Publications

1997
Working Paper

Changing Formal and Informal Structure to Enhance Organizational Knowledge

By: Tracy A. Thompson and Kathleen L. McGinn

November 2019
Case

Chief: Role for Lindsay Kaplan

By: Katherine B. Coffman, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley and Katherine Chen

In 2018, Lindsay Kaplan is preparing to meet with Carolyn Childers about the possibility of co-founding Chief, a New York-based peer network for women executives. Kaplan is currently the vice president of communications and brand engagement at a successful mattress... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Leadership; North and Central America; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)

Educators

2006
Chapter

History, Structure, and Practices: San Pedro Longshoremen in the Face of Change

Keywords: History; Practice; Organizational Structure; Change; Distribution Industry; Shipping Industry; Los Angeles

04 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 4

in equilibrium, that a mandatory sharing setting can result in high-quality products, and that free riding can actually increase profits and consumer surplus. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/vkumar/Papers/COSS.pdf Changing Identity, Changing Language... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
Case

Juno (A): Leveraging Student Power

By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein

In March 2020, Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal were in the midst of preparing the annual auction for their student loan assistance startup, Juno. Both current MBA students at Harvard Business School, the duo founded Juno in 2018 to leverage student bargaining power... View Details

Educators

November 2006
Supplement

"The Negotiator" Basil "Buzz" Hargrove and de Havilland, Inc.

Keywords: Negotiation

March 2001
Teaching Note

Iggy's Bread of the World (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-801-282). View Details

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

November 2004
Article

For Better or Worse: How Relationships Affect Negotiations

Keywords: Relationships; Negotiation

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21 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

Legitimacy Narratives By: Clair, Judith A., Kathleen L. McGinn, Beth K. Humberd, Rachel D. Arnett, and Katherine Chen Abstract—While prior research recognizes that women struggle to maintain legitimacy for... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

January 31, 2022
Article

Who Pays Tolls at Work and Who Cruises on an Open Highway?

By: Siri Chilazi, D. Kolb, Kathleen L. McGinn and Jessica L. Porter

As organizations continue to navigate a changed world amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and the reverberations of the Black Lives Matter movement, many of the issues that affect underrepresented groups in organizations, including women of all different races and... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Opportunities; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues

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2006
Working Paper

Identity, Interpretation and Influence: Positive Community through Language among San Pedro Longshoremen

16 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 16

Working PapersOpen to Negotiation: Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination (revised) Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2019
Article

Learning From Mum: Cross-National Evidence Linking Maternal Employment and Adult Children’s Outcomes

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Mayra Ruiz Castro and Elizabeth Long Lingo

Analyses relying on two international surveys from over 100,000 men and women across 29 countries explore the relationship between maternal employment and adult daughters’ and sons’ employment and domestic outcomes. In the employment sphere, adult daughters, but not... View Details

Keywords: Female Labor Force Participation; Gender Attitudes; Household Labor; Maternal Employment; Social Class; Social Learning Theory; Social Mobility; Employment; Gender; Attitudes; Household; Labor; Learning; Outcome or Result

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04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

The case helps create a discussion around increasing the resources available to fund research and development at the School. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/413057-PDF-ENG Carolina for Kibera Kathleen View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

May 2021
Case

Endesa Chile: Raising the Ralco Dam (Synopsis)

This is a short synopsis of both the A & B cases (906-014 and 906-015). View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Projects; Energy Industry; Chile

Educators

1996
Working Paper

The Ties that Provide: Workplace Interactions and the Allocation of Scarce Resources

December 2010
Article

Life in the Fast Lane: Origins of Competitive Interaction in New vs. Established Markets

By: Eric L. Chen, Riitta Katila, Rory McDonald and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt

Prior work examines competitive moves in relatively stable markets. In contrast, we focus on less stable markets where competitive advantages are temporary and R&D moves are essential. Using evolutionary search theory and an experiential simulation with in-depth... View Details

Keywords: Balance and Stability; Competitive Advantage; Supply and Industry

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15 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

Incompatible Assumptions: Barriers to Producing Multidisciplinary Knowledge in Communities of Scholarship Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract Co-locating... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

April 2010
Supplement

Howard Roizen

By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Nicole Tempest

Howard Roizen, a venture capitalist at SOFTBANK Venture Capital and a former entrepreneur, maintains an extensive personal and professional network. He leverages this network to benefit both himself and others. The case considers the steps he's taken to build and... View Details

Keywords: Networks; Prejudice and Bias; Venture Capital; Fairness; Entrepreneurship; Gender