Organization Process - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

Modern Indian Art: The Birth of a Market

categories assigned value? One of the first studies of value construction as a detailed process in new market categories has been written by Mukti Khaire, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and R. Daniel Wadhwani, an... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2020
Blog Post

PRIDE in the HBS Community

from our community that pursuing an MBA was the right next step for me. During the years leading up to my first semester at HBS, I was introduced to several members of PRIDE through organizations like ROMBA and unexpected personal... View Details

25 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Hikma Health + HBS MBAs Crowdsource Largest County-Level COVID-19 Dataset

volunteer opportunity to organizations like MBAs Fight COVID-19 and the National Student Response Network, as well as email listservs, and Slack channels. As word spread through the tight-knit HBS community, we received tremendous and... View Details

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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog

incentive systems shape the mix of individuals who are attracted to, promoted within, and retained by the organization Know how to design organizational processes, such as hiring procedures and training programs, in ways that complement... View Details

19 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

innovations might impact—and be impacted by—workers, consumers, organizations, and society. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55845 March 2019 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Choice... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Jan 2008
What Do You Think?

Does Judgment Trump Experience?

process posing other more interesting propositions for consideration. Tony Wanless emphasized the importance of knowing the way leaders learn from experience, suggesting the need for "a synthesis of thinking that adds value to the... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Sep 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: EF Education First

to recruiting with HBS?I encourage recruiters to invest in candidates and work with them to find a truly great professional fit. Our recruitment process is not one-size-fits-all. Rather, it’s individual-oriented. We’re a global View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Books

genius was in how he organized experimentation,” Thomke told a gathering of colleagues during a recent HBS research symposium. “He knew that if you don’t get rapid feedback on new ideas, they often grow cold and don’t get pursued.” In his... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

July 2013 (Revised June 2014)
Case

Collaborating for Growth: Duane Morris in a Turbulent Legal Sector

By: Heidi K. Gardner and Annelena Lobb

By the late 2000s, the law firm Duane Morris had transformed itself from a growing U.S. law firm to a significant global player. The firm's uniquely collaborative organizational culture, which featured a transparent, data-driven compensation system, practice-group... View Details

Keywords: Professional Service Firm; Collaboration; Performance Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Performance; Cooperation; Globalized Firms and Management; Compensation and Benefits; Volatility; Growth and Development Strategy; Legal Services Industry; United States

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01 Apr 2002
News

Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms

of the factors that drive success in an industry that attracts 65 percent of MBA graduates from leading business schools — many of whom eventually leave to run organizations of their own. With revenues approaching a trillion dollars,... View Details

Keywords: professional service firms; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

15 Nov 2016
News

Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad

gained hands-on, global experience in January 2016 by collaborating for eight days on projects with businesses in 15 emerging markets and in Boston. The immersion in São Paulo was organized by HBS’s Global Experience Office and by the... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

01 Jun 2010
News

The MBA at a Crossroads

organized by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Datar, senior associate dean, director of research, discussed his experience recently when I sat down with him and Professor David Garvin to talk about their... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

Management Practice and leadership expert Robert Steven Kaplan comments on these issues. Michel Anteby Many companies today operate like Russian nesting dolls, where one large figure is actually made up of many smaller ones. These View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

10 Nov 2008
What Do You Think?

How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?

the biggest challenges for organizations are to have the necessary competencies and resources to act upon inputs." Sowmia Gopinathan echoed this comment: " (the) downside is only where expectations of the customers are made high... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

agree to abide by the HBS Community Values and the MBA Honor Code (pdf). The venture must be a standalone effort and operate independently of existing organizations (including, but not limited to, resources, governance, management, staff,... View Details

30 Sep 2014
News

Life Lessons on the Open Seas

everyone is trying to reach the same goal, but contributing in different ways, or if you’re trying to make a transaction with another company, inevitably the process works,” says Callahan. That approach plays out every day that Sail to... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

familiarity could aid in the process of team learning. In an experimental study, we find that familiar teams learn at a faster rate than unfamiliar teams. Additionally, we find that team familiarity leads to the development of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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By: Ethan S. Bernstein

Professor Bernstein currently teaches a second-year MBA course in Managing Human Capital (MHC). He is also the faculty chair for the Harvard Business School Online Developing Yourself as a Leader course and teaches in a variety of executive education... View Details

01 Oct 2002
News

John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger

John Batcha (MBA '54) was ready to grow his own organization. With a $50,000 grant from the Kellogg Foundation, he teamed with Partners of the Americas, the largest private volunteer organization in the Western Hemisphere, to develop a... View Details

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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog

ideas in other courses and how they can be applied to address a broad set of business decisions. We will study the optimal design of processes that are key to an organization’s success, including strategic planning, forecasting, capital... View Details

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