Publications

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January 1991 (Revised February 1991)
Teaching Note

Hewlett-Packard (A) and (B): Organizing New Product Sales Channels, Teaching Note

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Keywords: Product Launch; Computer Industry

2004
Working Paper

The Recovery Window: Organizational Learning Following Ambiguous Threats in High-Risk Organizations

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael A. Roberto, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Erika M. Ferlins and Laura R. Feldman

06 Apr 2015
News

Germanwings Lesson: Organizations Must Pay More Attention to Employee Mental Health

29 Jul 2014
News

Successful Innovation Leaders 'Make Their Organizations Ready And Willing To Perform'

11 Apr 2017
News

Skoll Foundation Gives $1M Social Entrepreneurship Prize to a For-profit Organization

Keywords: Agriculture

28 Jun 2004
Lecture

Aligning Fiscal and Social Performance: Creating Organizations that Answer Stakeholder Needs

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Finance; Performance; Organizations; Business and Stakeholder Relations

August 2011
Article

From the Outside In: The Negative Spillover Effects of Boundary Spanners' Relations with Members of Other Organizations

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Katerina Bezrukova, Karen A. Jehn and Martin Euwema

Contrary to much boundary spanning research, we examined the negative consequences of boundary spanning contact in multi-organizational contexts. Results from a sample of 833 Dutch peacekeepers show that employees' boundary spanning contact with members of other... View Details

Keywords: Inter-organizational Contact; Boundary Spanning; Peacekeeping; Relationships; Jobs and Positions; Organizations; Attitudes

2015
Working Paper

Coactive Vicarious Learning: Towards a Relational Theory of Vicarious Learning in Organizations

By: Christopher G. Myers

Vicarious learning—a process of individual belief and behavior change that occurs through being exposed to, and making meaning of, another's experience—has long been recognized as a key driver of individual, team and organizational success. Yet existing perspectives on... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Learning

SSRN

1992
Chapter

Designing Organizations that Have Good Fit: A Framework for Understanding New Architectures

By: M. Tushman and D. Nadler

Keywords: Organizational Design

2019
Article

Brokerage and Brokering: An Integrative Review and Organizing Framework for Third Party Influence

By: Nir Halevy, Eliran Halali and Julian Zlatev

Brokerage and brokering are pervasive and consequential organizational phenomena. Prevailing models underscore social structure and focus on the consequences that come from brokerage—occupying a bridging position between disconnected others in a network. By contrast,... View Details

Keywords: Brokerage; Brokering; Social Interactions; Organizations; Relationships; Power and Influence; Framework

Forthcoming
Article

Centralization and Organization Reproduction: Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations

By: William R. Kerr

We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link to the inventor... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Reproduction; Centralization; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Design; Ethnicity

November 1992
Article

Executive Succession and Organization Outcomes in Turbulent Environments: An Organizational Learning Approach

By: Michael Tushman, B. Virany and E. Romanelli

Keywords: Outcome or Result; Organizations; Learning; Management

Article

Absorptive Capacity, Coauthoring Behavior, and the Organization of Research in Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Iain Cockburn

Keywords: Behavior; Research and Development; Organizations; Health

08 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Harley Munsell

smaller organizations increase their brand awareness on campus. All companies have their own timelines for recruiting and their own unique goals. As a Recruiting Relations Manager, I am here to offer guidance throughout the whole process... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

2023
Working Paper

Centralization and Organization Reproduction: Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations

By: William R. Kerr

We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link to the inventor... View Details

Keywords: Ethnicity; Business Offices; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Design

2024
Working Paper

Faith and Assimilation: Italian Immigrants in the U.S.

By: Stefano Gagliarducci and Marco Tabellini

How do ethnic religious organizations influence immigrant assimilation? To answer this question, we assemble novel data from the Catholic directories to measure the presence of Italian Catholic churches in the US between 1890 and 1920, when four million Italians moved... View Details

Keywords: Assimilation; Religious Organizations; Immigration; Religion; History; United States

Other Article

Integrating Stakeholders' Welfare and Corporate Success: In an Indian Family-Owned Organization

By: Shashank Shah