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  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

how to manage vendors, equipment suppliers, and customers; how to conduct research, and so on. The final section surveys how to take the organization to a different level and sustain it: How do you make the transition? We discuss several... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 06 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

strategy and more on the processes by which the company allocates resources. Top managers must know the track record of the people who are making resource allocation proposals; recognize the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

do I need to read a book on nonprofit management? Isn't it just a subset of the for-profit world, with little difference in the tasks and perspectives of managers and board... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

Authors:Ryan W. Buell, Dennis Campbell, and Frances X. Frei Publication:Production and Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates the impact of self-service technology (SST) usage View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

the importance of risk management and oversight. Robert C. Merton, the John and Natty McArthur University Professor, similarly expressed concern about the unintended consequences of change on Wall Street,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

organization members. Building on existing research about the management of multiple identity organizations, we report results from a longitudinal field study of lower-level members of a multiple identity... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

outside of the market, or having to engage in costly and risky strategic behavior. I'll draw on recent examples of market design ranging from labor markets for doctors and new economists, to kidney exchange,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

problematic. Based on more than two decades of research, this presentation will explore the power of digital platforms, the emergence of AI as a platform, and how to manage the numerous problems digital... View Details
  • 09 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

research on institutional leadership, strategic contradiction, and industry evolution. Understanding Different Approaches to Benefit-Based Taxation By: Scherf, Robert, and Matthew C. Weinzierl Abstract—The... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 7

Entrepreneurship: Insights for an Approach to Strategic Management That Combines Agency and Institution Authors:Julie Battilana and B. Leca Publication:In Handbook of Research View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017

forthcoming New York: Palgrave Macmillan New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy By: Fredona, Robert, and Sophus A. Reinert, eds. Abstract—This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

knowledge of a technical system to gain strategic advantage. The strategy involves, first, identifying "bottlenecks" in the existing system, and then creating a new architecture that isolates the bottlenecks in modules. An... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 6, 2016

advantage is modeled as a stock of capability that accumulates over time, a firm's proclivity to manage short-term earnings at the expense of long-term investment can have very different consequences depending View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

shouldn't wait for policy; they should act now to become early movers in leading these changes. Context Professor Porter, having conducted in-depth research and analysis on the U.S. health care market, discussed his conclusions View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-085.pdf Self-Regulatory Institutions for Solving Environmental Problems: Perspectives and Contributions from the Management Literature Authors:Andrew King and Michael W.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

method patents that were litigated compared to patents that were not litigated offer empirical evidence supporting the hypotheses.   Cases & Course MaterialsThe AtekPC Project Management Office Harvard Business School Case 308-049... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 31 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 31

Authors:Kathleen L. McGinn and Katherine L. Milkman Publication:Organization Science (forthcoming) Abstract We investigate the role of workgroup sex and race composition on the career mobility of professionals in "up-or-out"... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

your perspective of a candidates' professionalism or fit is critical and can help to address unconscious bias head on by naming it. Another option – offer candidates the choice for a phone or online call... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

selected was the only candidate considered. Far too few companies conduct reference checks; far too many rely on gut reactions when judging qualifications and cultural fit. Hardly anyone considers whether candidates will be good team... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 27, 2016

decoupling of the sources of value participants derive from any one experience—together open up the executive education industry to a radical restructuration. We argue that any consequential strategic action... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne