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- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
their desires to help make their organizations more effective and responsive. I met many individuals with great ideas and insights working in large organizations that seemed to be enacting policies or producing products that didn't... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54672 July–August 2018 Harvard Business Review The Other Diversity Dividend By: Gompers, Paul, and Silpa Kovvali Abstract—Researchers have struggled to establish a causal relationship... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
between local and national leaders. Wide use of volunteer labor makes worker motivation more of an issue. Up to 60 percent of a nonprofit CEO's time is spent fundraising, time that could be spent building a more effective organization.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Short Takes
IT Management from 1960 to 2000 "Today¹s managers are grappling with the turbulent dynamics of the Information Age," says Richard L. Nolan, the School's William Barclay Harding Professor of Management of Technology. The author of a new... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
growth and the transformation of knowledge into new products and processes. A third reviews different innovation policies and their performance in the pharmaceutical sector. Next is a chapter on the effects of competition policy on... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
introduction of Amazon Web Services in early 2006. This was the defining moment when the cost of starting consumer internet businesses really plummeted. That fact was very useful in rationalizing other things we saw happening: VC investing across stages is View Details
Keywords: April White
- Web
What to Consider as You Seek Your First Board Director Role - Blog: RGE Report
representing the wants and needs of their full consumer base. You may find yourself on a board where most, or all, of your fellow directors are of a different race or gender (or both) from you. Yet, simply being on a board doesn’t guarantee influence ; research into... View Details
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
surprised. The popular logic is that the importance of such collaborations has increased with the rapid pace of globalization. This research and conversations with multinational firms suggest that an alternative dynamic is at work. That... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
2016 Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development By: Beckert, Sven, and Seth Rockman, eds. Abstract—During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 14, 2016
Area. We interpret this growth as a trend to coagglomeration in invention across technologies, and we explore different dimensions of this trend. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50818 forthcoming The Oxford Handbook of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
about your own internal motivations behind acting prosocially; giving in is acting prosocially but only because you feel obligated. There are tactics that you can use to increase giving in, in the short-term, but it’s always important to consider the View Details
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
better joint outcomes. Study 2 demonstrates the causal impact of handshaking using experimental methodology. Study 3 suggests one driver of the cooperative consequence of handshaking: negotiators expected partners who shook hands to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
United States. In recent years, however, this centralized approach to the collection and analysis of adverse events through doctor-initiated case reports has been superseded by innovative, though episodic, pharmacoepidemiological studies of large databases that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
neglected in an atmosphere focused on deregulatory work, is in critical need of new models and theories that can guide effective policy-making. This interdisciplinary volume points the way toward the modernization of regulatory theory.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
supervisor, peers, and customers. You're constantly fighting fires. You're mired in office politics. You end each day exhausted and discouraged, wondering what, if anything, you've accomplished. You're not alone. As Linda Hill and Kent Lineback reveal in Being the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
perceptions, emotions, and motivations," Amabile says. "We call this 'inner work life,' and we found that it directly influences creativity and other aspects of performance." Previous laboratory studies have demonstrated the View Details
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
stay with the old technology as a rational, proactive choice rather than as a mark of managerial and organizational failure. We then consider the distinctive challenges and organizational dynamics that arise in technology retreats and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
profitable, loyal customers into high maintenance customers whose value stemming from their frequent purchasing is eroded by their increasing cost-to-serve. The case advocates a deeper appreciation of the two-way, reciprocating nature of customer relations and the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- Web
Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
Rock 100: The Summit The HBS Rock 100 is a dynamic and highly interactive bi-annual event for our rising alumni entrepreneurs. Catch a glimpse of the energy and excitement of the inaugural Summit in 2014 here. Rock 100: The Summit Video... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
perfect substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes will favor investment by firms that can finance internally. Using an international panel with many changes in payout... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel