cross cultural collaboration - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

reject." To avoid generating only "a grossly ethnocentric set of values," continues Salter, explorations of performance hypotheses require a diverse student body. "We also need to be alert to the fact that different cultures place... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Sep 2010
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RX for Change

care,” says Professor Richard Hamermesh, faculty chair of the HBS Healthcare Initiative and an instructor in MHCD. Established in 2005, the initiative serves as a gathering point for faculty research, educational programs, and cross-sector View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

12 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World

(former FCC head), Geoffrey Moore (author of Crossing the Chasm), Rick Rashid (MS Research), our own Clay Christensen, and many others. It was a very exciting several days, with lots of energetic interaction. Many of the participants... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

10 Mar 2021
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Next Normal

reality, offering tested methods for bridging cultural differences, leading virtually, and preparing for the next global crisis, whatever shape it may take. Neeley also highlights the crucial importance of launch (and relaunch) sessions... View Details

12 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review GE's Global Growth Experiment: The Company Pushed Cross-Business Collaboration By: Gulati, Ranjay Abstract—Like many other companies, GE under Immelt had to figure out how to balance serving... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Feb 2021
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A Playbook for Progress

then I had those that were in the kayak. These are my single employees, and they were by themselves trying to navigate. And then we had new employees that were coming in and I said that was the rowboat. They were just trying to figure out how to navigate in a virtual... View Details

29 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Research Symposium 2014

intrusive, and negative." That wariness is costly, because feedback from the front lines is often vital to improving business practices and safety measures. With that in mind, Edmondson discussed how to foster a workplace culture of open... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting; Health

01 Oct 2000
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Q & A: Bain & Company's Thomas J. Tierney

from the center, to do new and better things with our talents and energy. Great organizations recognize that these two powerful forces must be held in balance if they want to maintain a bright constellation of managers. They therefore build and sustain View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

in-house agency model are analyzed, and the competitive position that in-house agencies presently occupy in relation to external providers is assessed. Two case examples of successful internal/external agency collaboration are presented.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 24, 2009

Working PapersLearn-how to Improve Collaboration and Performance Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Joseph H. Carpenter, and Jeffrey D. Horbar Abstract Organizational learning, a prerequisite for high... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Sep 2019
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Hollywood Ending

unflappable? “I don’t think I feel risk the way most people do,” she says with a shrug. “I think it’s because of my mom.” Margaret Whitman was the sort of bold character who volunteered for the Red Cross during World War II and hopped on... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

March 2022
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The Future of Start-Up Chile

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Ruth Costas and Pedro Levindo

In 2021, public accelerator program Start-Up Chile, which ten years earlier had created a global buzz, might be losing its competitive edge to similar programs or one-year visas for digital nomads offered by other countries. The case follows SUP’s CEO, Angeles Romo, as... View Details

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Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett

How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices... View Details

Keywords: Dynamic Capabilities; Strategic Change; Jazz; Jazz Mindset; Improvisation; Innovation; Change Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Leadership; Management; Management Style; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizations; Creativity; Strategy; Auto Industry; Banking Industry; Bicycle Industry; Computer Industry; Consulting Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Education Industry; Electronics Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Health Industry; Information Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Music Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Retail Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Service Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Japan; Taiwan; Europe; Asia

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23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23

which employees could collaborate securely and efficiently. However, later that year, Microsoft executives unexpectedly reached out with an offer to acquire Yammer for $1.2 billion and integrate Yammer into the Microsoft Office division.... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Jun 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016

have in common? They know that productivity relies on making certain choices: the way we frame our daily decisions; the big ambitions we embrace and the easy goals we ignore; the cultures we establish as leaders to drive innovation; and... View Details

05 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

leading design firms, and its human-centered innovation culture and processes. It is an example of what managers can do to make their own organizations more innovative. In reaction to a rapidly changing competitive landscape, a team of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

night while sheltering at home: A French Village. Its 72 episodes across 7 seasons (one for each year between 1940-1946) tell a story of collaboration and resistance under the WWII Vichy government. It has more than a dozen principal... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

other team members will reinforce this shift by inquiring less as well. Thus it takes a stronger reinforcement of a team culture of contribution, challenge, learning, and egalitarianism to both reverse and fortify positive processes. A... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

improvisation to viable ways of operating that can function indefinitely. Neither management scholars nor health care providers have access to an off-the-shelf solution for how to do this. But through a collaborative approach, we may be... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

selected was the only candidate considered. Far too few companies conduct reference checks; far too many rely on gut reactions when judging qualifications and cultural fit. Hardly anyone considers whether candidates will be good team... View Details