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- Article
Making a Difference: Developing Actionable Knowledge for Practice and Theory
By: Michael Beer
There is a widely acknowledged gap between academic research and practice. While the field of organizational studies and development has had an impact on management practice in some organizations, it has had only a modest impact on widely accepted management practice... View Details
Keywords: Actionable Knowledge; Actionable Practice; Normal Science; Scholar-consultant; Management Practices and Processes; Theory; Innovation Leadership; Organizations; Performance Effectiveness
Beer, Michael. "Making a Difference: Developing Actionable Knowledge for Practice and Theory." Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 56, no. 4 (December 2020): 506–520.
- 2013
- Working Paper
Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
By: Sonia Bhalotra, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras and Lakshmi Iyer
This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes, both for citizens of their religious group and for the population as a whole. To control for politician identity to be correlated with constituency... View Details
Keywords: Politician Identity; Infant Mortality; Primary Education; India; Muslim; Fairness; Religion; Government and Politics; India
Bhalotra, Sonia, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer. "Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-102, June 2013. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 19173, July 2013.)
- 2011
- Chapter
Developing an Effective Organization: Intervention Method, Empirical Evidence, and Theory
By: Michael Beer
The field of organization development is fragmented and lacks a coherent and integrated theory and method for developing an effective organization. A 20-year action research program led to the development and evaluation of the Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)-a platform... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Corporate Governance; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Organizational Design; Performance Effectiveness; Research; Alignment; Theory; Value
Beer, Michael. "Developing an Effective Organization: Intervention Method, Empirical Evidence, and Theory
." In Research in Organizational Change and Development. Vol. 19, edited by Richard Woodman, William Pasmore, and Abraham B. (Rami) Shani, 1–54. Emerald Group Publishing, 2011.
- December 2019 (Revised November 2021)
- Module Note
Managing the Strategy Development Process: Deliberate vs. Emergent Strategy
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Christensen, Clayton M. "Managing the Strategy Development Process: Deliberate vs. Emergent Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 420-084, December 2019. (Revised November 2021.)
- 04 Jul 2020
- News
Concerns Grow Over App Store's Unfair Treatment Of Developers
- December 1971 (Revised June 1972)
- Case
Davidson Rubber Co.: Historical Developments to 1963
Austin, Robert W., and S. Clark Gilmour. "Davidson Rubber Co.: Historical Developments to 1963." Harvard Business School Case 372-172, December 1971. (Revised June 1972.)
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
State Street—The Development and Growth of SHE
By: Vikram Gandhi and Lynn Schenk
Teaching Note for HBS No. 317-040. View Details
Keywords: Finance
- February 1990
- Article
Developing the Competitive Organization: Interventions and Strategies
By: M. Beer
Beer, M. "Developing the Competitive Organization: Interventions and Strategies." American Psychologist 45, no. 2 (February 1990): 154–161.
- November 1992
- Case
PPG: Developing a Self-Directed Work Force (A)
By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein
PPG has built a state-of-the-art glass plant in Berea, Kentucky. The plant is pursuing the goal of a "self-directed workforce." The case describes the progress to date and the unresolved issues faced by management. These include questions about shift rotation,... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Culture; Managerial Roles; Management Style
Garvin, David A., and Norman Klein. "PPG: Developing a Self-Directed Work Force (A)." Harvard Business School Case 693-020, November 1992.
- April 1998
- Teaching Note
Skandia AFS: Developing Intellectual Capital Globally TN
Teaching Note for (9-396-412). View Details
- 01 Apr 2012
- News
Aligning the Goals of Development and Business
- 2017
- Working Paper
Inventory Management for Mobile Money Agents in the Developing World
By: Karthik Balasubramanian, David F. Drake and Douglas Fearing
Mobile money systems, platforms built and managed by mobile network operators to allow money to be stored as digital currency, have burgeoned in the developing world as a mechanism to transfer money electronically. Mobile money agents exchange cash for electronic value... View Details
Balasubramanian, Karthik, David F. Drake, and Douglas Fearing. "Inventory Management for Mobile Money Agents in the Developing World." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-109, June 2017. (Presented at INFORMS 2015 and POMS 2016. Finalist and first runner up, Production and Operations Management College of Sustainable Operations Best Student Paper Award.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Appropriate Entrepreneurship? The Rise of China and the Developing World
By: Josh Lerner, Junxi Liu, Jacob Moscona and David Yang
Global innovation and entrepreneurship has traditionally been dominated by a handful
of high-income countries, especially the US. This paper investigates the international
consequences of the rise of a new hub for innovation, focusing on the dramatic
growth of... View Details
Lerner, Josh, Junxi Liu, Jacob Moscona, and David Yang. "Appropriate Entrepreneurship? The Rise of China and the Developing World." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-061, March 2024.
- 1980
- Mimeo
Transfer of Industrial Technology Among the Developing Countries
By: Pankaj Ghemawat and Louis T Wells Jr
- 1990
- Manual
Instructor's Manual for Strategic Management in Developing Countries
By: J. E. Austin and T. Kohn
- Fall 2015
- Article
Doing Well by Doing Good? Community Development Venture Capital
By: Josh Lerner and Anna Kovner
This paper examines the investments and performance of community development venture capital (CDVC). We find substantial differences between CDVC and traditional venture capital (VC) investments: CDVC investments are far more likely to be in nonmetropolitan regions and... View Details
Lerner, Josh, and Anna Kovner. "Doing Well by Doing Good? Community Development Venture Capital." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 24, no. 3 (Fall 2015): 643–663.
- 1973
- Chapter
Effects of Foreign Joint Ventures on Developing Countries
By: L. T. Wells Jr.
Wells, L. T., Jr. "Effects of Foreign Joint Ventures on Developing Countries." In Micro Aspects of Development, edited by Eliezer B. Ayal. New York: Praeger, 1973.
- 2016
- Book
Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development
By: Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman
During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced and dynamic economies. At the same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism... View Details
Beckert, Sven and Seth Rockman, eds. Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
- May 2011 (Revised September 2015)
- Background Note
A Note on Private Equity in Developing Countries
By: Josh Lerner, Ann Leamon and Abishai Vase
This note provides an overview of private equity in emerging markets as of late 2009. View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Private Equity; Investment; Emerging Markets
Lerner, Josh, Ann Leamon, and Abishai Vase. "A Note on Private Equity in Developing Countries." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-102, May 2011. (Revised September 2015.)
- April 1997
- Article
New Product Development Structures and Time to Market
By: S. Datar, C. Jordan, S. Kekre, S. Rajiv and K. Srinivasan
Keywords: Product Development
Datar, S., C. Jordan, S. Kekre, S. Rajiv, and K. Srinivasan. "New Product Development Structures and Time to Market." Management Science 43, no. 4 (April 1997): 452–464.