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- 16 May 2023
- HBS Case
How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’
their improved performance creates. “There exists tremendous low-hanging fruit in creating shared value for employees and companies,” says Rouen. “The logistics are not hard; it’s the will. Top management have to be willing to give up a... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
and find that directors implementing MV shareholder proposals experience a one-fifth reduction in the likelihood of losing their board seat as well as other directorships. Are You Having Trouble Keeping Your Operations Focused? Author:Robert S. Huckman... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
policy on public participation to have teeth, it must also be tied to the performance reviews of staff. The Bank is filled with dedicated and motivated professionals, but few have the incentives to engage... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 2017
- Supplement
Uncommon Schools (B): Seeking Excellence at Scale through Standardized Practice
By: John J-H Kim and Sarah McAra
The (B) case provides an update to the (A) case by illustrating how charter school management organization Uncommon Schools responded to the disparity in its students’ 2013 standardized test results. In 2015, CEO Brett Peiser and his management team decided to align... View Details
Keywords: Charter Schools; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Teaching; Talent And Talent Management; Innovation; Education; Early Childhood Education; Middle School Education; Organizational Structure; Performance Consistency; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry
Kim, John J-H, and Sarah McAra. "Uncommon Schools (B): Seeking Excellence at Scale through Standardized Practice." Harvard Business Publishing Supplement, 2017. (Case No. PEL-080.)
- 01 Nov 2021
- What Do You Think?
How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?
seem to be an obvious performance improvement effort? "An organization’s culture, among other things, touches every functional department ... and is often perceived as critical to its strategic direction." In my research on culture... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
review classical and contemporary research from organizational theory, sociology and economics that have focused on geographic influences on organizations. We adapt Scott's (2001) influential three pillars model, including regulative,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2008
- Article
Ambidexterity as a Dynamic Capability: Resolving the Innovator's Dilemma
By: Charles O'Reilly and Michael Tushman
How do organizations survive in the face of change? Underlying this question is a rich debate about whether organizations can adapt—and if so, how. One perspective, organizational ecology, presents evidence suggesting that most organizations are largely inert and... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Competency and Skills; Innovation and Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Performance Efficiency; Competitive Advantage
O'Reilly, Charles, and Michael Tushman. "Ambidexterity as a Dynamic Capability: Resolving the Innovator's Dilemma." Research in Organizational Behavior 28 (2008): 185–206.
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
making social enterprise an attractive setting to study hybrid organizing. Based on a literature review of organizational research on social enterprise and on our own research in this domain, we develop five dimensions of hybrid... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2016
- Supplement
Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades
By: Weijia Dai, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
This exercise provides students with a data set consisting of results from a hypothetical experiment, and asks students to make recommendations based on the data. Through this process, the exercise teaches students to analyze, design, and interpret experiments. The... View Details
- December 5, 2024
- Article
A Consensus Definition of Creativity in Surgery: A Delphi Study Protocol
By: Alex Thabane, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W. Busse, Sameer Parpia and Mohit Bhandari
Introduction
Clear definitions are essential in science, particularly in the study of abstract phenomena like creativity. Due to its inherent complexity and domain-specific nature, the study of creativity has been complicated, as evidenced by the various... View Details
Clear definitions are essential in science, particularly in the study of abstract phenomena like creativity. Due to its inherent complexity and domain-specific nature, the study of creativity has been complicated, as evidenced by the various... View Details
Thabane, Alex, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W. Busse, Sameer Parpia, and Mohit Bhandari. "A Consensus Definition of Creativity in Surgery: A Delphi Study Protocol." PLoS ONE 19, no. 12 (December 5, 2024).
- March 2016 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades
By: Michael Luca, Weijia Dai and Hyunjin Kim
Advertising Experiments at RestaurantGrades is an exercise in which students are asked to analyze and make a recommendation on the basis of simulated experimental data. The setting is a hypothetical restaurant review company called RestaurantGrades (RG), which shows... View Details
- 2007
- Chapter
Collaborative R&D in Management: The Practical Experience of Fenix and TruePoint in Bridging the Divide Between Scientific and Managerial Goals
By: Michael Beer and Niclas Adler
The gap between theory and practice has been of concern to both practitioners and academics, yet other than pleas to close the gap with more accessible writing by academics and more interest in research by practitioners few systematic efforts have been made to close... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Knowledge Management; Management; Goals and Objectives; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Improvement; Practice; Research and Development; Social and Collaborative Networks; Theory; Value; United States
Beer, Michael, and Niclas Adler. "Collaborative R&D in Management: The Practical Experience of Fenix and TruePoint in Bridging the Divide Between Scientific and Managerial Goals." In Handbook of Collaborative Management Research, edited by A. B. Shani, N. Adler, N. Mohrman, W. A. Pasmore, and B. Stymne. Sage Publications, 2007.
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
globalization. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52266 January 26, 2017 Harvard Business Review Executives and Salespeople Are Misaligned—and the Effects Are Costly By: Cespedes, Frank V., and Christopher... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
forthcoming American Economic Review Innovation, Reallocation and Growth By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
PublicationsThe Paradox of Excellence Authors:Thomas J. DeLong and Sara DeLong Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 6 (June 2011) Abstract Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 11, 2016
Exploring Langerian Models Understanding Confidence: Its Roots and Role in Performance By: Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Daniel Fox Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51716 October... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
from other forms of profiling, and illustrate its occurrence in the workplace. Next, we discuss the underlying assumptions about identity performance and organizational culture that are used to justify formal and informal cultural... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
Harvard Business Review Putting Sales at the Center of Strategy By: Cespedes, Frank Abstract—Research indicates that relatively few firms execute their strategies effectively, and, on average, companies deliver just 50% to 60% of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017
be best performing in terms of annual profitability; membership was considered highly prestigious. We document that index-inclusion incentives led firms to increase return on equity (ROE) proportionally by 35% on average through higher... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
performance improvement. We also review psychological and interpersonal risks of learning behavior, suggest conditions under which exploratory learning and experimentation are most critical, and describe... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace