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- 18 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups
New research suggests that organizations wishing to avoid gender stereotyping in the hiring or promotion process-and employ the most productive person instead—should evaluate job candidates as a group, rather than one at a time. “The three of us have produced one of... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- September 1992
- Case
Star Cablevision Group (D): Financial Crisis and Managing Constituencies
Fourth case in a series of six cases. This case describes the company as it reaches financial crisis and manages constituencies. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Finance; Management; Crisis Management; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Star Cablevision Group (D): Financial Crisis and Managing Constituencies." Harvard Business School Case 293-039, September 1992.
- September 2003
- Case
Valuing a Cross-Border LBO: Bidding on the Yell Group
By: Mihir A. Desai, Paolo Notarnicola and Mark Veblen
A team of private equity investors must value the leveraged buyout of a Yellow Pages business that operated in both the United States and the United Kingdom. In the process, they must wrestle with issues of how to conduct cross-border valuations and how to value a... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Cash Flow; Private Equity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Valuation
Desai, Mihir A., Paolo Notarnicola, and Mark Veblen. "Valuing a Cross-Border LBO: Bidding on the Yell Group." Harvard Business School Case 204-033, September 2003.
- 2005
- Book
When Sparks Fly: Harnessing the Power of Group Creativity
By: Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap
- Article
Team Scaffolds: How Mesolevel Team Structures Enable Role-based Coordination in Temporary Groups
By: Melissa A. Valentine and Amy C. Edmondson
This paper shows how mesolevel structures support effective coordination in temporary groups. Prior research on coordination in temporary groups describes how roles encode individual responsibilities so that coordination between relative strangers is possible. We... View Details
Valentine, Melissa A., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Team Scaffolds: How Mesolevel Team Structures Enable Role-based Coordination in Temporary Groups." Organization Science 26, no. 2 (March–April 2015): 405–422.
- Article
Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey
By: Geoffrey Jones and Asli M. Colpan
This article examines the emergence and development of what became the largest business group in Turkey, the Koç Group. This venture was an important factor in the emergence of modern business enterprise in the new state of the Republic of Turkey from the 1920s. After... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governance; History; Strategy; Auto Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; Turkey
Jones, Geoffrey, and Asli M. Colpan. "Business Groups, Entrepreneurship and the Growth of the Koç Group in Turkey." Special Issue on Business Groups around the World. Business History 58, no. 1 (2016): 69–88.
- 2010
- Working Paper
A New Paradigm of Individual, Group and Organizational Performance
By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen and The Barbados Group
"The committee is therefore unable to draw conclusions, based on scientific evidence, on what does or does not work to enhance organizational performance" —Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance of the U.S. National Research Council Commission... View Details
Erhard, Werner, Michael C. Jensen, and The Barbados Group. "A New Paradigm of Individual, Group and Organizational Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-006, July 2010.
- June 2002
- Article
Capitalizing on Diversity: Interpersonal Congruence in Small Work Groups
By: J. Polzer, L. P. Milton and W. B. Swann Jr.
Polzer, J., L. P. Milton, and W. B. Swann Jr. "Capitalizing on Diversity: Interpersonal Congruence in Small Work Groups." Administrative Science Quarterly 47, no. 2 (June 2002): 296–324. (Winner of Academy of Management. Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior Award presented by Academy of Management.)
- 2012
- Working Paper
With Us or Against Us? Networks, Identity and Order in a Virtual World
By: Magnus Thor Torfason
Social networks and social groups have both been seen as important to discouraging malfeasance and supporting the global pro-social norms that underlie social order, but have typically been treated either as pure substitutes or as having completely independent effects.... View Details
Keywords: Social Norms; Social Networks; Triadic Closure; Social Groups; Group Identity; Groups and Teams; Boundaries; Organizations; Identity; Social and Collaborative Networks; Societal Protocols
Torfason, Magnus Thor. "With Us or Against Us? Networks, Identity and Order in a Virtual World." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-019, August 2012. (Revise and Resubmit, American Journal of Sociology.)
- April 2014
- Article
The Emergence of 'Us and Them' in 80 Lines of Code: Modeling Group Genesis in Homogeneous Populations
By: Kurt Gray, David G. Rand, Eyal Ert, Kevin Lewis, Steve Hershman and Michael I. Norton
Psychological explanations of group genesis often require population heterogeneity in identity or other characteristics, whether deep (e.g., religion) or superficial (e.g., eye color). We use game-theoretical agent-based models to explore group genesis in homogeneous... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams
Gray, Kurt, David G. Rand, Eyal Ert, Kevin Lewis, Steve Hershman, and Michael I. Norton. "The Emergence of 'Us and Them' in 80 Lines of Code: Modeling Group Genesis in Homogeneous Populations." Psychological Science 25, no. 4 (April 2014): 982–990.
- April 2024 (Revised May 2024)
- Supplement
Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd. (B)
By: David L. Ager
Ager, David L. "Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 924-304, April 2024. (Revised May 2024.)
- April 2010 (Revised May 2010)
- Supplement
George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (C)
By: Leslie A. Perlow and Kerry Herman
George Martin, managing partner at The Boston Consulting Group, is worried as some of his best performers have recently pulled him aside to discuss the challenges they face managing the demands of their work lives with their desire for more predictable time with their... View Details
Perlow, Leslie A., and Kerry Herman. "George Martin at The Boston Consulting Group (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 410-118, April 2010. (Revised May 2010.)
- March 2009
- Teaching Note
Publicis Groupe 2009: Toward a Digital Transformation (TN)
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
Teaching Note for [309085]. View Details
- April 2007 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Dr. Iqbal Survé at Sekunjalo Investment Group (D)
By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
Keywords: Financial Services Industry
Hill, Linda A., and Emily Stecker. "Dr. Iqbal Survé at Sekunjalo Investment Group (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 407-071, April 2007. (Revised March 2008.)
- October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
- Supplement
Group Process in the Challenger Launch Decision (C)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Edmondson, Amy C., and Laura Feldman. "Group Process in the Challenger Launch Decision (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 603-072, October 2002. (Revised December 2003.)
- October 2001
- Teaching Note
First Community Bank (B): Community Banking Group TN
Teaching Note for (9-301-086). View Details
Keywords: Banking Industry
- March 1985 (Revised January 1986)
- Case
General Electric Co.: Major Appliance Business Group (C)
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "General Electric Co.: Major Appliance Business Group (C)." Harvard Business School Case 585-055, March 1985. (Revised January 1986.)
- March 1985 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
General Electric Co.: Major Appliance Business Group (A)
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "General Electric Co.: Major Appliance Business Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 585-053, March 1985. (Revised September 1986.)
- 1997
- Working Paper
Corporate Strategies for Emerging Markets in Business Groups
By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu
- 1994
- Article
Doing Diversity: Effectively Managing Identity Group Difference in Organization
By: D. A. Thomas
Thomas, D. A. "Doing Diversity: Effectively Managing Identity Group Difference in Organization." Business Ethics Forum 7 (1994): 23–32.