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- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
what it calls "boundaryless" behaviors among its executives, encouraging them to exchange ideas with each other and, when beneficial to the company, with managers outside GE as well. In short, it is becoming more and more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade
collection look at how to improve decision making, encouraging employees to speak up, and the difficulty of coordinating communication in a complex organization. Enjoy! Most Popular Articles 2000-2010 Creating a Positive Professional... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured
projects are typically the ones where customization is most critical. But there are ways for teams to handle this situation. The team leader can manage, and even leverage, pressure by designing meetings with controls in place—built-in... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
entrepreneurs. Designed for entrepreneurial and international business courses. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807075 Bill Gates and Steve Jobs Harvard Business School Case 407-028 Bill... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
Possibly taking a page out of the USAA playbook, several Wall Street organizations are trying to enforce a policy to prevent employees from working seven-day weeks, encouraging them to take either Saturdays or Sundays off. There is little... View Details
- 11 Jan 2000
- Research & Ideas
Calling All Managers: How to Build a Better Call Center
Harker, "it sometimes proves difficult to justify additional investment into an entity that is typically thought of as a cost center." An organization that cares about its customers also cares about its employees, and vice-versa. For example, when a company... View Details
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
dinner, lively conversation, and encouragement at the Christensens' home in Lexington.) Christensen earned his MBA from Harvard in 1943 and shortly thereafter enlisted in the Army Quartermaster Corps, where he worked as a field research... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
behavior is in fostering collaborations and translations between science and technology and encouraging riskier projects rather than purely increasing patenting. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2197876 The State of Small... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie
encourages people to take more risks when they decide to post. So the impression from those posts can linger in the mind of an observer, say, a colleague or employer, and “come back to haunt,” according to new research published in a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
exit, output, and R&D. Taxing the continued operation of incumbents can lead to sizable gains (of the order of 1.4% improvement in welfare) by encouraging exit of less productive firms and freeing up skilled labor to be used for... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations
advantages through their social networks," Cohen and colleagues write. "In addition, laws designed to block these types of information pathways can be effective in curbing selective disclosure. The magnitude of our results... View Details
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
pursued on a part-time basis with a workload designed accordingly and an emphasis on the quality vs. the quantity of work accomplished. This article is part of a continuing series on faculty research and teaching commemorating the 50th... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
historically important and increasingly popular mechanism for encouraging innovation. A central concern in designing innovation contests is how many competitors to admit. Using a unique data set of 9,661... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
Superwoman Thanks to intense discussions over dinners with alumnae—the first of which was hosted by Welsh in New York—and to later conversations with faculty and other colleagues at HBS, Hart came up with a plan. The result is Charting Your Course, a new program View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
organization to a new level. And at home, rebels are more engaged partners, parents, and friends. Packed with strategies for embracing rebellion at work and in life as well as illuminating case studies from a wide range of industries, Rebel Talent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50793 forthcoming Production and Operations Management Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research By: Toffel, Michael W. Abstract—This article seeks to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
efforts are designed to reach employees at a deeper level. By engaging more of workers' total selves, organizations hope to develop staff who are more satisfied, productive, and innovative. Indeed, the manifestations of spirituality in... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
clients, and the implications for IDEO designers' everyday experience of work. As new types of client work have shifted away from the more classic design projects, there may be accompanying shifts in designers' engagement and motivation.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
thrown around range from the federal government borrowing and investing that money directly to instead providing incentives such as tax credits to encourage private industry to participate. The method and the final amount will be debated.... View Details
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
Public Sector seminar series, which runs through May, is designed to induce lively conversation, build a community of scholars, and create a research agenda exploring the possible role of the private sector in shaping the institutions of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman