Knowledge Sharing - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Learning in Action

those that do not, and share their findings throughout the organization. The learning that CALL collects forms a vast repository of knowledge — the Army's institutional memory — which can be drawn on as... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

07 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

between firm payout policy and tax incentives. Analysis of a panel of firms matched with the tax characteristics of the clients of their institutional shareholders indicates that "dividend-averse" institutions are significantly less likely to hold View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

recognize how the sum is greater than its parts. While each team member played a role in your efforts, it is almost always how the team worked together that led to where you are now. Schedule a couple hours to be together—ideally, face to face and out of the office or... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

17 Oct 2023
Blog Post

HBS Section I Celebrates Parents, Mentors, and Partners Day

esteemed LEAD professor. Even students who did not have external guests present enthusiastically joined the audience, providing their support and applause for our guest participants. It was a celebration of collaborative learning and View Details

13 Dec 2022
Research & Ideas

The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face

they do it.” The color of money is mostly white The total share of assets managed by minority-owned firms in 2021 was 1.4 percent, according to Lerner, while minorities that year made up over 40 percent of the population. Lerner and... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Financial Services

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

between advocacy and inquiry. The senior team advocates an organizational direction and then launches an inquiry into the organization’s strengths and its barriers to success. 3. Make sure the conversation is constructive. Keep the process by which lower levels View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

01 Aug 2022
What Do You Think?

Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

shared values and behaviors and hence its performance. That’s why a recent study associating Confucian beliefs with positive performance of Chinese firms caught my eye. In it, three scholars based in China and Singapore examined the... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Taylor Walden

share a raw concept, the excitement of inviting feedback, and the anticipation of what lies ahead. What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll be leaving with? I brought my dog, Rosie, and will be leaving with... View Details

13 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Picture This: Why Online Image Searches Drive Purchases

“headphones,” with suggested refinements like “noise-cancelling headphones,” aided by images and text. Farronato wrote the paper with Lu Fang and Zhe Yuan of Zhejiang University; Yanyou Chen of the University of Toronto; and Yitong Wang, an employee at the Chinese... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology; Consumer Products; Retail

April 2009 (Revised November 2012)
Case

Sermo, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lars Peter Christian Nielsen

Sermo operates the leading online professional network for physicians in the United States. Doctors use Sermo free of charge to post surveys regarding diagnostic and treatment concerns and to discuss these concerns, as well as challenges with managing their practices.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Knowledge Sharing; Two-Sided Platforms; Conflict and Resolution; Social and Collaborative Networks; United States

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06 Feb 2020
Research & Ideas

What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents

CEOs expand their knowledge of core businesses and technologies, allowing them greater insight into new advances that could eventually drive their companies' success. In turn, by using publicly available data sources, researchers and... View Details

Keywords: by Tricia Gregg and Boris Groysberg; Retail

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

public and private sectors learn from the events of the past few months? In the public realm, Sandeep Yadav concluded, “It is only by sharing resources globally that we can distribute the burden of fighting the next Black Swan.” The... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

Evolutionary Nature of Breakthrough Innovation: Re-Evaluating the Exploration vs. Exploitation Dichotomy Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas Engineering Serendipity: The Role of Cognitive Similarity in Knowledge View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting

session to meet students and share details about the program. After applications close in February, students are selected to move through the interview process, which includes a behavioral interview and an industry View Details

20 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Language Wars Divide Global Companies

US software market, the company's core marketing team, and to tech industry analysts. Power struggles were constant. Neeley says that the Indians, overall, in this study were less emotional because they didn't hold much power in the company. "They are younger,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

03 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 3, 2009

efficiency and long-term adaptability are inherently incompatible. Organization theorists have conceptualized Abernathy's dilemma as the challenge of balancing exploitation and exploration. Exploitation leverages existing knowledge and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Apr 2022
Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

bonds; it’s visceral and experiential—a stark contrast with the absence of trust that exists in most organizations. At Warby Parker, Director of Social Innovation Jesse Sneath told me of a memorable story shared by one of its veteran... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

twenty-nine years old. In 2015, Macy’s Inc. (NYSE: M) acquired the company. Ms. Beck also co-founded M-61 Laboratories, makers of M-61 Skincare, the first highly technical, natural cosmeceutical brand and makers of Lune and Aster Cosmetics, a vegan cosmetics line. Ms.... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

the Good Jobs Strategy 5 hrs Module 5 Mastering Productivity Explore why some companies are more productive than others, the power of economies of scale, and opportunities to share value with your suppliers. Highlights Fixed and Variable... View Details

04 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

assigned to one of 70 16-person networks, some of which were more interconnected—or "clustered," in academic parlance—in terms of who could share information with whom during the game. "In the most-clustered conditions,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services

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