Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (990) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (990) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 13 of 990 Results →
  • June 2020
  • Article

Start-up Inertia versus Flexibility: The Role of Founder Identity in a Nascent Industry

By: Tiona Zuzul and Mary Tripsas
Through an inductive, comparative study of four early entrants in the nascent air taxi market, we examine why start-ups, generally characterized as flexible, malleable entities, might instead exhibit inertial behavior. While two of the firms engaged in ongoing... View Details
Keywords: Founder Identity; Nascent Industries; Entrepreneurship; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Identity
Related
  • 05 Sep 2023
  • Book

Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential

together, experiencing them all as negative experiences in life or in business, Edmondson contends that some failures are smarter than others because they help us identify a path toward eventual success. In the workplace, an employee may... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

    Rajiv Lal

    Rajiv Lal, is the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. He is currently teaching an elective MBA course on the Business of Smart Connected Products/IOT. He has been responsible for the retailing curriculum and has served as the course... View Details

    • Program

    Family Office Wealth Management—Virtual

    mid-career professionals who face new investments or major life decisions. In this virtual program, you will gain an in-depth understanding of best practices in family wealth management; explore the governance, structure, and investment... View Details
    • Research Summary

    The Transition to Retirement

    By: Teresa M. Amabile

    My current major research program is the Retirement Transitions Study: a broad study of retiring professionals' everyday experiences, including identification with work; identity stability, change, and development; meaningfulness of work; changes in life structure,... View Details

    Keywords: Careers; Psychology; Creativity; Identity; Retirement; Meaning
    • 24 Jul 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

    staff are well positioned to conceive improvement opportunities based on first-hand knowledge of what works and does not work. The innovation contest may be a relevant and useful vehicle to elicit staff ideas. However, the success of the contest likely depends on... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 01 Sep 2023
    • News

    Bless this Stress

    mortal in search of strategies to live better and longer. Instead of a magic hammer, the actor relies on guidance from a series of experts like Akinola, an organizational psychologist and Columbia Business School professor. She’s here to... View Details
    Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
    • 08 Jan 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Leading Amidst Competing Technical and Institutional Demands: Revisiting Selznick’s Conception of Leadership

    Keywords: by Marya L. Besharov & Rakesh Khurana
    • 03 Mar 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: March 3, 2009

    exhibits, which help to illustrate the firm's value proposition, its innovation-oriented culture, and its evolving organizational design. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409047 The Canada... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    The “Hawthorne Effect” – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

    research. Harvard’s role in the Hawthorne experiments gave rise to the modern application of social science to organization life and lay the foundation for the human relations movement and the field of View Details
    • October 2004 (Revised November 2004)
    • Case

    Mavens & Moguls: Creating a New Business Model

    By: Myra M. Hart, Victoria Winston and Kristin Lieb
    Mavens & Moguls is a "virtual" marketing-consulting firm of approximately 40 professionals. Examines the processes by which its founder, Paige Arnof-Fenn, learns the business, builds a power network of industry experts and potential customers, and uses this expertise... View Details
    Keywords: Internet and the Web; Values and Beliefs; Work-Life Balance; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Operations; Networks; Business Model; Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Consulting Industry
    Related
    • Program

    Growing as a Purposeful Leader

    new era. You will develop new capabilities and learn new tools and approaches on how to orient your business around a noble, meaningful and credible purpose, set strategies that can help the chosen purpose come to life (addressing the... View Details
    • 09 Apr 2024
    • Book

    Why Work Rituals Bring Teams Together and Create More Meaning

    different ways,” he says, “to calm ourselves down, to amp ourselves up, and to connect with others.” Why rituals differ from habits Norton, the Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration, first began thinking about the role of rituals in his own View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • Program

    Building a Legacy

    mid-career professionals who face new investments or major life decisions. In this program, you will gain an in-depth understanding of best practices in family wealth management; explore the governance, structure, and investment... View Details
    • 20 Dec 2016
    • First Look

    December 20, 2016

    forthcoming Research in Organizational Behavior The Dynamic Componential Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations: Making Progress, Making Meaning By: Amabile, Teresa M., and Michael G. Pratt Abstract—Leveraging insights gained... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel

      Karim R. Lakhani

      Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; communications; computer; health care; high technology; information technology industry; internet; pharmaceuticals; software; video games
      • Web

      Hiring Organizations

      Garage, Inc. Dior DNX Ventures Doltcini O'Shea UCI Continental Cycling Team DoorDash Dow, Inc. Downing Capital Group Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Duetti Inc. Duolingo Dura Software Dust - dust.tt E E-Liability Institute Eastern... View Details
      • Program

      Rising Generation in the Family Enterprise

      critical decisions. Learning alongside a select group of generational peers, you will crystallize priorities and develop a plan of action to guide the next phase of your life and career—and the next phase of the business. Details Address... View Details
      • July 2024
      • Case

      Living up to Purpose and Performance at Parker Hannifin

      By: Hubert Joly, Alicia Dadlani and Martha Hostetter
      In 2019, Parker Hannifin, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of motion and control technologies, did something unusual for an industrial company: it created a purpose statement. Even though it already had a clear business strategy and longstanding culture of... View Details
      Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Health Pandemics; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Organizational Culture; Business Strategy; Communication Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Cleveland; Ohio; United States
      Related
      • 01 Aug 2023
      • What Do You Think?

      As Leaders, Why Do We Continue to Reward A, While Hoping for B?

      titled “On the Folly of Rewarding A, While Hoping for B.” The paper cites examples in many walks of life in which we reward behaviors that we hope to discourage. “The complaint about lack of interest in good teaching continues among... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett