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    Effects of an Information Sharing System on Employee Creativity, Engagement, and Performance

    Many service organizations rely on information sharing systems to boost employee creativity to meet customer needs. We conducted a field experiment in a retail chain, based on a registered report accepted by JAR, to test whether an information sharing system recording... View Details

      On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition

      For the past two decades, Michael Porter's work has towered over the field of competitive strategy. On Competition, Updated and Expanded Edition brings together more than a dozen of Porter's landmark articles from the Harvard Business Review. Five are new... View Details

        Improving the Rhythm of Your Collaboration

        Winner of the annual MIT Sloan Management Review Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize, for the most outstanding MIT SMR article on planned change and organizational development. Chosen by MIT Sloan faculty judges Deborah Ancona, John Van Maanen, and Cyrus... View Details

        • 26 Apr 2023
        • Cold Call Podcast

        How Martine Rothblatt Started a Company to Save Her Daughter

        Keywords: Re: Debora L. Spar; Pharmaceutical; Medical Devices & Supplies; Health
        • March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
        • Teaching Note

        Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center

        By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni
        Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-065. In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to... View Details
        Keywords: Disruption; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Policy; Employees; News; Cybersecurity; Digital Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Management; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management; Business or Company Management; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Negotiation Tactics; Failure; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Attitudes; Behavior; Perception; Reputation; Trust; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Health Industry; Alabama; United States
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        • November 2022
        • Technical Note

        National Security and Transnational Capitalism

        By: Meg Rithmire
        Though the relationship between national security and transnational commerce had long been interrogated and contested, the 2020s saw the escalation of concerns about insecurity and interdependence. These concerns manifested in a suite of institutional innovations and... View Details
        Keywords: Capitalism; National Security; Globalization
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        • November 2021 (Revised March 2022)
        • Case

        Pacesetters

        By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Mel Martin
        City Sealcoating CEO Keith Chaney had just publicly called out the Boston Chamber of Commerce for their slow progress on their supplier diversity program, Pacesetters. Established in 2018 by regional business leaders, Pacesetters was supposed to facilitate... View Details
        Keywords: Racial Wealth Gap; Procurement; Suppliers; Diversity; Programs; Small Business; Restructuring; Contracts; United States; Boston
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        • 2021
        • Working Paper

        Accounting for Organizational Employment Impact

        By: David Freiberg, Katie Panella, George Serafeim and T. Robert Zochowski
        Organizations create significant positive and negative impacts through their employment practices. This paper builds on the substantial body of research regarding job quality and impact measurement to present a framework for monetized analysis of employment impact. We... View Details
        Keywords: Impact-Weighted Accounts; IWAI; Employment Impact; Employment; Jobs and Positions; Quality; Measurement and Metrics; Analysis; Framework
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        • December 2019 (Revised September 2020)
        • Case

        Facebook Faces the Regulators

        By: Debora L. Spar
        In the fall of 2019, Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg are facing increased scrutiny on multiple fronts. Regulators from around the globe are threatening the company with punitive measures. Users are organizing against it. But there is little consensus around what,... View Details
        Keywords: Facebook; Regulation; Media; Internet and the Web; Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Social Media; Europe
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        • July 2009 (Revised March 2010)
        • Case

        Sotheby's & Christie's Inc.

        By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Catherine Jane Wise
        The fine art auction business has remained a duopoly over its 250 year history. The industry is dominated by Sotheby's and Christie's Inc. Curiously, neither competitor has been able to overtake the other by a notable margin despite the clear network effects of this... View Details
        Keywords: Arts; Business Model; Restructuring; Economics; Auctions; Market Entry and Exit; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Operations; Competition
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        • February 2005 (Revised March 2013)
        • Case

        Phase Zero: Introducing New Services at IDEO (A)

        By: Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
        Focuses on whether world-renowned product design firm IDEO's new customer service fits with the firm's strategic position and organization capabilities. Over the course of IDEO's 13-year history, an increasing share of revenues are a result of "Phase 0"... View Details
        Keywords: Strategy; Service Operations; Product Design; Infrastructure; Customer Focus and Relationships; Innovation and Invention; Service Industry; Boston; United States
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        Control, Performance, and Knowledge Transfers in Large Multinationals: Unilever in the United States, 1945-1980

        By: G. Jones
        This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the nature of that "control" is far from... View Details
        Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Performance; Business or Company Management; Ownership; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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        • 10 Jan 2023
        • Op-Ed

        Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

        transition. Document your feels There is lots of research proving that writing what’s going on in our brains is an important way to process and organize our thoughts. Whether you keep a journal or are just taking a moment in transition to... View Details
        Keywords: by Julia Austin
        • August 2009 (Revised September 2011)
        • Case

        Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth

        By: Christopher Marquis, Marya Besharov and Bobbi Thomason
        In 2009, Whole Foods stands at a crossroads. Their incredible growth over the past 25 years has vaulted them into the ranks of the largest US supermarkets and they have arguably led to the widespread acceptance of natural and organic foods in the United States. Yet... View Details
        Keywords: Business Model; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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        • 11 Apr 2012
        • Research & Ideas

        The High Risks of Short-Term Management

        especially those seeking to invest in companies with longer-term perspectives? George Serafeim: One important takeaway is that firms with long-term horizons exist! We tend to make sweeping statements and overgeneralize. While significant short-termism exists, there are... View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
        • 22 Sep 2023
        • News

        Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

        Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details
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        Innovation & Innovative Capacity - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

        capacity of both countries and regions. Using data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and emerging nations over the past quarter century, their findings show the striking degree to which location matters for... View Details
        • 2015
        • Working Paper

        The Challenges and Enhancing Opportunities of Global Project Management: Evidence from Chinese and Dutch Cross-Cultural Project Management

        By: Ying Zhang, Christopher Marquis, Sergey Filippov, Henk-Jan Haasnoot and Martijn van der Steen
        This study investigates the role of national and organisational culture in day-to-day activities of multinational project teams, specifically focusing on differences between Chinese and Dutch project managers. We rely on fieldwork observation and interviews with... View Details
        Keywords: Management; Organizational Culture; Projects; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; China; Netherlands
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        • 12 Apr 2011
        • First Look

        First Look: April 12

        energized the organization through portfolio changes and a values-driven approach to managing the company. The case describes the steps he took to build a new strategy. Video is referenced that provides Palmisano's views of each step in... View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 17 Jul 2023
        • Blog Post

        Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

        a position within the nonprofit space and specifically for an organization that had mission and purpose in their DNA. I was fortunate to find a position in the marketing department for HBS’s Career Professional Development team. I spent... View Details