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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Taking up the issue of climate change
As chairman of Walt Disney Studios, Alan Horn (MBA 1971) is in the business of creating magical worlds that captivate audiences. He also is passionate about the real-world issue of climate change and its impact on future generations.... View Details
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
April 2018 Management Science Offline Showrooms in Omni-channel Retail: Demand and Operational Benefits By: Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno Abstract—Omnichannel environments where customers shop online and offline at the same retailer are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
experiments offer evidence that debates about the relative costs and benefits of self-deception are informed by adopting a temporal view that assesses the cumulative impact of self-deception over time. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Research Summary
Managing Product Development in Rapidly Changing Environments
A consistent finding in many studies of innovation is the repeated failure of established firms when faced with radical changes in their core markets or technologies. Professor MacCormack's research takes the view that many of these failures can be attributed to the... View Details
- June 2006
- Teaching Note
D-Wave Systems: Building a Quantum Computer (TN)
Keywords: Computer Industry
- April 2006
- Background Note
Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 1: Innovation and Uncertainty
Describes the first module of a Harvard Business School 30-session elective course called Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome these challenges. The... View Details
Keywords: Design; Curriculum and Courses; Innovation and Management; Projects; Opportunities; Perspective
MacCormack, Alan D. "Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 1: Innovation and Uncertainty." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-125, April 2006.
- March 2006
- Background Note
Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Course Overview Note
The Harvard Business School Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes multiple levels of analysis--from creating and executing... View Details
Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Innovation and Management; Projects; Opportunities; Perspective; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk and Uncertainty; Problems and Challenges; Managerial Roles
MacCormack, Alan D. "Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Course Overview Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-105, March 2006.
- March 2006
- Module Note
Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World
Describes the second module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome these challenges. The course... View Details
- April 2002 (Revised April 2002)
- Teaching Note
A Note on Organizational Design at Yahoo! TN
Teaching Note for (9-602-112). Includes color exhibits. View Details
- September 2001 (Revised March 2006)
- Teaching Note
Microsoft Office 2000 TN
Teaching Note for (9-600-023), (9-600-097), and (9-600-502). View Details
- May 2006
- Teaching Note
Activision: The 'Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer' Project (TN)
Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry
- March 2006
- Teaching Note
Siemens ShareNet: Building a Knowledge Network (TN)
- December 2004
- Supplement
D-Wave: An Interview with Seth Lloyd, Professor of Quantum Mechanical Engineering at MIT
Keywords: Engineering
MacCormack, Alan D. "D-Wave: An Interview with Seth Lloyd, Professor of Quantum Mechanical Engineering at MIT." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 605-702, December 2004.
- 22 Apr 2014
- News
Putting a spell on theatergoers
Alan Horn (MBA 1971) has brought a touch of magic to the big screen and record-breaking numbers to the bottom line as chairman of Walt Disney Studios and former president and chief operating officer of Warner Bros. Entertainment. At... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
the reduction in store size was associated with TFP of retail chains falling by 0.4% per annum, or 40% of the post-1995 slowdown in UK retail TFP growth. China's Growing IT Services and Software Industry: Challenges and Implications... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Other Article
Introduction
By: Stefano Brusoni, Joachim Henkel, Michael G Jacobides, Samina Karim, Alan MacCormack, Phanish Puranam and Melissa Schilling
In 2000, Carliss Baldwin and Kim Clark published Design Rules: The Power of Modularity, a book that introduced new ways of understanding and explaining the architecture of complex systems. This Special Issue of Industrial and Corporate Change celebrates... View Details
Keywords: Complex Systems; Industry Structure; Systems Design; Complexity; Organizational Design; Competitive Strategy; Innovation and Management
Brusoni, Stefano, Joachim Henkel, Michael G Jacobides, Samina Karim, Alan MacCormack, Phanish Puranam, and Melissa Schilling. "Introduction." Special Issue on The Power of Modularity: Twenty Years of Design Rules. Industrial and Corporate Change 32, no. 1 (February 2023): 1–10.
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
Movies That Move People
Alan Horn (MBA 1971) is chairman of the Walt Disney Studios and is a 2016 recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this interview, he talks about how the company’s films have the potential to influence audiences worldwide. “Every... View Details
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
Participants assigned to recall a purchase made for someone else reported feeling significantly happier immediately after this recollection; most importantly, the happier participants felt, the more likely they were to choose to spend a windfall on someone else in the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Competitive Advantage Authors: Alan MacCormack, Theodore Forbath, Peter Brooks, and Patrick Kalaher Abstract Many recent studies highlight the need to rethink the way we manage innovation. Traditional approaches, based on the assumption... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Oct 1997
- Conference Presentation
Developing Products on Internet Time
Keywords: Product Development