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      • January 1990 (Revised June 1995)
      • Case

      Colliers International Property Consultants

      By: Nitin Nohria
      Describes the origins, organizational structure, management practices, and use of information technology (IT) in Colliers, a real estate network. Colliers provides local firms with a way to maintain local autonomy while gaining national and international coverage.... View Details
      Keywords: Property; Organizational Structure; Information Technology; Management Practices and Processes; Partners and Partnerships; Business Model; Mission and Purpose; Business Growth and Maturation; Conflict and Resolution; Quality; Real Estate Industry
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      Nohria, Nitin. "Colliers International Property Consultants." Harvard Business School Case 490-049, January 1990. (Revised June 1995.)
      • September 1987 (Revised October 1987)
      • Background Note

      The Job of the General Manager

      By: James L. Heskett
      Describes elements of the job of the general manager that are addressed in the Management Policy and Practice course at the Harvard Business School. These include: 1) establishing strategic direction, 2) setting goals and managing standards of performance, 3)... View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Policy; Recruitment; Working Conditions; Managerial Roles; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Strategy; Value
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      Heskett, James L. "The Job of the General Manager." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-035, September 1987. (Revised October 1987.)
      • June 1987 (Revised May 1990)
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      John Deere Component Works (B)

      By: Robert S. Kaplan
      Having installed an activity-based system, the division is now exploring the insight provided by that system. In particular, it is studying the economics of lot-size process planning and product mix management. View Details
      Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Production; Business or Company Management; Planning; Cost Accounting; Cost Management; Product Marketing; Management Practices and Processes; Consumer Products Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      Kaplan, Robert S. "John Deere Component Works (B)." Harvard Business School Case 187-108, June 1987. (Revised May 1990.)
      • May 1982 (Revised May 1985)
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      Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard

      By: Michael Beer and Richard O. von Werssowetz
      Provides an overview of all the human resource policies and practices applied by Hewlett-Packard. As such, it is an opportunity to analyze Hewlett-Packard's practices in all four policy areas; stakeholder influence, flows, rewards, and work systems. View Details
      Keywords: Human Resources; Management Practices and Processes; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Working Conditions; Policy
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      Beer, Michael, and Richard O. von Werssowetz. "Human Resources at Hewlett-Packard." Harvard Business School Case 482-125, May 1982. (Revised May 1985.)
      • 1980
      • Article

      R&D Performance as a Function of Internal Communication, Project Management, and the Nature of the Work

      By: Thomas J. Allen, Denis M.S. Lee and Michael Tushman
      Keywords: Research and Development; Performance; Communication; Projects; Management
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      Allen, Thomas J., Denis M.S. Lee, and Michael Tushman. "R&D Performance as a Function of Internal Communication, Project Management, and the Nature of the Work." IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 27 (1980): 2–11.
      • 01 Aug 1979
      • Conference Presentation

      Can Industrial Workers Reform Their Own Work? A Sociologically-Oriented Quality-of-Worklife Project in an Electronics Factory

      By: R. M. Kanter, B. A. Stein, D. Brinkerhoff and Daniel J. Isenberg
      Keywords: Employees; Working Conditions; Change; Electronics Industry
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      Kanter, R. M., B. A. Stein, D. Brinkerhoff, and Daniel J. Isenberg. "Can Industrial Workers Reform Their Own Work? A Sociologically-Oriented Quality-of-Worklife Project in an Electronics Factory." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August 01, 1979. (Published as "Building Participatory Democracy within a Conventional Corporation." In Workplace Democracy, edited by J. Rothschild-Whitt and F. Lindenfield, Boston: Porter Sargent, 1982.)
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      Do Supervisors Thrive in Participative Work Systems?

      By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Richard E. Walton
      This article presents the findings regarding the nature of the difficulties surrounding the supervisory role in participative work systems, a conceptualization of the supervisor/work group interface, and some action implications for the management of organizations.... View Details
      Keywords: Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Management Practices and Processes; Innovation and Invention
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      Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Richard E. Walton. "Do Supervisors Thrive in Participative Work Systems?" Organizational Dynamics 7, no. 3 (Winter 1979): 24–38.
      • February 1979
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      Effects of External Evaluation on Artistic Creativity

      By: T. M. Amabile
      Examined the conditions under which the imposition of an extrinsic constraint upon performance of an activity can lead to decrements in creativity. 95 female undergraduates worked on an art activity either with or without the expectation of external evaluation. In... View Details
      Keywords: Creativity; Social Psychology; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Situation or Environment
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      Amabile, T. M. "Effects of External Evaluation on Artistic Creativity." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 37, no. 2 (February 1979): 221–233.
      • December 1978
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      Technical Communication in R&D Laboratories: Impacts of Project Work Characteristics

      By: Michael Tushman
      Keywords: Information Technology; Communication; Research and Development; Projects
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      Tushman, Michael. "Technical Communication in R&D Laboratories: Impacts of Project Work Characteristics." Academy of Management Journal 21, no. 4 (December 1978): 624–645.
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      By: Ashish Nanda
      Ashish Nanda's research focuses on ethics and economics of managing professional service firms.

      Nanda is working on a project that studies how management of conflict of interest influences professional identity, the role of professional associations, and the... View Details

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      Consumer Decision Making and Behavioral Research

      By: John T. Gourville

      John Gourville’s research focuses on consumer behavior, especially in the areas of pricing and consumer decision making. In the area of pricing, for instance, he has looked at the role of time on how consumers interpret and react to product costs and prices.... View Details

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      Consumer-Brand Relationships and CRM

      By: Jill J. Avery
      This highly pragmatic stream investigates the contemporary practice of customer relationship management (CRM) by exploring the phenomenological, lived experience of consumers' relationships with brands.  Using a contracting theory lens supplemented with knowledge of... View Details
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      Corporate Restructuring and Business Insolvency: Economic Impact and Best Practices

      By: Stuart C. Gilson
      Stuart C. Gilson is studying how severe financial distress impacts corporate policies and economic resource allocation. He is also studying how managers can best respond to financial distress in order to preserve and grow value. He is undertaking this research... View Details
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      Crisis Management

      By: Dutch Leonard
      This project examines the special challenges of leadership in crisis situations and the associated challenges of leadership in preparing in advance for the possibility of crises to come. It includes both physical life safety crises (natural disasters, industrial... View Details
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      Customer-Centric Marketing Strategy

      By: Rohit Deshpande
      Rohit Deshpandé's research program focuses on Customer-Centricity. A stream of projects examines the interaction between corporate and national culture as they influence the development and implementation of global marketing strategies in high performance firms. This... View Details
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      Data Science and AI for Leaders

      By: Dennis Campbell
      Modern business increasingly relies... View Details
      Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Data Science
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      DESIGN THEORY AND PRACTICE ES285

      By: Roberto Verganti

      Any organization, business or venture grounds its value on how “meaningful” are its products (functionally, symbolically and emotionally). Design Theory and Practice (DTP) empowers students to create products that are meaningful, to people who use them and to... View Details

      Keywords: Integrated Design; Leadership; User Experience Design; Design; Strategy; Technology; Product Design
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      Distributed Innovation in Open Systems—The Role of Modularity

      By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
      Distributed innovation in open systems is an important trend in the modern global economy. As education levels rise and communication costs fall, more people have the means and motivation to innovate. Supply chains now stretch around the world as firms outsource... View Details
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      Field Course: Social Innovation Lab

      By: Brian L. Trelstad
      Co-taugh with Prof. John Kim
      This course provides students an opportunity to use the discipline of entrepreneurial... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Social Enterprise
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      Financial Risk Management

      By: Richard F. Meyer
      Richard F. Meyer is exploring the theory and practice of financial risk management in corporations worldwide. Three primary objectives of his research are: to understand the underlying sources of risk and corporations' exposure to them; to identify appropriate,... View Details
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