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- November–December 2024
- Article
Group Size and Its Impact on Diversity-Related Perceptions and Hiring Decisions in Homogeneous Groups
By: Aneesh Rai, Edward H. Chang, Erika Kirgios and Katherine L. Milkman
Why do some homogeneous groups face backlash for lacking diversity, whereas others escape censure? We show that a homogeneous group’s size changes how it is perceived and whether decision makers pursue greater diversity in its ranks. We theorize that people make... View Details
Rai, Aneesh, Edward H. Chang, Erika Kirgios, and Katherine L. Milkman. "Group Size and Its Impact on Diversity-Related Perceptions and Hiring Decisions in Homogeneous Groups." Organization Science 35, no. 6 (November–December 2024): 1990–2015.
- June 2012 (Revised July 2012)
- Case
Business-driven Research at IBM Research India
By: Willy Shih, Margaret Pierson, Pankaj Agarwal, Diego Medicina and Juan Prajogo
What is the right mix between business-driven and pure research? This case considers the question in the setting of IBM Research India, where a management push for balance between exploratory research and the fulfillment of business needs meets some resistance from... View Details
Keywords: R＆D; Computer Services Industries; IT R＆D; Internet; Web-enabled Application; Technological Planning; Emerging Technologies; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Research and Development; Projects; Practice; India
Shih, Willy, Margaret Pierson, Pankaj Agarwal, Diego Medicina, and Juan Prajogo. "Business-driven Research at IBM Research India ." Harvard Business School Case 612-076, June 2012. (Revised July 2012.)
- Article
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is the Result of Its Own Failure to ‘Denazify’
By: Jeremy Friedman and Ingrid Burke Friedman
Friedman, Jeremy, and Ingrid Burke Friedman. "Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is the Result of Its Own Failure to ‘Denazify’." Jurist (April 5, 2022).
- December 1999
- Article
A Review of the Earnings Management Literature and its Implications for Standard Setting
By: Paul M. Healy and James Wahlen
Healy, Paul M., and James Wahlen. "A Review of the Earnings Management Literature and its Implications for Standard Setting." Accounting Horizons (December 1999).
- December 1985
- Article
The Changing Role of the Japanese Market and Its Impact on Global Strategy
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "The Changing Role of the Japanese Market and Its Impact on Global Strategy." Hitotsubashi Journal of Commerce & Management (December 1985).
- April 14, 2017
- Article
Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It
By: John A. Deighton
United Airlines has pledged to improve its training programs and empower its employees to put customers first in the wake of a video showing a passenger being dragged from a plane. Of all the U.S. air carriers, United should have known the power of social media and... View Details
Keywords: Crisis Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Employees; Training; Air Transportation Industry
Deighton, John A. "Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 14, 2017).
- 2011
- Book
Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It
By: Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Failure; Performance Evaluation; Sales; Consumer Products Industry
Bazerman, Max H., and Ann E. Tenbrunsel. Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It. Princeton University Press, 2011.
- 06 Nov 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Why Does Business Invest in Education in Emerging Markets? Why Does It Matter?
- 03 Sep 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
How the US Government Is Innovating in Its Efforts to Fund Semiconductor Manufacturing
- 2025
- Book
After the Idea: What It Really Takes to Create and Scale a Startup
By: Julia Austin
A lot of entrepreneurs are great at the idea part but do not anticipate the details required to actually run and scale a new venture. Drawing on my experience at renowned startups like Akamai Technologies, VMware, and DigitalOcean and the hundreds of founders and... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Plan; Growth and Development Strategy; Business or Company Management
Austin, Julia. After the Idea: What It Really Takes to Create and Scale a Startup. Basic Venture, 2025.
- 10 Feb 2008
- Conference Presentation
Life really is nasty, brutish, and short—and no one is happy about it
By: Lalin Anik, Michael I. Norton, Lara B. Aknin and Elizabeth W. Dunn
- June 2008
- Article
Current State of Fellowship Hiring: Is a Universal Match Necessary? Is It Possible?
By: Christopher D. Harner, Anil S. Ranawat, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, Peter J. Stern, Shepard R. Hurwitz, William Levine, G. Paul DeRosa and Serena S. Hu
Currently, approximately ninety percent of the six hundred twenty graduating orthopaedic residents are planning on entering a post-graduate fellowship. Since January of 2005, two of the largest fellowship match programs, Sports Medicine and Spine Surgery, were... View Details
Keywords: Medical Specialties; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Employment; Market Timing; Marketplace Matching; Health Industry
Harner, Christopher D., Anil S. Ranawat, Muriel Niederle, Alvin E. Roth, Peter J. Stern, Shepard R. Hurwitz, William Levine, G. Paul DeRosa, and Serena S. Hu. "Current State of Fellowship Hiring: Is a Universal Match Necessary? Is It Possible?" Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery: American Volume 90 (June 2008): 1375–1384.
- April 1994 (Revised July 1994)
- Case
Nintendo and Its Three Video-game Systems: The Technology and the Business of Fun
Dhebar, Anirudh S. "Nintendo and Its Three Video-game Systems: The Technology and the Business of Fun." Harvard Business School Case 594-120, April 1994. (Revised July 1994.)
- 2020
- Other Teaching and Training Material
Encouraging Student Participation Online—and Assessing It Fairly: Techniques and Methods to Involve More Voices in Virtual Classes
By: Ayelet Israeli
This article is about encouraging student participation online—and assessing it fairly. It includes techniques and methods to involve more voices in virtual classes, and evaluate them equitably and fairly. View Details
Israeli, Ayelet. "Encouraging Student Participation Online—and Assessing It Fairly: Techniques and Methods to Involve More Voices in Virtual Classes." Harvard Business Publishing, 2020. Electronic.
- 03 Sep 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures
Keywords: by Matthew Lee & Julie Battilana
- Research Summary
Delegation in Multi-Divisional Firms: Determinants of the Organizational Structure of IT Purchasing Authority
Recent contributions to a growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information... View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures
By: Matthew Lee and Julie Battilana
Hybrid organizations that combine multiple, existing organizational forms are frequently proposed as a source of organizational innovation, yet little is known about the origins of such organizations. We propose that individual founders of hybrid organizations acquire... View Details
Keywords: Hybrid Organizations; Imprinting; Institutional Theory; Social Entrepreneurship; Organizations
Lee, Matthew, and Julie Battilana. "How the Zebra Got Its Stripes: Imprinting of Individuals and Hybrid Social Ventures." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-005, July 2013.
- September 2012
- Course Overview Note
Entrepreneurship in Healthcare IT Services (EHITS) Fall Term 2012: Course Outline and Syllabus
By: Robert F. Higgins and Robert F. Higgins
Higgins, Robert F. "Entrepreneurship in Healthcare IT Services (EHITS) Fall Term 2012: Course Outline and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 813-047, September 2012.
- 2014
- Report
An Economy Doing Half Its Job: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2013–14 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness
By: Michael E. Porter and Jan Rivkin
In 2013–14, Harvard Business School (HBS) conducted its third alumni survey on U.S. competitiveness. Our report on the findings focuses on a troubling divergence in the American economy: large and midsize firms have rallied strongly from the Great Recession, and highly... View Details
Porter, Michael E., and Jan Rivkin. "An Economy Doing Half Its Job: Findings of Harvard Business School's 2013–14 Survey on U.S. Competitiveness." Report, Harvard Business School, September 2014. (With contributions from Joseph B. Fuller, Allen S. Grossman, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Kevin W. Sharer.)