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  • 04 Aug 2006
  • What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?

do they have more time to experience this content?" What does this bode for the future of economic theory and management education? Paula Thornton offered this opinion: "If there were to be a new discipline, it would be one that more closely embraces both... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 12 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

Working Papers Dirty Work, Clean Hands: The Moral Psychology of Indirect Agency Authors: Paharia, Karim S. Kassam, Joshua D. Greene, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2008
  • Course Overview Note

The Devil Wears Prada (HBS Version) (TN)

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Shirley Spence
The Devil Wears Prada is used to facilitate a discussion of the role of communities in people's lives. It is used in a second year MBA elective at HBS called Building a Business in the Context of a Life (BBCL). BBCL is primarily designed for students who plan to be... View Details
Keywords: Business Education; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Planning; Civil Society or Community; Organizational Culture; Power and Influence
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  • May 2000 (Revised December 2018)
  • Case

SMA: Micro-Electronic Products Division (A)

By: Michael Beer and Michael Tushman
The Micro-Electronic Products Division of SMA has financial and organizational problems. Conflict and lack of coordination exist between functional groups. Employees do not have a sense of direction and morale is low. The cause of these problems is found in a change in... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Conflict and Resolution; Business Strategy
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  • 17 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 17

features of relational pluralism inside and across organizations. We conclude with a discussion of future directions for research. August 2013 Psychological Science A 'Present' for the Future: The Unexpected Value of Rediscovery By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a sunk-cost effect. We develop a methodology for separating these two effects. We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • July 2014
  • Teaching Note

Rebecca S. Halstead: Steadfast Leadership

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell
The case reviews Rebecca Halstead's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, challenges, and organizational practices she developed into a successful leader and commander in the U.S. Army. The teaching note discusses... View Details
Keywords: Strategy And Leadership; Leadership And Managing People; Working Conditions; Groups and Teams; Competitive Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Culture; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Gender; Power and Influence
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  • 04 May 2007
  • What Do You Think?

How Do Managers Think?

in which it is carried out. Joe Schmid observed that "both medical doctors and organizational managers work in cultures that are historically problem definition poor and solution rich. Their individual rewards systems are both driven... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • April 2008 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

Leading Citigroup (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Aldo Sesia and Carin-Isabel Knoop
The (A) case describes a series of controversial events and alleged misdeeds that placed Citigroup in the public spotlight and launched investigations into the company's business practices by regulators in Japan and Europe in the fall of 2004. CEO Chuck Prince must... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Business and Government Relations; Reputation; Japan; Europe
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  • July 1995
  • Teaching Note

Managing Conflict in a Diverse Workplace TN

By: Mary C. Gentile and James I. Cash Jr.
Teaching Note for (9-395-090). View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Conflict Management; Spoken Communication; Employees; Culture; Diversity
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  • 2011
  • Article

Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett
How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices... View Details
Keywords: Dynamic Capabilities; Strategic Change; Jazz; Jazz Mindset; Improvisation; Innovation; Change Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Leadership; Management; Management Style; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizations; Creativity; Strategy; Auto Industry; Banking Industry; Bicycle Industry; Computer Industry; Consulting Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Education Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Music Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Retail Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Japan; Taiwan; Europe; Asia
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  • October 2024
  • Case

Edizione

By: Cynthia A. Montgomery, Dante Roscini, Elena Corsi and Hugo Etchegoyhen
This case study examines the diversification and transformation of Edizione, the Benetton family's holding company originally established to reinvest dividends from the Benetton clothing brand. Edizione expanded significantly in the late 1990s and early 2000s,... View Details
Keywords: Leadership Style; Leading Change; Leadership Development; Family Business; Family Ownership; Communication Strategy; Crisis Management; Management Style; Change Management; Asset Management; Management Succession; Private Equity; Corporate Governance; Organizational Culture; Reputation; Public Opinion; Air Transportation Industry; Fashion Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Italy; Europe
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  • June 2011
  • Article

Implicit Voice Theories: Taken-for-granted Rules of Self-censorship at Work

By: J. R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson
This article examines, in a series of four studies, the nature and impact of implicit voice theories-largely taken-for-granted beliefs about when and why speaking up at work is risky or inappropriate. In Study 1, qualitative data from 190 interviews conducted in a... View Details
Keywords: Spoken Communication; Interpersonal Communication; Employees; Managerial Roles; Organizational Culture; Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior
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  • 14 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Always Pay Off

terms of costs." Going Forward Were the results due to unique circumstances at HP? The answer is yes and no, Beer and Cannon wrote. "HP's culture is one that historically placed more emphasis on management that builds commitment... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 03 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 3

their authentic selves, and the organization respected and leveraged their talents and provided a sense of connectedness. Eight best organizational practices for instilling such a culture emerged from their interviews: 1. Measure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 8

Business Speaks English: Why You Need a Language Strategy Now Author:Tsedal Neeley Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 5 (May 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://hbr.org/2012/05/global-business-speaks-english/ar/1... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 10, 2009

or nationality. Many of our decisions about fellow workers are thus premised on faulty data—harming judged and judgers alike. When Dreaming Is Believing: The (Motivated) Interpretation of Dreams Authors:Carey K. Morewedge and Michael I. Norton Publication:Journal of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Sep 2024
  • HBS Case

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

people, about consequences and risks and benefits for other people, and also in a murkier but important sense, the ethics of an organization’s culture and its values.” Elon Musk and Tesla are at the center of a recent HBS case study that... View Details
Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology
  • 19 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

sequence of actions can have different psychological effects due to the role of mutual agreement. Finally, we contribute to research on consumers’ shared experiences by suggesting a novel mechanism for committing to such experiences:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

the field of organizational behavior. We begin by offering a definition and review of implicit processes, including implicit cognition, motivation, and affect. We then draw upon recent empirical research in psychology and neuroscience to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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