Professor James E. Austin - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Oct 2018
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Building on History

James Cash is the James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. He joined the HBS faculty in 1976, and has taught in all the... View Details

30 Jun 2009
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Working PapersWellsprings of Creation: How Perturbation Sustains Exploration in Mature Organizations (revised) Authors:David James Brunner, Bradley R. Staats, Michael L. Tushman, and David M. Upton Abstract Organizations struggle to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

strategy. Methodological Fit in Management Field Research Authors:A. C. Edmondson and S. E. McManus Periodical:The Academy of Management Review 32, no. 4 (October 2007) Abstract Methodological fit, an implicitly valued attribute of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

academic community, with a feeling of emptiness, and of gratitude for all he did for us. Nancy F. Koehn Nancy F. Koehn, an authority on entrepreneurial history, is the James E. Robison View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

leading management thinkers. Robert S. Huckman : Awarded the Inaugural David J. Fine Distinguished Visiting Professor in Healthcare Administration from the University of Minnesota in 2023. Christian Kaps : Awarded Runner-up for the 2023... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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Short Takes

these relationships began to cross the line from traditional philanthropy to more strategic and mutually beneficial alliances, HBS professor James E. Austin, head of the... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Jun 2004
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Social Enterprise Celebrates Tenth Year, Looks Ahead

introducing a short video that showcased specific organizations and individuals upon whom SEI has had an impact. SEI faculty members Rosabeth Moss Kanter, James E. Austin, and V. Kasturi Rangan then briefly... View Details

Keywords: SEI; Social Enterprise Initiative; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

Market Governments—Qualitative Evidence from a Biotechnology Multinational Authors:Prithwiraj Choudhury, James Geraghty, and Tarun Khanna Publication:Global Strategy Journal 2, no. 1 (February 2012) Abstract We build on the emerging... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 May 2010
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and Why? Authors:Stephen Leider and Alvin E. Roth Publication:Journal of Transplantation 10 (May 2010): 1221-1227 Abstract The shortage of transplant kidneys has spurred debate about legalizing monetary payments to donors to increase the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2025
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Assets: Matchup

Photo: Allison Sepanek Meg Rithmire first visited China in 2001, the summer after her first year of college. “I remember thinking it would be an interesting country to study because it was so hard for me to understand it,” she recalls. “I figured I would never get... View Details

Keywords: collectibles; faculty; China; Chinese leaders

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Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Fredric M. Jablin Doctoral Dissertation Award , awarded by the International Leadership Association and the Jepson School for Leadership Studies for demonstrating substantial insights and implications for the study of leadership through View Details

01 Feb 1998
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Short Takes

Who Does Good and Why While it's common knowledge that business leaders often serve on nonprofit boards, there has been little formal information about the characteristics and motivations of such individuals. In a 1997 working paper series on social enterprise,* HBS... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Dec 2002
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Building a Network for Social Enterprise in Latin America

America.” In addition to Reficco, HBS professor and ISE faculty chair James E. Austin, Senior Lecturer Diana Barrett, Professor Allen S.... View Details

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Business Leaders and the Social Sector

By: James E. Austin

This research involed a multifaceted, multi-year study of corporate and business leader involvement in the social sector. This examined: the extent and nature of, and motivation for, Harvard Business School graduates' involvement with nonprofit and social-sector ... View Details