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08 Feb 2012
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Team Scaffolds: How Minimal In-Group Structures Support Fast-Paced Teaming

Keywords: by Melissa A. Valentine & Amy C. Edmondson

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THEME #1: BUILDING CAPABILITIES THROUGH TEAM FAMILIARITY

Are organizational capabilities simply the aggregation of individual skills and experience, or do they also depend on particular connections between individuals developed through prior work experience? Since a capability consists of the accumulated... View Details

August 2002
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Creativity Under the Gun

By: Teresa Amabile, Constance N. Hadley and Steven J. Kramer

If you're like most managers, you've worked with people who swear they do their most creative work under tight deadlines. You may use pressure as a management technique, believing it will spur people on to great leaps of insight. You may even manage yourself this way.... View Details

Keywords: Creativity; Innovation and Invention; Time Management; Working Conditions; Performance Evaluation

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Mark McNeill

to perform at our highest potential. In response, we contribute to the collective learning by bringing our own unique experiences and perspectives to the table. The result is an orchestral masterpiece with a dynamic melody. What is your... View Details

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Educator Resources - Race, Gender & Equity

Educator Resources Creating Inclusive Learning Environments Fostering a culture of dialogue and equity in the classroom Featured Collections & Resources Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Resources for Educators Harvard Business Publishing... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

Power of WE, cultivating campus cultures that harness diversity as a tool for individual and collective success. Currently a student at Harvard Medical School, she serves as national president for Future Doctors in Politics, to motivate,... View Details

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Events - Business History

oral history collections for various classroom settings. There was also a short mid-session break during which CEM video clips were played. The speakers (in order) were Chinmay Tumbe (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India),... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

for a public-private task force in Chicago, and on Capitol Hill. He then earned a Ph.D. from Harvard's Economics Department. Much of his research focuses on venture capital and private equity organizations. (This research is collected in... View Details

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Taylor Walden

concepts, leadership, and/or problem solving? It's truly incredible how in almost every case, one of my section mates will have intimate knowledge and experience with the topic being discussed. By drawing upon the collective wisdom and... View Details

01 Aug 2022
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Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

with values that support adaptability (among them openness, learning, and sharing), the result is very positive. Our conclusions were reached after collecting and examining survey data from hundreds of senior executives identifying those... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Golden Age of Black Business

Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years... View Details

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Courses - Business History

a guide to using the case method to teach history. We have also collected syllabi from a range of history courses taught worldwide on the subjects of business, finance, innovation, and capitalism. Our Curriculum Today around half of the... View Details

16 Jan 2018
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How Can I Prepare to Apply for Financial Aid at HBS?

at Shad (our gym) - the Cost of Attendance covers only modest entertainment/social costs and does not have an allowance for significant leisure travel. 5. Collect the forms you’ll need to submitDomestic students will be asked to submit... View Details

30 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

average, would switch to the less preferred but cheaper brand. “Substitution patterns that you expect to find in observational data, we were able to find by collecting GPT’s responses,” says Israeli. “That was pretty incredible to us,... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

15 Nov 2022
Op-Ed

Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

turning to it for purposes quite different from entertainment. A search for a lunch idea on TikTok returns a collection of videos instead of a list as might be found on Google. A search for a news topic produces creator curations. A July... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld

04 May 2015
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Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

members from unknowingly conducting duplicative searches. "By being in a cluster, individuals tended to contribute more to the collective exploration through information space—not from more search but rather by being more coordinated... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services

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attached addendum on citing generative AI). Harvard University provides guidance on citation styles, such as APA, MLA, Chicago, and Blue Book (legal). Citation tools can help collect and organize your sources.... View Details

13 Feb 2020
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Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

Iterate between advocacy and inquiry. Leaders should start these honest, public, and collective conversations with employees by advocating where they want to take the organization, then ask for input on the strategic plans. “Leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Information Technology - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Create standardized templates for medical conditions to improve usability and highlight the information most pertinent to management of a specific condition. Collect structured data , rather than free text, in patient records. Allow easy... View Details

19 Apr 2010
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The History of Beauty

Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry is the first serious attempt to trace the history of the $330 billion global beauty industry and its large collection of fascinating entrepreneurs through countries including... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

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