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Vicarious Learning in Organizations
To advance the study of how individuals learn through their interactions with others, Professor Myers has adopted a vicarious learning theory lens. Vicarious learning allows individuals to learn from the outcomes of others’ experiences, rather than solely their own... View Details
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Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual
working with accomplished health care executives from various backgrounds, sectors, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and... View Details
- 03 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact
different backgrounds becomes pretty important.” You Might Also Like: ‘Intrinsic Joy’ Sparks Ideas Better than Cash Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- March 2000 (Revised July 2000)
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Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (A) (Abridged)
By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse
Jeanne Lewis, after six years with Staples, Inc., is promoted to senior vice president of marketing. She is to work for fifteen months alongside her predecessor, a legacy in the organization, "learning the ropes" before he moves on. This case is set nine months after... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management Style; Change Management; Marketing Strategy; Management Succession; Competitive Advantage; Problems and Challenges; Management Teams; Retail Industry; United States
Hill, Linda A., and Jennifer Suesse. "Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 400-065, March 2000. (Revised July 2000.)
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ali Evans (MBA 2019)
opportunity you have worked on? The most inspiring project I have worked on since HBS is helping our companies and their customers work through the disruption caused by... View Details
- 20 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: December 20
Morris, and Leonard Lee Publication:Journal of Organizational Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract This research investigates a new type of team that is becoming prevalent in global work settings, namely,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Nov 2023
- Op-Ed
The Beauty Industry: Products for a Healthy Glow or a Compact for Harm?
In my recently published book Deeply Responsible Business, I write about business leaders since the 19th century who have acted responsibly, often by putting the welfare of their communities above the idea of maximizing profits. I make a sharp distinction between... View Details
- 02 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Fast-track to Better Outcomes: Yoonjin Min and RapidSOS
During her three years at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Yoonjin Min, MBA 2020, made the shift from serving as a generalist to a specialist in healthcare strategy. “I liked working on projects where success wasn’t just profit-oriented,”... View Details
- 14 Jun 2023
- Op-Ed
Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't
and possess the ability to guide a team through efficient time management. Leaders at the vice president level may be LTLs if they have deep experience or specialized skills or are leading a specific function. The key for LTLs is that... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson
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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research
Information featured in The New Yorker Kodak's Old-School Response to Disruption By: Ryan Raffaelli More Information HBS Working Knowledge CEOs and Coaches How Important is Organizational 'Fit'? By: Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik How big... View Details
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Dance to the Music: How Noa Torok Found Her Dream Job at SoundCloud
became a successful lawyer working for the Israeli Supreme Court. She had hoped she could combine law and business together, but, “I realized that being a lawyer meant working from the sidelines. And I want... View Details
- 11 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating When the Rules Suddenly Change
formulating negotiation strategy, strive to view the landscape as other parties see it. Returning to our hockey example, the NHL general managers had to work on at least three different levels as they raced to sign players. They had to... View Details
- October 1979 (Revised January 1983)
- Background Note
IBM Corp., Background Note
Describes some aspects of how the senior managers of IBM conducted its affairs. Much of this note is a factual description of the design of the organization and of the formal process by which members of the organization worked together. Also contains excerpts from... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Management Teams; Computer Industry; United States
Vancil, Richard F. "IBM Corp., Background Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 180-034, October 1979. (Revised January 1983.)
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Working PapersHiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors Authors:Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, Christopher Malloy Abstract We test the hypothesis that firms appoint independent directors who are overly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Megastudies Improve the Impact of Applied Behavioural Science
By: Katherine L. Milkman, Dena Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Pepi Pandiloski, Yeji Park, Aneesh Rai, Max Bazerman, John Beshears, Lauri Bonacorsi, Colin Camerer, Edward Chang, Gretchen Chapman, Robert Cialdini, Hengchen Dai, Lauren Eskreis-Winkler, Ayelet Fishbach, James J. Gross, Samantha Horn, Alexa Hubbard, Steven J. Jones, Dean Karlan, Tim Kautz, Erika Kirgios, Joowon Klusowski, Ariella Kristal, Rahul Ladhania, Jens Ludwig, George Loewenstein, Barbara Mellers, Sendhil Mullainathan, Silvia Saccardo, Jann Spiess, Gaurav Suri, Joachim H. Talloen, Jamie Taxer, Yaacov Trope, Lyle Ungar, Kevin G. Volpp, Ashley V. Whillans, Jonathan Zinman and Angela L. Duckworth
Policy-makers are increasingly turning to behavioural science for insights about how to improve citizens’ decisions and outcomes. Typically, different scientists test different intervention ideas in different samples using different outcomes over different time... View Details
Milkman, Katherine L., Dena Gromet, Hung Ho, Joseph S. Kay, Timothy W. Lee, Pepi Pandiloski, Yeji Park, Aneesh Rai, Max Bazerman, John Beshears, Lauri Bonacorsi, Colin Camerer, Edward Chang, Gretchen Chapman, Robert Cialdini, Hengchen Dai, Lauren Eskreis-Winkler, Ayelet Fishbach, James J. Gross, Samantha Horn, Alexa Hubbard, Steven J. Jones, Dean Karlan, Tim Kautz, Erika Kirgios, Joowon Klusowski, Ariella Kristal, Rahul Ladhania, Jens Ludwig, George Loewenstein, Barbara Mellers, Sendhil Mullainathan, Silvia Saccardo, Jann Spiess, Gaurav Suri, Joachim H. Talloen, Jamie Taxer, Yaacov Trope, Lyle Ungar, Kevin G. Volpp, Ashley V. Whillans, Jonathan Zinman, and Angela L. Duckworth. "Megastudies Improve the Impact of Applied Behavioural Science." Nature 600, no. 7889 (December 16, 2021): 478–483.
- 12 May 2015
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship in General Management
the marketer is the general manager and is supported by a team of functional specialists, such as advertising, consumer research, R&D, finance, operations. I was surprised how much of my job involved coordinating, interpreting, and... View Details
- 12 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Interning as a Software Engineer while at HBS
doing this summer? I’m working on the payments engineering team at Instacart, a same-day grocery delivery service. My team’s job is to handle everything that relates to the ordering process: we View Details
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Your Career Resources - MBA
toward your professional development post-HBS. A Dedicated Team CPD is committed to helping both students and alumni realize their unique career visions. With more than 30 career education professionals on the team, we View Details
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Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual
key metrics for measurement Assess and communicate outcomes to partners and stakeholders Institute and sustain organizational performance measurement Expand your personal and professional networks Extend your network by connecting and View Details
- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
Like: Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray Empower Your Employees to Make Better Decisions Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman