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  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

multi-sided markets. In this paper we argue that there is a fundamental unity in the architecture of platforms. Platform architectures are modularizations of complex systems in which certain components (the platform itself) remain stable,... View Details
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

problems. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612017-PDF-ENG Digital Microscopy Is Making Me Crazy! Willy ShihHarvard Business School Case 612-002 For Carl Zeiss Microimaging, modular hardware and software enabled... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Aug 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

focused niche strategy have an ultimate advantage in the creation of novelty. This is partly because a focused new idea can more closely correspond to a new firm than is possible in vertical or modular industry structures: Everything... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
  • 18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

organization, specifically, closed-source (or proprietary) versus open-source (or distributed) development. Our results reveal significant differences in modularity, consistent with a view that distributed teams tend to develop more View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Aug 2016
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August 30, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51569 Building the Agile Enterprise: IT Architecture, Modularity and the Cost of IT Change By: MacCormack, Alan, Robert Lagerstrom, David Dreyfus, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract—Recent... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

architecture and IT agility. In particular, we use modular systems theory to examine how different types of coupling impact the ability to maintain, retire, and commission new software applications. We test our hypotheses with a unique... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007

rapid appearance of clones drove a high level of standardization and modularity in the industry, and value was distributed along the value chain depending on levels of competition and ability to substitute components at each level. On the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

architecture. In particular, we draw from modular systems theory to develop a series of hypotheses about how different types of coupling impact the ability to update, remove, or replace the software applications in a firm’s portfolio. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 2

SilvestriHarvard Business School Case 411-095 The case traces the evolution of Jones Lang LaSalle's organization and strategy between the years 2005-2008, as it transitioned from a modular to an integrated structure. The case protagonist,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708445 Horizontal Specialization and Modularity in the Semiconductor Industry Harvard Business School Note 609-001 Well-codified interfaces have enabled horizontal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 28

boundaries and property rights in a technical system. Bottlenecks are points of value creation and capture in any complex man-made system. The tools a firm can use to manage bottlenecks are first, an understanding of the modular structure... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Disruption: The Art of Framing

"I didn't focus people on the threat, especially those managing the new business. Where I did emphasize the threat was in working with the parent organization to get them off their butts and in arguing for resources." Modularize... View Details
Keywords: by Clark Gilbert & Joseph L. Bower
  • 10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10

and then go further to consider ways the domain of innovation itself has changed. We suggest that because of fundamental shifts in communication and information processing costs and the increasing modularity of products and services, the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

firms, less strongly across firms, and often violated in community-based development settings. The exceptions in turn were of two types: In four cases, closely collaborating teams within single firms created modular systems comprised of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

dynamic strategy that can be employed by firms capable of architectural innovation. The strategy involves using knowledge of the bottlenecks in an architecture together with the modular operator "splitting" to shrink the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008

a shift in the perceived boundaries in the value chain. Global Unichip sees itself as a "virtual integrated device manufacturer," a throwback to the vertically integrated model that fell out of favor for most chips. The case offers an opportunity to examine a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

While analyzing one deal requires a familiar conceptual framework, doing the same for a broader "negotiation campaign" calls for a different focus and set of concepts: how to orchestrate a large number of subsidiary deals, often grouped into View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

for reducing waste, requires a modular approach to construction with extensive prefabrication. This also makes it possible to embed technology, such as sensors and actuators, into the very fabric of the building. But the greatest... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities
  • 10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016

broadly than operational boundaries, is likely to be a superior strategy. Firms can also strategically “break the mirror” in two ways: by implementing modular partitions within their own boundaries or by building relational contracts that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Feb 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century

modular architectures, and good stewardship of legacy systems. It rests on multiple, complementary platforms. It requires intellectual property rights to be present, but not too strong. Finally, it requires participants—both users and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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