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Leading Successful Digital Transformation

transformation in large organizations for three main reasons: Focus on optimization and efficiency: Many companies use technology to cut costs, improve efficiency, or enhance the productivity of their current operations. Artificial... View Details

15 May 2012
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First Look: May 15

Distributed Innovation Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Systems of distributed innovation-so-called business ecosystems-have become increasingly prevalent in many industries. These entities generally encompass numerous corporations, individuals, and communities that... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

The average billion-dollar company spends as many as 25,000 person-days per year putting together the budget. If this all paid off in shareholder return, that would be fine. But few organizations can make that claim. In fact, many firms... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gary

14 Mar 2024
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IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

across the country. India stands at a critical juncture in its pursuit of sustainable development, grappling with the dual challenges of rapid economic growth and decarbonization. Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) serves to address... View Details

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Supply Chain Inventory Planning

My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions. I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details

26 Mar 2024
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IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

and operates one of India's largest fleets of buses. “The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) operates buses in Brihan, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Thane area, and distributes electricity in Mumbai. It is an autonomous state... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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The Internet's Next Frontier

While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Home Finance

decentralized nature of building and financing homes posed obstacles to private organizations who tried to do the same. Anecdotal accounts, like this feature in the Ladies Home Journal in 1903, suggest that... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: The Strategy of Differences

go so far in melding the two strategies. Like CEMEX, GEMS was able to pursue both approaches because it could organize its operations into relatively autonomous bundles of activities (like product... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

17 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

startup organization for the thousands of employees who join a fledgling company and do the day-to-day work required to grow it into something of value. Entering StartUpLand is a practical, step-by-step guide that provides an insider's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Industry Information - Alumni

critical to many education organizations and entities. Premium articles require a fee-based subscription. + – Emerging Markets The World Bank News Provides news on work being done towards creating sustainable solutions that reduce poverty... View Details

01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision

create an exceptional environment for teaching, learning, and research, and the alumni offer their time, talent, and treasure to propel us forward. I draw great inspiration from this. What did you find to be most challenging about the transition? The sheer complexity... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

12 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 12

article provides conceptual foundations for analyzing organizations comprising multiple legally autonomous entities, which we call meta-organizations. We assess the antecedents of the emergence of such... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Charles Edward Wilson

Under Wilson’s leadership, a totally new organizational structure was put in place at GE, one that was a decentralized collection of six autonomous divisions. Wilson also began a controversial aggressive... View Details

Keywords: Fabricated Goods

Robert W. Johnson, Jr.

Johnson established J&J management policies, including the “credo,” which still exists today. He decentralized the company during the 1930s by dividing it into a number of small divisions, each responsible for a few products. As part... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

Questions To Be Answered: What are the best techniques for fostering innovation in multicultural teams? I want my functional experts to influence high-level strategy. How can managers get the best thinking out of support staff? What role does information technology... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

01 Dec 1998
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New Releases

organization is costly to produce and disseminate throughout the enterprise, they maintain that an organization must decentralize its decision-making capacity. "The issue is... View Details

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

Social enterprise groups are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. Most... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

01 Dec 2003
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Nonprofits: Choosing a Path for Growth

Social enterprises are traditionally organized along one of two lines: The affiliation model favors decentralized control, while the branch model concentrates control at a central headquarters. In analyzing... View Details

01 Mar 2003
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“Culture Is Everything”

large crowd of students in Burden Auditorium and those who watched a simulcast in the overflow area in Spangler. What successful enterprises have done in the past has worked, he noted, using IBM as an example, so it’s difficult for such View Details

Keywords: IBM; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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