Employee Driven Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
News

Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy

practice and Joseph L. Rice III Faculty Fellow. It wasn’t until the idea of “lean” corporations came into vogue that companies began to treat employees as just another resource to be allocated as needed. In the decades since, layoffs have... View Details

Keywords: April White; Telecommunications; Information

25 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

invest in data collection and storage capabilities as well as data analysis people,” says Teodorescu. “Detecting which customers or employees are about to jump ship, how to maximize effectiveness for every dollar of advertising spent, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology

01 Jun 2012
News

A Better World, One Idea at a Time

A dozen budding social entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for innovative products and services during the annual Social Enterprise Conference in February, and four came away with top honors. The sold-out event marked the 13th year of the... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; cosmetics; Crop Production; Agriculture; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

September 2011 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Ganging Up on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (A)

By: Heidi K. Gardner, Edo Bedzra and Shereef M. Elnahal

Dr. Barrett Rollins, Chief Scientific Officer of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, attempts to engender cross-scientist collaboration by applying project management principles to medical research. The resulting innovation, Integrative Research Centers, are novel in... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Motivation and Incentives; Employees; Performance Evaluation; Leadership Style; Leadership; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management

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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement

Practitioners Topics Topics Biotech/pharma Care Delivery Clinical Trials Digital Health Global Health Health Care Entrepreneurship Health Care Innovation Health Care Investment Health Care at HBS Insurance/payor Medical... View Details

18 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

Starting a new job often brings excitement and high hopes of mingling with colleagues, sharing innovative ideas, and making a positive impact on an organization. Soon, however, a new employee’s excitement may start to wane, if the person... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

Switzerland-based company, there is a high degree of regional and international interactions which, by default, require employees at many different levels to have an understanding of different styles and ways of conducting business. My... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management

"silent killer" diabetes requires behavioral and lifestyle changes that are difficult for many patients to commit to, even patients with the best intentions. Privacy was another concern: Would employees be "penalized"... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Jun 2012
News

Faculty Research Online

HBS Cases: Overcoming the Stress of ‘Englishnization’ CEOs of global companies increasingly mandate that their employees learn English. The problem: these workers can experience a loss of status and believe they aren’t as effective in... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2012
News

Inspiration Is Not Enough

approved.” Like Hefner, other innovators in Harris’s pantheon never get dulled by the details. Southwest Airlines cofounder Herb Kelleher was known to personally load baggage to improve employee morale. Walt... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

16 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History

development of new frameworks. Fierce argument and methodological innovation have moved academic subjects forward, not bland rejections of previous frameworks." An excerpt from the essay, "Business History: Time for... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

Review articles coauthored with Sumantra Ghoshal of the London Business School, Bartlett maintains that a revolution in corporate management, driven by the strong dual forces of globalization and technology, is now replacing Sloan's model... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

country's lead in innovation. “R&D is a critical part of the innovation process, but it is not the whole thing” In this excerpt, Pisano and Shih discuss the concept of the "industrial commons." In the past a commons—a shared farming... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

05 Oct 2016
What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

very proficient in mobilizing capital to stoke innovation and create new industries for sustained growth. It should focus on immense global market opportunities ” Tip Parker suggested what those new global market opportunities might look... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

investment professionals, many now enter the profession focused on significant monetary gain. As compensation discussions have ramped up, so, too, has the drive for growth intensified in dialectic fashion. This attitude––what many clients have suggested is View Details

Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

with Azure, acquiring LinkedIn in social media and Activision/Blizzard in gaming, and investing in OpenAI to gain control of ChatGPT. Equally important, he transformed the Microsoft culture from an arrogant bureaucracy into an empowered organization focused on growth... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

17 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #14: Bonita Stewart (MBA 1983) – A Career Devoted to Creating the Future

our program. We also have well over 200 targets which we use to guide our progress under each of our sustainable development goals. We hope to remain steadfast in our commitment to creating change in our communities, our employees and our... View Details

03 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 3

promoting it a personal mission. Many had experienced what it was like to be an outsider, which gave them a deeper understanding of the barriers that women, in particular, face at work. The CEOs resoundingly agreed that an inclusive environment was one in which View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

Publications August 2013 University of Chicago Press Innovation Policy and the Economy By: Lerner, Josh, and Scott Stern Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:... View Details