Organizational Economics - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1998
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neglected in organizational theory, this publication, the culmination of more than a decade of research by the authors, presents important new ideas for how to organize them effectively. Creating Modern Capitalism Thomas K. McCraw, editor... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”

organizational action."3 By the 1960s, classroom discussions in the business policy course focused on matching a company's "strengths" and "weaknesses"—its distinctive competence—with the "opportunities"... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

01 Dec 1996
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Organizations and Markets: A Challenging View of the World

and leading others. This is a fundamental concept discussed in Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations (CCMO), one of the MBA Program's most popular electives. The course takes an interdisciplinary approach to View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

07 Apr 2008
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The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits

influence how investors diversify their portfolios; the organizational and ownership decisions firms make; firm investment[PDF] decisions; and myriad financing decisions, including capital structure and repatriation. Perhaps, the biggest... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Harvard Business School

curriculum, inspiring roles as mentors, and key leadership positions at HBS. In the course of their work, research, and writings, these educators and scholars have made far-ranging contributions to the fields of economics, monetary trade, educational psychology, View Details

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Getting Things Done: Motivating Yourself and Others - Course Catalog

from economics and psychology to understand human decision making. In order to establish a baseline from which the rest of the course builds, Module 1 explores the classical economic approach to analyzing... View Details

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Curriculum | MBA

the Making of the United States as a Global Power Fundamentals of Negotiation Analysis Enhancing Your Personal Leadership Effectiveness One HKS Elective Course Joint Degree Program Seminar taught by HBS faculty Spring Term Economic... View Details

30 May 2005
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Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

1933-1945; the Federal Republic (West Germany) or German Democratic Republic (East Germany) 1945-1989. In terms of political or economic history, these divisions make a lot of sense, but in terms of individuals' experiences or business... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2010
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Jensen Donates Grant

HBS professor emeritus Michael Jensen, an influential expert in the areas of agency theory, organizational design, and incentives, was awarded the 2009 Morgan Stanley–American Finance Association Award for Excellence in Financial... View Details

Keywords: awards; grants; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

01 Sep 2004
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Corey, Lombard Remembered

42 years, passed away in May in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He was 84. In June, George F.F. Lombard (MBA ’35), who served HBS for 41 years as a professor of organizational behavior and senior associate dean, died in Weston, Massachusetts.... View Details

Student-Profile

Do Yoon Kim

My background drew me to subjects like game theory, and courses in industrial organization piqued my interest the most. I applied to economics programs, but ultimately chose the Strategy program at HBS because of the faculty members here,... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Short Takes

Green Stuff: Value, Risk, and Environmental Management Environmental issues increasingly influence companies in their approach to fundamental business concerns. How these matters play out in terms of corporate behavior is the subject of a working paper, "Environmental... View Details

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

eight years below the national average.) But with its manifold offerings and programs, all of which feed one another in ways both obvious and subtle, the school is a model for a radically diverse approach to economic development that... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

August 2002
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Trilogy University

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Michael Paley

In early 2001, Trilogy Software faced a slowdown in its business, a large number of unsuccessful customer deployments, and an overall weakening in the enterprise software market. In response, the company revamped its business model and restructured the organization.... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Alignment; Restructuring; Organizational Structure; Change Management; Business Strategy; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Information Technology Industry

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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society

Williams Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown As a sociologist and legal scholar, Williams investigates the effectiveness of various legal, policy, and organizational interventions designed to reduce bias and enhance equity and... View Details

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Vivek Garg

industries. "They bring ways of thinking about organizational issues from a variety of economic perspectives," says Vivek. "Their lessons can be applied to health care as well."... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

Image by C.J. Burton As the aftereffects of the 2008 global economic crisis continue to be felt, nonprofit organizations are competing for fewer and fewer dollars. Donors, also feeling the squeeze of a sluggish economy, just don't have as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

April 2009
Teaching Note

Tokyo AFM (TN)

By: Francois Brochet

Teaching Note for [109056]. View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Economics; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Revenue; Insurance Industry; Japan