Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (160) Arrow Down

Show Results For

← Page 7 of 160 Results →
  • 08 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 8

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-038.pdf Fluid Teams and Fluid Tasks: The Impact of Team Familiarity and Variation in Experience (revised) Authors: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 17

misleading guides for the welfare effects of alternative fiscal policies. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-113.pdf Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank Authors:Bradley R.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2011 (Revised June 2012)
  • Case

Samasource: Give Work, Not Aid

By: Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats
Samasource sought to use work, not aid, for economic development. The company secured contracts for digital services from large companies in the United States and Europe, divided the work up into small pieces (called microwork) and then sent it to delivery centers in... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Growth and Development Strategy; Social Enterprise
Related
  • 05 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

  Working PapersWellsprings of Creation: Perturbation and the Paradox of the Highly Disciplined Organization Authors:David James Brunner, Bradley R. Staats, Michael L. Tushman, and David M. Upton Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014

Most Popular Faculty Working Papers 2014 Learning By Thinking: How Reflection Improves Performance Researchers Giada Di Stefano, Francesca Gino, Gary Pisano, and Bradley Staats... View Details
  • January 28, 2021
  • Other Article

Lessons from the U.S.'s Rocky Vaccine Rollout

By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
The rocky rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines is emblematic of many of the problems with the U.S. health care system. The United States is blessed with highly trained, excellent, and compassionate care providers and terrific research and development that has led to novel... View Details
Keywords: Health Care; COVID-19; Vaccines; Operations Improvement; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Operations; Performance Improvement; Health; Health Industry; United States
Related
  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Variation in Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem

By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats
Prior work in organizational learning has failed to find a consistent effect of variation in experience on performance. While some studies find a positive relationship between these two variables, others find no effect or even a negative relationship. In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Knowledge Acquisition; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Groups and Teams; Familiarity; India
Related
  • February 2005
  • Case

Bayside Motion Group (B)

By: H. Kent Bowen and Bradley R. Staats
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Related
  • 14 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 14, 2010

experience suggests it may take several years. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-020.pdf   Working PapersWellsprings of Creation: How Perturbation Sustains Exploration in Mature Organizations Authors:David James Brunner, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2006 (Revised April 2007)
  • Case

BioScale

By: H. Kent Bowen and Bradley R. Staats
In 2004, Mark Lundstrom must decide on a funding method and strategic approach for BioScale, a biotechnology company that he founded. BioScale has developed a microchip-based bioanalytical platform that can be used to detect very small concentrations of cells, viruses,... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Science-Based Business; Capital; Financing and Loans; Partners and Partnerships; Biotechnology Industry
Related
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Specialization and Variety in Repetitive Tasks: Evidence from a Japanese Bank

By: Bradley R. Staats and Francesca Gino
Sustaining operational productivity in the completion of repetitive tasks is critical to many organizations' success. Yet research points to two different work-design related strategies for accomplishing this goal: specialization to capture the benefits of repetition... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Working Conditions; Service Delivery; Performance Productivity; Financial Services Industry; Japan
Related
  • 17 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 17

mind. Implications for mind perception, dehumanization, and intergroup relations are discussed. August 2013 Journal of Applied Psychology Rainmakers: Why Bad Weather Means Good Productivity By: Lee, Jooa Julia, Francesca Gino, and Bradley... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

mitigate these frictions. Read the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-116.pdf Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future? Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Annissa Alusi, Amy C. Edmondson, and Tiona Zuzul Publication:Chap. 18 in Infrastructure... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 May 2015
  • First Look

First Look: May 26

behalf of the firm; others operate independently of these characteristics. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49196 Learning by Thinking: Overcoming the Bias for Action through Reflection. By: Di... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 27

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210041-PDF-ENG Merger Integration at Bank of America: The TrustWeb Project Gary P. Pisano and Bradley R. StaatsHarvard Business School Case 610-054 This case... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2010 (Revised April 2010)
  • Case

Merger Integration at Bank of America: The TrustWeb Project

By: Gary P. Pisano and Bradley R. Staats
This case explores project management in a large organization through the eyes of a young project manager, Mike Morris. Morris is tasked with leading a project within the overall merger integration effort at Bank of America. Morris encounters difficulties with managing... View Details
Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Management Skills; Business Processes; Projects; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Banking Industry; United States
Related
  • October 2020
  • Article

Task Selection and Workload: A Focus on Completing Easy Tasks Hurts Long-Term Performance

By: Diwas S. KC, Bradley R. Staats, Maryam Kouchaki and Francesca Gino
How individuals manage, organize, and complete their tasks is central to operations management. Recent research in operations focuses on how under conditions of increasing workload individuals can decrease their service time, up to a point, in order to complete work... View Details
Keywords: Healthcare; Knowledge Work; Discretion; Workload; Employees; Health Care and Treatment; Decision Making; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Productivity
Related
  • 21 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

A., Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats, and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract—To scale service operations requires retrieving knowledge across the organization. However, prior work highlights that individuals on the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • October 2005
  • Tutorial

IT Concepts: An Online Course

By: H. Kent Bowen, David M. Upton, Bradley R. Staats and Preston Trent Staats
TThis online course is no longer available. Please see product 4330. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
Related
  • 10 Jan 2008
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

production methods. But the payoffs have not been nearly as dramatic for service industries applying lean principles. HBS professor David Upton and doctoral student Bradley Staats look at the experience of... View Details