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Moving Forward from COVID-19: Organizational Dimensions of Effective Hospital Emergency Management
By: Mariam Krikorian Atkinson, Nicholas Cagliuso, John Hick, Sara Singer, Elizabeth Bambury, Tuna Cem Hayirli, Masha Kuznetsova and Paul Biddinger
Federal investment in emergency preparedness has increased notably since the 9/11 attacks, yet it is unclear if and how U.S. hospital readiness has changed in the 20 years since then. In particular, understanding effective aspects of hospital emergency management... View Details
Keywords: COVID-19; Hospital Preparedness/response; Urban/rural Hospitals; Emergency Management; National Strategy; Health Pandemics; Crisis Management; Performance Effectiveness; Governance; Policy; United States
Atkinson, Mariam Krikorian, Nicholas Cagliuso, John Hick, Sara Singer, Elizabeth Bambury, Tuna Cem Hayirli, Masha Kuznetsova, and Paul Biddinger. "Moving Forward from COVID-19: Organizational Dimensions of Effective Hospital Emergency Management." Health Security 19, no. 5 (September–October 2021): 508–520.
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
development in Brazil. "Poverty is one of the world's leading polluters," says the rugged, silver-haired Lorentzen. "I've long believed that development was essential to preserving nature, because you can't... View Details
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Disruption: The Art of Framing
advertisers, and were heavily focused on interactive advertising options. The tendency for the established organization to assert control over the decision-making processes of the new venture kept these new View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
- September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
- Background Note
Leadership and Teaming
By: Ethan Bernstein
Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details
Keywords: Teams; Teaming; Leadership And Managing People; Leadership; Team Effectiveness; Team Performance; Team Design; Team Leadership; Teamwork; Team Process; Team Function; Team Launch; 60/30/10 Rule; Team Boundary; Distribution Of Leadership Authority; Self-Managed Teams; Virtual Teams; Unbounded Teams; Acts Of Leadership; Execution Teams; Decision Making Teams; Creativity Teams; Team Size; Task Design; Team Timeline; Team Roles; Team Representation; Diversity; Team Familiarity; Collective Intelligence; Team Stages Of Development; Team Coaching; Performance Pressure; X-Teams; Team Focus; Interaction; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Management Systems; Management Style; Management Skills; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Networks; Social Psychology; Behavior; Conflict and Resolution; Creativity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Satisfaction; Prejudice and Bias; Power and Influence; Personal Characteristics; Familiarity; Cognition and Thinking; Attitudes; Projects; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Knowledge Sharing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Design; Interpersonal Communication; Accommodations Industry; Accounting Industry; Advertising Industry; Aerospace Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Auto Industry; Banking Industry; Battery Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Bicycle Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Communications Industry; Computer Industry; Construction Industry; Consulting Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Distribution Industry; Education Industry; Electronics Industry; Employment Industry; Energy Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Fashion Industry; Financial Services Industry; Fine Arts Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Forest Products Industry; Forestry Industry; Green Technology Industry; Health Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Insurance Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Legal Services Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Mining Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Music Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Public Administration Industry; Public Relations Industry; Publishing Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Rail Industry; Real Estate Industry; Retail Industry; Rubber Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Service Industry; Shipping Industry; Sports Industry; Steel Industry; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Utilities Industry; Video Game Industry; Web Services Industry; Asia; North and Central America; South America; Atlantic Ocean; Central Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; Oceania; West Indies
Bernstein, Ethan. "Leadership and Teaming." Harvard Business School Background Note 414-033, September 2013. (Revised August 2015.)
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
engineers were capable of calibrating the recommendation algorithm to do this. Decisions were based on the knowledge that “outrage equals attention” and that “clickbait” (misleading headlines for content... View Details
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
of backlash fostered by a long period of neglect of globalization’s effect on labor markets worldwide. Globalization takes many forms: common markets; free flows View Details
- December 2002
- Article
Knowledge Seeking and Location Choice of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
By: Juan Alcacer and Wilbur Chung
To what extent do firms go abroad to access technology available in other locations? This paper examines whether and when state technical capabilities attract foreign investment in manufacturing from 1987-1993. We find that on average state R&D intensity does not... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Acquisition; Foreign Direct Investment; Research and Development; Information Technology; Production; Geographic Location; United States
Alcacer, Juan, and Wilbur Chung. "Knowledge Seeking and Location Choice of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States." Management Science 48, no. 12 (December 2002): 1534–1554.
- 20 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Ordinary Practices
There are two myths in defining creativity. One is the genius myth—that creativity is tied to genius. To the contrary, I've found that although some people have extreme levels of talent, everyone with normal human capacities is View Details
Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile
- February 2020
- Article
Being 'Good' or 'Good Enough': Prosocial Risk and the Structure of Moral Self-regard
By: Julian Zlatev, Daniella M. Kupor, Kristin Laurin and Dale T. Miller
The motivation to feel moral powerfully guides people’s prosocial behavior. We propose that people’s efforts to preserve their moral self-regard conform to a moral threshold model. This model predicts that people are primarily concerned with whether their... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Moral Sensibility; Decision Making; Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior; Perception
Zlatev, Julian, Daniella M. Kupor, Kristin Laurin, and Dale T. Miller. "Being 'Good' or 'Good Enough': Prosocial Risk and the Structure of Moral Self-regard." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 118, no. 2 (February 2020): 242–253.
