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- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
and I have researched and written about. In our work, we found that an “owner”—either a loyal employee or customer who takes responsibility for improving relationships, products, and processes as well as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
This paper examines accountability processes in a nonprofit organization serving immigrants and refugees, with special attention to their impacts on mission-based activities. The research finds that upward accountability requirements of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
that data from digital platforms such as Yelp have the potential to improve our understanding of gentrification, both by providing data in close to real time (i.e., nowcasting and forecasting) and by providing additional context about how... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
following years, it ramps up its expansion efforts and opens new branches or begins the expansion process in multiple cities around the country and the world, as well as expanding its Boston/Cambridge offerings. CIC is now considering how... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
histories spanning generations, we combine induction and deduction to propose reputation as a meta-resource that allows firms to activate their conventional resources. We conceptualize reputation as consisting of prominence, perceived quality, and resilience and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Apr 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?
Joyce Dias puts it, "People give up what they enjoy doing most in order to submit to the unnatural process of doing something— anything in order to earn their living." Combine this with research that cites a high correlation... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Dec 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Growth Good?
optimistic about the future, possibly as a result of recent improvements in their well-being. He cites this data to suggest that we should be particularly optimistic about the possible development of increasingly moral societies,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
organizational processes of developing a business model. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46978 The Liability of Leakage: How Indirect Ties to Competitors Impact Innovation in Entrepreneurial Firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
spending may involve continuation of the payroll tax holiday as well as improvements in this country's infrastructure. Politicians' pledges to resist restructuring entitlements or to rule out raising revenues are the antithesis of what is... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
structured approach to managing the quality of clinical care. This case describes Intermountain's system for improving clinical performance that makes use of the organization's extensive set of standardized clinical protocols and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
practical experience in order to benefit from the hard-won lessons of those who have gone before you? What are the various theoretical assumptions and pedagogical techniques you might consider in the process of designing and delivering a... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
tactics to improve its reach and impact. Kundra joined the conversation near the end of class to answer questions and share insights. "There is tremendous interest internationally" in the example of Data.gov, said Lakhani. When... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
policy solutions, a challenging proposition in a politically polarized environment. This paper focuses on how CEOs engage in the political process to encourage government policies that will foster sustainability transitions and address... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 23, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51538 July–August 2016 European Business Review The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors By: Teixeira, Thales S., and Peter Jamieson Abstract—A new wave of Internet startups is disrupting established businesses by the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Putting Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector
while substantially improving overall organizational performance. Social entrepreneurs stay relentlessly focused on their missions and seek to continually innovate. This challenge cannot be overcome through incremental change in existing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool
Science at Harvard (LISH) has a long history of working together with Harvard Catalyst at Harvard Medical School to identify interesting innovation and process problems in translational biomedical areas. We have conducted many research... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
the observer’s perspective, leaving the perspective of the observed to the realm of scholarly methodology courses and philosophical debates on privacy. I suggest how the literature on transparency and related literatures might be improved... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Deal
opposite end, they think they're too quiet and shy—and both want to improve the way they handle themselves in their negotiations," Mohan says. "After seeing their results as compared to their peers over a few negotiations,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
including Thomas Jefferson and Jack Welch. More on them later.) Under most circumstances, a leader is elected or appointed. And it makes no difference who ends up in power so long as the person is experienced and is hired through the structured View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: November 15
a process we term toolmaking (whereby experts create tools that embody their expertise) is central to the way in which experts garner influence in complex organizational settings. We develop a framework that conceptualizes the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne