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- 16 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 16, 2008
challenge of upward voice. We first undertook in-depth exploratory research in a knowledge-intensive multinational corporation in which employee input was considered crucial. Qualitative data collected in 190 interviews with employees from all levels and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Maggie Sanchez (MBA 1990) on Purpose-Driven Board Leadership - Blog: RGE Report
demonstrate how she’d effectively guided other entities. From there, it was a matter of communicating her skills and knowledge. Boards used to look for directors with functional expertise in one industry, she says, but today they want... View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
technologies. NeuroLaunch is also working with startups outside the medical sphere: consumer-facing businesses that are developing products to tap brain waves to facilitate learning, meditation, mood and alertness, and a variety of other View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
future," Miller says. There is no blueprint for the right way to share information, he adds. A strong IR function is best developed in a way consistent with the firm's unique operating position. "What is really fascinating is... View Details
- 07 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders
management track were often placed directly into sales positions at Abbott, and then advanced primarily through this particular function. Integration of the different functions of the firm occurred at the top of their divisions (there... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
functionally effective. I hope that we learn from both our missteps and what we're doing right, and also the same from the experiences of other countries. I hope that the entire world can efficiently “crowdsource” from each other where we... View Details
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
solely a product problem. NB: I imagine that doing a good job of picking that mainstream market is a function of the entrepreneur's own experience in an industry and his or her intuition about the future. Lassiter: Certainly in the cases... View Details
- 24 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurial Hospital Pioneers New Model
But what's more interesting—and this is a function of operating in an environment such as India where heart disease is endemic—it's a genetic trait among Indians, and also there are so many people, so there are more heart ailments—is that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
week there will be some kind of evening function as well, which I don’t particularly enjoy but know I need to do. In this job, there’s really no one to tell you how to proceed. At first I found that a bit unsettling, but now I understand... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
information systems tend to mirror the traditional, functionally oriented organizations that they are supposed to help transform. While purchasing the right technology is part of the answer, Coote declared, "There has to be something... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
theoretical framework contribute to our understanding of the nature of expert influence and how and why functional groups, such as risk managers, can become influential. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-068.pdf... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
lines," rather than around the functions or disciplines of the care providers. It is equivalent to a product rather than a process focus. Unfortunately, it is not clear whether the benefits of this new healthcare model are sufficient... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Financial Reporting Goes Global
financial capital markets. You can see that the U.S. has less reason to feel the need to move quickly to IAS. However, even the U.S. is feeling pressure to have similar standards to be a fully functioning part of the global economy. For... View Details
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
visual and econometric evidence now backs it up. But it moves the question from how to develop your isolated internal R&D function to how to manage a collection of transient professionals who are constantly communicating and moving.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online
Disciplines Ideation at Amazon Show Hide Details Concepts Building an Explore Function Amazon & Intel Personal Case Project Featured Exercises Analyze the role of corporate explorers in driving innovation Reflect on the importance of... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
They may still be working from home, but they’re working from home in those cities. Gazette: Why does inventory remain so low across the country, and can anything be done to help ease the crunch? Gerardo Lietz: At the end of the day, it’s a View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
on the communicability of the tools and on the extent to which the experts are involved in practices related to those tools. Our study contributes to the accounting and management literature on influence-gathering, underlining that toolmaking plays a vital role in... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 15 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Business IT Innovation is so Difficult
innovation," says McElheran. Other ingredients: Organizational understanding. A deep understanding of how the company functions and competes is essential, because IT needs to support essential firm processes, rather than vice versa.... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 03 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 3
occupy-compliance expert, technical champion, trusted advisor, and engaged toolmaker-and trace the movements of experts between these positions. Our empirical findings and theoretical framework contribute to our understanding of the nature of expert influence and how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne