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- 01 Nov 2019
- News
Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It.
How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart About the Numbers
If you're not a numbers person, then balance sheets and financial jargon can be intimidating and easy to ignore. But if you want to advance in your career, it's crucial that you are able to make smart financial decisions and develop the confidence to... View Details
- 13 Dec 2007
- Working Paper Summaries
Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Influence of Local Communities on Organizations
Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Julie Battilana
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Our world is changing – but not as rapidly as people think
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Build a Network — Even When You Don’t Think You Need One
- 2010
- Article
The Ethical Mirage: A Temporal Explanation as to Why We Are Not as Ethical as We Think We Are
By: A. E. Tenbrunsel, K. Diekmann, K A. Wade-Benzoni and Max Bazerman
This paper explores the biased perceptions that people hold of their own ethicality. We argue that the temporal trichotomy of prediction, action and recollection is central to these misperceptions: People predict that they will behave more ethically than they actually... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Values and Beliefs; Framework; Research; Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Perception; Prejudice and Bias
Tenbrunsel, A. E., K. Diekmann, K A. Wade-Benzoni, and Max Bazerman. "The Ethical Mirage: A Temporal Explanation as to Why We Are Not as Ethical as We Think We Are." Research in Organizational Behavior 30 (2010): 153–173.
- November 1, 2019
- Article
Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It
Leaders say that they want more innovation. But then they trap themselves and their associates inside the structures that keep them stuck–inside the building, so to speak, where ideas get stale fast. That’s dangerous in a world of disruption and change. View Details
Keywords: Silos; Community; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Change; Perspective; Learning; Attitudes
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It." Wall Street Journal (online) (November 1, 2019).
- 24 Sep 2014
- News
CEOs Around The World Earn Vastly More Than People Think They Should
- 2009
- Article
Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Enduring Influence of Local Communities on Organizations
By: Christopher Marquis and Julie Battilana
We develop an institutionally oriented theory of how and why local communities continue to matter for organizations in a global age. Since globalization has taken center stage in both practitioner and academic circles, research has shifted away from understanding... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Business and Community Relations; Local Range; Civil Society or Community; Power and Influence
Marquis, Christopher, and Julie Battilana. "Acting Globally but Thinking Locally? The Enduring Influence of Local Communities on Organizations." Research in Organizational Behavior 29 (2009): 283–302.
- 01 Feb 2019
- News
Why the “Trolley Problem” Is the Wrong Way to Think About Avs
- November 2015 (Revised February 2020)
- Teaching Note
IDEO: Human-Centered Service Design
By: Ryan W. Buell
The case describes IDEO, one of the world's leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape,... View Details
- 2022
- Book
Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies
By: Ranjay Gulati
This book offers a compelling reassessment and defense of purpose as a management ethos, documenting the vast performance gains and social benefits that become possible when firms manage to get purpose right. Few business topics have aroused more skepticism in recent... View Details
Keywords: Purpose; Business And Society; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Performance Effectiveness; Organizational Culture
Gulati, Ranjay. Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies. New York: Harper Business, 2022.
- 2020
- Book
Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time
Over a decade ago, renowned innovation expert Rosabeth Moss Kanter co-founded and then directed Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative. Her breakthrough work with hundreds of successful professionals and executives, as well as aspiring young entrepreneurs, identifies... View Details
Keywords: Leaders; Advanced Leadership; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Community; Change Leadership; Innovation; Problem Solving; Cross-sector Collaboration; Institutional Change; Leadership; Change; Leading Change; Communication; Innovation Leadership; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Civil Society or Community
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time. New York: PublicAffairs, 2020.
- Article
The pay-off for a prestigious college degree is smaller than you think
By: Frederick M. Hess and Joseph B. Fuller
Hess, Frederick M., and Joseph B. Fuller. "The Pay-off for a Prestigious College Degree Is Smaller Than You Think." The Hill (June 2, 2020).
- August 2002
- Article
What We Want to Do versus What We Think We Should Do
By: K. M. O'Connor, C.K. W. deDreu, H. Schroth, B. Barry, T. Lituchy and M. H. Bazerman
O'Connor, K. M., C.K. W. deDreu, H. Schroth, B. Barry, T. Lituchy, and M. H. Bazerman. "What We Want to Do versus What We Think We Should Do." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 15, no. 5 (August 2002): 403–418.