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- 16 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018
January–February 2018 Harvard Business Review More Than a Paycheck: How to Create Good Blue-Collar Jobs in the Knowledge Economy By: Campbell, Dennis, John Case, and Bill Fotsch Abstract—Fifty years ago a good blue-collar job was with a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2009
- What Do You Think?
Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
Eckel pointed out that "Business schools teach 'mature' organization skills, primarily because entrepreneurial and creative organizational skills are not teachable." Do you agree? If that's true,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Article
Loss Aversion, Diminishing Sensitivity, and the Role of Experience in Repeated Decisions
Three experiments are presented that explore the assertion that loss aversion and diminishing sensitivity drive the effect of experience on choice behavior. The experiments are focused on repeated choice tasks where decision makers choose repeatedly between... View Details
Erev, Ido, Eyal Ert, and Eldad Yechiam. "Loss Aversion, Diminishing Sensitivity, and the Role of Experience in Repeated Decisions." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 21, no. 5 (December 2008).
- 2009
- Working Paper
Varied Experience, Team Familiarity, and Learning: The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety
By: Bradley R. Staats, Francesca Gino and Gary P. Pisano
Prior work examining the relationship of varied experience (i.e., the concurrent completion of multiple tasks) and learning by groups finds inconsistent results. We hypothesize that team familiarity, i.e, individuals' prior shared work experience, may help explain this... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Performance Effectiveness; Groups and Teams; Social Psychology; Familiarity
Staats, Bradley R., Francesca Gino, and Gary P. Pisano. "Varied Experience, Team Familiarity, and Learning: The Mediating Role of Psychological Safety." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-016, August 2009. (Revised May 2010, previously titled "Repetition of Interaction and Learning: An Experimental Analysis.")
- Web
Strategy in Emerging Economies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
think about how to build a business, or in other words, strategy. Typical Strategy Errors in Emerging Economies Companies in developing economies typically have lower costs, such as labor, and this might let them View Details
- January 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
First to Fight? Culture, Tradition, and the United States Marine Corps (USMC)
By: Ranjay Gulati, Akhil Iyer and Joel Malkin
Over a history of more than 240 years, the United States Marine Corps has forged a distinct culture and institutional identity centered on its “warrior ethos.” In the wars of American history, Marines fought with uncommon valor, rising to international prominence for... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Government Administration; Management Practices and Processes; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; United States
Gulati, Ranjay, Akhil Iyer, and Joel Malkin. "First to Fight? Culture, Tradition, and the United States Marine Corps (USMC)." Harvard Business School Case 423-051, January 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
Ina Coleman (MBA 1986) found her professional calling by empowering others to take action for gender equality, inclusion, and diversity in their work environments. An organizational development consultant at Sirenia Partners, Coleman... View Details
- Web
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
uncover the qualities and skills that characterize an effective leader, gain an understanding of common leadership styles, and explore how you can unleash the potential in... View Details
- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
with shale gas development can be incredibly disruptive locally, and fracking water usage clearly competes with local values and legacy uses. But shale gas production appears... View Details
- 22 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative
my skills and experience to reduce the friction that tough-tech ideas face on their path to scale and bring new technologies to the world, both as an investor View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences
sees her research as helping firms build actionable solutions to their business challenges. Sadun’s research is developed from management practice data that she and her colleagues compiled by interviewing business leaders across the... View Details
- 09 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018
have mastered the core competencies, have a high EQ, and work for the right company for them. The latter requires thinking about the level of technical skill the company requires, its philosophy of the PM... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Executive Education Courses - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Health Care explores the best practices for reorganizing and coordinating care, improving process efficiencies, implementing new reimbursement approaches, and integrating care delivery across practices. You... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Big BRICs, Weak Foundations: The Beginning of Public Elementary Education in Brazil, Russia, India, and China, 1880-1930
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
reputation” Keinan: In this case, the goal of the different brands is to complement each other, so they don't compete or cannibalize each other. HBSWK: And what about Noma? You mentioned that margins aren't... View Details
- 2012
- Chapter
Knowledge-based Innovation: Emergence and Embedding of New Practice Areas in Management Consulting Firms
By: Heidi K. Gardner, N. Anand and Tim Morris
How do innovative knowledge-based structures emerge and become embedded in organizations? We drew on theories of knowledge-intensive firms, communities of practice, and professional service firms to analyze multiple cases of new practice area creation in management... View Details
- 01 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
An Aerospace Engineer Provides a Lift for Underrepresented Innovators and Entrepreneurs
for ways to make an impact on problems she was passionate about. As the daughter of immigrants (her father emigrated from Nigeria and her mother emigrated from Ghana) she wanted to use her skills to make an... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Women at the Top
a lecture titled "The Frontiers of Management," in which she stressed the importance of continuous innovation and of developing employees' skills in creating organizational competence. "I was struck by... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Susan Young
- September–October 1994
- Article
Regaining the Lead in Manufacturing: How to Integrate Work and Deepen Expertise
Leonard-Barton, D., H. Kent Bowen, Kim B. Clark, Charles A. Holloway, and Steven C. Wheelwright. "Regaining the Lead in Manufacturing: How to Integrate Work and Deepen Expertise." Harvard Business Review 72, no. 5 (September–October 1994): 121–130.
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Fool vs. Jerk: Whom Would You Hire?
Sometimes, yes. We may forgo the opportunity to tap a competent jerk's knowledge and skills because we don't want to deal with his patronizing, brusque, or otherwise unpleasant... View Details
Keywords: by Tiziana Casciaro & Miguel Sousa Lobo