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- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
to the CEO. In many cases, the chief legal officer should be a member of the top management team who is expected to weigh in on all issues, not just represent the legal function. Q: What managerial levels are we talking about here? A:... View Details
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
disciplines most often found in business schools. We have proposed that innovation in organizations be conceived of as a process of co-design: creative abrasion, creative agility, and integrated problem solving. We know much about the... View Details
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
more than 250,000 invitees, resulting in 150 research ideas and hypotheses. The goal of opening up idea generation and disaggregating the different stages of the research process was to expand the number and range of people who might... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles
decades. Whether you adopt the one-leader model for your own family enterprise, as RBS has done, or whether you build a team of leaders, you still need to design, structure, and allocate all the necessary leadership roles. Why? Because... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Davis
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
top assume otherwise. “Having communication that goes bottom-up is just as important as having communication that goes top-down.” "In many cases you have an executive team that's so sure about company strategy, but then you go inside the... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
stabilize the financial system and the economy. The case explores the details of policies, and the decision making process that led to them, that Geithner and his team devised under immense time pressure to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Jorge Tamayo
Professor Tamayo’s research focuses on theoretical modeling and structural estimation of firm decision-making and productivity.
Professor Tamayo studies dynamic competition for customer membership. Generally, firms that implement a membership model charge a... View Details
Professor Tamayo studies dynamic competition for customer membership. Generally, firms that implement a membership model charge a... View Details
- 22 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture
in which you invest. An organization's norms and values aren't formed through speeches but through actions and team learning. Strong cultures have teeth. They are much more than slogans and empty promises. Some organizations choose to... View Details
- 20 Dec 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
How to Design a Better Customer Experience
into consideration the intense emotions of parents and children. So Dietz and his team embarked on a patient-centered redesign by attempting to view the diagnostic procedure through the eyes of a child. The result: Adventure Series... View Details
- August 2014
- Case
Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A)
By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee... View Details
Keywords: Valve; Self-Managed Organizations; Organization Design; Strategy; Flat Organization; Video Games; Organization Alignment; Family Business; Steam; Steam Machine; Design; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Alignment; Software; Hardware; Video Game Industry; Seattle
Bernstein, Ethan, Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats. "Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (A)." Harvard Business School Case 415-015, August 2014.
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Research Design - Impact Investments
impact investing, our team has drawn upon several established resources, including: the Community Development Venture Capital Association (CDVCA), ImpactAssets, ImpactBase, and Preqin’s alternative assets database. We have further used... View Details
- 10 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
What I Did Differently Before Reapplying to HBS
data analytics group at Control Risks, a smaller, more niche consulting firm, he offered to bring me on as his first hire. I jumped at the opportunity to learn how a team is built from the ground-up. Within days of joining, we got a... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
importance of processing one’s crucibles: people need not feel like victims or stuff their experiences deep inside themselves. Rather, by understanding themselves and reframing their experiences, they can find the pearl inside that... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Banking On It
cumbersome procedures and outdated systems. By providing low- and no-code tools, Fuse hopes to empower business teams by expediting the origination process while fostering innovation and adaptability. Heard:... View Details
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
individuals' cognitive limitations in explaining unethical behavior, we focus on the socio-psychological processes that function as triggers of moral neglect, moral justification and immoral action, and their impact on moral behavior. In... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract In this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
necessary for eliciting effort from those affecting the quality of interdependent teamwork. We consider the role of incentives versus social processes in catalyzing collaboration. We test our hypotheses using a unique data set of 260... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
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Research Summary
By: Leslie A. Perlow
There has been tremendous change in the workplace — ubiquitous technology, 24/7 globalization, hyper-efficiency and now significant changes in work location. Professor Perlow’s research explores the implications for the ways we work and live, and what we can do to... View Details
- 26 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)
audience] knows that the brand is sponsored, influencers’ brand discovery process is appreciated by the audience and thus can help mitigate the reputation harm.” Influencers should talk more to appear authentic. Zhang was surprised to... View Details