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- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
commit to funding of any particular transaction. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-106.pdf Leveraging Team Familiarity to Handle Uncertainty: A Resource-based View of Team Performance... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
George C. Lodge
team that wrote hundreds of cases for the new school, now flourishing in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. At the same time, Lodge undertook a three-year research project in the remote province of Veraguas in Panama to study the View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
well-grooved process to deal with copyright and trademarked content that could be applied to user-generated content, where you would give notice, require a timely response, and pursue legal means if unsatisfied. Another idea would be to... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (HBS MBA '03) was excelling at his job—selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals—when the company's 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (MBA ’03) was excelling at his job — selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals — when the company’s 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 31 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Five Important Steps before Taking the Entrepreneurial Leap
Quartner started her career in banking at Credit Suisse and Nina Mullen started her career in consulting at Bain) ended up starting a natural remedies brand, Hilma. Our process before taking the entrepreneurial leap: 1. Have an idea... View Details
- August 2014 (Revised August 2015)
- Supplement
Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)
By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee... View Details
Keywords: Valve; Self-Managed Organizations; Organization Design; Strategy; Flat Organization; Video Games; Organization Alignment; Family Business; Steam; Steam Machine; Design; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Alignment; Software; Hardware; Video Game Industry; Seattle
Bernstein, Ethan, Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats. "Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 415-016, August 2014. (Revised August 2015.)
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
all the others." Calls for sacrifice and self-discipline are met with cynicism, skepticism, and knee-jerk resistance. Our research into organizational transformation has involved settings as diverse as multinational corporations, government agencies, nonprofits,... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- 08 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Staying Connected to the Harvard Veterans Community After HBS
recruiting process that sealed the deal for me! Most recently, I joined the leadership team of HVAO and am currently serving as the group's Outreach Officer managing interactions with new members and leading... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
margin of about one dollar to repay the loan and earn a profit. The LCAE team is in the process of selecting countries in which to operate, examining factors such as market size, regulation, and access to... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
situations as well.” The decision to study alumni connections was borne of the professors' personal school ties: both received their PhDs in finance from the University of Chicago. In 2007, each landed a position in the Finance Unit at HBS, where they View Details
- 24 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
How To Be an Angel Investor
If you want to become good at early-stage investing, you need to learn how to size up the fundamental elements of an opportunity. Many investors use checklists or think of evaluation as a process of judging an entrepreneur, or an idea, or... View Details
Keywords: by David Amis & Howard Stevenson
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Preparing Future Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges
the late William F. Connell (MBA 1963)—experiential learning has been incorporated into 11 extended field courses in the Elective Curriculum this year, attracting about two-thirds of the Class of 2016. Six of these courses involve domestic or international travel,... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
an experiment almost a decade ago in which the company allowed a randomly selected subset of employees to work from home for nine months while the rest of the team stayed in the office. As it turned out, the employees who worked from home... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
these facilities on a single block." The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation provided the research team with the records of all 28 million OBD-II inspections conducted on gasoline-powered consumer vehicles at the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
framework for a discussion of what it takes for a team to produce great results. Unleash Your Inner Company: Use Passion and Perseverance to Build Your Ideal Business by John Chisholm (MBA 1978) (Greenleaf Book Group Press) Chisholm... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time
racial makeup of loan officers—a job that’s become more nuanced in a largely automated mortgage origination process, Sunderam says. Loan officers are critical to the process Loan officers play an important role for would-be borrowers,... View Details
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
complexities and pressures. It's Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works (18,159) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6629.html Published: April 18, 2011 Managers who inundate their teams with the same messages, over and over,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Promise & Perils
turn back. “This historic reform process will not stop,” Long observed. Advice for Business and Investors The rapid pace of change not only creates new opportunities, it shapes new ways of doing business. In a session titled “Modes of... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
characteristics such as pollution levels, regulatory compliance, environmental management practices that affect operations (such as environmental auditing), and stakeholder engagement (such as environmental reporting). Where Rankings Go... View Details