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  • 28 Mar 2016
  • Research & Ideas

What's a Boss Worth?

one person who poisons the whole bunch,” says Stanton, who co-wrote the study with Edward Lazear and Kathryn Shaw of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he began the research as part of his dissertation in 2011. In order to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service
  • 22 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted

to replace the free human labor behind open source platforms, the researchers calculated the estimated cost for an individual to recreate the software packages by measuring the number of lines of code. The team calculated how many hours... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Computer; Information Technology; Technology
  • Summer 2021
  • Article

The Cost and Evolution of Quality at Cipla Ltd, 1935–2016

By: Muhammad H. Zaman and Tarun Khanna
This article examines the evolution of Indian pharmaceutical manufacturer Cipla towards producing drugs that met the quality standards of European and U.S. regulators. It employs new research in Cipla’s corporate archives, the Creating Emerging Markets database, and... View Details
Keywords: Cipla; Pharmaceuticals; Drug Quality; Generics; Quality; Standards; Information Technology; Cost; Organizational Culture; Business History; Pharmaceutical Industry; India
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  • 2009
  • Article

Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Enduring Influence of Local Communities on Organizations

By: Christopher Marquis and Julie Battilana
We develop an institutionally oriented theory of how and why local communities continue to matter for organizations in a global age. Since globalization has taken center stage in both practitioner and academic circles, research has shifted away from understanding... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Business and Community Relations; Local Range; Civil Society or Community; Power and Influence
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  • October 2003 (Revised December 2003)
  • Case

Orange Imagineering

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Todd H Thedinga
As a proven entrepreneur, Rich Miner has been successful in the start-up world. Now, following the acquisition of his start-up, he has established a corporate R&D/venture operation in America to serve as the "eyes and ears" of his European parent company, Orange... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Research and Development; Business Startups; Acquisition; Telecommunications Industry; United States; Europe
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  • 06 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn

eugeniek Companies looking to shed costs in an economic downturn rarely cut compensation—typically, they slash jobs instead. New research confirms the wisdom of that decision. The study concludes that when a company cuts employee pay the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne

    Michael E. Porter

    Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details

    Keywords: biotechnology; e-commerce industry; health care; information; information technology industry; internet; nonprofit industry; service industry; state government
    • 27 Mar 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

    associated with the passage of a directive in the European Union (EU) mandating increased nonfinancial disclosure. These disclosures relate to firms’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and would be applicable to firms... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 25 Sep 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: September 25

    framework for understanding the links between manufacturing and innovation that will enable them to make better outsourcing decisions. They also detail how government must change its support of basic and applied scientific research and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 26 Oct 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

    For a better shot at landing the top job at today’s companies, aspiring CEOs should set aside their slide presentations and work on their listening skills instead, new research suggests. Companies are increasingly seeking socially adept... View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
    • 2007
    • Working Paper

    Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations

    By: Christopher Marquis and Julie Battilana
    We develop an institutional theory of how local communities continue to matter for organizations, and why community factors are particularly important in a global age. Since globalization has taken center stage in both practitioner and academic circles, research has... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Local Range; Globalization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Power and Influence
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    • October 2020 (Revised March 2022)
    • Supplement

    The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (B)

    By: Ashley V. Whillans and Shibeal O'Flaherty
    This case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders—the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children’s Social Care—as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the... View Details
    Keywords: Non-cash Compensation; Behavioral Science; Employees; Well-being; Compensation and Benefits; United Kingdom
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    • October 2020 (Revised March 2022)
    • Case

    The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A)

    By: Ashley V. Whillans and Shibeal O'Flaherty
    This case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders—the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children’s Social Care—as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the... View Details
    Keywords: Non-cash Compensation; Behavioral Science; Employees; Welfare; Compensation and Benefits; Well-being; United Kingdom
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    • 03 Jul 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: July 3

    Understanding Variation across Local Communities Authors:Christian Seelos, Johanna Mair, Julie Battilana, and M. Tina Dacin Publication:In Communities and Organizations. Vol. 33, edited by Christopher Marquis, Michael Lounsbury, and Royston Greenwood, 333-363. View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • January 2021 (Revised March 2022)
    • Teaching Note

    The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being (A) and (B)

    By: Ashley V. Whillans
    This case describes the experiences of Michael Sanders—the Chief Executive of the What Works Center for Children’s Social Care—as he led the design and implementation of a program of research aimed at improving the social care system in the United Kingdom (UK) at the... View Details
    Keywords: Non-cash Compensation; Behavioral Science; Employees; Well-being; Compensation and Benefits; United Kingdom
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    • 20 Feb 2014
    • News

    Buying Gold in the Olympics and in the Global War for Talent

    • 05 Feb 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: February 5, 2008

    Fredberg, Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat, Nathaniel Foote, and Flemming Norrgren Abstract We tend to assume that great leaders must make difficult choices between two or more conflicting outcomes. In an interview study with 26 CEOs of top American and View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 20 Sep 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: September 20

    on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute Heidi K. Gardner, Edo Bedzra, and Shereef M. ElnahalHarvard Business School Case 412-029 Dr. Barrett Rollins, chief scientific... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 30 May 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

    to an inquiry? Researchers analyzed more than 57,000 message threads between patients and physician teams at Boston Medical Center and found that white patients were more likely to receive answers from their... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health
    • 23 May 2019
    • Book

    These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

    with multiple myeloma, a rare and incurable blood cancer, Kathy Giusti cofounded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, which has helped thousands of other patients with the cancer and has accelerated drug discovery and development for... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology