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  • 2013
  • Article

The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities

By: Michael Beer
Organizations underperform and sometimes fail because their leaders are unable to learn the unvarnished truth from relevant stakeholders about how the design and behavior of the organization is misaligned with its goals and strategy. The Strategic Fitness Process (SFP)... View Details
Keywords: Organization Alignment; Dynamic Capabilities; Organization Design; Organizational Prototyping; Organizational Silence; Organizational Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Organizational Design
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles

By: Robin Greenwood and Stefan Nagel
We use mutual fund manager data from the technology bubble to examine the hypothesis that inexperienced investors play a role in the formation of asset price bubbles. Using age as a proxy for managers' investment experience, we find that around the peak of the... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Stocks; Information Technology; Price Bubble; Asset Management; Experience and Expertise
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  • 08 Nov 2018
  • News

Bookshelf: November / December 2018

    Team Dispersion & the Employee Experience:

    In another ongoing project, Prof. Whillans examines whether and how dispersion in hybrid organizations influences the employee experience. Prior research suggests that the geographic, spatial, and configurational dispersion of teams critically shape... View Details

    • January 2019
    • Case

    Data.gov (Abridged)

    By: Karim R. Lakhani, Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi
    This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to rapidly develop the website and to... View Details
    Keywords: Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Management; Information Management; Public Administration Industry; Information Industry; United States
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    • January 2003 (Revised May 2005)
    • Case

    Zipcar: Refining the Business Model

    By: Myra M. Hart, Michael J. Roberts and Julia Stevens
    Zipcar is a start-up organized around the idea of "sharing" car usage via a membership organization. This case describes several iterations of the Zipcar business model and financial plan. These iterations include a very early version and a version developed just prior... View Details
    Keywords: Service Operations; Renting or Rental; Business Model; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth; Management Skills; Transportation; Business Startups; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Growth and Development Strategy; Transportation Industry; Service Industry
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    • 16 Jan 2019
    • News

    What is the true cost of caregiving on the workforce?

    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Private Equity and Workers: Modeling and Measuring Monopsony, Implicit Contracts, and Efficient Reallocation

    By: Kyle Herkenhoff, Josh Lerner, Gordon M. Phillips, Francisca Rebelo and Benjamin Sampson
    We measure the real effects of private equity buyouts on worker outcomes by building a new database that links transactions to matched employer-employee data in the United States. To guide our empirical analysis, we derive testable implications from three theories in... View Details
    Keywords: Monopsony; Market Power; Productivity; Private Equity; Employment; Wages; Employees
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    • Article

    Front-line Staff Perspectives on Opportunities for Improving the Safety and Efficiency of Hospital Work Systems

    By: Anita L. Tucker, Sara J. Singer, Jennifer E. Hayes and Alyson Falwell

    Objective To link safety-related concerns raised by frontline staff about hospital work systems (operational failures) to the safety and efficiency of hospitals, and to contrast these concerns with national patient safety initiatives.

    Data... View Details

    Keywords: Perspective; Opportunities; Safety; Performance Efficiency; System; Failure; Conferences; Employees; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Experience and Expertise; Health Care and Treatment; Health Industry; United States
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    • 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 09 Oct 2018

    HBX Business Analytics

    Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies. Program Dates: October 9, 2018 - December 6, 2018 View Details
    • 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 16 Oct 2019
    • HBS Online

    HBS Online Business Analytics

    Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies. Program Dates: October 16, 2019 - December 11, 2019 View Details
    • 9 AM – 10 AM EDT, 07 Aug 2019
    • HBS Online

    HBS Online Business Analytics

    Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies. Program Dates: August 7, 2019 - October 2, 2019 View Details
    • 9 AM – 10 AM EST, 09 Jan 2019
    • HBS Online

    HBS Online Business Analytics

    Develop a data mindset and the analytical skills to interpret and communicate data. This course will demystify data analysis and equip you with concrete skills to apply in your work or further studies. Program Dates: January 9, 2019 - March 6, 2019 View Details
    • 17 May 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting

    Keywords: by Ioannis Ioannou & George Serafeim
    • May 2010 (Revised May 2010)
    • Case

    Data.gov

    By: Karim R. Lakhani, Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi
    This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to rapidly develop the website and to... View Details
    Keywords: Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Internet and the Web; Ethics; Cost vs Benefits; Innovation and Management; Information Management; Public Administration Industry; Information Industry; United States
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    • August 2009
    • Article

    Inexperienced Investors and Bubbles

    By: Robin Greenwood and Stefan Nagel
    We use mutual fund manager data from the technology bubble to examine the hypothesis that inexperienced investors play a role in the formation of asset price bubbles. Using age as a proxy for managers' investment experience, we find that around the peak of the... View Details
    Keywords: Asset Price Bubbles; Investment Experience; Investor Age; Trend Chasing; Investment; Experience and Expertise; Age; Behavioral Finance; Price Bubble; Information Technology; Stocks
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    • 11 Jan 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

    Maybe it goes without saying that the past two years have been stressful for employees. But new research suggests managers should say it anyway. That’s because verbally acknowledging someone else’s feelings, especially negative ones, can... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • February 2022 (Revised May 2022)
    • Case

    Buddy Valastro: Cake Boss

    By: Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht and Katherine Connolly Baden
    Buddy Valastro, celebrity baker and business owner, inherited his father’s bakery—Carlo’s Bake Shop of Hoboken, New Jersey—at the age of seventeen. He had willed the shop to survive and gone on to fame through his television show, “Cake Boss”—the name most people now... View Details
    Keywords: Bakery; Entrepreneur; Scalability; Digital; Systems; Process Improvement; Team Effectiveness; Team Building; COVID-19 Pandemic; Food; Entrepreneurship; Family Business; Crisis Management; Change Management; Leadership; Creativity; Operations; Groups and Teams; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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    • Research Summary

    Overview

    By: John A. Deighton
    Professor Deighton conducts research at the intersection of information technology and marketing. He is interested in the complementary uses of human and artificial intelligence and creativity in areas such as advertising, content creation, and online retailing. He... View Details
    • January–February 2021
    • Article

    Compensation Packages That Actually Drive Performance

    By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Abbott, Michael R. Marino and Metin Aksoy
    By aligning executives’ financial incentives with company strategy, a firm can inspire its management to deliver superior results. But it can be hard to get pay packages right. In this article four experts break down the key elements of compensation and explain how to... View Details
    Keywords: Executive Compensation; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Strategy; Performance
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