Group Effectiveness - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jul 2008
What Do You Think?

Are Followers About to Get Their Due?

leadership styles." And H. C. Garner stated, "If you can't be led, you certainly can't effectively lead." And Bruce Duncil commented, "Leaders can only be defined by and through their following... Kellerman's noting a... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jun 2024
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Leveraging Generative AI

Four decades after HBS became the first business school in the country to require the use of personal computers in the MBA Program, the School is undergoing a different kind of technological transformation, one that leverages generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Diversity on Boards - Alumni

Careers Diversity on Boards Careers Diversity on Boards The HBS Board Diversity Network connects HBS alumni from underrepresented groups with corporate board opportunities by: Creating channels for companies to find diverse HBS alumni... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Case Study: Staking a Claim

share that enthusiasm with a group that is also unlikely to fit the traditional insurance mold: people in their 20s, 30s, and even 40s. Terry, who worked in product management at Liberty Mutual for a dozen years, observes that life used... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

30 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Asking Questions Can Get You a Better Job or a Second Date

Yeomans, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University; Julia Minson, Harvard Kennedy School; and Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School. It was published in September’s Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “Follow-up questions are an easy and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

15 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

Roosevelt in the 1930s: "With the enactment of the Income Tax Law of 1913, the Federal Government began to apply effectively the widely accepted principle that taxes should be levied in proportion to ability to pay and in proportion... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

demonstrated that Unilever could make a hostile acquisition, while the acquisition of Chesebrough-Pond's two years later showed that Unilever could move quickly and decisively if it wished. Effective procedures were put in place to absorb... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

05 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

fund.” The group surveyed 13 fund managers about 28 funds, and conducted qualitative interviews with six anchor investors. The paper was written by Shawn Cole, the John G. McLean Professor at Harvard Business School; Rob Zochowski,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

31 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

Abstract—The Food and Drug Administration approves new medical devices after in-depth reviews of safety and effectiveness data. Some have advocated for shorter review times to encourage innovation. We evaluated whether regulatory review... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

decreased quality) for major teaching hospitals, relative to a control group of non-teaching hospitals. In major teaching hospitals, in particular, we find evidence of an anticipation effect that presents as... View Details

15 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

only what is traded, proves integral to constructing legitimacy, thus suggesting a practice-based view of moral markets. The professionals, including a group of "gatekeepers," construct a narrative distinction between their own... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Raffaella Sadun : Awarded the Premio Fondazione de Sanctis for excellence in economics research in 2022. 2021 Rebecca M. Henderson : Winner of the 2021 Responsible Research in Management Award from the Fellows Group of the Academy of... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

pitched her group on tackling a visioning process to define Chattanooga’s priorities for the next two decades. With “inclusive” and “diverse” as the group’s watchwords, the YALP cohort returned to Chattanooga and launched the next stage... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

participation and encourages questions and debate. But what she saw during the on-campus workshop was something different. Moss and his team have spent a great deal of time considering exactly what it is about the case method that makes it a different and View Details

Keywords: April White

2010
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Performance Tradeoffs in Team Knowledge Sourcing

By: Bradley R. Staats, Melissa Valentine and Amy C. Edmondson

This research examines how teams organize knowledge sourcing (obtaining access to others' knowledge or expertise) and investigates the performance trade-offs involved in two approaches to knowledge sourcing in teams. One approach a team can take is to specialize, such... View Details

Keywords: Information Management; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Efficiency; Performance Productivity; Quality; Groups and Teams; Information Technology Industry; India

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Robert Higgins | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content HBS Entrepreneurs Collection Profiles About This Collection Contact Us Special Collections Search Paul Baier PurchasingCenter.com/Excara Frank Batten Weather Channel Steven B. Belkin Trans National Group (TNG) Hakeem... View Details

21 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good

those outside the industry. “We’re not saying expertise is bad,” Shu hastens to add. “We just aren’t finding any evidence that industry expertise is required for the collective group to effectively assess... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Accommodations; Financial Services

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

Pricing, product customization, and service customization cannot be entrusted to either group alone. The impact on economics, the whole account base, and corporate strategy require an integrated approach. At the small account end, the... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

21 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?

research. “So, what drove those run-ups? To me, that's the kind of question that is relevant for any investor.” And its answer is relevant to policymakers as they face an unexpected side effect of the trillions of dollars of economic... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

and ultimately an excellent journey to learning effective leadership skills in The Adventures of an IT Leader (Harvard Business Press). According to the novel's creators, a fictional approach allowed them to blend real-life incidents they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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