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    Jon M. Jachimowicz

    Jon M. Jachimowicz is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches the Leadership and Organizational Behavior course (LEAD) in the Required Curriculum. He studies... View Details

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    Yusaku's interests lie in the dynamics of shared beliefs, shared values, and organizational capabilities, as well as the role of leadership in them. Of particular approach is to understand the ways in which beliefs become justified, socially, so as to become "justified... View Details
    • 16 Jan 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Adam Smith, Behavioral Economist?

    from one of Smith's earlier works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, that caught the attention of Harvard Business School professor Nava Ashraf and coauthors Colin Camerer and George Loewenstein. In "Adam Smith, Behavioral... View Details
    Keywords: by Ann Cullen
    • 2015
    • Working Paper

    Making a Difference: Leader Evaluation, Selection, and Impact

    By: Gautam Mukunda
    The relationship between leader selection and impact is important to both researchers and practitioners. This paper introduces Leader Filtration Theory (LFT)—a theory from political science—to managerial audiences, applies it to organizations, and uses it to improve... View Details
    Keywords: Leaders; Leader Selection; Individual Impact; Leadership; Selection and Staffing
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    • December 1999
    • Article

    Changes in the Work Environment for Creativity during Downsizing

    By: T. M. Amabile and Regina Conti
    This study examined the work environment for creativity at a large high-technology firm before, during, and after a major downsizing. Creativity and most creativity-supporting aspects of the perceived work environment declined significantly during the downsizing but... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Culture; Situation or Environment; Creativity; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Business or Company Management; Motivation and Incentives; Management Practices and Processes; Crisis Management; Groups and Teams; Communication; Announcements; Interpersonal Communication
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    • 2013
    • Article

    Ethically Adrift: How Others Pull Our Moral Compass from True North, and How we Can Fix It

    By: C. Moore and F. Gino
    This chapter is about the social nature of morality. Using the metaphor of the moral compass to describe individuals' inner sense of right and wrong, we offer a framework to help us understand social reasons why our moral compass can come under others' control, leading... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Moral Sensibility; Behavior
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    • 24 Sep 2018
    • HBS Seminar

    Sharon Koppman, University of California, Irvine

    • November 2009
    • Article

    Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies

    By: Erin Marie Reid and Michael W. Toffel
    The challenges associated with climate change will require governments, citizens, and firms to work collaboratively to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a task that requires information on companies' emissions levels, risks, and reduction opportunities. This paper... View Details
    Keywords: Climate Change; Problems and Challenges; Pollutants; Risk and Uncertainty; Business and Shareholder Relations; Management Practices and Processes; Social Issues; Corporate Disclosure; Values and Beliefs; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics
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    • Book Review

    Book Review of 'Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in Latin America' by Sarah Zukerman Daly

    By: Natalia Garbiras-Díaz
    Why do some non-state actors, under the same peace accord, go back to violence in the aftermath of the disarming and demobilization of their armies, while others remain demilitarized? In her book, Organized Violence after Civil War: The Geography of Recruitment in... View Details
    Keywords: Civil War; Government; Government and Politics; Governance; National Security; Governance Compliance; Latin America
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    • 26 Sep 2023
    • Book

    Digital Strategy: A Handbook for Managing a Moving Target

    time has come to produce a wide-ranging book about current research on digital strategy. Simultaneously, the inception of the digital age, with all its multiple remarkable fallouts, contributes to making the received body of strategy View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology
    • April 2007
    • Article

    Knowledge-based Innovation: Emergence and Embedding of New Practice Areas in Management Consulting Firms

    By: N. Anand, H. K. Gardner and T. 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
    Keywords: Knowledge; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Economy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Experience and Expertise; Service Operations; Consulting Industry
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    • 2007
    • Article

    Three Perspectives on Team Learning: Outcome Improvement, Task Mastery, and Group Process

    By: Amy C. Edmondson, James R. Dillon and Kate Roloff
    The emergence of a research literature on team learning has been driven by at least two factors. First, longstanding interest in what makes organizational work teams effective leads naturally to questions about how members of newly formed teams learn to work together... View Details
    Keywords: Learning; Organizational Culture; Performance Improvement; Practice; Groups and Teams; Research; Adaptation; Cooperation
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    • Research Summary

    My research draws upon social and cultural theories to address three important topics in marketing: branding strategy, organizing to deliver creative content, and cultural consumer behavior:

    1)Branding Strategy: How are iconic brands built?

    I have... View Details

    • 2019
    • Chapter

    Teams and Team Effectiveness in Health Services Organizations

    By: Bruce J. Fried and Amy C. Edmondson
    Book Abstract: Completely updated to address the challenges faced by modern health care organizations, this edition of Shortell and Kaluzny's Health Care Management: Organization Design and Behavior offers a more global perspective on how the United States and... View Details
    Keywords: Groups and Teams; Performance Effectiveness; Health; Health Industry
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    • 2010
    • Other Paper

    Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence

    By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
    Prior strategy research is divided on the utility of new-venture planning. Some scholars argue that planning enhances new-firm performance and others make the opposite argument. This paper attempts to reconcile these contradictory views by exploring the extent of... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Success; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Colombia
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    • 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
    Keywords: Competency and Skills; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge; Organizations; Practice; Mathematical Methods; Consulting Industry
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    • April 2020
    • Article

    Long-term Firm Growth: An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Manufacturers 1959–2015

    By: Giovanni Dosi, Marco Grazzi, Daniele Moschella, Gary P. Pisano and Federico Tamagni
    Firm growth is an essential feature of market economies, shaping together macroeconomic performance and the evolution of industry structures. As a potential indicator of organizational “fitness” within a competitive environment, firm growth is also a central concern to... View Details
    Keywords: Firm Growth; Organizations; Growth and Development; Theory; Analysis; Production; Data and Data Sets
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    • 04 Aug 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: August 4

    fears originate, and the different types of employee silence they motivate. Our aim is to introduce new directions for future research on silence as well as to encourage further attention to the powerful and pervasive role of fear across numerous areas of View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
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    The Unexpected Effects of Workplace Connectivity

    By: Ethan S. Bernstein

    While investigating how workplace transparency and privacy shape organizational behavior and performance, I wondered about the related effects of workplace connectivity. As new digital tools and organizational forms make it far easier for employees to communicate... View Details

    Keywords: Human Behavior; Performance; Virtual Work; Hybrid Work; Office Space; Workplace Design; Organizations; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Networks; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Communication

      Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence

      Although entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many countries, they often face unstable environments due to violence and civil unrest. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by high levels of political and civil violence... View Details