Informal Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

July 2001 (Revised September 2005)
Case

USA TODAY: Pursuing the Network Strategy (B)

By: Michael L. Tushman, Michael J. Roberts and David Kiron

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Integration; Internet and the Web; Organizational Design; Groups and Teams; Newspapers; Innovation and Invention; Journalism and News Industry

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01 Sep 2015
First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

dynamics. Furthermore it is unclear whether these factors differ significantly from those identified in the broader competitive strategy literature (e.g., are political resources different fundamentally from market resources; do firms View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2000
News

A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens

organized effort, and we are trying to lower the barriers for our faculty to be involved." Dean Kim B. Clark emphasized that the center and conference are a means for the School to connect more meaningfully with academia and businesses.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

26 Nov 2018
News

New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change

focused on climate change organized by the BEI, leading up to the BEI Alumni Conference at HBS set for the fall of 2019. Dallas Alumni Get a ‘Taste of Forum’ The HBS Club of Dallas hosted a Taste of Forum event on November 1, where alumni... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; clubs; alumni clubs

24 Apr 2014
News

Leaders must be strategists first

behavioral aspects of leading a firm—building organizations and influencing people. Montgomery wants to change that approach, teaching leaders to ask the question, What will this firm be, and why will it matter? Although a company may... View Details

01 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 1

patent pools need to be ex-post incentive compatible is not possible. Third, we show that allowing firms to sign ex-ante agreements regarding pool participation dominates (in terms of welfare) any other policy rule. This policy does not require the standard-setting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1999
News

Ted Anthony

hastily drawn that morning, were debated. The discussion was pointed but not strident. . . . A motion to request that May 12 be designated an open day for an organized program directed to the issues was introduced and passed. . . . I was... View Details

Keywords: Ted Anthony

20 Jan 2011
News

A Precursor from the 1930s

In his State of the School address at last fall’s reunion, Dean Nohria laid out his vision for HBS organized in what we can call the Five I’s: curriculum innovation, intellectual ambition, internationalization, inclusion (making the HBS... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Nov 2016
News

Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders

two reasons for management failures to heed shareholder proposals for greater action on ESG issues: processes within the organization may not be sufficiently developed, and performance incentives may be misaligned. “I went back to the... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life

research effort. In 1996, however, Cheauré made a dramatic shift when he parlayed his enthusiasm for purebred dogs into a second career and took the helm of the American Kennel Club (AKC), a $60 million not-for-profit organization devoted... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2018
News

March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

urbanization, and business disruption represent both a major opportunity and a threat in the global economy. Although individuals and organizations are aware that the world is changing exponentially, most are ill-equipped to face this... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

2010 Leadership Fellows

Eleven graduating MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the support of the School’s Leadership Fellows Program. The program awards key management positions for one year at competitive salaries. This... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2016
News

Takeaways

Edited by April White Peter A. Gudmundsson photo by Susan Young Peter A. Gudmundsson photo by Susan Young “All organizations need great people. Veterans are great people, so all organizations need to hire... View Details

Web

Designing Technology Ventures - Course Catalog

simulation software to inform business model choices, and gain practice with organization design methods to diagnose misalignment and resolve tradeoffs (e.g. efficiency vs. effectiveness, decision speed vs.... View Details

01 Mar 2004
News

HBS Alumni Explore Tanzania

HBS alumni excursion was organized by Global Adrenaline, an adventure travel company based in the Chicago area. The overwhelming response to the trip allowed Nancy Collins (MBA ’99), our trip leader and Global Adrenaline’s founder and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Oct 2014

Prospective Student Lunch: Diversity Perspectives

The African-American Student Union (AASU) and the Latino Student Organization (LASO) invite prospective applicants to join them on campus for an informal lunch. The lunch is an opportunity to learn more... View Details

06 Oct 2011
What Do You Think?

How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?

responding with creative solutions to puzzles posted on the Facebook website are given interviews regardless of what their resume information might contain. Many are hired. Such analytics often represent "deep indicators" of the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

VBHCD Initiative - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative VBHCD Initiative Cost Measurement Research The Value... View Details

01 Sep 2024
News

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Meyers

01 Feb 1999
News

Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office

such as San Antonio and Chicago to help develop for-profit community organizations. Two years later Lazarus became president of the Washington Council for Equal Business Opportunity. Eventually he left that job, because, he says, "I thought it was important that those... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar

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