Social Structure - Publications - Faculty & Research

2000
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The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success: Organizational Structure, Incentives, and Complementarities

Keywords: Venture Capital; Success; Organizational Structure; Motivation and Incentives; Business Ventures

07 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Innovation in Asia

organizational structures that will help them compete globally. We have moved from 'manufactured in China' to 'designed in China.'— John Deng, Vimicro Pramathesh Rath, India's consul general in New York, emphasized that India is quickly... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Interplay of Structure and Behavior: How System Dynamics Can Explain and Change Outcomes by Gender or Social Category Panel: Backlash and the Double Bind Robert Livingston , Northwestern University Is... View Details

28 Feb 2023
News

The Board Chair-Executive Director Relationship

15 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 15

Returns By: Greenwood, Robin, and Dimitri Vayanos Abstract—We examine empirically how the maturity structure of government debt affects bond yields and excess returns. Our analysis is based on a theoretical model of preferred habitat in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

goals without providing the structures to educate senior executives in the specific challenges faced by various constituencies. In addition, these strategies often don't provide models that teach or encourage new behaviors. IBM has taken... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

John Irving’s Lessons for Business

on your basic love of the domain, however. It also depends on the social environment. This discovery, I think, is the most important contribution that my research has made. The work environment you're in, or the school environment you're... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

Student-Profile

Mengjie "Magie" Cheng

Magie Cheng (she/her) worked for a social network company in their machine learning group and spent much of her time analyzing user behavior for a wide range of social networking applications. She became... View Details

25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25

field research methods, this paper connects these achievements to bureaucratic norms, unwritten rules within the state that guide the behavior of public officials and structure their relations with civic agencies outside the state.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2017
News

Research Brief: As the Wind Blows

scale up globally, and the 1990s saw lasting social and policy shifts in Germany and Spain that encouraged their entry into the wind game. By 1996, the largest wind energy companies in the world included one US, two German, and five... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

Profile

Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo

career path? I want to jump into consulting. Many of my classmates have already consulted. I learn from the way they analyze issues and how they structure their analyses. HBS has given me a lot more exposure to consulting, plus access to... View Details

Keywords: Investment Banking; Consulting

03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

show how institutions simultaneously constrain and enable social action. Two-Sided Platforms: Product Variety and Pricing Structures Author:Andrei Hagiu Periodical:Journal of Economics and Management... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

business of politics as they would study any company or sector, looking at structural components such as competitors, customers, channels to reach customers, suppliers, and the threat of new entrants into the market using the “five-forces... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

02 Nov 2015
Blog Post

Harvard Arab Weekend (HAW) 2015

covering most pressing topics across 12 political, business and social issues Career Fair: The largest MENA career fair in North America with 20+ companies represented Start-up Pitch: A Start-up pitch featuring 10 pre-selected MENA... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

January 2014
Supplement

Ford Asia Pacific & Africa: The E-coating Facility Decision in Gujarat, India (B)

By: Juan Alcacer and Nancy Hua Dai

The case reveals that Ford decided to open its own e-coating plant in Gujarat, India, and details how the decision was made at different organizational levels. View Details

Keywords: Foreign Investment; Organizational Alignment; Strategic Decision Making; Motivation and Incentives; Communication; Organizational Structure; Decision Making; Business Processes; Foreign Direct Investment; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Gujarat

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Purchase

04 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 4

necessary for eliciting effort from those affecting the quality of interdependent teamwork. We consider the role of incentives versus social processes in catalyzing collaboration. We test our hypotheses using a unique data set of 260... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

hard—urgent calls for a long-overdue racial reckoning are inspiring innovative approaches to exposing and ending structural inequities in business and society. Two new ventures led by HBS alumni are leveraging the power of philanthropy in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

of England has clearly prepared thoroughly for Brexit. But few British or European businesses have any contingency plans. The Brexit vote will drive Europe into recession and highlight further the structural weakness of its View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

Profile

Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

person – it probes and pushes you, forcing you to be a critical thinker who can clearly articulate opinions in a structured way.” Abena is active in the Africa Business Club where she has been elected co-president for the year ahead.... View Details

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