Organizational Life Cycle - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2024
News

Game On

pickleball, a nascent market in which no one has the answers and the playbook has not been written. But reading the numbers, McCarthy sees an opening. The sport has a natural stickiness to it. Add to that the virtuous cycle of getting... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

12 May 2021
Book

The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

Fubini, a senior lecturer in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School, poured that knowledge, along with a list of lessons learned from researching leaders past and present into the book Hidden Truths: What Leaders Need... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008

the role of observable (to us) boundaries between individuals in structuring communications inside the firm? We measure three general types of boundaries: organizational boundaries (strategic business unit and function memberships),... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

their life and career aspirations. Coffman presents her findings in a new working paper that explores the experiences, goals, and preferences of non-binary people and how these compare with those of men and women. Past research provides... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 8

Dynamics of Warmth and Competence Judgments, and Their Outcomes in Organizations Authors:Amy J.C. Cuddy, Peter Glick, and Anna Beninger Publication:Research in Organizational Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract Two traits-warmth and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

competitive Darwinian contest. Instead, a few investors make decisions that are impacted by incentive, agency, and coordination problems, often before a new idea even has a chance to compete in a market. We contend that costs and constraints on the ability to... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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In My Humble Opinion: Role Model

geeky nerds. To counter those stereotypes, Qarnain made a point of gathering more diverse résumés for roles that didn’t explicitly require a white actor, hoping to gradually shift expected norms: “It requires an active decision to break the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; acting; theater; diversity; career path; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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HBS - The year in Review

administration, business economics, organizational behavior, and health policy management. During the Class Day ceremony the day prior, graduates, their guests, families, and friends honored five faculty with teaching awards and heard... View Details

June 2016
Article

Managing the High Intensity Workplace: An 'Always Available' Culture Breeds a Variety of Dysfunctional Behaviors

By: Erin M. Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan

People today are under intense pressure to be “ideal workers”—totally committed to their jobs and always on call. But after interviewing hundreds of professionals in many fields, the authors have concluded that selfless dedication to work is often unnecessary and... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Working Conditions; Work-Life Balance; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture

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22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015

evolution of the organization raise significant strategic and organizational issues for the founding team. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315124-PDF-ENG View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Student Research - Doctoral

Contagion By: Emma Frank, Kai Krautter , Wen Wu and Jon M. Jachimowicz Prior research suggests that employees benefit from highly passionate teammates because passion spreads easily from one employee to the next. We develop theory to propose that View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

Management ; Innovation Strategy ; Technological Innovation ; Growth and Development Strategy ; Knowledge Sharing ; Industry Growth ; Monopoly ; Organizational Culture ; Supply Chain Management ; Partners and Partnerships ; Risk and... View Details

23 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

tenured professor in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets (NOM) unit at HBS; Caroline Wilmuth, who is pursuing a doctorate in organizational behavior at Harvard, and Alison Wood Brooks, an assistant professor in the NOM unit. On... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

03 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 3

Ann, and Ryan Raffaelli Abstract—The institutional logics perspective highlights how organizations are embedded within broader systems of meaning and how this embeddedness activates salient institutional logics in organizations that can enable or constrain View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

Alumnae Circles About Circles FAQ Regional Contacts Alumnae Circles is an HBS-enabled, alumnae-owned program designed to build and foster genuine relationships among HBS alumnae*. A Circle is typically a diverse group of 6-10 women who get together in-person and talk... View Details

14 Dec 2007
Op-Ed

When Your Product Becomes a Commodity

offshoring are all squeezing margins, increasing customer price sensitivity, and making it harder to sustain inter-brand differentiation. The product life cycle suggests that, as product categories mature,... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

Research on Multiple Identities: Toward an Intrapersonal Network Approach By: Lakshmi Ramarajan Psychologists, sociologists, and philosophers have long recognized that people have multiple identities—based on attributes such as View Details

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

company performance using profitability, efficiency, leverage, and other ratios. Highlights Profit Margin Cash Conversion Cycle Show Hide Details Concepts Profitability Efficiency Leverage Other Ratios Impact of Policy Differences... View Details

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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

or set of related conditions to be served, as well as defining patient needs across the care cycle and mapping... 01 Jul 2020 Assessing the Training Costs and Work of Diagnostic Radiology Residents Using Key Performance Indicators – An... View Details

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

leadership skills, drive change, and influence organizational culture. Participants gain new strategies, confidence, and tools to advance their careers and inspire transformation within their organizations, learning from a global network... View Details

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