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- May 2012
- Article
Herbert A. Simon on What Ails Business Schools: More than A Problem in Organizational Design
By: Rakesh Khurana and J.C. Spender
We critically examine Herbert Simon's 1967 essay, "The Business School: A Problem in Organizational Design." We consider this essay within the context of Simon's key ideas about organizations, particularly those closely associated with the 'Carnegie perspective' on... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Perspective; Innovation and Invention; Business Education; Research; Management Practices and Processes; Teaching
Khurana, Rakesh, and J.C. Spender. "Herbert A. Simon on What Ails Business Schools: More than A Problem in Organizational Design." Journal of Management Studies 49, no. 3 (May 2012): 619–639.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Stock Price Fragility
By: Robin Greenwood and David Thesmar
We investigate the relationship between ownership structure of financial assets and non-fundamental risk. An asset is fragile if its owners collectively have to buy or sell. Such assets are susceptible to non-fundamental price movements. An asset can be fragile because... View Details
Keywords: Financial Liquidity; Stocks; Price; Market Transactions; Ownership; Risk and Uncertainty; United States
Greenwood, Robin, and David Thesmar. "Stock Price Fragility." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-031, October 2009.
- 17 Apr 2020
- News
Taking the Plunge
- 07 May 2018
- News
Columbus Bookstores Have Independent Spirit
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Why More MBAs Should Buy Small Businesses
- 13 Nov 2024
- Video
Retiring Well: Considerations at Every Career Stage
- Program
Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation
execute innovative ideas at scale. As you explore the culture and capabilities needed to inspire organization-wide innovation, you will practice the behaviors and skills needed to drive innovation and change, deepening your understanding... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- HBS Case
Dick’s Sporting Goods Followed Its Conscience on Guns—and It Paid Off
shooting, he connected with Dick’s Sporting Goods executives Lee Belitsky and Lauren Hobart about his idea to significantly scale back the gun-retail business, according to Riedel’s case studies. The top executives generally agreed with... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 11 Dec 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Three Perspectives on Team Learning: Outcome Improvement, Task Mastery, and Group Process
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Roberto Verganti
Roberto’s research focuses on how to create innovations that are meaningful for people, for society, and for their creators. He explores how leaders and organizations generate radically new visions, and make those visions come real. His studies lie at the intersection... View Details
- 12 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
Publish or Perish: What the Research Says About Productivity in Academia
the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: AdobeStock/Lightfield Studios View Details
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Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Policymakers Improve health care access, eliminate regulatory barriers to VBHC, solve interoperability, and accelerate value-based payment programs. Value-Based Health Care Organizations Since the introduction of value-based health care in 2004, there has been an... View Details
- May 2009
- Article
The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad
By: Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, Boris Groysberg and Nitin Nohria
This article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Few companies are thinking about hiring right now, but that's a mistake. If history... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles
Fernández-Aráoz, Claudio, Boris Groysberg, and Nitin Nohria. "The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 5 (May 2009): 74–84.
Clayton S. Rose
Clayton Rose is Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice. He currently teaches the course Accountability in the Advanced Management Program. His research is focused on the how leaders can manage the challenges created by the intense, varied and often... View Details
Keywords: financial services
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Overview - Doctoral
Overview New Ideas for a Changing World PhD Programs Accounting & Management Business Economics (Includes Finance) Health Policy (Management) Marketing Organizational Behavior Strategy Technology & Operations Management At Harvard... View Details
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The Game Has Changed
By: Max H. Bazerman
Many prior books on negotiation, including books co-authored by Max Bazerman, have addressed how to create and claim value in negotiation. These ideas have proliferated in business schools, where negotiation is often the most popular course. Class participants... View Details
- 30 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why Anger Makes a Wrongly Accused Person Look Guilty
people try to remain calm when they’ve been unfairly blamed. Of course, the idea of keeping cool can seem especially galling for people who have previously experienced the injustice of being falsely accused. “It’s always tough to control... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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Launching New Ventures
managerial skills needed to make sound investment decisions, manage rapid change, and ensure the success of your new enterprise throughout its lifecycle. Details Conceive, launch, and grow a successful new venture Analyze, prioritize, and determine the feasibility of... View Details
- 13 Oct 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Building a Business in the Context of a Life
When MBAs start the second semester of their second year at Harvard Business School, most have already lined up new jobs--but that doesn't mean they have a clear idea what they want out of the rest of their lives. The same could be said... View Details
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
from below. We need to marry some small part of our enormous fiduciary resources to the new ideas which are seeking support." According to this theory, venture capitalists were like the matchmakers of the modern economy. They would... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante