Learning By Doing - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

realm. The idea is this: There is a market logic, which has rational economic calculations, and an artistic logic where one is doing something for self-expression. So how do you blend those two worlds? Noma... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

27 Aug 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Guts, Gall, and Good Luck: What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur

iStock What do these people have in common? The daughter of former slaves, pioneers in the private space race, and oddball inventors who created the green business industry. They all overcame long odds to become great American... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

December 2023
Teaching Note

Buurtzorg

By: Ethan Bernstein and Tatiana Sandino

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-101. 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... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Management; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Learning; Health Industry; Netherlands

Citation

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18 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

When In-House Research Isn’t Enough

paradigm to consider that takes into account both internal and external research and development efforts to create what he calls a "company innovation system." "What I hope this term will convey," he told HBS alumni, "is what I'm seeing in... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

19 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

without having their economies fall apart. On average, such countries don't do nearly as well as liberal democracies; but there's still a mystery in that they're not doing as badly as the economists and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

19 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?

Natural disasters are a different story: though they occur much less frequently, when they do happen it's akin to thousands or even tens of thousands of pipes bursting and homes burning all at once. Hurricane Irene, for instance,... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Financial Services

Research Summary

Regulatory Change/Business-Government Relations

“Sources of Learning Heterogeneity: Discontinuous Regulatory Shock and its Impact on Organizational Search Behaviors”

Co-authoring with Jerry Kim, in this study I look at how discontinuous regulatory shock shapes organizational... View Details

Keywords: Business ＆ Government Relations; Regulations; Regulatory Capture; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

Leslie A. Perlow

Leslie A. Perlow is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She leads the LIFE Special Project, dedicated to helping individuals make purposeful life choices while gathering insights that will... View Details

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Harness Auction Fever

auctions? A: We found that the propensity to overbid was not different between these two auction formats, but that when bidders overbid, they do so by larger amounts in live auctions. This suggests that... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology

28 Aug 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Channels of Influence

Keywords: by Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun & Christopher J. Malloy

16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

time. As the federal government and other states gear up for the next annual open enrollments campaign, they could learn from Connecticut's example. By the very fact that everyone is equal under the law,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

is why. Why is this country so driven by the attainment of wealth? If you go to other countries, there are people who work very hard, who have a nice standard of living, but they're not so focused on one thing. Q: What you're talking... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

09 May 2008
News

New Book Looks at Deep Metaphors and the Minds of Consumers

10 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

forthcoming HarperCollins Kissinger the Negotiator: Lessons from Dealmaking at the Highest Level By: Sebenius, James K., R. Nicholas Burns, and Robert H. Mnookin (with a forward by Henry A. Kissinger) Abstract—As professors and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Nov 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?

situation here, but rather a more subtle process change by some companies, especially those in volatile or fast-moving industries. What I see happening among partners I deal with is that they allocate strategically from the top (setting... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2015
Blog Post

What is the HBS FIELD Program?

academic and professional career, and learned an insane amount all by putting learning into action. What is FIELD 1? FIELD 1 takes place in your first semester at HBS and lasts... View Details

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

their urgency (pressing to deferrable). Learning and living by two such seemingly straightforward principles is difficult. One must be willing to say no to colleagues and friends, overcome procrastination,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

is a comprehensive brand a platform? Or are high-tech platforms of a more pervasive order, essentially influencing the way millions of people do business and lead their personal lives on a global basis? If so, what is the likely process... View Details