Professor Paul Lawrence - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

HBS Working Knowledge editor Sean Silverthorne conducted an email interview with Paul R. Lawrence and Nitin Nohria about their new book, Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices.Silverthorne: How did the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Jun 2024
HBS Conference

Paul R. Lawrence Conference in honor of Michael L. Tushman

23 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

"Humans have evolved a leadership brain," says HBS professor emeritus Paul R. Lawrence. "Good leaders are people with a conscience who respect and reward all the four drives of other... View Details

Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

In Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices, the authors combine the latest thinking from the biological and social sciences to lay out a new theory on human nature. The idea: We are all influenced and guided by four drives: acquiring, bonding, learning, and... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

03 Nov 2011
News

In Memory of a Renowned Sociologist

Keywords: Professor Paul Lawrence; obituary; organizational behavior; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

03 Nov 2011
News

Harvard Business School Professor Paul. R. Lawrence Dies at 89

31 May 2013
HBS Conference

The Inaugural Paul R. Lawrence Conference: Connecting Rigor and Relevance in Institutional Analysis

06 Jan 2015
News

Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus Paul Vatter Dies at 90

Paul A. Gompers

Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the View Details

Keywords: electronics; health care; high technology; information technology industry; investment banking industry; pharmaceuticals; semiconductor; venture capital industry

27 Oct 2016
HBS Seminar

Andrea Pratt, Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business and Professor of Economics, Columbia University

Paul M. Healy

Paul Healy is the James R. Williston Professor at the Harvard Business School. His research covers a broad range of topics, including white collar crime, governance, business ethics, financial analysis, and Wall Street research. He joined the HBS faculty in 1998,... View Details

Keywords: accounting industry; brokerage; pharmaceuticals

08 Jan 2018
News

Associate Professor John Beshears Wins TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award

Paul W. Marshall

MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details

Keywords: aerospace; banking; brokerage; computer; consulting; defense; management consulting; manufacturing; metals; professional services; retail financial services; retailing; steel

Profile

Paul Feghali

Coming to HBS is like Going on a first date with the person you’ve had a crush on for years. What is your most memorable classroom moment? My first cold call. During a case study on a struggling shoe company, my professor started the... View Details

17 Apr 2014
HBS Seminar

Paul Healy, Harvard Business School

Profile

Paul Wang

went to South Africa where he taught computer skills in a township high school and assisted Natal University professors with township surveys. “Development issues touched my heart,” Paul says. “I knew this... View Details

07 Nov 2011
News

Paul Lawrence, at 89; pioneered study of organizational behavior

Profile

Paul Lenehan

professors are really good at teasing out contrary positions." As an example, Paul points to a case on the media industry. "Just today, we were talking about publishing and the future of a major... View Details

09 Nov 2015
HBS Seminar

Paul Oyer, Fred H. Merrill Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

2017
Chapter

Paul R. Lawrence: A Career of Rigor, Relevance, and Passion

By: Michael Tushman

Paul R. Lawrence was one of the earliest and most influential figures in the emergence of organizational behavior as a field of study. He was a pioneer in creating a body of work on organization design, leadership, and change in both the private and public sectors.... View Details

Keywords: Organization Design; Contingency Theory; Public And Private Organizations; Rigor And Relevance; Biography; Organizational Design; Leadership; Learning; Leading Change

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