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- December 1984
- Teaching Note
New Technology and Job Design in a Phone Company (A) and (B), Teaching Note
By: Michael Beer
- October 2007
- Article
The Art of Designing Markets
By: Alvin E. Roth
Traditionally, markets have been viewed as simply the confluence of supply and demand. But to function properly, they must be able to attract a sufficient number of buyers and sellers, induce participants to make their preferences clear, and overcome congestion by... View Details
Keywords: Market Design; Market Participation; Market Transactions; Information Technology; Internet and the Web
Roth, Alvin E. "The Art of Designing Markets." Harvard Business Review 85, no. 10 (October 2007): 118–126.
- 15 Feb 2013
- News
Five myths about manufacturing jobs
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, professor Robert Simons wrote about how organizations can design jobs for maximum performance. In this excerpt, Simons discusses what he terms the four basic... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 01 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Many U.S. Jobs Are ‘Offshorable’?
The controversial topic of offshoring U.S. jobs may have been shoved out of the headlines by recent events, but it remains front and center for senior business leaders operating in an increasingly global, competitive economy. To give MBAs... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
Finding Job Opportunities - Alumni
find job opportunities in a startup. SucceedSmart Designed for the discerning HBS alumni, SucceedSmart's advanced career platform is tailored for executives. It combines AI-driven precision with elite career... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
school,” she recalls. She soon advanced to the head of the class as chief of design. Over the next two decades, the phone rang frequently, each time bringing yet another irresistible job offer. Ross moved through executive-level View Details
- February 2022
- Teaching Note
Stoy Foods
By: John Beshears
Teaching Note for the "Stoy Foods" Exercise (Harvard Business School Exercise 918-044, 918-045, 918-046, and 918-047). View Details
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
the innovation process (as Pete Clekurs pointed out). The park is designed to create fast-response product development by linking product designers to manufacturers in a way that minimizes the need to ship... View Details
- June 2005 (Revised March 2017)
- Teaching Note
Siebel Systems: Organizing for the Customer
By: Robert Simons
Teaching Note to (103-014). The Siebel Systems case describes the unusual accountability and organizing choices made by managers of a successful, rapidly growing software development company. The case is set in 2002, but details the critical decisions made by founder... View Details
- 2017
- Working Paper
Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance
By: Paul Green, Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats
In this paper, we examine how connecting to beneficiaries of one’s work increases performance and argue that beneficiaries internal to an organization (i.e., one’s own colleagues) can serve as an important source of motivation, even in jobs that—on the surface—may seem... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Motivation; Belongingness; Motivation; Job Design; Field Experiment; Motivation and Incentives; Strategy; Job Design and Levels
Green, Paul, Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats. "Seeking to Belong: How the Words of Internal and External Beneficiaries Influence Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-073, February 2017.
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Where the Jobs Are
agreement on a key goal: Technology-based manufacturing has to be a catalyst for job creation and competitive renewal. But is that a realistic expectation? Seeking an answer, we explore the current and future state of American... View Details
- 17 Nov 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design
managers allow so-called support function employees to become catalysts for change. Key concepts include: Marketers, human resources managers, finance managers, and other so-called support function employees often have trouble defining their worth because their View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
influence one another. It is leading to advice and training designed to change behaviors that influence perceptions and possibly even increase job opportunities and on-the-job success. The work of Amy Cuddy,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Former Buyer Turns Designer
“You go to the contemporary floors, and there’s great stuff to buy, but everything is skewed very young. You could go to the designer area, but you may not want to pay $2,000 for a dress.” So she has View Details
- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
Summing Up: Should We Be Addressing the Next Jobs Crisis Now? An unusual proportion of respondents to this month’s column agreed either explicitly or implicitly on one thing: a looming service sector jobs... View Details
- Web
Design Thinking Course | HBS Online
This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation track. Introduction to Design Thinking and Innovation LIMITED TIME ONLY Extra learning at no extra cost. Enroll now and unlock a GenAI Bonus Bundle featuring complimentary lessons... View Details
- March 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Katja Hutter and Greta Friar
This case follows Rodrigo Nino, founder and CEO of commercial real estate development company Prodigy Network, as he develops an equity-based crowdfunding model for small investors to access commercial real estate in Colombia, then tries out the model in the U.S. U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Real Estate; Crowdfunding; Crowdsourcing; Digital Innovation; Commercial Real Estate; Online Platforms; Disruption; Transformation; Design; Assets; Equity; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Real Estate Industry; Latin America; New York (state, US); United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Katja Hutter, and Greta Friar. "Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing." Harvard Business School Case 614-064, March 2014. (Revised January 2015.)
- Web
Virtual Job Search Teams - Alumni
Careers Virtual Job Search Teams Careers Virtual Job Search Teams Ready to make a career change? Considering that next step? Don’t struggle alone. Use the structure of a Virtual View Details
- Web
Growing on the Job - Alumni
Careers Growing on the Job Careers Growing on the Job You love your organization, but you want to move up. Explore resources to help you get to the next level of your career without having to move... View Details