Autonomy - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Mar 2019
What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

inter-governmental regulation as powerful enough to offer some hope of containing the excesses of surveillance capitalism. When industrial capitalism was moderated we lived in a world where nation states still had much autonomy confronted... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

can’t move for a job Choudhury emphasizes the pain points that occur when company requirements and personal autonomy clash: Employees often can’t move for an in-person position due to a spouse’s career, immigration challenges, or... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

31 May 2004
Research & Ideas

How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not

number of instances in which leader behaviors could have affected employees' feelings of autonomy in the work. For example, people whose team leaders are always hovering around to closely monitor their progress are more likely to feel... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Summer Associates | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

meetings throughout summer, and mid-summer and end of summer feedback sessions Create an atmosphere that allows the individual to take risk and to be a full team member Give them enough support and access to resources that they can be successful but make sure you also... View Details

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

chief product officer, who says that when it comes to experimentation, “in our industry, you have to embrace it or die.” New CEOs, he continues, needs to ask themselves two big questions: How willing are you to be confronted every day by how wrong you are? And how much... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

the government work program, with women’s labor force participation rising in the private sector. In addition to increasing financial inclusion and autonomy among women, Rigol and her coauthors found that one year into the study, women in... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

practice; a commitment to use specialized knowledge for the public good, and a renunciation of the goal of profit maximization, in return for professional autonomy and monopoly power; a code of ethics, with provisions for monitoring... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

1.2 million Twitter followers by early 2014. Producing such a staggering amount of content, says Avery, meant pouring in substantial resources and upending traditional boundaries between marketing and other departments to cede more View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

embrace this model where you enable and encourage users through various challenges and allow the community the degree of autonomy it needs to be healthy. So, in a nutshell: Split your IP. Have a distinct strategy for the open and closed... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

Research Summary

Research Thrust

By: Rakesh Khurana

I am trained in organizational sociology and my main areas of interest lie in macro-organizational theory and the dynamics of executive labor markets. To date, my research has focused on two themes. The first revolves around understanding the forces that govern the... View Details

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit

value proposition created by a national organization with local units is lost. Instead, the debate should be reframed with autonomy and affiliation as the key dimensions. In their research, Grossman and Rangan looked at the system... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.

GM, one that gave each divisional manager more autonomy and allowed the larger conglomerate to function more smoothly. By the time Sloan left the presidency to become chairman of the board, GM’s earnings had grown to over $460 million. View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

24 Apr 2014
News

Helping smallholder farmers feed the world

create the conditions where that doesn't recur.” A native of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ferrari brings a global perspective and more than 40 years of business and social entrepreneurial experience as head of an organization that fosters View Details

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Teams | New Venture Competition

Gaitan (EdM 2025) Husain Rasheed Engaging kids in Kazakhstan with an AI-driven simulation game that makes learning English fun Remarcation Hannah Wong (MArch 2025) Jia Wen Goh Fostering the autonomy of disabled users in public space... View Details

Portrait Project

Ian Blasco

I want to build a successful career. For me that means success with a small firm where I am able either to run the firm or otherwise gain autonomy over an area within the company. I want to make sure, however, that I also have time for my... View Details

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Why have various countries of the former Soviet Union taken such dramatically different economic paths since the Union's breakup? This has been a lingering puzzle of the post-Cold War period. Lithuania, for instance, has turned its attention westward, pursuing economic... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Jun 2011
News

Beyond Case Writing

opportunity to withhold information from their husbands about access to contraception. The results? Providing cheap and convenient forms of birth control led to a reduction in unwanted births only when women were given full autonomy over... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2011
News

Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices

were revealing. Providing inexpensive and convenient forms of birth control was not sufficient. Unwanted births declined only when women were given full autonomy over access to contraceptives. These women had a 57 percent reduction in... View Details

Keywords: birth control; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

13 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Experimental Researcher Helps Improve Health Care in Zambia

the opportunity to withhold information from their husbands about access to contraception. The results? Providing cheap and convenient forms of birth control led to a reduction in unwanted births only when women were given full autonomy... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

29 May 2013
Blog Post

A self-discovery journey

want a challenging job that allows me to continuously grow. I want to have autonomy and increased responsibility. I am collaborative and highly driven by results, so I need a dynamic company culture that fosters continuous improvement... View Details

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