Industrial Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

and 1994, within the Australian Football League and its precursor, the Victorian Football League. (See Matching and Mobility in the Market for Australian Rules Football Coaches by Jeff Borland and Jenny Lye, Industrial and Labor Relations... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

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Community | HBS Online

Explore virtual events, such as panels, webinars, and meetups Connect with fellow business professionals through discussion boards and direct messaging Ask and answer industry questions Post polls and start conversations Earn badges for... View Details

04 Feb 2015
What Do You Think?

Is There a Stanford-Google-Silicon Valley School of Management?

commented that "We are all in the business of Pattern Recognition. The patterns may have forever changed the sorts of organizations that thrived under one set of Rules (GM 101) will founder in Rules (GooGoo 101)." He added,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

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Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship

Education Statistics (NCES) - Primary federal entity in the U.S. for collecting and analyzing data related to education; produced by the U.S. Department of Education. IBISWorld - market research reports on a wide range of industries... View Details

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Field Course: Business of the Arts (BOTA)

Where should I start my research on arts and cultural organizations? Organization overviews Guidestar Pro Information about the missions, programs, and finances of IRS-recognized organizations, including public charities,... View Details

16 Dec 2016
News

An Environmental Epiphany

35-year-old institution. We have been working on the transition to a clean, prosperous, and secure low carbon energy future for the last 35 years. I joined the organization three years ago, with a specific mandate from the board to take... View Details

29 May 2006
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How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

competencies that have literally changed the rules of the game for their respective industries worldwide. In spite of recent adverse publicity regarding Wal-Mart's personnel practices, all of these View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

22 Feb 2019
News

Empowering a New Generation of Business Leaders

World Congress Center in Atlanta for a program called JA BizTown, where students learn business concepts and skills through a simulated economy in which they create and run a company. “We had a very rewarding JA day,” says Tom Mallory (MBA 1990), who View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Arts, Entertainment

17 Dec 2017
News

How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

camp in Uganda, and you heard a woman's song. Heaney: I was over in Africa doing some work, and in Africa, many of the organizations need very specific skill sets, medical training, logistics experience. I didn't have those, so I had to... View Details

26 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

How Women Can Get More Venture Capital

hypothesis that if there were more women who were venture capitalists then there would be more points of intersection with women entrepreneurs. In our research using information from 1995 and 2000, we documented all the women in the venture capital View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace

14 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

Deflategate and the Sustained Success of the New England Patriots

sustained success. Source: “Deflategate” HBS case study; image created by Micaela Brody “Whether they take the air out or no you will have to do the analysis for yourself but what we can say is that this is an organization that’s taken a... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports

02 May 2023
Blog Post

From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job

your MBA experience From the first day of my MBA, my classmates knew that I loved music and wanted to explore careers in Entertainment and Media. On the professional front, I joined the Entertainment & Media Club, became the VP of Music, and hosted panels with... View Details

14 Oct 2020
News

Sewn with Love

In the midst of a global pandemic and widespread protests against racial injustice, the fashion industry can seem pretty frivolous. Fashion-industry leader Kikka Hanazawa (MBA 2002), CEO of VPL, a women’s underwear and athleisure company,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

13 Jul 2017
News

Making Friends with Mother Nature

years ago, the organization added a distinctive network of elevated walkways, known as Wild Walk, that gives visitors the unique opportunity to experience nature at treetop level. “Everybody loves Wild Walk,” Clifford says. “It’s been a... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Democracy Robert Livingston How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations Sarah Kaplan and Danielle Allen , Rotman School of Management and Harvard University The Bankruptcy of the... View Details

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An Educated Investment | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

villages and rural areas. So Husain took action. In 2007 she founded Educate Girls, a nonprofit organization that mobilizes communities to take a stand against gender disparities in education. The View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Giving hope and inspiration to cancer patients around the globe

Every new day is a good day for Kathryn E. Giusti (MBA 1985) since that morning in 1996 when her oncologist told her to get her affairs in order because she had a rare blood cancer, with three years to live. Leveraging her past experience as a pharmaceutical View Details

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Set Your Recruiting Vision for 2020

help you achieve this goal, HBS encourages you to put a positive spin on “Hindsight is 2020” as you look ahead with 2020 vision. Hindsight is 2020 Reflecting back on this past year is a great way to move forward. What challenges did your View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Keeping Your Balance With Customers

Industrial Era, product innovation and operations management predominated. Product innovation ensured the continuous flow of new products that would sustain growth or market share or both. Operations management ensured that costs and... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton