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The Business Case for Investing in Physician Well-Being

By: Tait D. Shanafelt, Joel Goh and Christine A. Sinsky
Importance: Widespread burnout among physicians has been recognized for more than two decades. Extensive evidence indicates that physician burnout has important personal and professional consequences.
Observations: A lack of awareness regarding... View Details
Keywords: Physicians; Well-being; ROI; Health; Welfare or Wellbeing; Ethics; Investment Return; Health Industry
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  • 10 Nov 2011
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

groups of constituents and board members, using technology wisely, and planning for a future in the digital world. It also shows that there are alternative paths for a CEO to take—and that a strong organizational leader can make up for... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

    Andre F. Perold

    André Perold is a Founder, Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of HighVista Strategies, a Boston-based investment firm. HighVista focuses on investing in structurally inefficient public and private markets, including in life sciences,  lower middle market private... View Details

    Keywords: banking; financial services; information; investment banking industry; professional services
    • 12 Apr 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    From Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark

    Keywords: by Sylvain Lenfle & Carliss Y. Baldwin; Manufacturing
    • August 1998 (Revised October 1998)
    • Case

    Disney's "The Lion King" (B): The Synergy Group

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
    In the late 1980s, Disney CEO Michael Eisner introduced a synergy group to the company's organizational structure. The synergy group was responsible for keeping all of Disney's divisions informed and updated on company projects and marketing strategies. View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment; Creativity; Value; Organizational Structure; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • 28 Jun 2007
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Alignment in Cross-Functional and Cross-Firm Supply Chain Planning

    Keywords: by Santiago Kraiselburd & Noel Watson
    • March 1996
    • Case

    Ernst & Young United Kingdom (A) (Abridged)

    By: John J. Gabarro and Samantha Graff
    Intended to be a robust example of the challenges encountered during the early stages of a large-scale organizational transformation effort in a professional service firm. Describes a massive change program initiated and led by the new managing partner along with a... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Leading Change; Management Teams; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Problems and Challenges; United Kingdom; London
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    • 16 Feb 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Marketing Wine to the World

    "The Changing Structure of the Global Wine Industry," won the Best Paper award at the 2003 European Applied Business Research Conference. Roberto recently shared his thoughts on wine for HBS Working Knowledge in an e-mail... View Details
    Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies

    By: Valeria Giacomin
    Clusters are defined as geographically concentrated agglomerations of specialized firms in a particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper... View Details
    Keywords: Industry Clusters; Research; Theory; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Analysis; Globalization
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    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Integrity: A Positive Model That Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics, and Legality Abridged

    By: Werner H. Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and Steve Zaffron
    We present a positive model of integrity that, as we distinguish and define integrity, provides powerful access to increased performance for individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. Our model reveals the causal link between integrity and increased... View Details
    Keywords: Trust; Performance Productivity; Information Technology; Knowledge; Moral Sensibility; Opportunities; Competitive Advantage; Legal Liability; Cost vs Benefits
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    • May 1988
    • Background Note

    Roles and Relationships of Business and Government

    By: George C. Lodge
    Synthesizes a wide range of literature and experience concerning comparative government-business relations, focusing especially on Japan, Europe, and the United States with some references to Brazil and Mexico. Designed for discussion in two consecutive class sessions.... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Systems; Framework; Government and Politics; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Business and Government Relations; Mathematical Methods; System; Japan; Europe; Mexico; United States; Brazil
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    • 23 Jun 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO

    products, software, education, and media in North America and Europe, I've found the same pattern. Organizational pathologies—secrecy, blame, isolation, avoidance, passivity, and feelings of helplessness—arise during a difficult time for... View Details
    Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Determinants of Top-Down Sabotage

    By: Hashim Zaman and Karim R. Lakhani
    We investigate the conditions that motivate managers to impede the growth of talented subordinates due to fears of future competition for their own positions. Our research expands on existing tournament and contest theory literature that considers peer-to-peer... View Details
    Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Structure; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Evaluation; Organizational Culture; Management Skills
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    • June 2008
    • Article

    The Multiunit Enterprise

    By: David A. Garvin and Lynne C. Levesque
    A multiunit enterprise is a geographically dispersed organization built from standard units (stores, restaurants, or branches) that are aggregated into larger geographic groupings (districts, regions, and divisions). Although this organizational structure has become... View Details
    Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Structure; Global Range; Research; Business Ventures; Problems and Challenges; Business or Company Management; Business Headquarters; Organizational Design; Talent and Talent Management; Goals and Objectives
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    • Research Summary

    Research Summaries

    Sameer's research examines the dynamics of social networks inside organizations and their consequences for individual attainment and organizational success.  His research encompasses three broad streams of activity.


    Social Capital... View Details

    • 01 Jul 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: July 1

      Publications August 2013 Research in Organizational Behavior The Shifting Landscape of LGBT Organizational Research By: Anteby, Michel, and Caitlin Anderson Abstract—Over the past generation, sexual... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 31 Oct 2006
    • HBS Case

    Governing Sumida Corporation

    governance structure that would be transparent to investors and stakeholders anywhere in the world. The more we talked, the more it seemed like a way to understand the economic, legal, and cultural changes that were taking place in... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Electronics
    • August 2020 (Revised June 2021)
    • Case

    Just Arrived: Integrating Refugees in Sweden

    By: Brian Trelstad, Emilie Billaud and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej
    Just Arrived is an online platform that matches newly-arrived immigrants in Sweden with employment opportunities. As one of several for-profit and non-profit start-ups in Europe that is looking to address the refugee crisis, the case enables a comparative analysis of... View Details
    Keywords: Immigration; Refugees; Employment; Integration; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Employment Industry; Sweden; Italy; Germany
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    The Evolution of Corporate Structure, Internal Governance, and Leadership

    My research documents the evolution of the internal governance of senior management in large US firms over a 20-year period and explores, via multiple methods, the causes and consequences of these changes. My findings suggest that... View Details

    • June 2000 (Revised October 2017)
    • Case

    IDEO

    By: Stefan Thomke and Ashok Nimgade
    Describes IDEO, the world's leading product design firm, and its innovation culture and process. Emphasis is placed on the important role of prototyping and experimentation in general, and in the design of the very successful Palm V handheld computer in particular. A... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Innovation Strategy; Business or Company Management; Time Management; Product Design; Product Development; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Practice; Problems and Challenges; Creativity; Hardware
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