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- 2014
- Book
Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation
By: Linda A. Hill, Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove and Kent Lineback
Why can some organizations innovate time and again, while most cannot? You might think the key to innovation is attracting exceptional creative talent. Or making the right investments. Or breaking down organizational silos. All of these things may help—but there's only...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Innovation Leadership;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Innovation and Invention
Hill, Linda A., Greg Brandeau, Emily Truelove, and Kent Lineback. Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2014.
- 05 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Work-Around Culture: Unintended Consequences of Organizational Heroes
"Work-around cultures" are pervasive in health care. Employees tend to work around obstacles, often feeling like a hero in the process, without solving the underlying problems. The reasons for these cultures are manifold, but they are costly in financial and...
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- February 2003 (Revised April 2012)
- Case
Sheila Mason & Craig Shepherd
Describes a marketing executive and an engineer who are starting a company together. Each is still at his/her former employer, and each has signed a different employment agreement that, on paper, may prohibit soliciting customers or employees. Focuses on how...
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Keywords:
Resignation and Termination;
Intellectual Property;
Contracts;
Legal Liability;
Entrepreneurship;
Ethics
Roberts, Michael J., and Todd H Thedinga. "Sheila Mason & Craig Shepherd." Harvard Business School Case 803-095, February 2003. (Revised April 2012.)
- 23 Jun 2022
- News
As the World Shifts, So Should Leaders
- Program
Women on Boards
download the Application PDF. You can submit your application via our online Application Form or by returning a completed PDF. When submitting the online application form, you will be asked for the email address of the individual serving...
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- June 2011
- Background Note
It's a Social World
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
Social media had fashioned the lives of individuals and communities by 2010, providing an opportunity and a challenge for companies of all sizes. This note provides background on various social media (e.g. social networks, forums, games and communication services) and...
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- March 2011
- Article
Meeting the Challenges of a Person-Centric Work Psychology
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
In this article, the authors discuss person-centric work psychology, a paradigm developed by H. M. Weiss and D. E. Rupp regarding daily work life psychology. They cited three challenges of the paradigm such as the collection, and analysis of data, the certainty of the...
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Amabile, Teresa M., and Steven J. Kramer. "Meeting the Challenges of a Person-Centric Work Psychology." Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice 4, no. 1 (March 2011): 116–121.
- 12 Nov 2012
- News
The SEC vs. J.P. Morgan
- Research Summary
Risk, Trust and Escalation Behavior of Owner Managers
Professor Montgomery and Professor Deepak Malhotra (HBS), together with scientists from Harvard's Program on Evolutionary Dynamics, are studying risk-related decision making of owner managers in newly-founded and established companies. This experimental...
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- 09 Sep 2015
- News
Starting a Business is Easy (for Harvard Business Grads)
- 20 Jan 2012
- News
LRQA talks to world’s leading management systems expert
- 03 Apr 2020
- News
Real Leaders Are Forged in Crisis
- Program
Behavioral Economics—Virtual
challenges and career decisions Who Should Attend Executives with at least 10 years of experience who lead functional areas such as product development, human resources, talent management, marketing, advertising, business development, or sales View Details
- 2020
- Working Paper
Older People Are Less Pessimistic About the Health Risks of COVID-19
By: Pedro Bordalo, Katherine B. Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer
A central question for understanding behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic, at both the individual and collective levels, is how people perceive the health and economic risks they face. We conducted a survey of over 1,500 Americans from May 6–13, 2020, to understand...
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Bordalo, Pedro, Katherine B. Coffman, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer. "Older People Are Less Pessimistic About the Health Risks of COVID-19." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27494, July 2020.
- Article
What to Do When Industry Disruption Threatens Your Career
By: Boris Groysberg, Eric Lin and Whitney Johnson
This article discusses how to diagnose the risks that disruptive industry forces pose to individual careers and offers suggestions on how to mitigate such threats. Recommendations are based on analyses of individuals’ career histories in the professional services...
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Groysberg, Boris, Eric Lin, and Whitney Johnson. "What to Do When Industry Disruption Threatens Your Career." MIT Sloan Management Review 60, no. 3 (Spring 2019): 57–65.
- November 1996 (Revised August 1997)
- Case
Project "Dial-Tone"
By: William A. Sahlman and Andrew S. Janower
Bob Hellman, a partner in a West Coast middle-market buyout firm, is attempting to simultaneously acquire and merge three disparate firms in the rapidly consolidating telemarketing services industry. Hellman must value the individual companies as well as the combined...
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Keywords:
Complexity;
Private Equity;
Integration;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Negotiation Deal;
Strategic Planning;
Investment;
Opportunities;
Valuation;
Service Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Andrew S. Janower. Project "Dial-Tone". Harvard Business School Case 897-003, November 1996. (Revised August 1997.)
- July 1983 (Revised March 1992)
- Case
Acton-Burnett, Inc. (A)
Describes the formation, selection, and experience of a task force with multi-departmental membership. The problems faced by the task force leader raise issues concerning the selection of members for a task force, who does the selecting, the establishment of group...
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Isenberg, Daniel J. "Acton-Burnett, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 484-005, July 1983. (Revised March 1992.)
- August 1975 (Revised July 1993)
- Case
Acton-Burnett, Inc.
By: John J. Gabarro
Describes the formation, selection, and experience of a task force with multidepartmental membership. The problems faced by the task force leader at the end of the case raise issues of who does the selection; the establishment of group norms, values, and goals; the...
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Gabarro, John J. "Acton-Burnett, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 476-018, August 1975. (Revised July 1993.)