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- spring 1986
- Article
Organizing for Innovation
By: Michael Tushman and D. Nadler
Keywords: Innovation and Invention
Tushman, Michael, and D. Nadler. "Organizing for Innovation." California Management Review 28, no. 3 (spring 1986): 74–92.
- March 2018
- Module Note
Corporate Strategy: Organization
By: Raffaella Sadun
Sadun, Raffaella. "Corporate Strategy: Organization." Harvard Business School Module Note 718-462, March 2018.
- November 1985
- Case
Four-Way Organization (B)
Lax, David A. "Four-Way Organization (B)." Harvard Business School Case 186-145, November 1985.
- Research Summary
Vicarious Learning in Organizations
To advance the study of how individuals learn through their interactions with others, Professor Myers has adopted a vicarious learning theory lens. Vicarious learning allows individuals to learn from the outcomes of others’ experiences, rather than solely their own... View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
Imagine an organization made up of a variety of three-dimensional shapes. Rectangular blocks represent the functions: manufacturing, R&D, and sales and marketing. The spheres are regional offices. Pyramids represent product groups—one... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 08 Nov 2021
- News
Building Your Scaled Digital Organization
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
and Nohria examine how an organization built around the four-drive theory might look. The return from your work must be the satisfaction which that work brings you and the world's need of work. With it, life is heaven, or as near heaven... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- November 1985
- Case
Four-Way Organization (A)
Lax, David A. "Four-Way Organization (A)." Harvard Business School Case 186-142, November 1985.
- January 1975
- Background Note
Union Organization Technique
Kuechle, David. "Union Organization Technique." Harvard Business School Background Note 675-117, January 1975.
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
Figure 1. Senior management is the organizing mechanism and voice of the employees. The family council and family assembly are the organizing mechanisms and voice of the family. The board of directors is the... View Details
- April 2003 (Revised October 2003)
- Background Note
Leading Public Professional Service Organizations
By: Ashish Nanda
Public professional service organizations (PPSOs) are professional service organizations that serve the public. This case describes the unique challenges facing PPSO leaders. View Details
Nanda, Ashish. "Leading Public Professional Service Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-123, April 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
- November 2016
- Article
Spatial Organization of Firms and Location Choices Through the Value Chain
By: Juan Alcacer and Mercedes Delgado
We explore the impact of geographically bounded, intra-firm linkages (internal agglomerations) and geographically bounded, inter-firm linkages (external agglomerations) on firms' location strategies. Using data from the Census Bureau's Longitudinal Business Database,... View Details
Keywords: Location Choices; Agglomeration Economies; Value Chain; Organization Theory; Geographic Location; Business Strategy
Alcacer, Juan, and Mercedes Delgado. "Spatial Organization of Firms and Location Choices Through the Value Chain." Management Science 62, no. 11 (November 2016).
- Research Summary
Sustaining innovation in mature organizations
A theoretical investigation of how mature organizations can prevent exploitation (refinement of existing capabilities) from driving out exploration (development of new capabilities). We propose that perturbations create opportunity for organizations to learn. To... View Details
- July–August 1993
- Article
Building a Learning Organization
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "Building a Learning Organization." Harvard Business Review 71, no. 4 (July–August 1993): 78–91.
- September 1987
- Background Note
Organizing Effort: Aligning Organization and Other Elements of Strategy
By: James L. Heskett
Heskett, James L. "Organizing Effort: Aligning Organization and Other Elements of Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-034, September 1987.
- Research Summary
Divergent change in organizations
By: Julie Battilana
The first stream of research in Professor Battilana’s work aims to identify the conditions that enable individual actors to initiate divergent change within organizations as well as the conditions enabling successful implementation of such change. It combines... View Details
- 1996
- Chapter
Cognitions in Organizations
By: A. E. Tenbrunsel, T. L. Galvin, M. A. Neale and M. H. Bazerman