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  • 14 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

to share in decision-making and creating a culture that makes people feel safe enough to take risks and act on behalf of organizational interests. It’s also about earning trust from and offering trust to... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
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Apply - Doctoral

Accounting & Management, Marketing, Strategy, Technology & Operations Management) PHD in Health Policy Management PHD in Organizational Behavior Attend an Outreach Event Join our staff at a virtual informational session.... View Details

    Rajiv Lal

    Rajiv Lal, is the Stanley Roth, Sr. Professor of Retailing at Harvard Business School. He is currently teaching an elective MBA course on the Business of Smart Connected Products/IOT. He has been responsible for the retailing curriculum and has served as the course... View Details

    • October 1995
    • Article

    Start-ups, Spin-offs, and Internal Projects

    By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao
    We examine the incentive problem confronting a firm and employee when the employee privately discovers a significant invention and faces a choice between keeping the invention private and leaving the firm to form a new company (start-up), or transferring knowledge and... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Projects; Motivation and Incentives; Rights; Employees; Innovation and Invention; Compensation and Benefits; Knowledge Sharing; Capital; Profit
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    • 05 Jul 2023
    • HBS Case

    What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment

    others experience us as a leader.” You Might Also Like: The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf The Hard Truth About Being a CEO What It Takes to Build an Organizational Culture That Wins Feedback or ideas to share?... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • Program

    Authentic Leader Development

    authentic leadership requires confronting your personal aspirations, strengths, and weaknesses—including aspects of your life history, identity, or current leadership style that may be helping you or holding you back. During the program, you must be ready to View Details
    • January 1989 (Revised March 1991)
    • Case

    General Electric Canada: Designing a New Organization

    By: Lynda M. Applegate and James I. Cash Jr.
    General Electric Canada used sociotechnical design techniques to restructure its financial, administrative, facilities, and information technology service from a decentralized, hierarchical organization to a centralized organization composed of self-managing,... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Design; Information Technology; Groups and Teams; Change; Communication; Information; Industrial Products Industry; Canada
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    • 02 Aug 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    J. Richard Hackman (1940-2013)

    Keywords: by Ruth Wageman & Teresa M. Amabile
    • 2015
    • Working Paper

    A Normative Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategy, Know-How, and Competition

    By: Gary P. Pisano
    The field of strategy has mounted an enormous effort to understand, define, predict, and measure how organizational capabilities shape competitive advantage. While the notion that capabilities influence strategy dates back to the work of Andrews (1971), attempts to... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Organizations
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    • April 2011
    • Article

    The Origins of Japanese Technological Modernization

    By: Tom Nicholas
    Explanations of Japanese technological modernization from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century have increasingly focused on domestic capabilities as opposed to the traditional emphasis on knowledge transfers from the West. Yet, the literature is mostly... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Body of Literature; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Patents; Measurement and Metrics; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Information Technology; Technology Industry; Japan; Germany; Great Britain; United States
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    Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

    society today. Friday, June 13 Video Recording Dean’s Welcome Address 8:30–9:30 a.m. ET Speaker: Srikant Datar , Dean of the Faculty, George F. Baker Professor of Administration Dean Srikant Datar kicks off Reunion Weekend by sharing... View Details
    • 20 Sep 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: September 20

    place. The leading players in these clusters are multilocation firms that organize and integrate knowledge across sites worldwide. Strong internal links across locations allow these firms to leverage View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Program

    Preparing to Be a Corporate Director

    opportunities in corporate board service. You will gain a greater understanding of the role and responsibilities of corporate directors and the challenges you can expect to face in that role. By completing this program, you will signal that you are equipped with the... View Details
    • 30 Aug 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers

    annually in the United States equaled the crash of one fully loaded 747 airplane every one-and-a-half days. “At first, these campaigns are great—they bolster the frequency with which solutions are shared by a significant margin....[But]... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health
    • 19 Dec 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    $15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

    comparison group. Top causes: education and health care Between 2020 and 2022, nonprofits in the youth, philanthropy, and housing sectors represented a larger share of grantees compared with the size of those segments of charitable giving... View Details
    Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran
    • March 1992 (Revised June 1992)
    • Case

    Thermo Electron Corp.

    By: Carliss Y. Baldwin
    George Hatsopoulos, CEO at Thermo Electron Corp., is considering whether to issue shares in a subsidiary via an initial public offering (IPO). The company has developed an unusual corporate structure in which subsidiaries fund new ventures by raising debt and equity in... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Management; Business Subsidiaries; Resource Allocation; Valuation; Organizational Structure; Business Headquarters; Initial Public Offering; Capital Structure; Capital Markets; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Semiconductor Industry; Technology Industry
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    Entrepreneurship

    with access to leading entrepreneurship faculty, curated programs, funding opportunities, and a network of knowledgeable and experienced experts. 2025 Rock Accelerator Press Release Meet the 2025 Rock Accelerator Students! Learn more... View Details
    • 13 May 2013
    • Blog Post

    Leveraging the HBS platform to enter social enterprise

    Hello there! My name is Ali Huberlie, and I’m extremely excited to begin my first year at Harvard Business School! I’m also looking forward to blogging here, and sharing all the various aspects of my HBS journey here with you. I’ll begin... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
    • Program

    Managing Health Care Delivery

    organizational challenges, it is ideal for teams. Attendance by multiple representatives from your organization not only will foster teamwork but also will amplify impact. A limited number of needs-based partial scholarships are available... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care; Health Care
    • 07 Nov 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    When Glasses Land the Gig: Employers Still Choose Workers Who 'Look the Part'

    world, where we don’t usually share our pictures when we apply for a job.” However, employers on such platforms may not be particularly well-served by these hunches, which are often rooted in biases and stereotypes. In fact, having the... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis