Publications

17 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

other's beliefs about demand. Thus, in this paper's setting, improved communication can induce alignment even if no economic incentives are changed. While consistent with the predominant view in organizational behavior (OB), this is a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2008
News

Designing Change

Hill, who expects the case to be taught in Marketing and Organizational Behavior courses as well as in design schools. “Most of our change-management cases focus on a CEO or senior leader, not a middle manager, and few consider how to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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Laying Down the Principles: Management - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School/title>

conductors, accountants, and ticket sellers—all within distinct units of operation. Management required micro-level, daily supervision as well as macro-level, long-term planning. A hierarchical structure emerged with delineated lines of... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Expanded Elective Curriculum Offers Students A Wealth of Choices

half of all EC courses, part of the traditional thirty-session class structure is now used for group project work, field research, and the preparation of papers on "frontier" business issues. New EC courses are continually being... View Details

February 2006 (Revised November 2006)
Case

GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Follows the actions of GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, as he implements a growth strategy for the $150 billion company in a tough business environment. In four years, he reinvigorates GE's technology, expands its services, develops a commercial focus, pushes developing countries,... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Judgments; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure

17 Nov 2015
First Look

November 17, 2015

forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Introduction: New Perspectives on Corporate Capital Structure By: Acharya, Viral, Heitor Almeida, and Malcolm Baker Abstract—The National Bureau of Economic Research held a symposium titled... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part Two]

out the whole idea. The other thing about Japanese organization that needs change is the internal processes by which decisions are made. The Japanese company structure is anti-risk. It is much safer to do something that other companies... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

organizational negotia- tions. To add realism, the unit's faculty has scrambled the sections for this course so that students encounter both familiar and unfamiliar faces across their classroom bargaining table. "The role of informal... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2002
News

The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause

HBS professors emeriti Stephen A. Greyser and James L. Heskett, explores strategic concepts in areas such as mission, organizational structure and alliances, and financial management and control.) "The... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

10 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 10

Perspective on Ambidexterity: Structural Differentiation and Boundary Activities Authors:Sebastian Raisch and Michael L. Tushman Abstract This paper explores the shifting nature of differentiation and integration in organizations... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2008 (Revised September 2019)
Case

Yataro Iwasaki: Founding Mitsubishi (A)

By: Geoffrey Jones, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki

Considers the entrepreneurial career of the founder of Mitsubishi, Yataro Iwasaki, who built a large shipping company against the opposition of powerful Western incumbents. Although sometimes supported by the Japanese government, and often times opposed, the case... View Details

Keywords: History; Leadership; Business History; Organizational Structure; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Japan

05 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 5

community form is drawn upon in many subfields of organizational theory. Although there is not much convergence on a level of analysis, there is convergence on a mode of action that is increasingly relevant to a knowledge-based economy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

and private venture funds. Corporate efforts lack the partnership-based organizational structure that many have identified as critical to the success of private equity funds. On the other hand, corporations... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

range of organizational challenges. While traditional leadership courses contemplate “what” is leadership, LEAP focuses on “how” leaders must take action at critical moments to shape their organizations and their careers. The course helps... View Details

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Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

consumers, accountability, and public policy. Create business models that respond appropriately to any Six Factors misalignments and that feature the strategy, financing, management, and organizational View Details

02 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 2

organization, why men believe women are more emotionally intelligent, and the challenges female directors of corporations face in interacting with their male counterparts. 2006 pub Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

describe how previously identified "second-generation" forms of subtle gender bias have impeded women's progress. These practices and patterns, although unintentional, favor men and create structural career blocks for women. The... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

July 2010 (Revised September 2012)
Case

Public Architecture

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Christopher Marquis and Bobbi Thomason

Public Architecture is a non-profit architecture company dedicated to creating social and professional change through design for the public good. Public has focused on three strategies to create change: 1) promoting the design community's commitment to pro bono work,... View Details

Keywords: Design; Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Strategy; Integration