Team Process - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Breaking Through a Growth Stall

the variables that align with different customer types. Given the competing priorities in any venture, we've found that an ICP process must come from the top team to be credible and effective. Conversely,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Admissions | MBA

Future leaders start here. View Brochure Join Our List Who Are We Looking For? Class Profile Joint Degree Programs Application Process Application Portal 2+2 Deferred Admission Applicants International Applicants Next Application Deadline... View Details

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

around the office and a team lunch. However, you can effectively onboard your interns and ensure they feel integrated from day one with effective processes and ongoing support. For example, all employees at... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

17 Apr 2019
News

Give It to Me Straight

lonely and invited me to join a book group and help me make some friends outside of work. When I had a family member fall ill, Sheryl said, "I've got your back. You go to the airport, get on an airplane, go home, take care of your family. I'm going to write your... View Details

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

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

into the new system illustrated to Schock the importance of flexibility and of valuing every team member. Her response was to deepen her involvement in the process by listening to the View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill

30 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 30

effect of variation in experience on performance. The problem is that variation in experience improves a team's information processing capacity and knowledge base but also creates coordination challenges. We hypothesize that View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2012
Chapter

Structuring Consulting Firms

By: Tim Morris, Heidi K. Gardner and N. Anand

This chapter presents a model of the way in which consulting and other professional-service firms organize themselves and grow. We will argue that the fundamental structural-design challenge for consulting firms, like other professional firms, is to adapt appropriately... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Management Practices and Processes; Demand and Consumers; Service Operations; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Projects; Groups and Teams; Consulting Industry; Service Industry

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July 1999 (Revised October 2001)
Case

Corbin-Pacific

By: John A. Davis and Christina L. Darwall

Reviews the history of Mike Corbin's entrepreneurial career and describes in detail the successful organization he has created. Explores his management philosophy and leadership. Explores the usefulness of continuing family involvement in this business. View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Management Teams; Success; Family Ownership; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Motorcycle Industry

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15 Mar 2017

2+2 Harvard Business School Visit at WPI

Join us to learn more about the 2+2 application process to the MBA at HBS. We will be tabling at the WPI Campus Center as an opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team from... View Details

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Developing the Global Leader

insatiable need to learn about other cultures." A knack for cross-boundary partnering. "You need to feel comfortable engaging a team in India and giving them as much power as a team in Germany or... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

28 Jun 2010
HBS Case

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

hospital staff tackled the situation head-on, finding that the data galvanized families rather than angering them. The clinic went on to change its processes and communications based on input from seventeen patient-parent View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

episode of care is a vital component of improving the value of that care. Q: How does TDABC lead to lower costs? A: Conducting TDABC analyses helps lower costs by highlighting steps in care processes where resources are used... View Details

Profile

Janina Motter

says, “were skeptical about my mixed background – start-ups were more open.” Her first company collapsed after a year. But she found a more enduring – and rewarding – path forward at Heliotrope Technologies, a smart windows startup. Hired as a View Details

Profile

Jeff Bernstein

'real world,'" Jeff says, "I found that I enjoyed the business aspects of my job more than the technical part. I preferred leading teams to solve problems as opposed to getting drawn into specific design issues." Jeff's... View Details

Profile

Drew Richard

What’s the one thing you’re most excited about learning at HBS? Entrepreneurship is something I’ve thought about before coming here, and HBS has given me a number ways to look into it, like the Entrepreneurial Management class and FIELD III, which taught me a lot about... View Details

26 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

cultures. The extended-wear team remained in Atlanta, though in a facility separate from the conventional-lens business, while the daily-disposables team was located in Germany. Each View Details

Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman

01 Mar 2016
News

Reinventing the Wheel

the scientists and researchers in the young company asked Cardozo if he would like to join the team as CEO in early 2014. The process works like this: End-of-life tires are collected at the Black Bear plant,... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

22 Dec 2015
First Look

December 22, 2015

enterprises. The focus is on supply- and demand-side factors that help explicate cross-border expansion. The article explores how appropriability-informed and legacy-shaped entrepreneurial imagination motivates a process of creation and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

21 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits

inflation hedge. This summer, I am interning with PGIM Real Estate Finance’s agricultural equity investment team in San Francisco, CA. This group acquires farmland across the United States and across various commodities. I discovered the... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

Profile

Brandon Gayle

Bartending Course — it was a great opportunity to turn around a business that was struggling, which my team and I did," says Brandon. Approached by recruiters in investment banking and consulting, Brandon chose the latter. "I... View Details

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