Organizational Research - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

clear, our research is aimed at the organizational level. And in that context, the idea of tradeoffs is nothing new. Peter Drucker and others have said it, and people accept the concept when you are talking... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

processes? This question is particularly urgent in the U.S. health-care industry, where problems occur often and consequences range from minor inconveniences to serious patient harm. The authors examine the effectiveness of organizational... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

does not seem to explain the higher level of firm diversification. However, we find that Chinese state-owned enterprises diversify their operations more aggressively than other Chinese firms. Research limitations/implications—Ownership... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Feb 2025
News

How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

Publishing) Nearly ten years after the “victory” in Iraq, the West faces a terror threat as ISIL, Al Qaeda, and their allies set out to build an empire of intolerance, a 21st-century theocracy with 7th-century values stretching from Portugal to Pakistan. Byrne brings... View Details

18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

Abstract—Innovation has traditionally taken place within an organization's boundaries and/or with selected partners. This Chandlerian approach to innovation has been rooted in transaction costs, organizational boundaries, and information... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 6

Werner Erhard Abstract An Actionable Pathway to Dramatic Increases in Individual and Organizational Performance. Full-day workshop taught at Olin School, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

stiff resistance to the clinic, claiming that medical records were the property of the doctor, and that a patient had no right to access them. Other doctors advised against the idea, too, saying Platanus would open itself up to malpractice. Even early market View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

15 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

High Ambition Leadership

serves as chairman of the consultancy TruePoint Partners and of its educational and research institute, the TruePoint Center for Higher Ambition Leadership. In the e-mail interview that follows, Beer talks about the book and what boards... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

influence how investors diversify their portfolios; the organizational and ownership decisions firms make; firm investment[PDF] decisions; and myriad financing decisions, including capital structure and repatriation. Perhaps, the biggest... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2010
News

M.I.A. Boards

integrate technical and behavioral finance, organizational behavior, and ethics to better prepare future leaders — and also focus more cases on the proper role of boards. Once directors are properly trained, it is crucial that they... View Details

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

sides of the aisle. As a doctoral student at Harvard he completed all his MBA coursework and went on to earn a master's in sociology and a PhD in organizational behavior. Now he teaches in the MBA and doctoral programs and knows the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

1979. His current research focuses on the ways in which new organizational structures and management processes are changing the core roles and responsibilities of managers. His 1989 book, Managing Across... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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