open concept - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 May 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Money or Knowledge? What Drives Demand for Financial Services in Emerging Markets?

Keywords: by Shawn Cole, Thomas Sampson & Bilal Zia; Financial Services

12 Apr 2007
Working Paper Summaries

From Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark

Keywords: by Sylvain Lenfle & Carliss Y. Baldwin; Manufacturing

17 Jan 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size: Evidence from India

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Anusha Chari

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

which, after all, is at the heart of continuous improvement. Many observers note that one of the factors contributing to the preeminence of Toyota, arguably the world's most successful company, is its openness to learning, driven by... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

14 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

allocate more internal money to the fund, or should they open it up to third party investors? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315109-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 215-038 The Complexity of Vanguard's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2008
Article

Is Yours a Learning Organization?

By: David A. Garvin, Amy C. Edmondson and Francesca Gino

This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. An organization with a strong learning culture faces the unpredictable deftly.... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Surveys; Leading Change; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture

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22 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

Thanks to the pioneering success of Toyota, the concept of a "lean" operating system has been implemented in countless manufacturing companies and even adapted for industries as diverse as insurance and healthcare. With its... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

05 Aug 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Authority versus Persuasion

Keywords: by Eric J. Van den Steen

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy

proximity that clusters provide, companies can do things together without formal ownership or legal relationships. And this kind of flexibility opens up more possibilities for change and dynamism, which are crucial ingredients in a modern... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

determining an employee's level of engagement with the work. 2 We know of a small-company owner, a warm, decent woman, so pressed for time she consciously decided to avoid small talk at the office. She never opened up to people about... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

15 Feb 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Learning from My Success and From Others’ Failure: Evidence from Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Keywords: by KC Diwas, Bradley R. Staats & Francesca Gino; Health

31 Jul 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization

Keywords: by Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart & Michael L. Tushman

05 Sep 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Optimal Reserve Management and Sovereign Debt

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Fabio Kanczuk

02 Jul 2010
What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

"make the numbers" every quarter? Is it dangerous or misleading to give too much emphasis to the idea that profits are a by-product of many other policies and practices? Is it wise to communicate this concept to all levels of an... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Mar 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist

shareholders and owners. I first presented this concept (see chart below) at the Academy of Management in August 2001, shortly after I concluded my ten years as CEO of Medtronic. It is as valid today as it was then. This is the rigorous... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Banking

13 Jan 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Private Equity and Industry Performance

Keywords: by Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner, Morten Sørensen & Per Strömberg

11 Jul 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Managing Proprietary and Shared Platforms: A Life-Cycle View

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Technology

03 Feb 2011
What Do You Think?

Are We Going “Back to the Future” In Researching Management?

lack thereof" (Suzette van Aswegen). Social responsibility, sustainability, and globalization were high on the list of ideas for further investigation. Pete DeLisi pulled this together in commenting that "'collective impact' is just now starting to get some... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett