Individuals And Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

network of individual contracts or the vision of its entrepreneur. The people inside firms learned, developed effective routines, and innovated. While we have sophisticated theories of competition in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

08 Sep 2020
Blog Post

2+2 Where Are They Now Spotlight: Ashley Zumwalt-Forbes (MBA 2017)

paired student teams with technologies developed at the University, alongside an experienced industry mentor. The student teams were responsible for developing a commercialization strategy for the inventor... View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

praiseworthy. Most individuals who go against their organizations or express their concerns publicly are severely punished. If they're not fired outright, they're usually marginalized and made to feel... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

November 2024
Case

Group AMANA: Built to Last

By: Hise Gibson and Fares Khrais

The case chronicles the Bsaibes brothers’ journey in founding and operating Group AMANA; a contracting business founded in 1993, based in the United Arab Emirates with operations across the Middle East. Over the years, the business found itself grappling with major... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Family Business; Transformation; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Business Strategy; Construction Industry; Middle East; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates

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16 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go? Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image:... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Air Transportation

11 Nov 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Increased Speed Equals Increased Wait: The Impact of a Reduction in Emergency Department Ultrasound Order Processing Time

Keywords: by Jillian Berry Jaeker, Anita L. Tucker & Michael H. Lee; Health

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

this position where you’re going to be inclined to be inclusive because your expertise is not sufficient, and then you see the payoff. Some teams will struggle because they were exclusive View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

18 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

innovation, which is our field of specialty, proved a great way to help us do just that." Christensen, Horn, and Johnson recently teamed up via e-mail to answer a few questions from HBS Working... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

23 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap

says Katie Coffman, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School and co-author of the study. “What we are saying is that certain aspects of sponsorship don’t work exactly how we’d want them to work, at least in the lab.” The findings... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting the Marketing Mix Right

assistant professor of marketing at Purdue University, and Sachin Gupta, the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and professor of marketing at Cornell University. Steenburgh believes that the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Shaping the Learning Environment - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

learning environment requires a climate that is supportive, challenging and conducive to risk-taking. In such an environment, every comment can provide an opportunity for individual View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

additional benefits for individuals who successfully complete HBS Online programs, including exclusive access to events and the HBS Online Community’s Official Networking Group, which enables you to connect... View Details

13 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

“Fail fast” has become the corporate innovation mantra, but new research suggests that inventions that build on science, with its systematic observation and methodical experiments, may deliver more value to companies. US patent filings... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

01 Jun 2023
News

Buy Big, Sell Small

connection. “But then COVID-19 hit,” she says, “and all of India stopped traveling.” The risks Shruti had considered in the abstract became real. “The 15 people on my team had devoted a year of their lives to the travel venture,” she... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; retail; supply chain management; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Oct 1997
News

W. Hall Wendel, Jr.

At an altitude of more than 29,000 feet, on a bright May morning in 1994, Hall Wendel gazed down at the mountainous panorama beneath him. To the north lay China; to the south, Nepal. Wendel's view was not from the pressurized comfort of a jetliner. After weeks of... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner; mountain; adventure; climbing

11 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Second Life: Reflections on Complementing Success with an Encore Career

In 2015, Steve Kloeblen retired and thought he was done with the corporate world. A graduate of HBS Executive Education’s General Management Program, Kloeblen had more than 30 years of experience with IBM, culminating with his transition... View Details

06 Feb 2013
What Do You Think?

Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?

stock went up 10 percent in the first hour after the market closed and the earnings were announced." This is a product of a philosophy that employees are critical, because they basically run the business. Working in View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Meagan Hill

an unparalleled management experience very early in my career," Meagan says. "I love working with small teams and feeling connected to every employee." Through HSA, Meagan connected with HSA... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

08 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Building Effective R&D Capabilities Abroad

capabilities and product portfolio, the company needed a dedicated laboratory site in East Asia. The new site would support efforts to manufacture and market pharmaceuticals by adapting products to local... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kuemmerle

Angela Q. Crispi

Angela is the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Business School, leading an organization of nearly 2,000 staff with an operating budget of $1 billion. She oversees the execution of the School’s strategy ranging from academic programs to research, and the... View Details

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