• June 2022 (Revised January 2023)
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Buurtzorg

By: Ethan Bernstein, Tatiana Sandino, Joost Minnaar and Annelena Lobb

As co-founders of home nursing company Buurtzorg, Jos de Blok and Gonnie Kronenberg prized both self-management and organizational learning. Buurtzorg’s 10,000 nurses across 950 neighborhood nursing teams in the Netherlands were empowered to manage themselves, both in... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Best Practices; Best Practices Transfer; Flat Organization; Self-Managed Organizations; Self-Managed Teams; Organizational Learning; Knowledge Management; Learning; Management Practices and Processes; Human Resources; Communication; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Networks; Health Industry; Netherlands; Europe

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Bernstein, Ethan, Tatiana Sandino, Joost Minnaar, and Annelena Lobb. "Buurtzorg." Harvard Business School Case 122-101, June 2022. (Revised January 2023.)

• 28 Aug 2012
• First Look

First Look: August 28

attributable to comparability. Together, the findings are consistent with mandatory IFRS adoption improving comparability and thus leading to capital market benefits by reducing insiders' ability to exploit private information. Epistemic... View Details

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• 07 Mar 2016
• Blog Post

Living Off Campus at HBS

being walking distance to restaurants, convenience stores, and public transportation. I also decided to live with my partner while at HBS and he works downtown. This decision allowed us both to have reasonable commutes and enjoy the View Details

• 30 Mar 2023
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Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration

essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. Visit Date:... View Details

• 01 Mar 2019
• News

The Burden Legacy

reforms. Burden Hall was made possible by the Burden family, leaders in business and the arts. A big space designed for big moments, it became the focal point of community life at HBS. In the fall of 2017,... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

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Events - Health Care

Events Events Jul 16 16 Jul 2025 Other Open to the Harvard community The Founder Mindset by Fifty Years TMEC - TMEC 209 Mini amphitheater. Tosteson Medical Education Center. 260 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 The Founder Mindset will be... View Details

• December 1992 (Revised September 1994)
• Background Note

Note on Organizational Effectiveness

By: Michael Beer

Discusses what is meant by organizational effectiveness. First, the concept of organizations as social systems is introduced. Second, a model of organization effectiveness is introduced and discussed. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Performance Efficiency

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Beer, Michael. "Note on Organizational Effectiveness." Harvard Business School Background Note 493-044, December 1992. (Revised September 1994.)

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Organizational Behavior Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Organizational Behavior Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students MBA Required Curriculum (FIRST YEAR) Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD) This course focuses on how managers become effective leaders View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

lines. By sharing insights and fostering connections, attendees left inspired and united in their shared commitment to transforming organizational practices and shaping a collective future for women’s leadership. Read more . Select... View Details

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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

resources on governance. Sign Up For OnBoard Program Updates The Leadership Collaborative The Leadership Collaborative is designed to connect and support alumni deeply engaged in social impact as a career and who are currently working... View Details

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Nonprofit Board Service - Alumni

resources and articles Joining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know , book by HBS Professor F. Warren McFarlan Resources for Increased Impact Leading With Intent: BoardSource Index of Nonprofit Board Best Practices Board Roles,... View Details

• May 1997 (Revised July 1997)
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Vermeer Technologies (E): New Beginning

By: Ashish Nanda

The Vermeer team is pleasantly surprised by the benefits and hospitality that their new surroundings offer. Their happiness is tempered, however, by discomfort with some elements of the "Microsoft Way." As the Vermeer engineers embark on a punishing schedule for the... View Details

Keywords: Performance Expectations; Horizontal Integration; Organizational Design; Organizational Culture; Product Development; Information Technology Industry

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Nanda, Ashish, and Georgia Levenson. "Vermeer Technologies (E): New Beginning." Harvard Business School Case 397-085, May 1997. (Revised July 1997.)

• 20 Jun 2017
• First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

leave for home by 5:30 p.m.? How did HUL develop a cheaper, better product to beat its competitor, Nirma? What do Taj Hotels, HDFC, HUL, L&T, and BPCL have in common? They are the win-win corporations! Based on over a decade of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Courses Courses In 2002, the Microeconomics of Competitiveness (MOC) course was created by Professor Michael Porter and colleagues at the... View Details

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Loan Reduction - Entrepreneurship

Loan Reduction ROCK CENTER LOAN REDUCTION PROGRAM The Rock Center Loan Reduction Program helps to reduce the educational debt repayment burden for a limited number of graduating student founders committed to the fulltime pursuit of their for-profit entrepreneurial... View Details