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- 16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16
IEEE Security & Privacy Accountable? The Problems and Solutions of Online Ad Optimization By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Online advertising might seem to be the most measurable form of marketing ever invented. Comprehensive records... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Lehman to Lieutenant General Grant, February 1, 1865. Herbert H. Lehman Papers, Special Correspondence Files, Columbia University Library. View as PDF New York Cotton Exchange, Organization and Board of Managers, 1886-1887. Courtesy of... View Details
- 15 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care
conference and survey from Harvard's business and medical schools may prove particularly timely. Delivered by the Forum on Healthcare Innovation, which was formed last year with encouragement from the respective deans of the two... View Details
- 26 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
HBS Lingo 101
change careers after HBS, and CPD works to help each student define their own unique career vision. The CPD team includes over 50 career coaches who specialize in different industries, geographies or life stages. CPD partners with over 1,500 View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
their own compliance and enforce the law against themselves? This paper addresses these questions by investigating the factors that lead organizations to self-disclose violations, the effects of self-policing on regulatory compliance, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2018
- Book
How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster
the effort; Andre Sougarret, known for his engineering prowess, calm composure and ease with people, brought extraordinary technical and leadership competence to the project. Parallel teaming efforts Sougarret formed three teams to... View Details
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
superior CSR record. Rather than acting as an effective form of insurance, our results suggest that a strong CSR record can be a liability. Moreover, the tone of coverage is no less critical for View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 5
Publications May 2015 Corporate Stewardship: Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness Leading Socially Responsible, Value-Creating Corporations By: Brown, Daniel, and Rakesh Khurana Abstract—We explore the role of the corporate leader... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 May 2022
- HBS Case
College Degrees: The Job Requirement Companies Seek, but Don't Really Need
formed OneTen, an organization whose goal over the next 10 years is to advance 1 million Black Americans by closing the opportunity gap. OneTen is pursuing a number of strategies to achieve its goal,... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
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Curriculum - Business & Environment
environmental issues as they relate to business. Here are the offerings for 2024-2025. Your Second Year Core Business & Environment Courses Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks (Fall 2024) John Macomber This course prepares students to invest in, advise, or lead... View Details
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
Studies in December. She cowrote the paper with Pamela Hinds of Stanford University and Catherine Cramton of George Mason University. The authors point to classic research by Dora Lau and Keith Murnighan on "faultlines"—team subgroups that View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Would It Take to Unlock Microfinance's Full Potential?
who could put capital to very good use, but microfinance has not yet unlocked those potential opportunities. Bulletin: How are these findings shaping your work? Roth: There are two strands of research that form the basis of our conviction... View Details
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Events - Business History
Financial Cooperation from International Organizations (1960s-1970s)" 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. Part of the 2025 Business History Seminar, "Rethinking Entrepreneurial History," co-organized by Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski. Nov 10 10 Nov... View Details
- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Restoring a Global Economy, 1950–1980
of the process of reducing trade barriers and a limitation on it. The European Economic Community (later known as the EC, and, from 1993, the European Union) was formed in 1957, and initially consisted of six Western European countries.... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
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Team Scaffolds: How Mesolevel Structures Enable Role-based Coordination in Temporary Groups
By: M. Valentine and A. C. Edmondson
This paper shows how meso-level 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
Keywords: Fluid Personnel; Team Scaffolds; Team Effectiveness; Role-based Coordination; Multi-method; Service Delivery; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Performance Efficiency
Valentine, M., and A. C. Edmondson. "Team Scaffolds: How Mesolevel Structures Enable Role-based Coordination in Temporary Groups." Organization Science 26, no. 2 (March–April 2015): 405–422.
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
organizational strategy focused on attaining high performance, bring those elements into a coherent relationship with the strategy and each other, and help guide the actions of people throughout an organization in the pursuit of high... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Bandiera and B. Kelsey Jack A substantial body of research investigates the effect of pay for performance in firms, yet less is known about the effect of non-financial rewards, especially in organizations that hire individuals to perform... View Details
- 01 Aug 2022
- What Do You Think?
Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?
the question is extended more broadly to organizations in general, there is little for us to go on in responding to the question. The impact of culture on performance has interested me for several decades, having teamed in 1992 with John... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
toppled—in fact, he calls it "one of the most amazing innovations of the twentieth century." Instead, he wants executives to consider how their own companies formed and developed at a young age. "All View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
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By: Vincent Pons
Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.
He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details
He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details