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- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
secretive behavior, thus reducing real transparency, whereas boundaries may actually increase it. “This race to full observability on everything can have consequences.” Bernstein hastens to add that not every company should erect walls or... View Details
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
critical role in developing institutions for better—and occasionally for worse. The boundaries between business and government need to be clearly defined, said several panelists. Mauritius is one example of an African country that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process
unintentional, nevertheless create boundaries to employment. We asked four HBS alumni with diverse abilities to share their perspective on recruiting, both as candidates and as hiring managers, recruiters, and interviewers. The advice... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Abstract—Innovation has traditionally taken place within an organization's boundaries and/or with selected partners. This Chandlerian approach to innovation has been rooted in transaction costs, organizational boundaries, and information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
assets, but also suggest that differences in firms' information environments can mitigate information risk across the fair value designations. Read the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1439851 Working PapersTrade Policy and Firm View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
Six degrees of separation seems to work well for B-list actors—but does it have anything to say about innovation and business? HBS associate professor Lee Fleming believes it does, and his work looks specifically at how ideas and innovation flow across company View Details
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
1-3). In our final two studies, we highlight two boundary conditions for this effect: identifying a specific gift and using money as a gift. When gift recipients request one specific gift, rather than providing a list of possible gifts,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road
learning processes within multinational firms. For example, there is evidence that foreign firms, and perhaps U.S. ones also, find it easier to transfer knowledge within their boundaries from the United States to elsewhere, than from the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
- Web
Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process - Recruiting
the organizations they work for throughout their careers. But in order to add value to an organization, they must first navigate the recruiting process, which can present challenges that, while unintentional, nevertheless create View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
the day, the agency is gone. It’s important to keep the culture of this place strong so that everyone understands the boundaries of what is acceptable and what is unacceptable — and establish that without a lot of written rules,... View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
two. Though a step in the right direction, this approach suffers because the boundary between "market" and "nonmarket" is artificial and far from clear-cut. We find it more productive to focus on the key types of games... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Takes Center Stage
solutions that cut across existing boundaries and disciplines, Nohria noted that the School must find ways for its faculty to develop, support, and generate important new thinking. 3. Internationalization How should the School respond to... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 20 Mar 2017
- Book
Why Companies Are Placing Users at the Core of Their Innovation Strategies
to try to understand the boundaries of giving away intellectual property for free versus having it closed. We have not reached any formal conclusions. We are seeing possibilities that we need to rethink our intellectual property... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
fundamental challenges of science-based businesses: 1) managing and rewarding long-term risk, 2) integrating across technical disciplines, and 3) learning. Whereas these challenges were once managed inside the boundaries of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
but not impede innovations targeted to specific subgroups. Q: What are you working on next? A: I recently joined the Business, Government & International Economy unit at HBS and am in the early stages of developing a research project that explores View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Building a Movement
at a time. JB: I cannot agree more. I think it’s critical for us to think beyond the boundaries of Harvard. The question for us, for our students, for everyone who has the privilege of being here is how can we use our access to knowledge... View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
Information Costs Approach Zero By: Altman, Elizabeth J., Frank Nagle, and Michael L. Tushman Abstract—Innovation has traditionally taken place within an organization's boundaries and/or with selected partners. This Chandlerian approach... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
investors, customers, and employees. The approach aims to help managers identify relevant harms, analyze their responsibility for harms, and determine an appropriate response. The approach also considers limits on how far managers ought to go to address these harms,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
proportion of cross-institutional publications between funded and unfunded firms. Specifically, we measure the impact on each of these variables based on three dimensions—small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME), younger firms, and size of the collaboration firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
collaboration and co-authoring across institutions, providing strong evidence for the benefits of breaking down the boundaries between institutions and enabling teams of individuals from both sides in public-private partnerships to work... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne