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  • 21 Jul 2021
  • News

After 18 Months, Sutter Antitrust Settlement Finally Poised for Formal Approval

  • Article

Renewal Through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies between Formal and Informal Organization

By: Ranjay Gulati and P. Puranam
Keywords: Value; Organizations
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Gulati, Ranjay, and P. Puranam. "Renewal Through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies between Formal and Informal Organization." Organization Science 20, no. 2 (March–April 2009): 422–440.
  • December 1994
  • Supplement

Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (E-2): Livingston Takes Formal Authority

Supplements Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (A): Interviewing with the PowerPlayer Software Engineering Team. View Details
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Gentile, Mary C., and Pamela J. Maus. "Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (E-2): Livingston Takes Formal Authority." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-075, December 1994.
  • 2024
  • Other Unpublished Work

Brokerage and Cognition: Driving Integration at the Limits of Formal Structure

By: Ranjay Gulati and Luciana Silvestri
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Gulati, Ranjay, and Luciana Silvestri. "Brokerage and Cognition: Driving Integration at the Limits of Formal Structure." 2024. (Work in Progress.)
  • December 1994
  • Supplement

Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (E-1): Livingston Takes Formal Authority

Supplements Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (A): Interviewing with the PowerPlayer Software Engineering Team. View Details
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Gentile, Mary C., and Pamela J. Maus. "Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (E-1): Livingston Takes Formal Authority." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-074, December 1994.
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Saving More to Borrow Less: Experimental Evidence from Access to Formal Savings Accounts in Chile

By: Felipe Kast and Dina Pomeranz
Poverty is often characterized not only by low and unstable income, but also by heavy debt burdens. We find that reducing barriers to saving through access to free savings accounts decreases participants' short-term debt by about 20%. In addition, participants who... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Poverty; Borrowing and Debt; Chile
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Kast, Felipe, and Dina Pomeranz. "Saving More to Borrow Less: Experimental Evidence from Access to Formal Savings Accounts in Chile." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 20239, June 2014. (Revision requested by Journal of Public Economics. Featured in La Tercera. Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-001, July 2013)
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Achieving Focused Management Activities through Formal Performance Evaluation: Results from a Field Study

By: W. J. Bruns Jr. and S. M. McKinnon
Keywords: Management; Performance Evaluation
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Bruns, W. J., Jr., and S. M. McKinnon. "Achieving Focused Management Activities through Formal Performance Evaluation: Results from a Field Study." Journal of Managerial Issues 6, no. 3 (Fall 1994): 265–81.
  • 2007
  • Conference Presentation

Renewal Through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies Between Formal and Informal Organization

By: Ranjay Gulati
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Gulati, Ranjay. "Renewal Through Reorganization: The Value of Inconsistencies Between Formal and Informal Organization." Paper presented at the Organization Science Special Issue Conference, Chicago, 2007.
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Institutions and Firm Strategy at the Bottom of the Pyramid: The Case of Business Formalization in Vietnam

In this paper, written together with Edmund Malesky (UCSD), we test a series of hypotheses about how institutions shape a strategic decision of significant importance to the evolution of inclusive markets: registration as companies by previously informal businesses at... View Details
  • Aug 2013
  • Conference Presentation

Brokerage Spaces: How Informal Networks Transform Formal Structure In The Pursuit Of Complex Tasks

By: Ranjay Gulati and Luciana Silvestri
Keywords: Ambiguity; Cognition; Collaboration; Networks; Organizational Design; Cognition and Thinking
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Gulati, Ranjay, and Luciana Silvestri. "Brokerage Spaces: How Informal Networks Transform Formal Structure In The Pursuit Of Complex Tasks." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista (Orlando), FL, August 2013.
  • January 1988 (Revised September 1988)
  • Background Note

To the President of a Midsize Company: Notes on the Process of Formal Planning

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Thurston, Philip H. "To the President of a Midsize Company: Notes on the Process of Formal Planning." Harvard Business School Background Note 688-065, January 1988. (Revised September 1988.)
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

An Organizational Dilemma: A Framework for Considering and Countering Racism by Formal Organizations

By: Summer R. Jackson, Ray Reagans and Ezra Zuckerman Sivan
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Jackson, Summer R., Ray Reagans, and Ezra Zuckerman Sivan. "An Organizational Dilemma: A Framework for Considering and Countering Racism by Formal Organizations." Working Paper, 2023.

    Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization

    (with Adam Kleinbaum and Toby Stuart), Organization Science, 2013, 24, 5, 1316-1336.. View Details
    • October 2014
    • Book Review

    Review of Informal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India, by Rina Agarwala.

    By: Akshay Mangla
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    Mangla, Akshay. "Review of Informal Labor, Formal Politics, and Dignified Discontent in India, by Rina Agarwala." Industrial & Labor Relations Review 67, no. 4 (October 2014): 1331–1333.
    • 2013
    • Conference Presentation

    Brokerage Spaces: How Informal Networks Transform Formal Structure In The Pursuit Of Complex Tasks

    By: Ranjay Gulati and Luciana Silvestri
    Keywords: Cognition; Collaboration; Networks; Organizational Structure; Cognition and Thinking
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    Gulati, Ranjay, and Luciana Silvestri. "Brokerage Spaces: How Informal Networks Transform Formal Structure In The Pursuit Of Complex Tasks." Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2013.
    • 1979
    • Working Paper

    Formal Systems of Appraisal of Individual Performance: Some Considerations, Critical Issues, and Applications to Non-Profit Organizations

    By: R. M. Kanter and D. Brinkerhoff
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    Kanter, R. M., and D. Brinkerhoff. "Formal Systems of Appraisal of Individual Performance: Some Considerations, Critical Issues, and Applications to Non-Profit Organizations." PONPO Working Paper, No. 10, September 1979. (Yale University, Program on Non-Profit Organizations (PONPO), Institution for Social and Policy Studies.)
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    Pushing decision authority downward and increasing employee autonomy have become watchwords for the modern organization. Leaders of contemporary organizations view efforts to replace “command and control” systems with less-hierarchical approaches to organizing as... View Details
    Keywords: Formalization; Teams; Decentralization; Hierarchy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Self-managing Organizations; Future Of Work; Flat Organization
    • March 1999
    • Article

    Discussion of "Engineering Bureaucracy: The Genesis of Formal Policies, Positions, and Structures in High-Technology Firms" by James N. Baron, M. Diane Burton, and Michael T. Hannan

    By: Josh Lerner
    Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Engineering; Technology Industry
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    Lerner, Josh. Discussion of "Engineering Bureaucracy: The Genesis of Formal Policies, Positions, and Structures in High-Technology Firms" by James N. Baron, M. Diane Burton, and Michael T. Hannan. Special Issue on Bureaucracy: Issues and Apparatus Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 15, no. 1 (March 1999): 42–46.
    • August 2012 (Revised October 2012)
    • Technical Note

    Congruence Model Note

    By: Shon R. Hiatt and James Weber
    This note describes the Congruence Model, a method by which an organization can assess whether its building blocks (critical tasks, formal organizational arrangements, people, and culture) are aligned (congruent) with its strategy. The model postulates that... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Business Processes; Alignment
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    Hiatt, Shon R., and James Weber. "Congruence Model Note." Harvard Business School Technical Note 413-037, August 2012. (Revised October 2012.)
    • July 9, 2013
    • Article

    Why Fights Erupt in Family Businesses

    By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
    Lack of boundaries and formal structure create potential for nasty (and lasting) disagreements. View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Conflict and Resolution; Organizational Structure
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    Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "Why Fights Erupt in Family Businesses." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 9, 2013).
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