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- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
high impact. Filtering A Leader There are three factors that social scientists agree minimize the impact of leaders: An external environment in which responses of competitors limits the leader's discretion to act. Internal organizational... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
staff are well positioned to conceive improvement opportunities based on first-hand knowledge of what works and does not work. The innovation contest may be a relevant and useful vehicle to elicit staff ideas. However, the success of the contest likely depends on... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
partners. Competition for funds among groups may inspire applicants to perform at a higher level: When announcing it was accepting proposals for its Youth Programming Wellness Grant, Target encouraged organizations to “think big.” GE,... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
the investments and performance of community development venture capital (CDVC). We find substantial differences between CDVC and traditional venture capital (VC) investments: CDVC investments are far more likely to be in nonmetropolitan... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
Such motives spring from the humanitarian values possessed by the organizations or individuals involved. Utilitarian motives, on the other hand, cater to the partners' organizational needs, focusing on issues like risk management or the... View Details
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Privacy Statement (English) - Global
personal data protection laws, including the GDPR. 5. SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA We have taken appropriate technical and organizational measures to provide a level of security for the personal data appropriate to the risk. Unfortunately,... View Details
- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
well." High-status organizations tend to be buffered from environmental shocks and more likely to survive adverse circumstances and perform better than low-status organizations. Organizational status is... View Details
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2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
presents "How I Found My Voice" at the 2018 Gender and Work Symposium. Lumumba Seegars is a doctoral student in Organizational Behavior, a joint program with Harvard Business School and the Department of Psychology. He studies how... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
Minorities Who 'Whiten' Job Resumes Get More Interviews
professor of organizational behavior and human resource management at the University of Toronto Mississauga; András Tilcsik, assistant professor of strategic management at the University of Toronto; and Sora Jun, a doctoral candidate at... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
for research. Businesses and governments are reassessing Asia-Pacific policies and strategies. People are searching for new intellectual frameworks and ideas. At the same time, in sectors where growth and performance are highly uncertain... View Details
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
faculty across a wide spectrum of disciplines including business history, entrepreneurship, finance, and organizational behavior have made creativity and innovation primary subjects of focus. What is surprising is just how teachable they... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
also find substantial variation in management practices across organizations in every country and every sector, mirroring the heterogeneity in the spread of performance in these sectors. One factor linked to this variation is ownership.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
not, how should we modify ideas about management in general? While the work that Tarun and I have done focuses on strategy, the same set of challenges exists in other parts of management thinking, too, such as organizational behavior,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Wine to the World
differentiation, which reduces buyer power. Structural differences suggest that firms need to compete differently as they enter markets around the world. We can perform similar comparisons along other dimensions of industry structure. In... View Details
- 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 are able to exploit... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
by contrast, developed an explicit strategy for collaboration and made organizational changes to aid performance in these efforts. Ultimately, these actions allowed them to identify and exploit new business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
the right questions. The challenge lies in being able to step back, reflect, and ask the key questions that are critical to your performance and your organization's effectiveness. In What to Ask the Person in the Mirror, HBS professor and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54596 Relative Performance Benchmarks: Do Boards Follow the Informativeness Principle? By: Ma, Paul, Jee Eun Shin, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract— We examine whether and to what extent... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
at work and in how much time they devote to insiders vs. outsiders. We analyze the correlation between time use, managerial effort, quality of governance, and firm performance and interpret the empirical findings within two versions of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
their product, and relations between the different organizational functions seem more constrained, as does the product-design process." Flexible And Nimble HBS professor Kent Bowen, a technology and operations management expert who... View Details