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  • 2012
  • Chapter

The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort

By: Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani
Software development occurs in a patchwork or "confederacy" of different types of institutions (universities, small start-ups, multinational enterprises, government agencies, etc.) utilizing varied work approaches. Here we speculate on one possible explanation for this... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Applications and Software; Product Development; Organizations; Employees; Behavior; Competition; Cooperation; Creativity; Information Technology Industry
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  • 04 Aug 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

Leading Business, one of our executive education programs. Both groups pointed to the fact that there was a huge amount of Shackleton's ego that he found very hard to divest until the ship ran into trouble. He insisted on sailing out of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 19 Jul 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior

systematically analyzed their effectiveness in terms of impact per dollar spent. Beshears is part of an informal group of behavioral scientists who, a few years ago, discussed doing just that. Spearheaded by UCLA’s Shlomo Benartzi, and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 18 May 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

actions gradually become less clear than other memories—a phenomenon the authors of the paper call “unethical amnesia.” Moreover, forgetting wrongdoings of the past makes us more likely to misbehave in the future. “We are social beings,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jun 2011
  • HBS Case

KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

says. "They'd be walking down the hall jostling, pushing, laughing. This is a group that has worked together a long time—unusual in a country where experienced management talent is at a premium ." It turns out that unusual... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage
  • 13 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

just one of four Black CEOs leading a Fortune 500 company. Frazier is also outspoken, having resigned from President Trump’s American Manufacturing Council to make a clear statement against “hatred, bigotry and group supremacy” that... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical
  • Web

Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

Emotions Featured Exercises Negotiation simulation (Discount and Hawkins: Crafting Terms and Conditions) Peer feedback 8-10 hrs Module 4 Negotiation Mastery: Forging Agreement within Groups and Organizations Apply themes and issues from... View Details
  • August 2021
  • Article

The Undervalued Power of Self-relevant Research: The Case of Researching Retirement While Retiring

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Douglas T. (Tim) Hall
For decades, training in management research has emphasized objectivity, typically viewed as an arm’s length distance between the topic of the research and the interests of the researcher. This emphasis has led most scholars to avoid research topics of deep personal... View Details
Keywords: Qualitative Research Methods; Case Research Methods; Organizational Behavior; Careers; Career Changes And Transitions; Self-relevant Research; Research; Personal Development and Career; Transition; Identity; Retirement
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  • 31 May 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

What do leaders do to make employees in creative functions feel supported or not? That was one of the research questions posed by Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile and colleagues in what has turned into a penetrating study of creativity in organizations.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Terms of Use - Alumni

Notes Class Notes, in print and online, is a social forum for HBS alumni to share personal and professional news, reflections, non-political commentary, and photographs through the work of volunteer Class and Section Secretaries as a way... View Details
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

University, where senior and retired executives learn to develop leadership skills in the service of solving large social problems. Many of the examples in the book come from her experience leading that program. Sean Silverthorne: We’re... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

Colorblindness: Emergence, Practice, and Implications Authors:Evan P. Apfelbaum, Michael I. Norton, and Samuel R. Sommers Publication:Current Directions in Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the pervasive endorsement of racial colorblindness-the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Jan 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How to Get People Addicted to a Good Habit

group of households that did not receive a soap dispenser; altogether, 1,400 of the 2,943 households received dispensers. “The monitoring experiment tried to understand the beginnings of social norm... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

into two different categories Get social by collaborating with a global community of peers before, during, and after your course. Learners who successfully complete an HBS Online program will be added to the HBS Online Community's... View Details
  • Web

Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

group dynamics and improve team performance through tools and processes designed to enhance collaboration and iteration in development Guide teams to draw from a wide range of professional experiences and backgrounds and create stronger... View Details
  • 14 Jan 2019
  • Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

Group to add healthier products to its lineup. When soft drink sales declined in 2010, shareholders criticized PepsiCo’s execution. Nooyi responded by beefing up PepsiCo’s marketing and strengthening her leadership team—but held firm to... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—The patent system is commonly justified as a way to promote social welfare and, more specifically, technological progress. For years, however, there has been concern that patent litigation is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Sep 2023
  • News

Capital Connection

Vernon Beckford (MBA 2013) saw the gap almost immediately. From the beginning of his career in commercial real estate finance—first at Credit Suisse and then later at CW Capital and Global Atlantic Financial Group—Beckford observed Wall Street’s obsession with... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate
  • February 2011
  • Case

Rebecca S. Halstead: Steadfast Leadership

By: Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell
Reviews Rebecca Halstead's career history, detailing how, through her personal attributes, skills, experiences, challenges, and organizational practices she developed into a successful leader and commander in the U.S. Army. The case profiles her leadership style and... View Details
Keywords: Working Conditions; Groups and Teams; Competitive Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Culture; Personal Characteristics; Leadership Style; Gender; Power and Influence
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  • 09 Dec 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity

study, he asked a group of online participants to list the important people in their social networks, noting their cultural backgrounds and whether they liked each other. Then he asked them to do a word... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding