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Organizational restructuring: the influence of formal and informal structure on tie formation. This paper considers how changes in formal structure and a key element of informal structure – the embeddedness of employee... View Details
- 06 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Technology Re-Emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations
Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. "Successful companies may be able to reposition a 'dying' technology by redefining its identity and value for the customer." Raffaelli details his research in the paper Technology... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
can evolve mutual caring commitments. These others will, in all likelihood, be in their immediate work area. When these one-to-one bonded relationships form a cluster, the participants will begin to see themselves as a group, their bonded View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 04 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 4
T. Polzer Publication:In Advances in Group Processes. Vol. 28, edited by Shane R. Thye and Edward Lawler, 125-145. Bingley, U.K.: Emerald Books, 2011 Abstract Environmental jolts and shifting membership challenge a group's efficacy and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
working parents and eldercare providers) or those interested in similar topics (baking or jigsaw puzzles) share information, recipes, items for sale or barter, and the like. Keep such forums tied to the organization’s identity and... View Details
- 14 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’
people who are very unlike you." The Difference Between Saying And Doing As former marketing manager for female shaving products at Gillette, Avery often utilized principles of "design thinking," moving beyond surveys and focus groups to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
their funds on demand even if consumption takes place later. Capitalized institutions serving overoptimistic depositors emerge in equilibrium even if depositors and bank owners have identical preferences and investment opportunities.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Benchmarks Don’t Work
that internal support or shared services groups provide, such straight-across cost or numeric comparisons become meaningless. Today's successful support unit earns its keep by being a trusted partner to the business units it serves. So,... View Details
- 26 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Office of Strategy Management
other roles where it plays a coordinating function, essential to ensuring that strategy informs critical processes like budgeting, operational planning, and performance management. Q: Your article discusses Chrysler Group and the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2022
- What Do You Think?
As Disney Board Chair, What Would You Advise CEO Bob Chapek Regarding 'Don’t Say Gay'?
Florida legislature, after several weeks of heated public controversy, passed and sent to Governor Ron DeSantis a Parental Rights in Education bill stating: “Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities Authors:Jennifer L. Petriglieri Publication:The Academy of Management Review (forthcoming) Abstract I review and reconceptualize View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
& Private Equity: A Casebook, 5th edition provides an understanding of the ways in which private equity groups work. The casebook builds an understanding of the key distinctions in the industry and reviews and applies key ideas of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
healthy thirst for competition. Dubbed “Aesthetic Idol,” the project asks students to split into small groups and choose a true-life business challenge, and to come up with a solution that combines creative vision with a compelling... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making
started 14 years ago with an email from Franklin Leonard, a development executive in Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, asking a select group of friends to let him know if they’d read any good scripts in the past year. He aggregated... View Details
- 18 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
How New Managers Become Great Managers
Linda Hill's book for the star performer-turned-new-manager, Becoming a Manager: Mastery of a New Identity appeared a decade ago to much acclaim. Much of the original book is still fresh today. But a new edition, Becoming a Manager: How... View Details
Keywords: by Linda Hill
- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
educators, teachers, and role models. They see themselves as administrators and their identity is not based on teaching. All I am inviting them to do is to reflect and ask themselves how their day would unfold differently if they saw... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- Book
How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations
managers about the gender biases that influence hiring decisions. Companies should also anonymize resumes, diversify interview panels, and evaluate candidates as a group against a set of defined criteria. Integration. Create opportunities... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
does not seem to explain the higher level of firm diversification. However, we find that Chinese state-owned enterprises diversify their operations more aggressively than other Chinese firms. Research limitations/implications—Ownership data and business View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
Khaire Publication: Business History Review (forthcoming) Abstract Identity is an important resource for firms, since it is a critical precursor of an important strategic resource—legitimacy. However, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 23, 2008
this loss of land, mining-related environmental degradation, and allegations of human rights abuses, a coalition of five indigenous communities forged an alliance with a group of domestic and international NGOs to build their case against... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace