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  • 06 Oct 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?

forms of innovation: process innovations ... innovations in the way we think ... innovations in organization structure ... and so on." These comments pose the question of whether too many elements, many of them counter to human... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 09 Oct 2015
  • News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

build an “abstract, modern glass tower” on a block adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. “The existing buildings in that area were designed to complement Grand Central,” he says. “The new development doesn’t. It’s all about ‘look at me.’ It... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

wrong? In their article Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs, which appeared in the September 2011 issue of the Academy of Management Learning & Education, Ely and coauthors... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 23 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 23

strategy. Fairness, Efficiency and Flexibility in Organ Allocation for Kidney Transplantation Authors:Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias, and Nikolaos Trichakis Publication:Operations Research (forthcoming) Abstract We propose a scalable, data-driven method for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2017
  • Case

Outrageous Ambition: Duke University

By: William C. Kirby and Yuanzhuo Wang
Duke University had grown from a one room schoolhouse in rural North Carolina in 1859 to one of the leading research universities in the U.S. and the world. Since the late 1950s, Duke’s leaders had consciously used the process of strategic planning to guide the... View Details
Keywords: Duke University; University Governance; Internationalization; Duke Kunshan University; Interdisciplinarity; Higher Education; Interdisciplinary Studies; Global Strategy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business History; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Education Industry; United States; China; Singapore
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  • 06 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 6, 2007

Learned from Market Design? Author:Alvin E. Roth Abstract This essay discusses some things we have learned about markets, in the process of designing marketplaces to fix market failures. To work well, marketplaces have to provide... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014

emotions can play in negotiations. Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles Poorly designed leadership roles set up a family business for failure. John A. Davis offers a system that produces the decisiveness and unity needed for... View Details
  • 09 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 9

this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2012/10/great-leaders-dont-need-experience/ar/1   Working PapersTeam Scaffolds: How Minimal In-Group Structures Support Fast-Paced Teaming Authors:Melissa Valentine and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Field Course: Investing for Impact - Course Catalog

cross-registrants from other Harvard graduate programs. To be considered for enrollment in Investing for Impact please submit this form before 5pm (Eastern time) on Wednesday, August 13 2025, although early applications are welcome and encouraged. This application... View Details
  • 10 Nov 2011
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

is knowing how to structure organizations" —Allen Grossman But controversy over the massive project persisted—an early dome-style design by Frank Gehry for the plaza was front-page fodder for critics.... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 30 Aug 2018
  • News

Sharing a Passion for Art

experience here that combines art, nature, and architecture,” says van Caldenborgh, who chairs Voorlinden’s board and spends five or six days a week at his office in the museum, about an hour’s drive from Amsterdam. The tranquil setting and gardens, featuring plants... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Arts, Entertainment
  • 20 Nov 2007
  • First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

Research Agenda Author:Roberto Verganti Periodical:Journal of Product Innovation Management (forthcoming) Abstract Recent studies on design management have helped us to better comprehend how companies can apply View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

and private venture funds. Corporate efforts lack the partnership-based organizational structure that many have identified as critical to the success of private equity funds. On the other hand, corporations are able to exploit... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • March 2011
  • Teaching Note

United Cereal: Lora Brill's Eurobrand Challenge (Brief Case)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Carole Carlson
Teaching Note for 4269. View Details
Keywords: Subsidiaries; Market Entry; Multinational Corporations; Strategy; Business Subsidiaries; Marketing Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Organizational Design; Market Entry and Exit; Organizational Structure
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  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

structure the organization, design jobs, and allocate roles and responsibilities—that shape how people who work in the organization experience their jobs. Second, leaders engage in symbolic actions—through... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 19

depending on the characteristics of the applications market. Second, giving open access to one side in a proprietary platform may lead to fewer users and developers and to lower investment, relative to a platform with closed access to both sides. Third, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jul 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

destroy value by adding administrative costs and leads to structures involving health plans and providers and other actors, which are misaligned with patient value. In a world of zero-sum competition, for example, providers will... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health
  • 30 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

framework for sovereign capital structure analysis. It is useful for assessing vulnerability, policy analysis, risk management, investment analysis, and design of risk control strategies. Both public and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 27, 2016

reshape the structure of demand for executive development. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51662 The Skills Gap and the Near-Far Problem in Executive Education and Leadership Development By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

product line within Xerox. He had the support of Xerox's chief executive officer, David Kearns, for establishing the new internal structure. This structure would work much like an internal venture capital firm. Xerox would exploit Adams's... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough