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- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
firm, there is a decrease in the accuracy and informativeness of the unconnected (arm’s length) analysts’ forecasts, suggesting that the connected analyst’s knowledge spills over to those outside the private network. The spillover effect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto
Harvard Business School professors David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto fielded questions about their article in an email interview with HBS Working Knowledge senior editor Martha Lagace. Garvin and Roberto discuss the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
(Ostrom, 1990). Here we extend this claim to the production of man-made artifacts. The design commons induced teachers to volunteer time and effort to communicate their practical knowledge but created corresponding tensions over... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
Instead, virtual team learning behaviors are likely to be shaped by boundaries that delimit timely access to relevant knowledge and skill. In conclusion, we discuss implications for future virtual team learning research. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
No one organization can monopolize knowledge in any given field. That's why modern companies must develop a new expertise: the ability to attract novel solutions to difficult or unanticipated problems from outside sources around the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
When In-House Research Isn’t Enough
the next—take their findings with them, providing the wherewithal for startups to hit the ground running. Finally, he said, knowledge in fields such as IT is no longer primarily within the bailiwick of corporate laboratories;... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
genome, Goldberg has focused his most recent efforts on explaining the impact of this revolutionary discovery on the agribusiness system. "All industries that deal with living things or organic compounds will have a common language... View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?
“receivers,” Kominers and Shapiro observed that moderators need to be aware of information that enables a receiver to create false beliefs or harm others. “The existence of two different categories of information is one of the core View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for James Austin
In an email interview, Harvard Business School professor James Austin spoke with HBS Working Knowledge managing editor Carla Tishler about his work on collaboration and his ongoing research.Tishler: You talk about companies transitioning... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
people with health insurance often are saddled with medical debt. Policymakers have taken notice, and in an election year amid an uncertain economy, health care, debt, and economic mobility are all hot issues. A comedy show discovery... View Details
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
with the classic norms of science. We actually discuss this in terms of the discovery of DNA. Watson and Crick arguably violated scientific norms by relying on information that had been gathered by other researchers. Nevertheless, they... View Details
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
efficiency, and being close to the technology is efficient." Further, William Halveson pointed out that "CRADA agreements can limit how fast the high level discoveries escape." Abbey Mutumba, on the other hand, said that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
of capitalism, and it demonstrates the unsettling effects of the rise of the United States on European powers. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53430 2017 Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
forthcoming Academy of Management Discoveries Creativity, Artificial Intelligence, and a World of Surprises By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—In recent years, progress has been made toward AI Creativity, which I define as the production of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
investigation was launched in response to a series of leaks to the press that could only have come from highly placed members of the company. Fully understanding the context of the events of September, however, requires knowledge of board... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 25, 2016
analysts, to consumers—need to know about how new products and services are expected to perform in the marketplace. The book develops a compelling framework that connects the rich academic knowledge on innovation diffusion with that on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
are being caused by rapid technological changes on the one hand and tectonic shifts in customer preferences and societal behaviour on the other. Marketing knowledge and practices have to advance at a significantly higher pace to address... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 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
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
its anatomy, which has worked well in other high-tech sectors, can't handle the fundamental challenges facing drug R&D: profound, persistent uncertainty and high risks rooted in the limited knowledge of human biology; the need for the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
in leading his 2,000-person organization. This case will be relevant for those interested in what it takes to lead for sustained innovation, particularly of knowledge workers like engineers. It also sheds light on how to develop leaders... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace