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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

Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining

July 2000 (Revised September 2005)
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Madison Avenue: Digital Media Services (A)

Introduces a "new-economy" company, Madison Avenue, facing challenges of mega-success. In the two years since its founding, the company's revenues have grown from zero to nearly $30 million, head count has swollen from the start-up handful to more than 200, and the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Online Advertising; Advertising Industry

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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

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Financial Services

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

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

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

09 Apr 2007
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Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

particularly interested in certified process standards. For example, ISO 14001 is focused on environmental management, and ISO 9000 on quality management. Social Accountability (SA) 8000 focuses on labor management. (ISO is the International View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2024
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Again and Again

habitual act of cleaning your teeth, Norton says. Habits help us get things done, but rituals animate us and enhance our lives. These ideas form the basis of Norton’s new book, The Ritual Effect: From Habit to Ritual, Harness the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

motivation—are: Acquire. Obtain scarce goods, including intangibles such as social status. Bond. Form connections with individuals and groups. Comprehend. Satisfy our curiosity and master the world around us. Defend. Protect against... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

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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

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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

were the biggest and richest organizations in the country, and then the world,” sociologist Charles Perrow argues. “They set organizational forms that would dominate all of industry for the next century.” 7... View Details

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Suggested Resources: Israel - Hamas War

The resources below have been selected by Baker librarians to help members of our community learn more about the conflict. The list attempts to incorporate a wide range of perspectives to enable the reader to form their own... View Details

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

28 Nov 2023
Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

authoritarian regime organizes its institutions or informal practices to serve the productive interests of business, and mutual endangerment, whereby economic elites and political elites are mutually entwined in corrupt dealings and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

25 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 25

cross-group network effects are neither necessary nor sufficient for an organization to be a MSP. Second, our definition emphasizes the difference between MSPs and alternative forms of intermediation such as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works

wheel” In a paper forthcoming in Organization Science, professor Tsedal B. Neeley and coauthors delve into why many managers tend to send the same message, over and over, via multiple media to team members. At first blush, this strategy... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

January 2022 (Revised November 2023)
Case

Expanding the Culture of Learning at Kraft Heinz

By: Ashley V. Whillans and Carolyn Watson

The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) was an American food company formed in 2015 by the merger of Kraft Foods Group, Inc and the H.J. Heinz Company. The company sold food products like Heinz Ketchup, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Kool-Aid, and Philadelphia cream cheese to supermarkets,... View Details

Keywords: Learning; Culture; Work Culture; Workplace Practices; Mergers; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competitive Advantage; Human Capital; Training; Performance Evaluation; Growth and Development; Personal Development and Career; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Food and Beverage Industry