Organizational Knowledge Sharing - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1999
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The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success

Do successful firms in different countries share cultural traits? HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé's long-standing interest in this and related research has led him, with Professor John U. Farley of Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School, to examine... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

15 Dec 2024
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On The Case

case centers on how much of a stretch Mihaljevic and his team should build into the 2023 targets. “Dr. Tom Mihaljevic and Cleveland Clinic” by Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag April 2024 Sweet Spot “I’m an organizational anthropologist, so I... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2006
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Rowing Upstream

What could better symbolize high-level business performance than an eight-oared crew team rowing in perfect unison, their boat powered by a selfless collaboration of strength, skill, and shared purpose? It’s no wonder that advertisers... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2004
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HBS Clubs and Associations

concepts to improve organizational effectiveness. Richardson attended a more targeted program titled Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations, which is designed to boost View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Feb 2000
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

HBS Working Knowledge Web site (www.hbsworking knowledge.hbs.edu). In particular, it recommended adopting an aggressive strategy for promoting the site. Ideally, the committee would like to see more hands-on computer training for alumni,... View Details

Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)

01 Dec 1997
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New Releases

you have a targeted process that accumulates knowledge before the critical decisions need to be made," writes Iansiti, "you're going to run into all sorts of problems." Technology Integration provides an intensive guided tour that... View Details

Keywords: Robert Binstock

01 Oct 2015
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Banking on Trust

and focused on some big-ticket items, such as telecoms. The net effect was dramatically improved telecommunications service in rural areas.” Sheppard calls this kind of knowledge sharing and relationship... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Books

Business School Press) Common Knowledge: How Companies Thrive by Sharing What They Know, by Nancy M. Dixon, gets to the heart of one of the most difficult questions in knowledge transfer today: What makes a... View Details

Keywords: Amy E. Dean

17 Jun 2014
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Shedding light on business issues and opportunities in Asia

leaders. He also interacted with HBS’s Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning to share case-method teaching strategies with business schools in Greater China. “The road I took to having an impact was to serve the faculty, in... View Details

08 Apr 2021
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Real Talk

executive leadership diversity training, in her courses to discuss his work in South Africa. But tensions and emotions were especially high that day. “So, in addition to sharing our own personal narratives, we created a sense of social... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Bringing It Back Home

others—all say the participants inspire them. That inspiration ranges from sharing the passion of people dedicated to improving their communities to learning real-world problems that help with their research and case writing. Each summer... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; SPNM; Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; Roadtrip Nation; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2008
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Designing Change

associate Emily Stecker dig deep into the rebranding of a company founded in 1934 that, by the 1980s, was rapidly losing market share and was often equated in the popular mind with anything generic or bland, despite its impressive catalog... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

28 May 2019
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In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic

and she knew then she wanted to undertake a major transformation. “My entrepreneurial spirit came out,” she says of the transition. “I wanted to be a partner in the business, not just an employee. I realized that if my father didn’t share... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Offices of Other Holding Companies; Management

01 Mar 2005
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Ideas: Books

Social Partnering in Latin America by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco, Gabriel Berger, Rosa María Fischer, Roberto Gutierrez, Mladen Koljatic, Gerardo Lozano, Enrique Ogliastri, and the SEKN Team (Harvard University Press) Professor Austin and his coauthors (a Social... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2002
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Africa Business Conference Creates Ongoing Forum for Change

students to use their skills and knowledge to help develop the African continent. Referring to corrupt leaders in Africa, Savage said, “We still have some of the old guard who don't understand that things have changed. They are on their... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Averting Crisis

data, the project also convenes researchers, policymakers, and financial executives to exchange ideas with BFFS faculty. The goal is to empower the project’s research to have broad real-world impact, sharing View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Marked Managers

will be judged when you are ready to move on. Are there lessons for more seasoned managers? There are certainly implications for hiring. Bringing in a lot of people with the same organizational career imprint makes it more likely that... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Career Imprints; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Jun 2024
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The Exchange: Chance Encounters

Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Jun 2017
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Surveying Students’ Summer Plans

in love with their loan programs in the small business community and sent them an email via the alumni directory. I’ll be working with Sean on the next big product for Camino, but I can’t share too many details yet. A big driver of why I... View Details