Managing Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

diffusion of new technologies. A networked incubator can provide tremendous value to a start-up team through connections that help forge crucial strategic partnerships, recruit highly talented people, and obtain important advice from... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

01 Sep 2018
News

New Ways to Stay Connected

receive training, help facilitate the conversation, and participants represent a diverse range of ages, industries, and career stages. Circles are managed by volunteers, and each region has a leadership committee. “Advice from members of... View Details

15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

strategy should look like. My experience leading teams helps me effectively work with partners in production, distribution, and marketing.” As much as her professional experience has helped Mendoza with her music career, music has also... View Details

05 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity

management team and bring in a whole new team, but rather add key outsiders—who don't have the same history and the same biases—to the mix. So, one issue is: How does our prior thinking about an industry... View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts; Technology

01 Dec 2002
News

Straddling Two Worlds

succeeded in business. “I've really had two careers,” he observes, “one as a for-profit financial entrepreneur and one as a crusader for economic development.” As a managing partner in his own investment firm, Tierney has the freedom to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Mar 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

manufacturer for eyewear companies. It grew over the years. Ultimately, the company would realize that it had a “diamond” in its own backyard, a core business that had been in the picture all along. Focusing on that core, the Hilsinger View Details

01 Mar 2014
News

Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

most profitable products and customers and demonstrating how, when, and where to apply over twenty distinct improvement tools and techniques. Finally, it discusses how to embed the process and the tools into the ongoing operations of a business. Decide One Thing: The... View Details

27 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad

frustrated employees among Japanese speakers, but also affected their work performance and promotions. The Favored Side Of The Strategy Her most recent research, though, flipped the question on its head. Her research team delved into how... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

it could drive a reorganization of our existing organizational structures.” Other participants in the refinement stage include a health care professional, who proposed an experiment around the idea of “creating cross organizational teams... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Oct 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Don't More People Get Flu Shots at Work?

Economics; Brigitte C. Madrian, Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management at the Harvard Kennedy School; and Gwendolyn I. Reynolds, with the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, MA. The View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

Profile

Philipp Schäelli

to become more important in the management and investing process. After my summer experience in growth equity in Nigeria I knew that I wanted to focus on private equity for my fulltime recruitment. I also wanted to be in London because my... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services

Profile

Lisa Cousins

management consulting, and wanted to move to a functional role in a company to deepen my industry knowledge and management skills. I knew that HBS, through its international reputation, strong alumni... View Details

Keywords: Services; Entertainment / Media

Web

Harvard Business School Archives | Baker Library

Forms Archives and Records Management Services Harvard Business School Archives Use Agreement Digital HBS Resources Highlights Alfred D. Chandler Papers Professor Alfred Chandler defined the field of business history. His extensive... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: John Doerr

company where she was working as an engineer — Intel. After marrying Ann and six successful years in various engineering, marketing, and management positions at the chipmaker, Doerr joined Kleiner Perkins in 1980. His impressive list of... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

improvisation to viable ways of operating that can function indefinitely. Neither management scholars nor health care providers have access to an off-the-shelf solution for how to do this. But through a collaborative approach, we may be... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

have too many people on the board of financial institutions who don't know anything about financial institutions, then you have a problem. Q: But you also make the point that it's not possible for a board member to know everything. It's important that they know enough... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

available to its customer-facing employees. In the spring of 2003, Bankinter introduced an Excel-based program called the Mortgage Simulator that helped branch managers calculate the price of a mortgage and estimate the customer lifetime... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation

"safe" jobs turned out to be not very safe at all, as large companies entered extended periods of malaise and restructuring. Ed O'Lear: It's important to note why money managers decided to allocate significant assets to venture... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

25 Aug 2014
News

Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999

general management tour of duty,” says Marcelo, who found enthusiastic mentors at the young company and was soon asked to join the management team. Also during this time, a frightening family incident helped... View Details