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- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
but also a source of, inter-organizational conflict. Principals, agents, and teams face different sets of constraints and opportunities in negotiations. We develop grounded theory detailing how the micro-interactions comprising a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Developing Organizational Capabilities to Compete
By: Michael Beer
Michael Beer’s current research focuses on the question of what makes an Effective Organization. Based on his extensive research and practice about this question Beer has identified six highly interrelated core capabilities:
- Capacity of the... View Details
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
specialist knowledge, on one hand, or seek to integrate diverse knowledge, on the other hand. Moreover, our findings suggest that, in the virtual setting, the boundary of team membership is not centrally...
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Martha Lagace
- 2012
- Working Paper
With Us or Against Us? Networks, Identity and Order in a Virtual World
By: Magnus Thor Torfason
Social networks and social groups have both been seen as important to discouraging malfeasance and supporting the global pro-social norms that underlie social order, but have typically been treated either as pure substitutes or as having completely independent effects....
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Social Norms;
Social Networks;
Triadic Closure;
Social Groups;
Group Identity;
Groups and Teams;
Boundaries;
Organizations;
Identity;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Societal Protocols
Torfason, Magnus Thor. "With Us or Against Us? Networks, Identity and Order in a Virtual World." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-019, August 2012. (Revise and Resubmit, American Journal of Sociology.)
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
Publication:Journal of Consumer Psychology (forthcoming) Abstract In four studies in which consumers assembled IKEA boxes, folded origami, and built sets of Legos, we demonstrate and investigate boundary conditions for the IKEA effect-the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 2010
- Book
Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution
By: Robert L. Simons
To stay ahead of the pack, you must translate your organization's competitive strategy into day-to-day actions that will enable your company to win in the marketplace. This means channeling resources into the right efforts, striking a balance between innovation and...
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Decision Choices and Conditions;
Innovation and Management;
Resource Allocation;
Business Processes;
Organizational Culture;
Competitive Strategy
Simons, Robert L. Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution. Harvard Business Review Press, 2010.
- Teaching Interest
Contemporary Developing Countries: Entrepreneurial Solutions to Intractable Problems
By: Tarun Khanna
What problems do developing countries face, and how can individuals contribute to solutions rather than awaiting the largesse of the state or other actors? Intractable problems – such as lack of access to education and healthcare, forced reliance on contaminated... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
spatial spillovers fundamentally depend on the presence of existing relationships. Using multidimensional network formation data from the random placement of teams at a startup boot camp, we show that spatial spillovers decline if View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- October 2010
- Article
Organizational Designs and Innovation Streams
By: Michael Tushman, Wendy K. Smith, Robert Chapman Wood, George Westerman and Charles A. O'Reilly III
This article empirically explores the relations between alternative organizational designs and a firm's ability to explore as well as exploit. We operationalize exploitation and exploration in terms of innovation streams—incremental innovation in existing products as...
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Competency and Skills;
Innovation and Invention;
Management Teams;
Product Development;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Design;
Outcome or Result;
Performance Improvement
Tushman, Michael, Wendy K. Smith, Robert Chapman Wood, George Westerman, and Charles A. O'Reilly III. "Organizational Designs and Innovation Streams." Industrial and Corporate Change 19, no. 5 (October 2010): 1331–1366. (doi: 10.1093/icc/dtq040.)
- 28 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Clock Is Ticking: 3 Ways to Manage Your Time Better
working from home brought greater flexibility, such arrangements often blurred personal and professional boundaries and created a never-ending day for some people. We asked three Harvard Business School faculty members to offer insights...
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by Kristen Senz
- 2012
- Working Paper
What Do Managers Do? Exploring Persistent Performance Differences among Seemingly Similar Enterprises
By: Robert Gibbons and Rebecca Henderson
Social networks and social groups have both been seen as important to discouraging malfeasance and supporting the global pro-social norms that underlie social order, but have typically been treated either as pure substitutes or as having completely independent effects....
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Social Norms;
Social Networks;
Triadic Closure;
Social Groups;
Group Identity;
Groups and Teams;
Identity;
Performance Consistency;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Societal Protocols;
Social Media
Gibbons, Robert, and Rebecca Henderson. "What Do Managers Do? Exploring Persistent Performance Differences among Seemingly Similar Enterprises." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-020, August 2012.
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
2016 Berrett-Koehler Publishers Building the Future: Big Teaming for Audacious Innovation By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Susan Salter Reynolds Abstract—Machiavelli famously wrote, "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Clayton Christensen’s “How Will You Measure Your Life?”
there was no longer a boundary where it suddenly made sense to turn around. The next step is always a small one, and given what you've already done, why stop now? Leeson described the feeling of walking down this dark road in an interview...
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- 24 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World
but no bosses.” As Wilson expanded the organization nationwide, he instilled strong boundaries and a rigid sense of ethics. He insisted that all major decisions be made by local chapters. Wilson turned down Time’s Man of the Year profile...
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by Avery Forman
- 09 Jan 2024
- In Practice
Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year
limitations of generative AI solutions, discerning optimal use cases, and establishing boundary conditions will be pivotal. Responsible AI and AI ethics. As integration of AI systems deepens into society, businesses, and education, an...
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- 12 Dec 2023
- Book
HBS Faculty Books of 2023: Find Happiness, Fix Things, and Fail Well
many companies. By the time teams have adapted to newly implemented technology, another platform has emerged to replace it. The Research Handbook on Digital Strategy, a book coedited by Feng Zhu offers a guide for executives trying to...
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by Danielle Kost
- 14 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings
How do people adjust their work patterns?” Longer days and more check-ins The team compared the frequency and timing of emails sent within and outside organizations eight weeks before the start of pandemic-related lockdowns and eight...
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by Danielle Kost
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
characterized by some boundary conditions (Study 6). We discuss the theoretical contribution of this work to research on moral regulation and ethical behavior. "CEO Relational Leadership and Strategic Decision Quality in Top...
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Carmen Nobel
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
feel like they are losing every day. I believe this will be a marathon, not a sprint, and I will need help for the next many months to keep theirs and others’ spirits high so we can keep them for when we recover.” “How to motivate a team...
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 19 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023
BalanceYounger workers are rejecting the idea of sticking with one employer for the long haul and are instead finding happiness by job-hopping and creating dramatically different boundaries with work. In a new book, Christina M. Wallace...
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by Danielle Kost