Organizational Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

organizations worldwide found significant differences in economic performance between those with at least 30 percent women in senior leadership versus those with no female representation. In gender diverse organizations, surveyed... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Overview

I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Policy; Health; Human Resources; Africa; India; United States

Research Summary

Overview

I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details

Keywords: Development Economics; Policy; Health; Human Resources; Africa; India; United States

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Laboratory. Brandon received a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Stanford University. He helped run BASES (Stanford’s leading entrepreneurship organization) and was awarded Pac 12 All-Academic Team honors as a varsity... View Details

09 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

not the case in other parts of the world. In some countries, mostly in northern Europe, people’s economic fates aren’t tied to those of their parents’ so directly. Supporting skills-based education A high-quality education and resources... View Details

Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

07 Feb 2019
Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

us the background and how you think about innovation? Gary Pisano: Probably the greatest economist of the 20th century was Joseph Schumpeter. He was really the godfather of the economics of innovation. He described a process he termed... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?

kicking off a panel discussion at Cyberposium 2000. "But I think it's fair to characterize the incubator space as rather a sleepy one." Until now, that is. Once largely the domain of universities and public economic development... View Details

Keywords: by Kenneth Liss

24 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

How Much Will Remote Work Continue After the Pandemic?

from Firm-Level Surveys, was conducted by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Zoe Cullen and Associate Professors Michael Luca and Christopher Stanton, with colleagues Alexander Bartik, an economics professor at the University of... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

raised potential challenges to the dominance of leading firms. Our research tells a fascinating story of an industry that has proved remarkably resilient in resolving economic and regulatory challenges. It provides practitioners and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

Business School and author of nine books, including Learning in Action. The details vary, but in the main, all organizational change involves three phases: an initial stage of recognition and preparation, followed by the implementation of... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

mechanism remains unclear for now and provides an avenue for future research. The Bedside Manner of Homo Economicus: How and Why Priming an Economic Schema Reduces Compassion Authors:Molinsky Molinsky, Andrew, Adam M. Grant, and Joshua D.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

PublicationsThe Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer, Anandi Mani, Prachi Mishra, and Petia Topalova Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Aug 2016
First Look

August 2, 2016

forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Don't Stop Believing: Rituals Improve Performance by Decreasing Anxiety By: Brooks, Alison Wood, Julianna Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino, Adam D. Galinsky, Michael I.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

economic life. Chandler always stressed the importance of knowledge and learning inside organizations, which preceded more recent notions of the knowledge company or organizational learning. He was also a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2002
News

It's academic. (Not!)

information technology and management, or organizational behavior. That broad range of choices, coupled with the satisfaction of conducting research in the field, generates an extraordinary demand for the handful of available places each... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

innovative ideas and excellent instincts has demonstrated a knack for revitalizing the old and cultivating the new. Assuming leadership of Seagram-owned Tropicana in 1993, Marram presided over an organizational restructuring that has... View Details

November 2018 (Revised April 2019)
Case

Zespri Grows

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

Controlling about a third of global kiwifruit exports by volume and nearly half by value in 2018, Zespri was a grower-owned “corporatized cooperative” with the exclusive right to export New Zealand-grown kiwifruit (except to Australia). Zespri did not grow fruit but... View Details

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18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

employees are in limbo between their home and work roles. This unstructured time gives rise to “role ambiguity,” leaving people with the unpleasant feeling of being unsure what they’re expected to do. Sources: The Organization for View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

April 2009
Case

Invest Early: Early Childhood Development in a Rural Community

By: Stacey M. Childress and Geoff Eckman Marietta

Invest Early was an early childhood development partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to... View Details

Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Rural Scope; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Social and Collaborative Networks

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September 2021 (Revised February 2023)
Case

Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa

By: Anywhere (Siko) Sikochi, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and Francesco Tronci

Harambe was a non-profit organization whose mission was to build an ecosystem to identify promising young African entrepreneurs and provide them access to training, markets, capital, and support networks. From 2007 to 2021, Harambe had grown to a network of 367... View Details