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    Steven C. Wheelwright

    Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

    Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details

    • 07 Nov 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

    competitiveness in the face of the territorial extent of the United States and its ability to integrate a dynamic industrial sector with ample raw material supplies, agriculture commodities, markets, and labor into one national economy.... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • Research Summary

    THEME #2: BUILDING CAPABILITIES THROUGH VARIATION

    Prior work has yet to establish definitively the role that variation (e.g. in individuals' activities or organizational processes) plays in the development of capabilities.  Variation is usually either not considered (e.g., the learning curve examines... View Details

    • 14 Jun 2023
    • Op-Ed

    Every Company Should Have These Leaders—or Develop Them if They Don't

    needs of the organization. Organizations will have BTLs and LTLs who are specialists and generalists. BTL specialists oversee multiple function areas and rely on information from across the organization while also understanding the complexity of View Details
    Keywords: by Hise Gibson
    • 20 Jul 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: July 20

    management of Vale, a Brazilian diversified mining company and the largest iron ore producer in the world, was under pressure from at least two fronts. First, the emergence of China as the most important consumer of iron ore in the last few years had changed the... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    Health-care Applications

    Active postmarketing drug surveillance.  There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details

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    Latin America - Global

    Latin America Mexico City, Montevideo, São Paulo HBS has had a longstanding footprint in Latin America for over 20 years. The Latin America Research Center (LARC) opened in 2000 to satisfy strong interest on the part of the HBS faculty in this View Details
    • 22 Oct 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: October 22

    Journal of International Business Studies Language as a Lightning Rod: Power Contests, Emotion Regulation, and Subgroup Dynamics in Global Teams By: Hinds, Pamela J., Tsedal Neeley, and Catherine Durnell Cramton Abstract—Through an... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Robert C. Merton

      Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

      Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

      Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
      • 06 Jun 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business

      opportunities,” says Kerr. That kind of legal support mattered “rather significantly,” he says. “Likewise, the placement of younger arrivals into the US school systems was very important for their education and social integration.” Kerr... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 11 Apr 2024
      • In Practice

      Why Progress on Immigration Might Soften Labor Pains

      Almost one-third of Americans consider immigration the most important “problem” that the United States faces, according to a new Gallup poll. And yet, companies say they need far more workers than the current system allows. Some business... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 26 Sep 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates

      offers new insight into the fluid dynamics in the growing and important space of diversity, equity, and inclusion, known as DEI. “It can make you feel like it's objectifying the people who are involved or exploiting them. It can lead to... View Details
      Keywords: by Kristen Senz

        Rosabeth M. Kanter

        Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

        Keywords: accounting industry; advertising; airline; apparel; arts; automobiles; banking; beauty products; beverage; biotechnology; broadcasting; chemical; clothing; communications; computer; consulting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; education industry; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; health care; high technology; hotels ＆ motels; industrial goods; information; information technology industry; insurance industry; internet; legal services; management consulting; manufacturing; medical supplies; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; petroleum; pharmaceuticals; professional services; publishing industry; real estate; recreation; restaurant; retail financial services; retailing; semiconductor; soft drink; software; sports; state government; telecommunications; textiles; tourism; toy; transportation; travel; utilities; wine
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        Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

        Moral-Benito MAR 2022 There are four main types of commercial credit: asset-based loans, cash flow loans, trade finance and leasing. The authors show that credit growth dynamics and bank lending channels vary across these loan types using... View Details
        • August 2018
        • Case

        Christine Lagarde

        By: Julie Battilana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas and Noemie Assenat
        For a modular presentation of the same material, please see “Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls” (HBS No. 419-017), “Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant” (HBS No. 419-018), and “Christine Lagarde (C): Managing the IMF” (HBS No. 419-019).... View Details
        Keywords: Change; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Leadership; Gender; Leading Change
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        • 25 Jan 2021
        • Book

        In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

        How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
        • 23 Jun 2015
        • First Look

        First Look: June 23, 2015

        system, and, second, an understanding of the industry architecture in which the technical system is embedded. Although these tools involve disparate bodies of knowledge, they must be used in tandem to achieve maximum effect. View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 14 Sep 2010
        • First Look

        First Look: September 14, 2010

        provide illustrations from the Toyota Motor Company to show how deliberate perturbation enables efficient exploration in the midst of intense exploitation. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-011.pdf Employee Selection as a Control View Details
        Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
        • 2016
        • Article

        The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence, and Exceptions

        By: Lyra J. Colfer and Carliss Y. Baldwin
        The mirroring hypothesis predicts that organizational ties within a project, firm, or group of firms (e.g., communication, collocation, employment) will correspond to the technical dependencies in the work being performed. This article presents a unified picture of... View Details
        Keywords: Modularity; Mirroring Hypothesis; Organization Design; Conway's Law; Knowledge Boundaries; Relational Contracts; Open Source Software; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Boundaries; Knowledge Management; Applications and Software
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        • March 2013
        • Article

        Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in U.S. Communities

        By: Andras Tilcsik and Christopher Marquis
        Geographic communities have been shown to affect organizations through their enduring features, but less attention has been given to communities as sites of human-made and natural events that occasionally disrupt the lives of organizations. We develop a... View Details
        Keywords: Geographic Communities; Punctuated Equilibrium; Corporate Social Responsibility; Institutional Theory; Natural Disasters; Situation or Environment; Balance and Stability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States
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