Informal Organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Nov 2011
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Lessons From a Kenyan Slum

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

September 2015
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Connective Mobility

By: Nitin Nohria, Christopher Payton and Ali Huberlie

Keywords: Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Culture; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Performance Productivity; Problems and Challenges; Management Practices and Processes; Business Divisions; Information Management; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States

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13 Jul 2018
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Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs

Harsh Bhargava (MBA 1977), president of the Washington, DC–based consulting company Bankworld, built I Create, a nonprofit organization focused on combating India’s unemployment crisis through entrepreneurship, in 1999. Since that time,... View Details

04 Jun 2014
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Investing for Real and Permanent Good

Keywords: Carnegie; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

26 Apr 2012
Working Paper Summaries

What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews

Keywords: by Loretti I. Dobrescu, Michael Luca & Alberto Motta; Information; Information

28 Feb 2013
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Boston-area Nonprofits Receive $2.25 Million in MacArthur Grants

Keywords: Professor David Moss; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information

November 2001
Supplement

A Note on Organizational Design at Yahoo!

By: Alan D. MacCormack

Supplements Yahoo! Business on Internet Time. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Information Technology Industry

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01 Jun 2008
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Faculty Books

and the social sciences. Bringing together leading scholars, the book is organized in four parts: Approaches and Debates; Forms of Business Organization; Functions of Enterprise; and Enterprise and Society. Capitalism, Democracy and... View Details

Keywords: Information; Information; Information; Information; Information; Information

11 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How AI Could Ease the Refugee Crisis and Bring New Talent to Businesses

transformed several industries over the past two years—may offer solutions for overwhelmed resettlement programs run by both nongovernmental organizations and governments, according to a study by Harvard Business School Assistant... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Information Technology

01 Dec 1996
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Faculty Symposium Honors McArthur

sometimes vigorous debate about pivotal issues. The "tip of the iceberg" is how Professor Thomas K. McCraw, one of the principal organizers of the symposium, described the event's program. "A tremendous amount of important research and... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

March 2018
Case

Zensar Technologies Ltd.

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Tanvi Deshpande

Zensar, an established mid-tier IT services company based in India, is known for its customer-centric approach and close-knit culture. Sandeep Kishore has recently stepped in as the MD and CEO, replacing the previous CEO of 15 years. Kishore is developing his strategy... View Details

Keywords: Digitalization; Business Processes; Strategy; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Information Technology Industry

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05 Aug 2015
What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

and the period from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. During another productivity bonanza, the one that extended from 1995 to about 2005, we speculated in one of these first columns on the possibility that organizations producing new View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

01 Sep 2014
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The Next Lessons

organizations such as the Museum of Modern Art, Stanford Medical School, and the Brookings Institution to contribute educational content on the visual arts, medicine, and health care, respectively. “We’re also launching some... View Details

Keywords: William Weber

01 Feb 2001
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Books

world: dot-coms, dot-com enablers (technology and service providers), and "wannadots" (established companies seeking to incorporate the Internet into their activities). These organizations must find ways to thrive in a digital age that... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Information; Information

01 Aug 2001
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Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)

the organization as it has forged educational partnerships with numerous businesses and become the country's leading nonprofit resource for breast cancer information and education. NABCO is now a powerful... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Health, Social Assistance

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

one-on-ones, to digital messaging. Your storytelling challenge isn’t over after one grim layoff email. Frances X. Frei is the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at HBS. Anne Morriss is a leadership coach. Their latest book is Move Fast and Fix Things. Maria... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Information Technology

01 Mar 2004
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Alumni Bookshelf

Systems Fieldbook coedited by Gerald D. Klein (MBA ’67) (Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer) Aimed at helping leaders building organizations characterized by extensive collaboration, this book guides readers in making the most of the intellectual... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2015
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Ink

generating unmotivated and distracted students. To rebuild the educational enterprise to better meet those needs, the authors lead readers through a series of key processes: goal-setting, organizing teams, designing the best experiences... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Information; Information; Information