by David A. Garvin - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 May 2017
News

The Enduring Work of David A. Garvin

05 May 2017
News

Harvard Business School Professor David A. Garvin Dies at 64

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

Harvard Business School professor David A. Garvin has studied the development of the case method of teaching at Harvard's law, business, and medical schools. View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

05 May 2017
News

Harvard Business School Professor David A. Garvin Dies at 64

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

"The most effective learning strategy depends on the situation," writes David A. Garvin. "There is no stock answer, nor is there a single best approach." In Learning in Action, he illustrated the diversity... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

Unfortunately, superior decision making is distressingly difficult to assess in real time. Successful outcomes—decisions of high quality, made in a timely manner and implemented effectively—can be evaluated only after the fact. But by the... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

David A. Thomas

David Thomas is H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research addresses issues related to executive development, cultural diversity in organizations, leadership and organizational change. He recently served as a... View Details

Keywords: biotechnology; consulting; consumer products; education industry; financial services; media

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto

Harvard Business School professors David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto fielded questions about their article in an email interview with HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

unfolded, without the usual biases and distortions that come from 20/20 hindsight. The story of how Levy tilled the soil for change provides lessons for any CEO in a turnaround situation. [...] Reinforcing Good Habits Without a doubt, the toughest challenge faced View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

Profile

David A. Frankel

David Frankel, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Founder Collective David Frankel, co-founder and managing partner of Founder Collective, arrived at Harvard Business School without a clear internal mandate... View Details

Video

David A. Thomas presents "Morehouse Men: Colluding While Undermining the Master’s House, Brick by Brick?"

Book Review

Review of Understanding American Economic Decline, edited by Michael A. Bernstein and David E. Adler

By: Willis Emmons

Keywords: Economy; Economics; United States

Citation

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27 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

IBM Finds Profit in Diversity

understand differences among the groups and find ways to appeal to a broader set of employees and customers," according to HBS professor David A. Thomas. Since then, the number of female executives in... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

Book Review

Book Review of Identity in Organizations: Building Theory Through Conversations edited by David A. Whetten and Paul C. Godfrey

By: J. Polzer

Keywords: Identity; Organizations; Theory; Communication

Citation

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29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

in the career trajectories of white and minority executive suggests that companies implicitly have two distinct tournaments for access to the top jobs.— David A. Thomas Although it took Williams longer to... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas