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      • November 2007
      • Article

      Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders

      By: Joseph L. Bower
      This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. In his interviews and data analysis, Harvard Business School professor Bower found... View Details
      Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Development; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Planning
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      Bower, Joseph L. "Solve the Succession Crisis by Growing Inside-Outside Leaders." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 11 (November 2007).
      • 2007
      • Book

      When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance

      By: Thomas J. DeLong, John J. Gabarro and Robert Lees
      For too long, professional services firms (PSFs) have relied on the "producer-manager" model, which works well in uncomplicated business environments. However, today's managing directors must balance conflicting roles, more demanding clients, tougher competitors, and... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy
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      DeLong, Thomas J., John J. Gabarro, and Robert Lees. When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance. Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
      • 2007
      • Book

      America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again

      By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
      This book draws on the author's multiple research projects and field observations to analyze problems facing the United States in recent years and to create an agenda for renewing American strengths through returning to core American principles—but in new ways suitable... View Details
      Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Policy; Leadership; Civil Society or Community; Cooperation; United States
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      Kanter, Rosabeth M. America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again. New York: Crown, 2007.
      • 2007
      • Book

      An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe

      By: Joanne G Horton, Richard H. Macve and George Serafeim
      "Fair value" is currently the central topic of debate in the development of accounting standards. While it has now been defined to mean an exit price in US GAAP, the IASB is still considering its own definition, and some commentators are arguing for versions of entry... View Details
      Keywords: Transition; Financial Instruments; Framework; Market Entry and Exit; Insurance; Revenue Recognition; Fair Value Accounting; Standards; United Kingdom
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      Horton, Joanne G., Richard H. Macve, and George Serafeim. An Experiment in Fair Value Accounting? The State of the Art in Research and Thought Leadership on Accounting for Life Assurance in the UK and Continental Europe. London, UK: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Centre for Business Performance, 2007.
      • October 2007
      • Article

      Methodological Fit in Management Field Research

      By: A. C. Edmondson and S. E. McManus
      Methodological fit, an implicitly valued attribute of high-quality field research in organizations, has received little attention in the management literature. Fit refers to internal consistency among elements of a research project--research question, prior work,... View Details
      Keywords: Education; Framework; Projects; Quality; Research
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      Edmondson, A. C., and S. E. McManus. "Methodological Fit in Management Field Research." Academy of Management Review 32, no. 4 (October 2007).
      • September 2007
      • Article

      Investigative Negotiation

      By: Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman
      This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Negotiators often fail to achieve results because they channel too much effort into... View Details
      Keywords: Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Pharmaceutical Industry
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      Malhotra, Deepak, and Max H. Bazerman. "Investigative Negotiation." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 9 (September 2007).
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance: Evidence from Indian Software Services

      By: Robert S. Huckman, Bradley R. Staats and David M. Upton
      Much of the literature on team learning views experience as a unidimensional concept captured by the cumulative production volume of, or the number of projects completed by, a team. Implicit in this approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership... View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Performance Improvement; Projects; Groups and Teams; Familiarity; Information Technology Industry; India
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      Huckman, Robert S., Bradley R. Staats, and David M. Upton. "Team Familiarity, Role Experience, and Performance: Evidence from Indian Software Services." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-019, September 2007. (Revised February 2008, July 2008.)
      • August 2007 (Revised July 2008)
      • Background Note

      Take Advantage of Your Diaspora Network

      By: William R. Kerr and Daniel J. Isenberg
      Diaspora networks (DNs) are an important resource for global entrepreneurs. Discusses several features of DNs, combining both academic and practitioner perspectives. Describes the history and prevalence of DNs in many ethnicities, documents the broad resources DNs can... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Diasporas; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Markets and Industries; Social and Collaborative Networks
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      Kerr, William R., and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Take Advantage of Your Diaspora Network." Harvard Business School Background Note 808-029, August 2007. (Revised July 2008.) (Featured in a 2008 Harvard Business Review write-up.)
      • 2007
      • Chapter

      Disrupting Gender, Revising Leadership

      By: D. E. Meyerson, R. Ely and Laura Wernick
      In this chapter, we present a case study of men on two off-shore oil platforms—a workplace that has traditionally rewarded men for their masculine displays of bravado and their interactions centered on proving masculinity—in which such displays and interactions were... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Safety; Leadership; Interpersonal Communication; Practice; Gender; Business Processes; Energy Industry
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      Meyerson, D. E., R. Ely, and Laura Wernick. "Disrupting Gender, Revising Leadership." In Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change, edited by D. Rhode and B. Kellerman. Warren Bennis book. Jossey-Bass, 2007.
      • 1 Aug 2007
      • Conference Presentation

      Redundant Communication: Redundancy as a Strategic Practice in Project Management Work

      By: P. M. Leonardi, T. Beyene and E. M. Gerber
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      Leonardi, P. M., T. Beyene, and E. M. Gerber. "Redundant Communication: Redundancy as a Strategic Practice in Project Management Work." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August 1, 2007.
      • 2007
      • Working Paper

      Deferred Acceptance Algorithms: History, Theory, Practice, and Open Questions

      By: Alvin E. Roth
      The deferred acceptance algorithm proposed by Gale and Shapley (1962) has had a profound influence on market design, both directly, by being adapted into practical matching mechanisms, and, indirectly, by raising new theoretical questions. Deferred acceptance... View Details
      Keywords: Education; Marketplace Matching; Market Design; Mathematical Methods; Theory; Practice
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      Roth, Alvin E. "Deferred Acceptance Algorithms: History, Theory, Practice, and Open Questions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 13225, July 2007.
      • May 2007
      • Article

