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  • 30 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

this area in a variety of disciplines—economics, geography, marketing, organizational behavior, psychology, sociology, and strategy—in order to explore the many ways that locations matter for firms. In eleven varied papers, the authors... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-084.pdf Exploring the Duality between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the Mirroring Hypothesis Authors:Alan D. MacCormack, John Rusnak, and Carliss Y. Baldwin... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-114.pdf Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management Authors:Maria Guadalupe, Hongyi Li, and Julie Wulf Abstract This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709043 One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon Harvard Business School Case 409-044 Rob Smith, senior partner of construction consultancy Davis Langdon, has just led the firm through a major View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 1999
  • Case

Hans Fritz at Novartis Thailand (A): The First Month

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Dr. Hans Fritz is 37 years old when he arrives in Bangkok on March 1, 1998 to assume his position as general manager of Novartis Thailand. Novartis is the world's largest pharmaceutical company. He had lobbied to transition from a staff position to this line management... View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Organizational Structure; Transition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Working Conditions; Organizational Culture; Growth and Development Strategy; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Pharmaceutical Industry; Thailand
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  • 20 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

incremental to the effects of other forms of organizational structure, namely business and geographic diversification. I also find that the level of debt at subsidiaries affects the parent company's borrowing costs. However, the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

platform and its evolution. We describe three ways of representing platform architectures: network graphs, design structure matrices, and layer maps. We conclude by addressing a number of fundamental strategic questions suggested by a... View Details
  • 03 Aug 2016
  • What Do You Think?

How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?

example, Pilgrim commented that the need for leadership is highly overrated. “We build structures with a slot at the top and the result is an implied need for leadership.” If our organizations were more fashioned like a networks,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Education
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

AIR AND SPACE: GLF participants enjoyed cocktails and dinner at the popular Washington museum. PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANUTA OTFINOWSKI There has never been a time when there have been as many challenges facing this country as there are now, nor a time when we have as many of... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

the structure of the industries in which their firms competed. Bogle and Kelleher died earlier this month, more than 40 years after each made their mark on the competitive landscape by leading organizations that provided both low cost and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services
  • Web

Departments | Employment

work with minimal structure and a desire to create something new. Attributes of Successful Staff Members Flexibility Attention to detail Ability to multitask and to embrace a broad spectrum of tasks from the mundane to complex Passion for... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 1

primarily on substitutes but copied from rivals. Next, they actively tested their assumptions and made major resource commitments to the business model they identified as the most lucrative. Finally, they deliberately maintained a loosely View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

develop institutional structures for the industry as a whole. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52613 April 10, 2017 Harvard Business Review The Different Approaches Firms Use to Set Strategy By: Teti,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

of attention. The design of work units, spans of control, and spans of accountability are the main structural tools to influence work and information flows and to direct organizational attention to ensure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: February 7

year. Using Internet Data for Economic Research Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Publication:Journal of Economic Perspectives (forthcoming) Abstract The data used by economists can be broadly divided into two categories. First, structured... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • July 2011
  • Teaching Note

Weber Shandwick: The Client Relationship Leader Program (TN)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 408077. View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Employees; Growth and Development; Situation or Environment; Consolidation; Acquisition; Digital Platforms; Blogs; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web; Public Relations Industry
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  • 28 Jan 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War

people who can see beyond the core business and help you identify the emerging new markets. Structure helps with this, but even if you create organizational autonomy, but then rely 100 percent on managers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

and their impact on organizational climate, which predicts successful outcomes. We addressed this gap with a field experiment suggested by Toyota's problem-solving process. We tested three related process improvement activities: (1)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Apr 2013
  • Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

series of 20-minute presentations followed by discussion groups took an unconventional look at topics such as stereotypes, difference, and organizational change. (Presenters were also asked to write short research-based papers to... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • Web

Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

of the classes. Educational Objectives This course has two objectives. First, it builds a rigorous approach and toolkit for sourcing, analyzing, negotiating, structuring and managing PE investments. The second goal of the course is to... View Details