicts with a U.S. software venture...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2001
- Supplement
GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (B)
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) has proved successful at GE. Yet, when Michael McIlwrath, new counsel at an Italian subsidiary, attempted to translate it to his company, problems arose. He had to gain internal acceptance, and explain the concept of early mediation to a...
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Keywords:
Business Subsidiaries;
Globalization;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Effectiveness;
Problems and Challenges;
Conflict of Interests;
Complexity;
Italy;
New York (state, US)
Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 801-453, June 2001.
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Coming Full Circle
“Mutiny is a rare and extreme example, but my findings also apply to situations where it becomes necessary to manage conflict or create buy-in for organizational change,” she adds. Merryman cites HBS...
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- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
powerful insights and practical guidelines that allow managers to bridge professional divides and organizational boundaries in order to work together effectively, this is a new exploration of the challenges involved in today's global...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
practices that will allow people to flourish - the key to organizational success. Do Lunch or Be Lunch by Howard H. Stevenson (Harvard Business School Press) According to HBS professor Howard Stevenson, most of human history and much of...
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- March 2010
- Supplement
Whose Money Is It Anyway? (C)
By: V.G. Narayanan, Richard G. Hamermesh and Rachel Gordon
The case describes how the Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization and its corporate parent resolved the issue of how the disputed funds would be distributed and used.
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Business Subsidiaries;
Organizational Design;
Conflict and Resolution;
Resource Allocation;
Health Industry
Narayanan, V.G., Richard G. Hamermesh, and Rachel Gordon. "Whose Money Is It Anyway? (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 810-031, March 2010.
- 13 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 13, 2007
Working PapersInitiating Divergent Organizational Change: The Enabling Role of Actors' Social Position Author:Julie Battilana Abstract This study addresses the paradox of embedded human agency, or the contradiction between actors'...
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Martha Lagace
- July 2001
- Case
Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (A)
By: Linda A. Hill, Kristin Doughty and Ellen Pruyne
Paula Evans is in her second year as principal of the only high school in Cambridge, MA. Her mandate when she arrived was to redesign the high school so that long-standing inequities in academic achievement rates across race and socioeconomic class were removed. In her...
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Problems and Challenges;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management;
Strategy;
Secondary Education;
Restructuring;
Leadership;
Conflict Management;
Education Industry;
Cambridge
Hill, Linda A., Kristin Doughty, and Ellen Pruyne. "Paula Evans and the Redesign of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-003, July 2001.
- 04 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 4
Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Psychological Safety: The History, Renaissance, and Future of an Interpersonal Construct By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Zhike Lei Abstract—Psychological...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
Morris, and Leonard Lee Publication:Journal of Organizational Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract This research investigates a new type of team that is becoming prevalent in global work settings, namely, self-managing multicultural teams. We...
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Carmen Nobel
- 17 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Turbulence, Firm Decentralization and Growth in Bad Times
- Web
Faculty Spotlight: HBS Racial Equity Fellow Professor Ivuoma N. Onyeador - Blog: RGE Report
Fellow Professor Ivuoma N. Onyeador tag RGE Blog Professor Onyeador examines topics surrounding social cohesion , particularly conflict as it relates to racial dynamics. Her research is particularly timely given the politicized...
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- 10 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table
Watkins The best negotiators also work to foster organizational learning, both during and after a negotiation. They pay careful attention to managing the team learning process, establishing clear roles and responsibilities for observation...
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by Michael Watkins
- November 2000 (Revised June 2010)
- Case
Bush Boake Allen
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
Bush Boake Allen, a flavor and fragrance firm, is considering strategic options that would integrate customers into its innovation process via a potentially disruptive Internet-based technology. As this approach could result in dramatic changes to the firm's business...
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Keywords:
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Management Teams;
Product Design;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Conflict Management;
Internet;
Chemical Industry
Thomke, Stefan H., and Ashok Nimgade. "Bush Boake Allen." Harvard Business School Case 601-061, November 2000. (Revised June 2010.)
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
Nonprofit Accountability Working Paper. Nonprofit leaders face multiple, and sometimes competing, accountability demands from numerous actors, for varying purposes, and requiring differing levels of organizational response. The challenge...
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by Staff
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
conflicts between work and life more broadly defined. Joe Violette suggests that at least in the project-oriented environment in which he works, one should "Make your family a part of your work team and you'll create a good work-life...
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by James Heskett