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- 2004
- Chapter
The Role of Speaking Up in Work Life Balancing
By: A. Edmondson and J. R. Detert
Keywords: Work-Life Balance
- 24 Oct 2004 - 27 Oct 2004
- Conference Presentation
Empirical Research in Software Deveopment: Lessons from the Field
By: Alan MacCormack
- 2004
- Working Paper
Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code
By: Alan MacCormack, John Rusnak and Carliss Y. Baldwin
- August 2004
- Case
Microsoft.NET (Abridged)
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
Set in the summer of 2000, following the unveiling of Microsoft's .NET initiative to the public. Three of the key figures in .NET's development are considering the next steps they would have to take to keep the initiative moving forward. Specifically, the challenges... View Details
- August 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Fate of the Vasa, The
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Richard Mason
In 1628, the royal warship Vasa was launched. It was Sweden's most expensive naval vessel ever built, costing over 5% of GNP. On its maiden voyage, the ship sailed 1,400 yards in its own harbor, heeled over to the side, and then sank. One third of the 150 crew and... View Details
- 01 Aug 2004
- Conference Presentation
Achieving Flexibility in NPD: New Processes and New Ways of Organizing
By: Alan MacCormack
- 2004
- Working Paper
The Recovery Window: Organizational Learning Following Ambiguous Threats in High-Risk Organizations
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Michael A. Roberto, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Erika M. Ferlins and Laura R. Feldman
- July 28, 2004
- Article
Generic Dispensing and Substitution in Mail and Retail Pharmacies
By: Marta Wosinska and Robert S. Huckman
- July 2004 (Revised July 2005)
- Case
Activision: The 'Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer' Project
By: Alan D. MacCormack, Enrico D"Angelo and Kerry Herman
Mike Ward, the producer in charge of developing the Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer game for Activision, must decide whether to launch the game in time for the 2002 Christmas season. Complicating his decision are the lukewarm response from consumers to TV test spots of the... View Details
- July 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Teaching Note
MedSource Technologies (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-603-081). View Details
Keywords: Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
- Article
Designing Sustainability at BMW Group: The Designworks/USA Experience
By: Kellie McElhaney, Michael W. Toffel and Natalie Hill
This case study describes how an industrial design company developed a sustainability management system (SMS) standard, designed and implemented an SMS throughout its business, and then became the first company in the world to achieve third-party SMS certification by a... View Details
- July/August 2004
- Article
Stakeholders and Environmental Management Practices: An Institutional Framework
By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
Despite burgeoning research on companies' environmental strategies and environmental management practices, it remains unclear why some firms adopt environmental management practices beyond regulatory compliance. This paper leverages institutional theory by proposing... View Details
- June 2004 (Revised June 2006)
- Supplement
Vertex Pharmaceuticals: R&D Portfolio Management (A)
By: Gary P. Pisano, Lee Fleming and Eli Strick
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a drug discovery company that recently decided to pursue a vertically integrated business model, chose to build up its clinical development and commercial capabilities and infrastructure. For the first time in its history, Vertex will... View Details