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- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
computer-design process study by Carliss Baldwin and Kim Clark that underlines the importance of design rules and processes intended to produce compatible components in a finished product. Modularity in the manufacturing and logistics... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Honorees Urge Students to Emphasize Ethics
helm, The Esquel Group makes more men's cotton shirts than any other company in the world, producing private-label apparel for high-end chains like Brooks Brothers and designers like Ralph Lauren. Egon P. S. Zehnder (MBA '56) Founding... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why Evolutionary Software Development Works
newer models. The most widely quoted references report lessons from only a few successful projects. Now a two-year empirical study, which the author and colleagues Marco Iansiti and Roberto Verganti completed last year, reveals... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
correlation between administrative functional managers and divisional managers' pay.) The Myth Of The "flattened Firm" Wulf is hopeful that "Who Lives in the C-Suite?" will shed new light on the idea of corporate flattening, which View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad
Companies change strategy, operational processes, and policies all the time, each shift creating a new group of winners and losers. When Steve Jobs became CEO of Apple for the second time, the culture shifted, with designers enjoying... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- Web
Micro Mobility Device Policy | About
Micro Mobility Device Policy E-Scooters, E-Skateboards & Hoverboards Safety and Security have long been top priorities at Harvard Business School. In an effort to maintain a safe campus HBS has developed a plan for campus use of MicroMobility Devices (MD). MDs are... View Details
- Web
Ai Weiwei Strength 2019 | About
“uprootedness.” They refer to the ongoing plight of refugees worldwide; Indigenous communities affected by deforestation of their land; and of course Ai’s own arrest by Chinese authorities in 2011, and his peripatetic life after being... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business
often referred to in the form of a career pursuit, but for me it is, and has been a way of life. I have lived to see Uganda’s economy transform over the years, with every trip home a constant reminder of how quickly things are changing. I... View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
Design and Identity Change at the Federal Bureau of Investigation Both the design and identity of the FBI changed greatly in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, write Ranjay Gulati, Ryan... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
Research Agenda Author:Roberto Verganti Periodical:Journal of Product Innovation Management (forthcoming) Abstract Recent studies on design management have helped us to better comprehend how companies can apply View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
pleasant memories of his class back in the early 1960s. What I remember of Mr. Levitt (he was always “Mister” to me) is his furtive pacing back and forth in front of the blackboard. At the third level were a couple of fellows who even in Levitt’s class would doze off... View Details
- 14 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Understanding Users of Social Networks
things, guys give references to other things.” But the remarkable finding was the gender dynamics. According to the research, there are more women on Twitter than men, women tweet about the same rate as men, but men's tweets are followed... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard
academic ventures. Debuting this spring, the Harvard Business Analytics Program (HBAP) was designed and will be taught by faculty from HBS, the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Harvard’s Faculty of... View Details
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
a program (PACT) in Boston to bring care to AIDS and TB patients who were not well served by existing care delivery systems. Describes PIH's programs in the developing world and the way in which lessons learned in these countries informed the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
latest manifestation of a lecture given 68 years ago by Ronald Coase, now professor emeritus at the University of Chicago Law School. Prof. Coase set forth a theory designed to help set limits on organizational boundaries. He proposed... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
environment. "In big markets, nobody wants to hear about bridge periods," Groysberg says, referring to times when ball clubs (or companies) decide to sacrifice immediate performance to focus on developing young talent.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Charting the Luminary Leadership in Professional Service Firms
individuals clearly poses an extraordinary challenge. We refer to it as “leadership without control.” Explain the concept of alignment. Lorsch: Alignment refers to the ongoing process of View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
in press Journal of Systems and Software Technical Debt and System Architecture: The Impact of Coupling on Defect-related Activity By: MacCormack, Alan, and Daniel J. Sturtevant Abstract—Technical debt is created when design decisions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
Boston. Global Citizen Year Abigail Falik, MBA 2008 Global Citizen Year is building a movement of young Americans who engage in a transformative “bridge year” between high school and college. Global Reference Check Josh Green Claire Levy... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
Fund for Leadership and Innovation or made gifts directed to specific priorities. A multiyear series of Campaign events will be held in more than 20 locations around the world, each designed to connect alumni in learning about and sharing... View Details