Knowledge Foundations - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Oct 2023
Book

Yes, You Can Radically Change Your Organization in One Week

solve difficult problems. Denouncing Mark Zuckerberg’s informal Facebook motto, “move fast and break things,” partners Frei and Morriss combine their decades of consulting experience—Frei as the UPS Foundation Professor of Service... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

Teaching Interest

Data Science for Managers

Served as a teaching fellow; assisted MBA students with classroom coding exercises.
Developed course materials, including new case studies, technical notes, and code notebooks students used to analzye case data.
Developed interactive web... View Details

06 May 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Minutes After a Virtual Meeting That Can Build Up or Tear Down Teams

screen or the conference call as a theater, says Harvard Business School Professor Leslie Perlow, building on the foundational work of sociologist Erving Goffman. “You’re on the frontstage, and that’s for all the world to see,” she says.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Program Requirements - Doctoral

with the sponsors and with the PhD Programs Offices during all stages of PhD work. Coursework Micro-Organizational Behavior Track Two term-length courses in foundations of psychology Two term-length graduate-level psychology courses One... View Details

24 Oct 2023
HBS Case

From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

Simons, Baker Foundation Professor and Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School. “People are attracted to optimism and hope in leaders.” On the surface, Steve Jobs and Sarah Breedlove... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

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Research Community - Doctoral

may lead. Students study business in motion, with all the variables operating at once and, like the companies they study, are not limited by traditional academic boundaries. Students acquire knowledge and research skills leading to... View Details

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

Merton Publication:The Future of Life-Cycle Saving and Investing, edited by Zvi Bodie, Dennis McLeavey, and Laurence B. Siegel. Research Foundation of CFA Institute, 2007 Risk Management and Calculative Cultures Author:Anette Mikes... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Initiatives & Projects - Faculty & Research

research, study, and practice. Health Care The Health Care Initiative serves as a gateway for health care research, educational programs, and collaboration across all sectors of the health care industry. Impact Investments The Project on Impact Investments is dedicated... View Details

22 Mar 2017
HBS Seminar

Gerald C. Kane, Boston College

June 2024
Teaching Note

Dirk Nowitzki: Changing the Game

By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Robin Abrahams

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 420-031. NBA Superstar Dirk Nowitzki was unsure whether the 2018-19 season would be his last as an NBA player. He had not faced such uncertainty since 1998, when he had navigated a difficult decision regarding the timing of his move to... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Practice; Retirement; Work-Life Balance; Success; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Growth and Development; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Performance; Sports Industry; United States

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2022
Article

Becoming a Learning Organization While Enhancing Performance: The Case of LEGO

By: Thomas Borup Kristensen, Henrik Saabye and Amy Edmondson

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to empirically test how problem-solving lean practices, along with leaders as learning facilitators in an action learning approach, can be transferred from a production context to a knowledge work context for the purpose... View Details

Keywords: Performance Efficiency; Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation

Citation

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22 Feb 2024
Research & Ideas

How to Make AI 'Forget' All the Private Data It Shouldn't Have

underpin this technology typically subsume the information that users enter, helping the software provide better answers over time. Working Knowledge spoke with Seth Neel, an expert on machine “unlearning” who is an assistant professor at... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

28 May 2024
In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

market, some considerations remain constant: Analytical and technical skills are still important. In other research, I find that more employers are looking for what I call foundational skills. These not only include social skills, but... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Mar 2014
Working Paper Summaries

Waste, Recycling and Entrepreneurship in Central and Northern Europe, 1870-1940

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Andrew Spadafora

30 Apr 2024
Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

organization, says Paine, a Baker Foundation Professor. In fact, the fault often lies with managers who set unrealistic deadlines, production targets, or other objectives that lead decent people to take shortcuts to achieve the goal... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Nov 2021
What Do You Think?

How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

Business Journal, April 2015. John Doerr, Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs (Portfolio/Penguin, 2018). John R. Graham, Campbell R. Harey, Jillian Popadak, and Shivaram Rajgopal,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

research accessible to nonspecialists. Academics have a growing tendency to pursue ever-narrower research agendas and to talk primarily to their own discipline, resulting in a chronic problem of knowledge existing in silos and different... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

cognitive processes through which a problem is interpreted associatively in terms of something that has been experienced in the past. Despite recognition's centrality to strategic choice, we have limited knowledge of its nature and its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Ways to Give Today - Alumni

(01) 42 25 73 73 Fax: 33 (01) 42 25 15 45 For wire transfer instructions, please call the Center at the number above or email Filomena Berreby at fberreby@hbs.edu . GERMANY Harvard Business School Foundation of Germany A gemeinnützige... View Details

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