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  • 2015
  • Working Paper

Business Groups Exist in Developed Markets Also: Britain Since 1850

By: Geoffrey Jones
Diversified business groups are well-known phenomena in emerging markets, both today and historically. This is often explained by the prevalence of institutional voids or the nature of government-business relations. It is typically assumed that such groups were much... View Details
Keywords: Business Groups; Business History; Economic History; Conglomerates; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Management; Organizations; United Kingdom
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    Teaming

    New breakthrough thinking in organizational learning, leadership, and change

    Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges... View Details

    • July 1995 (Revised September 1995)
    • Background Note

    Technology for Teams

    By: Lynda M. Applegate and Geoffrey Bock
    The importance of groups in organizations has long been recognized but, until recently, groups were always "tacked onto" organizations that were designed around individuals. It was not just the logic of classical organizational theory that perpetuated this focus on the... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Groups and Teams
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    • October 2000 (Revised December 2000)
    • Exercise

    Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (B)

    This series provides the instructions for a group decision-making simulation in which students experience four different methods for leading a group decision process. In the simulation, all students work in groups, with one person designated as the team leader. All... View Details
    Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making
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    • October 2000 (Revised December 2000)
    • Exercise

    Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (A)

    This series provides the instructions for a group decision-making simulation in which students experience four different methods for leading a group decision process. In the simulation, all students work in groups, with one person designated as the team leader. All... View Details
    Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making
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    • 08 Mar 2024
    • News

    Islamophobia and Anti-Arabism Working Group Q+A

    • 25 Apr 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    The Importance of Teaming

    Editor's note: Many managers are taught to think of teams as carefully designed, static groups of individuals who, like a baseball team or improv comedy troupe, have ample time... View Details
    Keywords: Re: Amy C. Edmondson
    • January 1992 (Revised February 1992)
    • Case

    Quantum Corp.: Business and Product Teams

    By: Steven C. Wheelwright and Clayton M. Christensen
    Describes the adoption and evolution of product development teams and business teams at Quantum. Emphasizes integration of team capabilities with product development and competitive advantage in a rapidly changing environment. View Details
    Keywords: Product Development; Groups and Teams; Situation or Environment; Competitive Strategy; Integration; Consumer Products Industry
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    • October 2003
    • Case

    Henry Tam and the MGI Team

    By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Ingrid Vargas and Hillary Anger Elfenbein
    Within a short time frame, seven diverse team members assemble to write a business plan for a new company and struggle to define their roles, make decisions together, and resolve conflict. Henry Tam, a second-year Harvard MBA student, who joins an aspiring start-up... View Details
    Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Business Plan; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Jobs and Positions; Leadership Style; Human Resources; Management Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Diversity
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    • December 1, 2021
    • Article

    Do You Know How Your Teams Get Work Done?

    By: Rohan Narayana Murty, Rajath B. Das, Scott Duke Kominers, Arjun Narayan, Suraj Srinivasan, Tarun Khanna and Kartik Hosanagar
    In a research study at four Fortune 500 companies, when managers were asked about their teams’ work, on average they either did not know or could not remember 60% of the work their teams do. This is a major problem because it can lead to unrealistic digital... View Details
    Keywords: Leading Teams; Work Recall Gap; Machine Learning; Algorithms; Groups and Teams; Management; Technological Innovation
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    • 2017
    • Chapter

    Team Reflexivity and Innovation

    By: Michaela C. Schippers, Michael A. West and Amy C. Edmondson
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    • March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
    • Teaching Note

    Group Functions at the Maersk Group

    By: David J. Collis
    In 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Møller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate."... View Details
    Keywords: Maersk; Business Units; Conglomerates; Decentralization; Core Business; Value Added; Synergy; Headquarters; Shipping; Petroleum; Oil And Gas; Drilling; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Denmark
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    • Research Summary

    Bringing Worlds Together: Cultural Brokerage in Multicultural Teams (Dissertation)

    Multicultural teams are becoming increasingly prevlaent and crucial for organizational success, yet they face many challenges that stem from their cultural differences. How can multicultural teams mitigate the risks of working across... View Details
    Keywords: Cultural Brokerage; Multicultural Teams; Cross-cultural Collaboration; Creativity
    • 30 Jul 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Fluid Teams and Fluid Tasks: The Impact of Team Familiarity and Variation in Experience

    Keywords: by Robert S. Huckman & Bradley R. Staats; Video Game; Web Services
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams

    By: Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers and Kevin Huang
    We study the role of diversity and performance in the entrepreneurial teams. We exploit a unique dataset of MBA students who participated in a required course to propose and start a real micro-business that allows us to examine horizontal diversity (i.e., within the... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Groups and Teams; Diversity; Performance
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    • 04 Apr 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Preparing the Self for Team Entry: How Relational Affirmation Improves Team Performance

    Keywords: by Julia J. Lee, Francesca Gino, Daniel M. Cable, and Bradley R. Staats
    • February 2003
    • Background Note

    Leading Teams

    By: Jeffrey T. Polzer
    This note which describes the architecture and processes that characterize effective teams, begins by detailing the steps involved in designing a team, from diagnosing the complexity, interdependence, and objectives of the task to harnessing the key resources teams... View Details
    Keywords: Communication; Decision Making; Leadership; Managerial Roles; Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams
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    • 26 Oct 2012

    Information Session

    Group information sessions led by our Admissions staff. Learn about the MBA program and ask questions. Session begins at 4:15 EST in Aldrich 108. No registration required. View Details
    • December 2014 (Revised February 2016)
    • Case

    Group Functions at the Maersk Group

    By: David Collis and Matthew Shaffer
    In 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Møller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate."... View Details
    Keywords: Maersk; Business Units; Conglomerates; Decentralization; Core Business; Value Added; Synergy; Headquarters; Shipping; Petroleum; Oil And Gas; Drilling; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Denmark
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    • October 2018
    • Case

    The Road to Mandalay: RMA Group in Myanmar

    By: Sophus A. Reinert and Maria Fulwiler
    Keywords: RMA Group; Mandalay; Kit Heffner; Kevin Whitcraft; Myanmar
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