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- 03 Dec 2021
- Blog Post
Physicians Off the Beaten Path
attracted lots of questions from colleagues and friends, which pushed them to structure an approach to answering those questions, and their podcast was born. “Medicine is all-consuming. To be a good doctor you need to spend all of your...
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- 15 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village
ultimate control but delegated much of the management of RBS to his star nonfamily EVP, Pedro Parente. Nelson shared leadership of the ownership group with his uncle and then chairman, Jayme Sirotsky (also an exemplary leader). Nelson...
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- June 2022 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Buurtzorg
By: Ethan Bernstein, Tatiana Sandino, Joost Minnaar and Annelena Lobb
As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were empowered to manage themselves, both in...
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Bernstein, Ethan, Tatiana Sandino, Joost Minnaar, and Annelena Lobb. "Buurtzorg." Harvard Business School Case 122-101, June 2022. (Revised January 2023.)
- 12 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In a Landscape of 'Me Too' Drug Development, What Spurs Radical Innovation?
portfolios. They examined all companies that held at least one drug patent on the market as of 2003. The researchers focused mainly on small-molecule drugs, not biologics. That’s because of how the compounds are structured chemically. The...
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- 12 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team
start is to revisit the team’s sense of shared purpose. Revisit your shared purpose. A relaunch ensures that every team member understands and buys into the clear and specific goals that the team has been...
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by Tsedal Neeley
- 26 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)
will get a bonus or greater respect from my peers or simply the confirmation that I am a good employee—so I will make choices to exhibit high levels of effort.” In some cases, tournament incentives are structured in such a way that when...
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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper
something that fit my personality and lifestyle,” explains the affable Franyo, who is now the proud proprietor of the Boatyard Bar & Grill, located in the Eastport section of Annapolis, Maryland. Prior to retiring in March 2002, Franyo had acquired a down-and-out pub...
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- 03 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator
experienced negotiators, and the ability to structure and execute negotiations strategically and systematically. "All of the strategies you have described work when you're dealing with people who will listen to reason," an...
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by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women Leaders and Organizational Change
these frameworks shares that makes them inadequate in explaining the problem? A: The first three frames are rooted in the common tendency to think of gender as an individual characteristic and gender issues as stemming primarily from...
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by Mallory Stark
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
authors John A. Quelch and Nathalie Laidler-Kylander see branding issues that are shared by many international entities, but also recognize that NGOs have missions and constituencies that add to the complexity of brand management. They...
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by Manda Salls
- Web
Online Business Courses for Organizations | HBS Online
Track employees' progress Contact a representative today to learn more about our pricing structure and how to get started. Contact Us What Makes Our Courses Unique? HBS Online offers a unique and highly engaging way to learn vital...
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Engagement - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
protagonist Guest as "live case" Preparation is Key Be clear on the pedagogical purpose of the visit – e.g., invite guests and students to wrestle with a set of questions together for shared learning Set guests' expectations of how much...
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- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
to for her. For the first time in her career, she didn't know what to do. As I shared the story with Howard, a bewildered look crept over his face. Michelle's plan, I explained to him, was to keep her head down and wait to see how the...
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- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
scientist who can’t wait to get to the classroom to share the experiment. If you adopt this mindset, students will remain intellectually and spiritually in the classroom with you.” The Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice in...
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5 Facts about Clubs at HBS - MBA
HBS, and the many section events that occur in the RC year, it may seem daunting to try and meet the other 1,710 students you don’t take classes with each day. Luckily, clubs are a unifying structure to meet others with similar career or...
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- 24 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Hidden Vulnerabilities of Open Source Software
with the Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative (CII). The Census II analysis and report represent important steps toward understanding and addressing structural and security complexities in the modern day supply chain where...
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Get Involved - Entrepreneurship
mentors, and facilitated peer exchange to engage in structured experimentation, validate important hypotheses, and develop new ventures. Mentors are asked to engage with their team throughout the 10-week term on a bi-weekly basis (via in...
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- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Building a Better Buyer-Seller Relationship
particular, is to understand patterns of investment and reward, and effectively manage the process that defines the dynamics of buyer-seller evolution, according to Narayandas. But how to do that? New research he shared with other...
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by Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2019
- Book
What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology
established companies lament the disruption they’re facing at the hand of technologically savvy startups. But Teixeira, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of Business Administration, argues that these newcomers simply spotted and served an emerging customer need...
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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
outside facilitators, can help keep the process productive. Next, skills for managing a group process of analyzing a failure with a spirit of inquiry and sufficient understanding of the scientific method are essential inputs to learning from failure as an organization....
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by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon