team dynamics - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Adam Kanner

modeled his concept on the travel and hospitality industries which employed dynamic pricing and relied on successful outlets like Priceline, Expedia and others to sell airline seats and hotel rooms in a manner that was not disruptive to... View Details

06 Dec 2012
News

New Thinking on Healthcare Reform

and leading thinkers to wrestle with the Gordian knot of healthcare reform. The approach to reforming healthcare has been "hung up in static rather than dynamic thinking," said Christensen, who moderated a panel on "Improving the Patient... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2018
News

Excellence At The Intersection Of Disciplines

HBS. This triangulation of the Harvard Innovation Labs, HBS, and SEAS will foster entrepreneurship along a dynamic Innovation Corridor in Allston. Today’s collaborative spirit is a far cry from the early 19th century, when the then... View Details

17 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’

commitments that influence the supply chain, and governments creating proper incentives and market dynamics to fuel innovation and usher in improvements.” Puri and his team did indeed make the decision to... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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Inessa Lurye

need to make, from process reforms to new team structures. HBS' overall insights on change management have helped me understand team dynamics and personal motivations, and how... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence

travel stores to help the airline enhance customer satisfaction—provided insight on Mexico’s travel industry and, equally important, a new perspective on teamwork. “There were no designated leaders in the teams we were assigned to in... View Details

11 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

Back, Moving Forward: A Review of Group and Team-Based Research, edited by Margaret A. Neale and Elizabeth A. Mannix, 359-381. Emerald Group Publishing, 2012 Abstract Purpose-We review how team members' identities and interests affect... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Tools & Services | Information Technology

centralize and streamline event planning, management, publishing, and more. Student Information Systems Explore the platforms that support key student activities like admissions, financial aid, and registration. Library Systems Discover the tool that enables the Baker... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Putting on the Wheels

intimidating aura. "On a dreary January day, we drove over the border," he recalls. "The East German countryside, still under communist rule, bristled with barbed wire and watchtowers." But Hughes's initial assessment of the factory's potential was right on the money.... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

27 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

leadership in mobilizing people and resources in highly dynamic situations.” Each winter, 900 HBS students dispatch around the world to see businesses up close, learn what they can about how they are run, and share their own knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities; Retail

05 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 5, 2008

highlight the substantive role of senior teams in building dynamic capabilities. The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Evolution in Entertainment: A Recap of the 2019 Entertainment & Media Conference

was inspired by the many forces shaping the future of entertainment & media: digital transformation, globalization, representation, creative trends, and changing dynamics in media investment. These trends have created new... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

24 Sep 2018
Blog Post

Working to Keep Pirates At-Bay: My Summer in Cyber Security

Security Insurance. I joined the company as its first MBA intern. It was a truly transformative experience for me and for the company itself! It was exciting to work and develop in such a dynamic environment. My background in consulting... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

14 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 14

managers publicly acknowledge the need to explore new businesses and markets, the claims of established businesses on company resources almost always come first, especially when times are hard. When top teams allow the tension between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

productively in pursuit of learning, some discomfort is OK,” Bransby says. That is, people may get more comfortable with feeling uncomfortable over time. The dynamics of a particular team matter. While... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

forthcoming Research in Organizational Behavior The Dynamic Componential Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations: Making Progress, Making Meaning By: Amabile, Teresa M., and Michael G. Pratt Abstract—Leveraging insights gained... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Mar 2007
Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

capital." Now modern-day trustbusters have again launched an investigation into collusion in financial services, this time focusing on private-equity firms. The Justice Department is concerned that private-equity firms are teaming up... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

01 Dec 2006
News

Rowing Upstream

What could better symbolize high-level business performance than an eight-oared crew team rowing in perfect unison, their boat powered by a selfless collaboration of strength, skill, and shared purpose? It’s no wonder that advertisers... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Profile

Tafadzwa Samushonga

toward ‘doing’.” Through a project management role at Life Healthcare, she drove strategic initiatives while working closely with the teams responsible for execution. And at ThoughtWorks, she provided technical assistance to the... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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John Speer

retail worked.” But after weeks of studying comparable customer-loyalty programs in the United States, John and his team thought they had some solid ideas. They were wrong. “We were way off the mark,” John says. For example, the... View Details

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