      Inner Work Life: Understanding the Subtext of Business Performance

      By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steven J. Kramer
      Anyone in management knows that employees have their good days and their bad days and that, for the most part, the reasons for their ups and downs are unknown. Most managers simply shrug their shoulders at this fact of work life. But does it matter, in terms of... View Details
      Keywords: Employees; Performance; Motivation and Incentives; Perception; Practice
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      Amabile, Teresa M., and Steven J. Kramer. "Inner Work Life: Understanding the Subtext of Business Performance." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 5 (May 2007).
      • January 2007
      • Case

      Robert E. Rubin (A)

      By: Nitin Nohria, Robert Steven Kaplan and Nicole Davison
      Bob Rubin was a businessman given the task of setting up and running the National Economic Council for the Clinton Administration. Unfamiliar with management in a political climate, Rubin worked hard to design, staff, and position the Council to make better economic... View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Government and Politics; Managerial Roles; Macroeconomics; Organizational Design; Economy
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      Nohria, Nitin, Robert Steven Kaplan, and Nicole Davison. "Robert E. Rubin (A)." Harvard Business School Case 407-064, January 2007.
      • 2007
      • Article

      Three Perspectives on Team Learning: Outcome Improvement, Task Mastery, and Group Process

      By: Amy C. Edmondson, James R. Dillon and Kate Roloff
      The emergence of a research literature on team learning has been driven by at least two factors. First, longstanding interest in what makes organizational work teams effective leads naturally to questions about how members of newly formed teams learn to work together... View Details
      Keywords: Learning; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Practice; Groups and Teams; Research; Adaptation; Cooperation
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      Edmondson, Amy C., James R. Dillon, and Kate Roloff. "Three Perspectives on Team Learning: Outcome Improvement, Task Mastery, and Group Process." Academy of Management Annals 1 (2007): 269–314.
      • December 2006 (Revised April 2014)
      • Case

      J. R. D. Tata

      By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
      J.R.D Tata, Chairman of the Indian conglomerate Tata & Sons, played a significant role in building India's economic infrastructure. Under his guidance, Tata & Sons built locomotives, steel refineries, airlines, chemical plants, and technology-based enterprises.... View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Development Economics; Working Conditions; Leadership; Infrastructure; Personal Development and Career; Business and Government Relations; India
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      Nohria, Nitin, Anthony Mayo, and Mark Benson. "J. R. D. Tata." Harvard Business School Case 407-061, December 2006. (Revised April 2014.)
      • July 2006 (Revised August 2007)
      • Case

      Charles Veillon, S.A. (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia
      The top management team at Charles Veillon, a Swiss mail-order company, is considering whether to work with a human rights organization to monitor the labor practices of its suppliers. A particular concern is avoiding child labor and other forms of workplace coercion.... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Governance Controls; Labor; Rights; Nonprofit Organizations; Switzerland
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Aldo Sesia. "Charles Veillon, S.A. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 307-002, July 2006. (Revised August 2007.)
      • March 2006
      • Module Note

      Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 3: Expanding Diversity

      By: Alan D. MacCormack
      Describes the third module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Management; Business Processes; Projects; Risk and Uncertainty; Product Development; Managerial Roles; Opportunities; Perspective; Expansion; Goals and Objectives
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      MacCormack, Alan D. "Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 3: Expanding Diversity." Harvard Business School Module Note 606-126, March 2006.
      • March 2006 (Revised September 2006)
      • Case

      Irizar in 2005

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jordan Mitchell
      In June 2005, Koldo Saratxaga, the leader of Basque-based luxury coach manufacturer Irizar, decided to leave after 14 years at the helm of the worker-owned cooperative. Under Saratxaga's stewardship, Irizar was saved from near bankruptcy in 1991 and has become a highly... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Customer Focus and Relationships; Resignation and Termination; Leadership Style; Production; Quality; Luxury; Competitive Advantage; Construction Industry; Real Estate Industry; South Africa; China; India; Mexico; Brazil
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jordan Mitchell. "Irizar in 2005." Harvard Business School Case 706-424, March 2006. (Revised September 2006.)
      • January 2006
      • Case

      Ron Perez (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      The division human resources officer must decide whether to discipline a long-time employee for misusing company time and for improperly filling out time cards for his work on government contracts. Intended to focus on the various factors relevant to disciplining... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Employees; Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Organizations; Crime and Corruption
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Ron Perez (A)." Harvard Business School Case 306-084, January 2006.
      • 2006
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Rural Clusters of Innovation: Berkshires Strategy Project: Driving A Long-Term Economic Strategy

      By: Michael E. Porter
      The Berkshires Strategy Project, a six-month strategy development effort involving dozens of private and public sector organizations in the Berkshires, has led to broad consensus behind an economic strategy for the County, and galvanized a leadership group in the form... View Details
      Keywords: Economics; Industry Clusters; Growth and Development; United States
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      Porter, Michael E. "Rural Clusters of Innovation: Berkshires Strategy Project: Driving A Long-Term Economic Strategy." Monitor Group, 2006.
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