- 07 Nov 2016
- News
The Business of Saving Old Buildings
Roger Webb (MBA 1961) is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Architectural Heritage Foundation in Boston and was instrumental in launching Preservation Massachusetts, a statewide nonprofit historic... View Details
- Article
Frame Flexibility: The Role of Cognitive and Emotional Framing in Innovation Adoption by Incumbent Firms
By: Ryan Raffaelli, Mary Ann Glynn and Michael Tushman
Why do incumbent firms frequently reject nonincremental innovations? Beyond technical, structural, or economic factors, we propose an additional factor: the degree of the top management team's (TMT) frame flexibility, i.e., their capability to cognitively expand an... View Details
Keywords: Innovation Adoption; Cognition; Framing; Emotional Resonance; Incumbent Inertia; Innovation and Invention; Technology Adoption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management
Raffaelli, Ryan, Mary Ann Glynn, and Michael Tushman. "Frame Flexibility: The Role of Cognitive and Emotional Framing in Innovation Adoption by Incumbent Firms." Strategic Management Journal 40, no. 7 (July 2019): 1013–1039.
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
Dubinsky: And we get example after example, I just used that one 'cause it's so visual, of ways in which there are things we cannot do today, or it's very dangerous for humans today, that if we had a machine with a little more View Details
- 2006
- Working Paper
Cross-Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning
In most organizations, supply chain planning is a cross-functional effort. Functional areas such as sales, marketing, finance, and operations traditionally specialize in portions of the planning activities, which results in conflicts over expectations, preferences, and... View Details
Oliva, Rogelio, and Noel Watson. "Cross-Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-001, July 2006. (Revised October 2006, July 2008, February 2009.)
- 2021
- Chapter
Governing for Growth in Scope: Cultivating a Comparative Understanding of How Peer Production Collectives Evolve
By: Rebecca Karp, Amisha Miller and Siobhan O'Mahony
One of the early challenges for any peer production collective is how to govern the growth of new members or contributors. Scope growth was not a topic of concern when scholars were focused on understanding the emergence of peer production collectives as a phenomenon... View Details
Keywords: Peer Production Collectives; Scope Growth; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Governance; Growth Management
Karp, Rebecca, Amisha Miller, and Siobhan O'Mahony. "Governing for Growth in Scope: Cultivating a Comparative Understanding of How Peer Production Collectives Evolve." Chap. 11 in The Handbook of Peer Production, edited by Mathieu O'Neil, Christian Pentzold, and Sophie Toupin, 137–152. John Wiley & Sons, 2021.
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard
Collaboration Leads to New Programs for Business and Education Two new programs developed and led by HBS faculty in collaboration with colleagues from across Harvard University—one in business analytics and another in school leadership—are demonstrating the real-world... View Details
- December 1993 (Revised January 1994)
- Case
Montana Land Reliance
By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Thomas Patterson
The Montana Land Reliance is a small not-for-profit organization in the business of creating conservation easements on private lands in Montana. The easements preserve the scenic character and recreational value of the lands by precluding subdivision and other forms of... View Details
Keywords: Private Ownership; Motivation and Incentives; Business or Company Management; Natural Environment; Nonprofit Organizations; Property; Environmental Sustainability; Government and Politics; Montana
Reinhardt, Forest L., and Thomas Patterson. "Montana Land Reliance." Harvard Business School Case 794-050, December 1993. (Revised January 1994.)
- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
the firms' innovative capabilities and client relationships so that it was not obvious to the interviewees that the researchers were focusing on trust. The results were striking. Affective trust, that from the heart, in overseas partners... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
The True Value of a Tweet
will actually say something, and the rest is the silent majority. So if you’re an executive, how do you pin a value to this tool? LJ: There has to be a more careful study of that. But all of these digital... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- Article
Unraveling the Process of Creative Destruction: Complementary Assets and Incumbent Survival in the Typesetter Industry
By: M. Tripsas
When radical technological change transforms an industry established firms sometimes fail drastically and are displaced by new entrants, yet other times survive and prosper. Drawing upon an unusually rich data set that covers the technological and competitive... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Transformation; Market Entry and Exit; Competition; History; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Business Processes; Competency and Skills; Assets; Perspective; Disruptive Innovation
Tripsas, M. "Unraveling the Process of Creative Destruction: Complementary Assets and Incumbent Survival in the Typesetter Industry." Special Issue on Organizational and Competitive Influences on Strategy and Performance. Strategic Management Journal 18, no. S1 (July 1997): 119–142.
- 05 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Changing Face of American Innovation
innovation.” Since 2000, however, the contributions of Chinese scientists have leveled off, while Indian contributions showed a slight decline. This may be raising a red flag about America's capability to... View Details