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  • 14 Dec 2015
  • Blog Post

5 Facts About HBS Conferences

Club conferences are a vibrant part of the student life ecosystem at HBS. Over 25 conferences are held each year on topics ranging from finance to entrepreneurship, and some of the most well-known conferences include the Africa Business Conference, the View Details
  • Research Summary

Research Summary

By: Leslie A. Perlow

There has been tremendous change in the workplace — ubiquitous technology, 24/7 globalization, hyper-efficiency and now significant changes in work location. Professor Perlow’s research focuses on the implications for the ways we work and live, and what we can do to... View Details

  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

at this time. Publisher's Link: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199730858.do Risky Trust: How Multi-entity Teams Develop Trust in High Risk Endeavors Authors:Faazia Rashid and Amy Edmondson Publication:In Restoring Trust in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Tarun Khanna

    Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School. For almost three decades, he has studied entrepreneurship as a means to social and economic development in emerging markets. At HBS since 1993, after obtaining degrees from Princeton... View Details

    • 02 Jan 2013
    • What Do You Think?

    Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

    members dole out and respond openly to constructive challenges to ideas and solutions? Strong principled leadership recognizes this dynamic and addresses it before it makes teaming structures self... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 05 Apr 2016
    • First Look

    April 5, 2016

    Teenagers for Business Careers after World War II By: Friedman, Walter A. Abstract—This article traces the growing popularity of Junior Achievement’s “Company Program” in the two decades after World War II. The program provided high school students with the opportunity... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
    • 22 Oct 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: October 22

    Journal of International Business Studies Language as a Lightning Rod: Power Contests, Emotion Regulation, and Subgroup Dynamics in Global Teams By: Hinds, Pamela J., Tsedal Neeley, and Catherine Durnell... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2015
    • Working Paper

    Coactive Vicarious Learning: Towards a Relational Theory of Vicarious Learning in Organizations

    By: Christopher G. Myers
    Vicarious learning—a process of individual belief and behavior change that occurs through being exposed to, and making meaning of, another's experience—has long been recognized as a key driver of individual, team and organizational success. Yet existing perspectives on... View Details
    Keywords: Organizations; Learning
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    • 2007
    • Chapter

    Career Patterns and Organizational Performance

    By: Monica C. Higgins and James R. Dillon
    Traditional research on careers examines how organizations and individuals affect career outcomes. This chapter reviews several specific ways in which career histories have been found to influence organizational outcomes. While we incorporate both upper echelons... View Details
    Keywords: Organizations; Personal Development and Career; Performance
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    • October 1993 (Revised December 1997)
    • Case

    General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (A)

    William Anders became CEO of defense giant General Dynamics in 1991 as the Cold War was ending and as the industry became saddled with excess capacity. Observing that the company was underserving shareholders and required a massive change in its culture, Anders brought... View Details
    Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Strategy; Executive Compensation; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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    • 07 Feb 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: February 7

    optimization-based TFM approach in the CDM environment. Read the paper: http://trb.metapress.com/content/g6kt053v4651386t/ Performance Pressure as a Double-Edged Sword: Enhancing Team Motivation While Undermining the Use of View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 Jul 2015
    • Blog Post

    On the Road: Zurich, Warsaw, and Istanbul

    heading next. This May, members of our team traveled to Europe to host HBS information sessions in Zurich, Warsaw, and Istanbul. In case you’re wondering, these international information sessions usually include an admissions... View Details
    • 11 Aug 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

    committed to strategic issues. We don't advocate abandoning an intense focus on operations and their improvement. But we do advocate planning strategy, not just describing it as important. The senior management team needs to have regular,... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 17 May 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: May 17

    contributions—regarding which greater team heterogeneity reduces the likelihood of equal splitting. Second, we show that these same founder characteristics also significantly affect the share premium in View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Anthony Mayo

      Tony Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the Organizational Behavior Unit of Harvard Business School (HBS).  He currently teaches and serves as the course head for... View Details

      Keywords: advertising; airline; education industry; nonprofit industry; publishing industry; service industry
      • 03 Jul 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: July 3

      however, is still focused on the archetypal team that has well-defined membership, purposes, leadership, and standards of effectiveness-all characteristics that are being altered by changes in the larger context of collaboration. Each of... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Research Summary

      THEME #2: BUILDING CAPABILITIES THROUGH VARIATION

      Prior work has yet to establish definitively the role that variation (e.g. in individuals' activities or organizational processes) plays in the development of capabilities.  Variation is usually either not considered (e.g., the learning curve examines... View Details

      • 25 Oct 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out

      factors such as organizational culture, networking opportunities, the general team dynamic, and the pressure of a new spotlight. “There's a certain relationship that those players have to have. Can this person be a good fit based on the... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Banking
      • March 2006 (Revised February 2007)
      • Case

      UBS: Towards the Integrated Firm

      By: Rajiv Lal, Nitin Nohria and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      In late June 2005, UBS Group CEO Peter Wuffli--anointed "Master of Zurich" by the financial press--was returning to Zurich from the firm's latest three-day Senior Leadership Conference (SLC). Tapping 600 top managers, this SLC featured an outdoor event at a former... View Details
      Keywords: Integration; Programs; Leadership; Talent and Talent Management; Trust
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      Admissions - MBA

      Admissions Future Leaders Start Here View Program Brochure Join Our List Who Are We Looking For? The mission of Harvard Business School is to educate leaders who make a difference in the world. In each MBA class, we create a dynamic... View Details