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  • 27 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

Bumping up against accepted theories in process improvement, a new research paper from Harvard Business School questions the value of prioritizing problems identified by frontline employees. Citing a hospital safety improvement program... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Guttry
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

and Prince had spent several days contemplating a strategy for the release of Musicology, Prince's newest album-length recording. As McMillan reflected on their discussions, the infectious music on his headphones underscored the enormous commercial potential of this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2008
  • News

A Binary Formula

Executive Education offerings that teach scientists business and organizational fundamentals? What about joint MBA/Ph.D. programs? How about science/business seminars, more science-based cases, and more science-savvy faculty to teach... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; science; research; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management
  • 25 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

illusions and overcommitment, as well as the tendency to stick with the status quo and to discount the future. Organizational vulnerabilities arise because of structural barriers to the effective collection, processing, and dissemination... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

and their impact on organizational climate, which predicts successful outcomes. We addressed this gap with a field experiment suggested by Toyota's problem-solving process. We tested three related process improvement activities: (1)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Article

On the Origin of Shared Beliefs (and Corporate Culture)

By: Eric J. Van den Steen
This article shows how corporate culture, in the sense of shared beliefs and values, originates (often unintentionally) through screening, self-sorting, and manager-directed joint learning. It shows that such culture will be stronger among more important employees and... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Learning; Values and Beliefs; Employees; Decisions; Power and Influence; Performance; Perspective
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  • December 2008
  • Supplement

Procter & Gamble in the 21st Century (B): Welcoming Gillette (Abridged)

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Matthew Bird
A.G. Lafley and P&G leaders decided to approach the Gillette integration differently from previous mergers. Using P&G's purpose, values, and principles (PVP) it treated the acquisition as a merger which sought to take the "best of both" from each company. In the... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Integration; Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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  • 10 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 10

North Rhine-Westphalia, which made their reputations especially vulnerable to criticism. The research supports organizational sociology theory, which has identified the importance of visibility in corporate green strategies. The German... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 3

Performance with New Core Values The leadership team at Atlantis Paradise Island, under new ownership, decided that better alignment of the core values with the vision and mission statement would create a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2004
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

asks, "When organizations follow maximum profit/wealth, why not individuals?" Mark Porter posed the question in a different way, saying, "It seems that we have somewhat of a paradox if we are able to determine a threshold of 'just enough' in our personal... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 04 Aug 2003
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?

Summing Up "Good attitudes supercharge organizational performance beyond what the skill/talent level would indicate," according to Perry Miles. "Attitude is one of the strongest determinants of performance," added... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

1973) (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) The Self-Made Billionaire Effect: How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value by John Sviokla (MBA 1983) and Mitch Cohen (Portfolio) Looking at self-made billionaires like Steve Jobs and... View Details
  • 20 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

"business is an extraordinary force for good." While Nohria earned a chemical engineering degree from prestigious IIT Bombay, he harbored a dream of becoming an entrepreneur even as he applied to a doctoral program at MIT. At MIT, he discovered his love for... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

currently designed may not have been seen as a source of economic value for outside investors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-072.pdf The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance... View Details
  • 18 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

Abstract—Innovation has traditionally taken place within an organization's boundaries and/or with selected partners. This Chandlerian approach to innovation has been rooted in transaction costs, organizational boundaries, and information... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Theory & Practice

practices that will allow people to flourish - the key to organizational success. Do Lunch or Be Lunch by Howard H. Stevenson (Harvard Business School Press) According to HBS professor Howard Stevenson, most of human history and much of... View Details
  • 23 Aug 2019
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

LeaderEnel, Italy’s state-owned power company, was one of Europe’s largest coal users and polluters. Now it is recognized as a leader. Mark Kramer discusses how Francesco Starace drove the huge strategy shift. Research Papers Rehabilitating Corporate PurposeShareholder... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology
  • 29 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 29

multiparty risk and disaster management, namely that the organizational challenge is to enable multiple actors and subunits with competing and often conflicting values and expertise to establish a virtual,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 1999
  • News

New Releases

Managing Across Borders by Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal (Harvard Business School Press) A decade ago HBS professor Christopher A. Bartlett and London Business School professor Sumantra Ghoshal proposed a revolutionary new View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 28 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 28, 2016

businesses that scale undergo a graduation process in which they meet the varying expectations of multiple organizational resource providers. At the unit level, they convince established core units that the potential View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne