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  • 2017
  • Article

Scaling: Organizing and Growth in Entrepreneurial Ventures

By: Alicia DeSantola and Ranjay Gulati
Entrepreneurial ventures face unique challenges related to growth, particularly in the management of internal organizations. Progress on understanding these dynamics has been constrained by fragmentation within relevant management research. In this paper, we clarify... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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    Alexandra C. Feldberg

    Alexandra (Allie) Feldberg is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School.

    Professor Feldberg uses qualitative and quantitative methods to examine intersections between gender,... View Details

      Elizabeth R. Johnson

      Liz is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program at Harvard Business School. She is broadly interested in studying identity, inequality, and well-being, particularly how intersectional identities shape workplace experiences.

      Prior to... View Details

        Amy C. Edmondson

        Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of... View Details

        Keywords: health care; nonprofit industry; professional services; consulting
        • Research Summary

        Overview

        My research is centrally concerned with aspects of social cognition writ large, i.e., organizational identity, learning, creativity, intelligence, and leadership, as well as its social embeddedness in larger systems of meaning arising from organizational fields, market... View Details
        • 2013
        • Working Paper

        Imprinting: Toward A Multilevel Theory

        By: Christopher Marquis and Andras Tilcsik
        The concept of imprinting has attracted considerable interest in numerous fields—including organizational ecology, institutional theory, network analysis, and career research—and has been applied at several levels of analysis, from the industry to the individual. This... View Details
        Keywords: History; Situation or Environment; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure
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        Open to Negotiation: Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination

        By: Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn
        Phenomenological assumptions-assumptions about the fundamental qualities of the phenomenon being studied and how it relates to the environment in which it occurs-affect the dissemination of knowledge from subfields to the broader field of study. Micro-process research... View Details
        Keywords: Framework; Knowledge Dissemination; Research; Organizations; Negotiation; Information Publishing
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        • 2009
        • Chapter

        Creativity, Improvisation, and Organizations

        By: Colin M. Fisher and Teresa M. Amabile
        Although the literatures on both organizational creativity and organizational improvisation have been expanding in recent years, the links between these literatures have not been deeply explored. This chapter explores those links to create a conceptualization of... View Details
        Keywords: Body of Literature; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Research; Creativity; Theory
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        • 01 Nov 2021
        • What Do You Think?

        How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

        (iStockphoto/skynesher) Most CEOs recognize the power of organizational culture and the impact that it can have on the bottom line. They acknowledge the importance of shared values and behaviors that influence the way an organization... View Details
        Keywords: by James Heskett
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        Making a Difference: Developing Actionable Knowledge for Practice and Theory

        By: Michael Beer
        There is a widely acknowledged gap between academic research and practice. While the field of organizational studies and development has had an impact on management practice in some organizations, it has had only a modest impact on widely accepted management practice... View Details
        Keywords: Actionable Knowledge; Actionable Practice; Normal Science; Scholar-consultant; Management Practices and Processes; Theory; Innovation Leadership; Organizations; Performance Effectiveness
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        • July 2000 (Revised February 2001)
        • Case

        alphaWorks: IBM's Technology Talent Agents

        AlphaWorks has catalyzed IBM researchers and offered them a new path to take technology to market. With success, though, comes new organizational challenges. Should John Wolpert extend alphaWorks to all IBM labs, refocus, or shut down its operations? View Details
        Keywords: Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Research and Development
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        • Research Summary

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        Erin's research focuses on how organizations can and should respond to employee failures. She is interested in understanding the effects that organizational responses have on subsequent employee behavior, and how organizational policies can be designed to more... View Details
        Keywords: Repair; Recovery; Reintegration; Prosocial Behavior; Field Experiment; Psychology; Networks; Punishment; Giving and Philanthropy; Social Psychology; Motivation and Incentives; Social and Collaborative Networks; Ethics
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        Organizations with Dual Competitive Advantage

        A close examination of several leading US service firms illustrates an unusual competitive phenomenon in that these firms are both cost and service leaders in their industries. My research documents this phenomenon, critically analyzing it in light of strategic and... View Details

          David A. Thomas

          David Thomas is H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.  His research addresses issues related to executive development, cultural diversity in organizations, leadership and organizational change.  He recently served as a... View Details

          Keywords: biotechnology; consulting; consumer products; education industry; financial services; media

            Letian Zhang

            Letian (LT) Zhang is an assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. He teaches in the MBA required curriculum.

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            • 25 Feb 2019
            • Research & Ideas

            How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

            “occupational sorting,” with men choosing careers that pay higher wages than women do, labor economists say. For example, women represent only 26 percent of US workers employed in computer and math jobs, according to the Department of Labor. New View Details
            Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

              Julian J. Zlatev

              Julian Zlatev is an assistant professor of business administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. He teaches the second-year Negotiation course.

              Professor Zlatev’s research interests include ethics and morality, trust, impression... View Details

                Emily Tedards

                Emily Tedards is a Doctoral Student in the Organizational Behavior program at Harvard Business School and a Doctoral Fellow for the Reimagining the Economy Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. Emily is interested in interorganizational networks, alliances, and the... View Details

                • 26 Feb 2014
                • News

                Embracing Intelligent Failure

                • 2008
                • Working Paper

                Open to Negotiation: Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination

                By: Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn
                Phenomenological assumptions-assumptions about the fundamental qualities of the phenomenon being studied and how it relates to the environment in which it occurs-affect the dissemination of knowledge from subfields to the broader field of study. Micro-process research... View Details
                Keywords: Citations; Knowledge Dissemination; Negotiation; Research
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