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- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
discretion and autonomy of the members of the collective." "The bottom line," she concludes, "is these leaders are an inspiration to be around because they truly believe in people. For them, leadership is about humanity, getting the very...
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by Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
the institute's culture, which had previously allowed faculty scientists complete autonomy over their research. Center leaders are required to develop a business plan, adhere to agreed-upon performance metrics, and undergo regular...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity
contrary. "As a manager of people, you should regard this as very good news," Amabile wrote in the Harvard Business Review. "The key to motivation turns out to be largely within your control." By setting clear, achievable goals, allowing View Details
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by Michael Blanding
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
headquarters are large (255 median staff for a 20,000 FTE MNC) and European headquarters smaller (124). Implications are drawn that countries will lose activities if domestic firms are acquired by foreign MNCs, and that MNCs need to allow more subsidiary View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
constraints on the autonomy of firms. The book has several case studies that explore this issue. The instances when firms could really dictate to governments, as when the United Fruit Company orchestrated the CIA overthrow of the...
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- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
financial autonomy to collect export taxes and spend on public goods. The argument is that trade shocks affect asymmetrically the tax revenues of state governments and, thus, their expenditures on elementary education per capita according...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
applying project management principles to medical research. The resulting innovation, Integrative Research Centers, are novel in this field and present a substantial challenge to the Institute's culture, which had previously allowed faculty scientists complete View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 15, 2008
(forthcoming) Abstract This paper has two objectives. We begin by contrasting two potential paths for future research in entrepreneurship. One is the establishment of an independent field of research with a clear jurisdiction, a common theoretical canon, and View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
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markets differed, but the belief in local autonomy and decentralized decision-making became a core value within the company .Meanwhile, the largest American consumer products company remained cautious about international markets. During...
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- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6582.html http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-053.pdf Published: January 4, 2011 Paper Released: November 2010 It's a challenge that all good managers face: How do you strike the right balance between encouraging View Details
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by Staff
- 07 Sep 2011
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First Look: Sept. 7
use loan-level data to study how the organizational structure of banks impacts small business lending. We find that decentralized banks—where branch managers have greater autonomy over lending decisions—give larger loans to small firms...
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Sean Silverthorne
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venture introduce more formal roles, systems, and processes? What organizational design choices favor scaling? What are the trade-offs between autonomy and control? Senior Team: When should a venture replace its founder with a...
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