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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
Tierney. But nothing of the scope and scale of what he envisioned. Along the way, Tierney enlisted Bradach, a former Bain consultant then teaching at HBS, as an adviser. “I’ve always lived on the boundary between the social sector and the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
interest is examining the interactions that occur between and across the various functional and product boundaries of the firm, which is the subject of his popular MBA elective Advanced Competitive Strategy: Integrating the Enterprise.... View Details
- 27 Jun 2024
- Research & Ideas
Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge
search engine optimization, the established and mostly accepted practice of optimizing website content for better search rankings. For decades, organizations have sought to improve their positioning in web searches by tinkering with... 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
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Long-Term Interest: Bill Crozier, a Banker Pegged to the Customer
the boundaries in financial services, the two giants have challenged more conventional banking mergers in which organizations merely seek to grow larger while remaining banking concerns." Crozier also sees... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
Academy of Management's Organization and Management Theory Division and Organizational Behavior Division. "First the embeds were quietly shown 'better ways' of accomplishing tasks by their peers-a 'ton of little tricks' that 'kept... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS
shape the most important conversations of our time?'" Recognizing that the difficult challenges facing the world today will require solutions that cut across existing boundaries and disciplines, Nohria noted that the School must find... View Details
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
primarily occurred for firms covered by financial analysts. Where Do Transactions Come From? Modularity, Transactions, and the Boundaries of Firms Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Periodical:Industrial and Corporate Change 17 (February 2008):... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
leadership style: We know that the increasing diversity within business organizations and the growing interdependence of players—from business partners to NGOs—within a business ecosystem mean that leaders need to adopt a more inclusive,... View Details
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
2009 Abstract This casebook provides an organized treatment of the major challenges associated with managing large-scale disaster events, including discussion of systematic methods of organizing disaster... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
committing the outrage of pleading total ignorance of massive financial fraud in his organization. (Can you imagine a doctor charged with malpractice doing this?) Clearly, the debate is just being shaped. The implications of what is proposed here are immense. What are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
facilitated by mechanisms of value recombining, temporal distancing, identity marking, and conceptual bridging and a second phase marked by a redefinition of market boundaries and facilitated by mechanisms of competitive set reclaiming... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
intersection between organizing and strategizing. Motivated by real examples that run contrary to conventional wisdom, the authors examine how firms organize themselves to strategize well. In particular,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
engine for the extraordinary motivation and commitment demanded by creativity. As organizations become increasingly diverse and their boundaries flexible and amorphous, the notion of what brings people... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
any yard lines or boundary lines. For some of the children, Swearengin says, it was their first opportunity to play on a team and to experience a need to be accountable to their peers. Some were also lucky enough to take their first trips... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
Jain (Harvard Business School Publishing, 2002) is a fact in many organizations today. It can be summed up by the question, "What's new?" Karl Hansen commented, "New Marketing is just another way to help people try to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why dot.coms Will Rise Again
scheme.—F. Warren McFarlan He offered the case of the Hong Kong-based global trading company Li & Fung as one example of a company that has virtually dissolved its boundaries and embraced technology as a tool for charging forth into... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
boundaries they need to manage more complex. Importantly it is not the reasons of cooperation or the way they engage in those arrangements that differ; it is the mechanisms behind those arrangements. In explaining these mechanisms, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
when it counts the most. "A signature is a way to highlight the fact that you're about to do something important, and that it's going to be a reflection of the self," says Francesca Gino, an associate professor in the Negotiation, View Details
- 26 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition
culture, and a sign that the Zoom life might not turn out to be that bad. Opportunities without Boundaries The Maverick team ensured that the interns had exposure to many different parts of the venture life. This included everything from... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity