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- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
boundaries of these learning behaviors. We find that effective virtual teams, like co-located teams, engage in both reflective and action-oriented learning behaviors. However, the virtual context highlights distinct participation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business
next ten years? Who will be the winners and losers? A: They will undoubtedly continue to cross industry boundaries and penetrate in a variety of markets previously untouched by digital technologies: For instance, software platforms are... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
says. “These are boundaries or parameters you don’t want to cross. They could involve privacy, safety, or bias. Tell your team which issues you want to hear about as they arise.” Leaders who delegate tasks to human subordinates are still... View Details
- 2011
- Working Paper
Organizations in the Shadow of Communities
By: Siobhan O'Mahony and Karim R. Lakhani
The concept of a community form is drawn upon in many subfields of organizational theory. Although there is not much convergence on a level of analysis, there is convergence on a mode of action that is increasingly relevant to a knowledge-based economy marked by porous... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Organizational Culture; Civil Society or Community; Boundaries; Information Technology; Theory; Value Creation
O'Mahony, Siobhan, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Organizations in the Shadow of Communities." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-131, June 2011.
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
What fuels a global economy? Certainly the easy flow of capital across national boundaries would seem near the top of the list. But financial globalization is not an on/off switch, notes Professor Rawi Abdelal. Different countries and... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
committing the outrage of pleading total ignorance of massive financial fraud in his organization. (Can you imagine a doctor charged with malpractice doing this?) Clearly, the debate is just being shaped. The implications of what is proposed here are immense. What are... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
Can Our Parenting Struggles Make Us Better Leaders?
they have an obligation to work proactively to further the company’s mission. Alaska Airlines, likewise, has become one of the most successful and well-regarded airlines by giving its frontline workers much more control over customer service issues than most of its... View Details
- 03 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Feeling Separation Anxiety at Your Startup? 5 Tips to Soothe These Growing Pains
if you want to go deeper on a topic, let’s schedule a specific time to discuss and include others as needed.” Set boundaries for early-timers when they try to end-around new bosses Be open to listening to their ideas or complaints, but... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
accessing knowledge that resides outside the boundaries of any one organization. We provide an overview of distributed innovation systems that are achieving success in three different industries. We explore why people participate, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
Operations managers who are insulated from the marketplace must be forced to interact with people in units that are closest to customers. In all of these cases, it's up to senior managers to ensure that individuals work across organizational View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 10 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 10, 2007
conclude that stars add more value than they capture. I discuss implications for managers in the motion picture industry. Brokerage, Boundary Spanning, and Leadership in Open Innovation Communities Authors:Lee Fleming and David M.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2011
- Research & Ideas
Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?
empirical evidence that suggests that we do care, as individual beings, about being good and moral," Gino says. "But there is equally compelling evidence that we often cross ethical boundaries when we have the opportunity to do so. Our... View Details
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
green building, including evolving boundaries of professional jurisdictions; changing industry strategies and structures, including the roles of ownership, supply firms, and market niches; new operational, organizational, and cultural... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
that can arise. Huckman provides guidelines for setting clear objectives, getting the boundaries between units right, establishing rules for sharing, and customizing performance criteria. And, he says, leaders must continually remind... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
alliances. We propose that prior experience with the same partners, i.e., "partner-specific experience," provides greater benefits than "general partnering experience" that encompasses all prior alliances with any partner. We further explore some of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
constrained innovation environment, defined by modular boundaries that are long standing in the industry that it serves, the global semiconductor manufacturing industry. While the original motivation for these View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Driving the “New Marketing?”
boundaries and fuses various functions of a firm together (as well as a firm with its customers, suppliers, and partners) may suggest that marketing as we knew it has become so identified with the development and implementation of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Healthcare Conference Looks At Ailing Industry
companies to share both risk and reward on specific projects. But how do they define borders in the essentially borderless world of science? Anna Protopapas Part of the trick is to agree to boundaries wherever possible in the initial... View Details
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
refers to efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of companies and products,” explains Toffel. “This includes a number of choices about where to draw the boundaries for measurement and which type of greenhouse gas reduction target... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
Six degrees of separation seems to work well for B-list actors—but does it have anything to say about innovation and business? HBS associate professor Lee Fleming believes it does, and his work looks specifically at how ideas and innovation flow across company View Details