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  • Research Summary

Manager Specific Human Capital Investment: A Model of Block Trading and Firm Stability

I develop a model in which workers can undertake specific human capital investments in the firm and in the manager employed by the firm. If the manager leaves the firm, a worker has to decide whether to join her in the new firm or stay in the old firm. In case of... View Details
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By: Jorge Tamayo
Professor Tamayo’s research focuses on theoretical modeling and structural estimation of firm decision-making and productivity.

Professor Tamayo studies dynamic competition for customer membership. Generally, firms that implement a membership model charge a... View Details
  • Fall 2024
  • Article

The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention: Organizational Identity, Architecture, and Collaboration Can Be Either Assets or Liabilities to Pursuing Growth in New Sectors

By: Ryan Raffaelli
In more than a decade of researching innovation, I have observed how organizations respond to new opportunities, technological changes, or unexpected market shifts that threaten to upend their current business model. This process, which I call reinvention, may occur... View Details
Keywords: Innovation And Strategy; Change Leadership; Collaboration; Architecture; Transformation; Disruption; Leading Change; Innovation Strategy; Identity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure
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  • March 2008 (Revised October 2009)
  • Case

Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa

By: Tarun Khanna and Ayesha Khan
This is the story of MTC, a Kuwaiti telecom company that has grown from a sleepy, state monopoly to become one of the fastest growing telecom companies in the world, with the largest regional footprint across the Middle East and Africa. The CEO of the company, Dr. Saad... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Telecommunications Industry; Africa; Kuwait
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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
  • 10 Jan 2020
  • Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Retail

The “Know Your Audience” series on the HBS Recruiting Blog highlights trends in recruiting for various industries. Learn more about student interest, effective recruiting strategies, and best practices from HBS staff dedicated to your industry. Meet the View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
  • 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
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    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
    • 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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    • 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
    • 22 Oct 2013
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    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
    • 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

      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
      • 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
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      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
      • 24 Jun 2014
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      First Look: June 24

      Journal of Law & Economics Deregulation, Misallocation, and Size: Evidence from India By: Alfaro, Laura, and Anusha Chari Abstract—This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm size View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne