Problem Solving - Publications - Faculty & Research

2018
Working Paper

What Is Your Problem? The Importance of ‘Problem Storming’ for Crossing Knowledge Boundaries

By: Hila Lifshitz - Assaf

In this study, I focus on the emergent processes and practices enacted when using crowdsourcing to solve R&D problems that experts are challenged with. While the literature on crowdsourcing focuses on the online process, this study looks at the full process that takes... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Nasa; Problem Solving; Problem Formulation; Knowledge Boundaries; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Problems and Challenges

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2021
Book

We the Possibility: Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve Our Most Urgent Problems

By: Mitchell Weiss

The huge public challenges we face are daunting. At the same time, many of us have come to accept the notion that government can't do new things or solve tough challenges—it's too big and slow and bureaucratic. Not so. Entrepreneurial savvy in government is growing,... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Government Administration; Government and Politics; Technological Innovation; Problems and Challenges; Innovation Leadership; Public Administration Industry; Technology Industry

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01 Apr 1995
Conference Presentation

Exploratory Analysis of the Creative Process in Problem Solving

By: J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and D. Whitney

Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking

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08 Jun 2012
News

Shared Value: How Corporations Profit from Solving Social Problems

19 Jun 2013
News

How Institutional Theorists Can Help Solve Big Business Problems

08 Dec 2016
News

A Guide to Solving Social Problems with Machine Learning

18 Apr 2014
News

Helping developing countries learn how to solve their problems

Catherine Bouvier d'Yvoire (MBA 1982), director of the Global Strategy Advisory of Citi, sees her role as showing developing countries solutions to their problems. (Published April 2014) View Details

September 13, 2023
Article

The Myth of the CEO as Ultimate Decision Maker

By: Nitin Nohria

Chief executives are responsible for guiding corporations, so the role inevitably requires making many decisions. But people overestimate the level of personal involvement CEOs have in this process. Instead of making decisions, CEOs tend to shape decisions, by... View Details

Keywords: Problem Solving; Delegation; Leadership Style; Decision Making; Time Management; Power and Influence

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2009
Working Paper

Opening Up or Shutting Down? The Effects of Multiple Identities on Problem Solving

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan

Across three studies, I investigate the distinct effects of multiple identity conflict and enhancement within people on two crucial aspects of resolving problems with others: integrative behavior and openness. The results of two studies support the hypotheses that... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Conflict Management; Identity; Integration

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23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

2002
Article

Managing Routine Exceptions: A Model of Nurse Problem Solving Behavior

By: A. L. Tucker and Amy C. Edmondson

Keywords: Management; Health; Problems and Challenges; Behavior

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10 Dec 2012
News

How Nonprofits Can Use Data to Solve the World's Problems

12 Apr 2016

Michael Porter: The Case for Letting Business Solve Social Problems

18 Jan 2021
News

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship

entrepreneurship approachable. I came in with this dream, but when I started the program, I realized that it was not far-fetched. It gave me the tools to start. It surrounded me with women and men that were equal parts kind and smart, who knew they could View Details

2018
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An Integrated Model of Dynamic Problem Solving within Organizational Constraints

By: Johnathan R. Cromwell, Teresa M. Amabile and Jean-François Harvey

Book Abstract: Rapid technological change, global competition, and economic uncertainty have all contributed to organizations seeking to improve creativity and innovation. Researchers and businesses want to know what factors facilitate or inhibit creativity in a... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Creativity

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January 16, 2020
Article

How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems

By: Mark R. Kramer, Marc W. Pfitzer and Helge Mahne

The corporate social conscience will soon be on full display in Davos, Switzerland, where global leaders from business, government, and civil society will assemble on January 21 for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Global Range; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy

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