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- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
(Financial Times/Prentice Hall 2000). Edited by Subir Chowdhury, a consultant and author specializing in quality management, the book pulls together practical and accessible essays by twenty-six leading-edge...
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by Martha Lagace
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
men have to find ways of coping as well, often by organizing their work differently or, with help from new technologies, deceiving others into thinking they are on the job when they aren't. The assumption is...
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- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
to the point where analysts can “fingerprint” particular authors by the probability of how they use connecting words like “the,” “and,” and “that.” More recently, machine learning has moved into the realm of...
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- 08 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Developing Theory Using Machine Learning Methods
- 14 May 2012
- News
Learning curve
- Web
The Learning Experience
What can you expect when you're attending an Executive Education program at Harvard Business School? During the day, you'll take part in dynamic lectures, discussions, and exercises led by our distinguished faculty, and in the evening,...
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- July 2006
- Article
Dynamic Mixed Duopoly: A Model Motivated by Linux vs. Windows
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pankaj Ghemawat
This paper analyzes a dynamic mixed duopoly in which a profit-maximizing competitor interacts with a competitor that prices at zero (or marginal cost), with the cumulation of output affecting their relative positions over time. The modeling effort is motivated by...
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Open Source Software;
Demand-side Learning;
Network Effects;
Linux;
Mixed Duopoly;
Competitive Dynamics;
Business Models;
Duopoly and Oligopoly;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Business Model;
Mathematical Methods;
Digital Platforms;
Profit;
Balance and Stability;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
SWOT Analysis;
Competition;
Price;
Information Technology Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pankaj Ghemawat. "Dynamic Mixed Duopoly: A Model Motivated by Linux vs. Windows." Management Science 52, no. 7 (July 2006): 1072–1084.
- 03 Apr 2017
- Video
Changing How You Think Through the Case Method
- June 2012
- Article
The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control
Using data from embedded participant-observers and a field experiment at the second largest mobile phone factory in the world, located in China, I theorize and test the implications of transparent organizational design on workers' productivity and organizational...
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Transparency;
Privacy;
Organizational Learning;
Operational Control;
Organizational Performance;
Chinese Manufacturing;
Field Experiment;
Rights;
Interpersonal Communication;
Management Practices and Processes;
Ethics;
Corporate Disclosure;
Performance Productivity;
Boundaries;
Organizations;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Labor and Management Relations;
Power and Influence;
Manufacturing Industry;
China
Bernstein, Ethan S. "The Transparency Paradox: A Role for Privacy in Organizational Learning and Operational Control." Administrative Science Quarterly 57, no. 2 (June 2012): 181–216.
- 27 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding
from virtual onboarding to managing anxiety and stress. Over the next few months, I will try to tackle them one by one in this space. COVID-19 has turned many companies into federations of remote workplaces, but without much guidance on...
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by Boris Groysberg
- 18 Dec 2019
- News
Thinking Smart About Numbers
Clubs News Clubs News Clubs Welcome Professor Desai The HBS Club of Toronto was one of several alumni clubs to host HBS and HLS Professor Mihir Desai during his 2019 tour for his latest book, How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking...
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Margie Kelley
- Mar 12 2018
- Testimonial
Transform the Way You Think About M&A
- 15 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons Not Learned About Innovation
Every managerial generation rediscovers the need for innovation to drive growth but, decade after decade, "grand declarations about innovation are followed by mediocre execution that produces anemic results, and innovation groups are...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
multiyear, experiential learning program for urban middle schoolers. “We’re building partnerships with Boston public schools to bring students in grades five through eight out to the island for hands-on science education,” said Pearson,...
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- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
international objectives are in jeopardy today. To the extent that business strategies are based on these same erroneous notions, they are also at great risk. Q: What can a business executive learn about leadership from your research? A:...
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by Martha Lagace
- March 2008
- Article
Is Yours a Learning Organization?
By: David A. Garvin, Amy C. Edmondson and Francesca Gino
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. An organization with a strong learning culture faces the unpredictable deftly....
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Interpersonal Communication;
Learning;
Surveys;
Leading Change;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Organizational Culture
Garvin, David A., Amy C. Edmondson, and Francesca Gino. "Is Yours a Learning Organization?" Harvard Business Review 86, no. 3 (March 2008): 109–116.
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Think Globally, Teach Locally
was selected as one of the first faculty team members to teach in the new International Senior Managers Program (ISMP), an eight-week Executive Education course that was offered by the School in Vevey until 1983. “It was a remarkable...
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Julia Hanna
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
New Business magazine, and talked about the legal issues commonly faced by entrepreneurs, as well as her thoughts on how to successfully deal with them. In Bagley's view, there is a tendency on the part of many entrepreneurs to View Details
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- 13 Jun 2013
- News
Learning Curve
giving the mayor partial control of the city's schools was ruled unconstitutional by a Superior Court judge. Luckily, Tuck was unfazed. "The schools still needed to improve, right?" Tuck says by phone. "So...
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- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
In 1992, after reforms by India’s government improved the country’s business climate, he formed a consortium that included SFR-France, Emtel-Mauritius, and MSI-UK and bid successfully for one of four mobile-phone network licenses...
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