Organizational Studies - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

series of 20-minute presentations followed by discussion groups took an unconventional look at topics such as stereotypes, difference, and organizational change. (Presenters were also asked to write short research-based papers to... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

01 Feb 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?

economies. It’s also testimony to a darker phenomenon. A recent study reported in MIT Sloan Management Review concludes that from April through September, the main reason for quitting in the US (10 times more important than compensation)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

Such motives spring from the humanitarian values possessed by the organizations or individuals involved. Utilitarian motives, on the other hand, cater to the partners' organizational needs, focusing on issues like risk management or the... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

Boston predict which places might be violating public health regulations. And it is working with an education nonprofit in Watertown, Mass., Education Resource Strategies, to study how school districts spend money. "The outcome is that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Mar 2003
News

Books

Connecting the Dots by Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan Selling China by Yasheng Huang What Customers Think by Gerald Zaltman Connecting the Dots by Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan (Harvard Business School Press) A recent study... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.27.4.65 Working Papers Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances By: Alfaro, Laura, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, and Vadym Volosovych Abstract—We decompose capital flows-both debt and equity-into public and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

embarked on a career as a successful venture capitalist. Then, in 1980, the role of entrepreneurship at HBS changed dramatically with the appointment of Dean John H. McArthur. In one of his first acts as Dean, McArthur elevated the status of entrepreneurship as a... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

Nitin Nohria as a graduate student in 1994. To learn the extent to which chief executive turnover affects corporations, they studied the performance of two hundred of the largest U.S. companies before and after chief executive... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment

16 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps

researchers found that German companies struggling to maintain long-term survival in India adopted a mix of political risk management strategies: Disguise Some companies used a “cloaking” strategy, altering their organizational structure... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

19 May 2015
News

Getting Ready for Success

students annually and boasts a college-completion rate of more than 90 percent. “We’ve now proven our model replicates well and is quantitatively effective, so we are looking to aggressively expand.” Her time at HBS strengthened both her skillset and her network.... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

17 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship in Asia and Foreign Direct Investment

getting underway and is not conclusive, Huang believes that the study of FDI in the context of local entrepreneurship in Asia deserves a closer look. "I'm not claiming local entrepreneurship is the only determinant of FDI," he... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?

learn Kahn’s study on the effect of managerial quality on baseball team performance and Belichick’s example in practice offer valuable lessons that support the hype generated when coaches are hired. First, all other things being equal,... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

24 Aug 2017
News

Unlocking Potential

prison. Studies by the US Bureau of Justice Statistics show that nearly seven out of 10 former inmates reoffend and return to prison within three years. The Reset Foundation tries to break that cycle by diverting people from the penal... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Community Partners; Legal Services; Professional Services

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

approximation of a fully sequential test for the maximum hazard ratio of the drug over multiple adverse events. A numerical study verifies that our method delivers Type I /II errors that are below pre-specified levels and is robust to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

dalliances of leaders, a kiss is never just a kiss. “A board’s oversight over culture and respect in the workplace has become much more important than it was prior to #MeToo.” A series of Harvard Business School case studies unfurls the... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

Web

HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

is reinventing how organizations compete in the digital world. The School welcomed the first cohort of fellows at the Institute for the Study of Business in Global Society (BiGS), bringing together researchers and practitioners to address... View Details

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

productive. The authors have studied when 161 countries adopted 104 technologies over the past 200 years, and they conclude that profound economic advantages-as measured by per capita income-accrue to early adopters of technology. Read... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51552 forthcoming Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm By: Kato, Takao, and Pian Shu Abstract—We View Details