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  • July 2011 (Revised August 2011)
  • Supplement

Renewing GE: The Africa Project (B)

By: David A. Thomas and Stephanie J. Creary
This case continues the story of the evolution of GE's business initiatives Africa. Between November 2010 and March 2011 several significant structural changes and leadership appointments were announced at GE, which reflected the company's commitment to global growth... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Restructuring; Multinational Firms and Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Consumer Products Industry; Hong Kong; Africa; Republic of Ireland
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  • 2025
  • Book

The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
A research-based look at a growing phenomenon—companies allowing their employees to work from anywhere in the world—and how those who adopt this model can boost talent, innovation, and productivity.
In recent years, companies in a wide range of industries have... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Telecommuting; Employees; Business Offices; Organizational Culture; Retention; Recruitment; Policy; Competitive Advantage
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  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Breaking News

business models and journalism, to support news organizations, and raise the capital to effect large-scale structural change in the industry, says Hansen Shapiro. Currently a senior research fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 27 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 27

Jill Avery, and Anat Keinan Abstract—We explore the effect of having a large dominant competitor and show the conditions under which focusing on a competitive threat, rather than hiding it, can actually help a brand. We demonstrate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2006
  • Working Paper

The Limits of Authority: Motivation versus Coordination

By: Eric J. Van den Steen

This paper studies the effects of open disagreement on motivation and coordination. It shows how, in the presence of differing priors, motivation and coordination impose conflicting demands on the allocation of authority, leading to a trade-off between the... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Governance Controls; Organizational Culture; Agency Theory; Conflict and Resolution; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 18 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

a "turn to values,"—focusing on ethics, values, and examining company culture—but for varied reasons including risk management, organizational functioning, market positioning, and civic positioning. In your view, do you expect... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • Web

Judges - Alumni

department as well as serves as a Trustee of the Ga Tech Foundation. Lara can support early stage startups with strategies for scale, customer acquisition and channel strategies, access to capital, strategic partnerships, product positioning, founder dynamics and View Details
  • 22 Aug 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

which physicians convene to discuss significant mistakes or unexpected deaths) as a forum for identifying, discussing, and learning from failures. This analysis can only be effective if people speak up openly about what they know and if... View Details
Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon
  • 28 Jul 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

Disagreement about the Team’s Status Hierarchy: An Insidious Obstacle to Coordination and Performance

Keywords: by Heidi K. Gardner
  • 10 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

Business School and author of nine books, including Learning in Action. The details vary, but in the main, all organizational change involves three phases: an initial stage of recognition and preparation, followed by the implementation of... View Details
Keywords: by Nick Morgan
  • 30 Nov 2016
  • What Do You Think?

How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?

doesn’t have to happen, according to several respondents with suggestions for avoiding the crossover from organizational pride to arrogance. Heinrich Anker, implying that leaders need truth tellers, reminds us that “In their triumphs... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 19 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 19

Detainees are randomly assigned to judges, and ideological differences across judges translate into large differences in the allocation of electronic monitoring to an otherwise similar population. Using these peculiarities of the Argentine setting, we argue that there... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2021
  • Teaching Note

From Globalization to Dual Digital Transformation: CEO Thierry Breton Leading Atos Into 'Digital Shockwaves'

By: Tsedal Neeley
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 419-027 and 419-046. Thierry Breton, chairman and CEO of IT company Atos, faces a pivotal juncture. After spending eight intense years scaling the company globally to over 100,000 employees in 70 countries, he sees digital shockwaves... View Details
Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Transformation; Strategy; Disruption; Employees; Competency and Skills; Training; Organizational Culture; Digital Transformation; Information Technology Industry
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  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Law/InternationalArbitration/?view=usa&ci=9780199812356   Working PapersThe Dynamic Effects of Bundling as a Product Strategy Authors:Timothy Derdenger and Vineet Kumar Abstract Several... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 19 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

Few business leaders would deny the importance of organizational loyalty; perhaps fewer still believe they can achieve it the way they once did. After all, the lifetime contract expired long ago, and your people—especially your best... View Details
Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

on the way in which that information is presented. Rankings have no effect on application decisions when colleges are listed alphabetically, even when readers are provided data on college quality and the methodology used to calculate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

degrees, a particularly important credential in America. “Many people see the four-year degree, in effect as a proxy for the hard and soft skills that are necessary to be successful in the workplace,” Frazier said in the Bain interview.... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg
  • 25 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

as a separate marketplace, because each has its own legal requirements, cultural traditions, and business methods, and most have their own currencies. The dramatic changes in strategic thinking and organizational relationships have made... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

fabricated or real crisis is an essential ingredient for effective change management, as an existential threat breaks down many barriers to change. With such an unprecedented crisis, it is stretching and breaking apart even the strongest... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
  • 20 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 20

construction technologies, residential and commercial buildings remain stubbornly energy inefficient. This book looks beyond the technological and material aspects of green construction to examine the cultural, social, and organizational... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino