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The Impact of the 'Open' Workspace on Human Collaboration

By: Ethan Bernstein and Stephen Turban
Organizations’ pursuit of increased workplace collaboration has led managers to transform traditional office spaces into “open,” transparency-enhancing architectures with fewer walls, doors, and other spatial boundaries, yet there is scant direct empirical research on... View Details
Keywords: Open Office; Transparency; Collaboration; Collective Intelligence; Workspace; Workspace Design; Architecture; Cubicles; Boundaries; Spatial Boundaries; Human Behavior; Propinquity; Co-location; Interaction; Sociometers; People Analytics; Buildings and Facilities; Communication; Design; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Networks; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology; United States
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization

By: Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart and Michael L. Tushman
This is a descriptive study of the structure of communications in a modern organization. We analyze a dataset with millions of electronic mail messages, calendar meetings and teleconferences for many thousands of employees of a single, multidivisional firm during a... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Structure; Social Issues; Boundaries
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Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization

This is a descriptive study of the structure of communications in a modern organization. We analyze a dataset with millions of electronic mail messages, calendar meetings and teleconferences for many thousands of employees of a single, multidivisional firm during a... View Details
  • 29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008

the role of observable (to us) boundaries between individuals in structuring communications inside the firm? We measure three general types of boundaries: organizational boundaries (strategic business unit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2014
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National Institutions and Subnational Development in Africa

By: Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou
We investigate the role of national institutions on subnational African development in a novel framework that accounts both for local geography and cultural-genetic traits. We exploit the fact that the political boundaries in the eve of African independence partitioned... View Details
Keywords: Ethnicity; Development Economics; Local Range; Government and Politics; Africa
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  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa

By: Stelios Michalopoulos and Elias Papaioannou
We investigate jointly the importance of contemporary country-level institutional structures and local ethnic-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa. We utilize information on the spatial distribution of African... View Details
Keywords: Ethnicity; Development Economics; Geography; Government and Politics; Africa
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  • 21 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 21, 2008

Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain? Authors:Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr Abstract Why are some places more entrepreneurial than others? We use Census Bureau data to study local determinants of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Jun 2022
  • Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

the benefits of the “work-from-anywhere” movement for both companies and workers. “There’s been brain drain from small towns into large urban clusters, but I don't think we have seen the spatial redistribution that we could potentially... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
  • 22 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Silo Lives! Analyzing Coordination and Communication in Multiunit Companies

electronic communication data, one at a leading biopharmaceuticals company and a second at a global media and professional services firm. One of these follows senior leaders through a period of reorganization, and the other contains detailed information on the View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 23 Jul 2018
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The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far

office architecture on employees’ interpersonal and electronic interactions. Working with co-author Stephen Turban, who was introduced to Bernstein by the late HBS professor David Garvin, their study yielded surprising findings about the potentially negative impacts of... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
  • 27 Jun 2017
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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 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

measure both face-to-face and electronic interaction before and after the adoption of open office architecture. The results inform our understanding of the impact on human behavior of workspaces that trend toward fewer spatial View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous index of agglomeration and investigate the patterns and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

agents, and this tension presents a boundary condition for when a group decision is superior to an individual decision. We test the implications of the model for a particular phenomenon in venture capital: private angel investments by the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 2

consummatory phases of reward processing. Recent improvements in the spatial and temporal resolution of neuroimaging techniques have allowed researchers to separately visualize different stages of reward processing in humans. These... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

develop the concept of interconnectedness as four conditions of an internal supply chain: a focus on system-rather than individual department-performance; routines within departments that are connected to current customers' needs; deliberate knowledge translation... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 17

determine the equilibrium supply chain structure. These operational tradeoffs arise as a result of the geographic constraints posed by the availability of arable land and the spatial population distribution. We model the interdependent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Apr 2010
  • Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

the spatial qualities of the Internet with drill-down capabilities in which summary data are provided, the company enables the user to get more detailed data one or two levels down. Data presented in an XBRL format make it easy to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

By: Kerr, William R., and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while interaction costs generate a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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