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    Ruru Hoong

    Ruru Hoong is a PhD candidate in Economics at Harvard & HBS, on the academic job market AY 2025-26.

    Her research interests span artificial intelligence, digital economics, privacy, and social media, primarily focusing on the (i) optimal design and integration... View Details

    • May 2020
    • Article

    Measuring Collaboration in Modern Organizations

    By: Stephen Michael Impink, Andrea Prat and Raffaella Sadun
    Internal communication has been a central theme in organizational economics, as employee collaboration provides insight into the structure of firms. Use of electronic communications data can be transformational for organizational economics, as these data provide a... View Details
    Keywords: Collaboration; Employees; Interactive Communication; Measurement and Metrics; Organizations; Performance
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    Impink, Stephen Michael, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun. "Measuring Collaboration in Modern Organizations." AEA Papers and Proceedings 110 (May 2020): 181–186.
    • January 2007 (Revised October 2007)
    • Case

    Procter & Gamble: Organization 2005 (A)

    By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski and Alessandro L. Spadini
    In response to a huge crisis in 2000, the new CEO of Procter & Gamble has to decide whether to continue with an unusual organizational design or to revert to the old matrix organization. Describes all the organizational designs used by Procter & Gamble from the 1920s... View Details
    Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure
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    Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan, and Alessandro L. Spadini. "Procter & Gamble: Organization 2005 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 707-519, January 2007. (Revised October 2007.)
    • January 1989
    • Case

    Benetton S.p.A.

    By: Howard H. Stevenson
    Focuses on the strategic/organizational development of Benetton. Examines the organizational structure which has allowed the company to expand into a world scale company from its small entrepreneurial base. Examines the functional strategies which have allowed a huge... View Details
    Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Organizational Structure; Growth and Development; Business Strategy; Performance Effectiveness; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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    Stevenson, Howard H. "Benetton S.p.A." Harvard Business School Case 389-074, January 1989.
    • October 2010
    • Journal Article

    The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies

    By: Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf
    This paper establishes a causal effect of product market competition on various characteristics of organizational design. Using a unique panel-dataset on firm hierarchies of large U.S. firms (1986-1999) and a quasi-natural experiment (trade liberalization), we find... View Details
    Keywords: Business Ventures; Product; Markets; Competition; Organizational Design; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Rank and Position; Organizational Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Change; Trade; United States
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    Guadalupe, Maria, and Julie Wulf. "The Flattening Firm and Product Market Competition: The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Corporate Hierarchies." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2, no. 4 (October 2010).
    • 17 Dec 2015
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    Healthcare success requires new type of team-building

    • August 2009
    • Case

    SK Telecom: Pursuing Happiness through Corporate Social Responsibility

    By: Christopher Marquis, Kwang Y. Ryu, Philip H. Mirvis and Bobbi Thomason
    Since 2006, SK Telecom has worked to develop strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs that are aligned with its business operations and corporate mission. The case tracks the original assessment process the company went through and successive... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; South Korea
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    Marquis, Christopher, Kwang Y. Ryu, Philip H. Mirvis, and Bobbi Thomason. "SK Telecom: Pursuing Happiness through Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Case 410-042, August 2009.
    • April 2007
    • Article

    Knowledge-based Innovation: Emergence and Embedding of New Practice Areas in Management Consulting Firms

    By: N. Anand, H. K. Gardner and T. Morris
    How do innovative knowledge-based structures emerge and become embedded in organizations? We drew on theories of knowledge-intensive firms, communities of practice, and professional service firms to analyze multiple cases of new practice area creation in management... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Structure; Economy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Experience and Expertise; Service Operations; Consulting Industry
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    Anand, N., H. K. Gardner, and T. Morris. "Knowledge-based Innovation: Emergence and Embedding of New Practice Areas in Management Consulting Firms." Academy of Management Journal 50, no. 2 (April 2007).
    • 17 Jun 2008
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    First Look: June 17, 2008

    Nanda Abstract Using loan-level data from Mexico, we study the relationship between the organizational structure of banks and the terms of lending to small businesses. We find that banks with decentralized... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • November 2007 (Revised September 2010)
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    The Rong Family: A Chinese Business History

    By: Elisabeth Koll
    Provides the complex historical background to understanding the development of family businesses in China from the late 19th century to the present. Using the example of the Rong family, China's most prominent industrialist family in pre-1949 China, analyzes the... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Business History; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; Social and Collaborative Networks; China
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    Koll, Elisabeth. "The Rong Family: A Chinese Business History." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-066, November 2007. (Revised September 2010.)
    • June 2010 (Revised December 2010)
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    Hôpital de Pontoise

    By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Simon Harrow
    In 2010, Andre Razafindranaly, managing director of a large French public hospital, considers which organizational structure will help them adjust to the changing health sector environment. The move from global budget to activity-based funding has led his and many... View Details
    Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Health Care and Treatment; Leading Change; Service Delivery; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Health Industry; France
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    Bohmer, Richard M.J., Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Simon Harrow. "Hôpital de Pontoise." Harvard Business School Case 610-100, June 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
    • 12 Jul 2017
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Task Selection and Workload: A Focus on Completing Easy Tasks Hurts Long-Term Performance

    Keywords: by Diwas S. KC, Bradley R. Staats, Maryam Kouchaki, and Francesca Gino; Health
    • 12 Aug 2008
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    First Look: August 12, 2008

    Unilever, and its renewal, catapulted Coty into the position of the world's largest fragrance company. The case provides an opportunity to examine the entrepreneurial, cultural, and organizational factors which enable acquired brands and... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • May 1990 (Revised July 1996)
    • Case

    Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA

    By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
    Traces the development of a Swedish furniture retailer under the leadership of an innovative and unconventional entrepreneur whose approaches redefine the nature and structure of the industry. Traces IKEA's growth from a tiny mail order business to the world's largest... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Management Succession; Distribution; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Value; Retail Industry
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    Bartlett, Christopher A., and Ashish Nanda. "Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA." Harvard Business School Case 390-132, May 1990. (Revised July 1996.)
    • 23 Jun 2023
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    This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

    back to our organizations?’ And as companies face employee reductions in this economic climate, perhaps they should consider doing so in a way that removes layers of organizational structure as well.” How... View Details
    Keywords: by Annelena Lobb; Health
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    Innovation and Performance Improvement in Health Care

    By: Robert S. Huckman
    This stream of Professor Huckman's work examines how organizations delivering health care can structure and manage their activities to improve operational performance.  It addresses issues including the impact of various forms of familiarity on performance, the impact... View Details
    • 08 Apr 2015
    • News

    3 key skills clinicians need in executive roles

    • 20 Dec 2006
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Demise of Cost and Profit Centers

    Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan
    • March 2004 (Revised February 2006)
    • Case

    Salt Lake Organizing Committee, The: 2002 Olympics

    By: H. Kent Bowen, Bryce LaPierre and Courtney Purrington
    After two and a half years of effort, Fraser Bullock, COO of the 2002 Winter Olympics, faced projected deficits and post-9/11 security requirements only five months before the opening ceremony. Summarizes the organizational structure and processes put in place by... View Details
    Keywords: Framework; Knowledge Dissemination; Business or Company Management; Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Planning; Practice; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Sports; System
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    Bowen, H. Kent, Bryce LaPierre, and Courtney Purrington. "Salt Lake Organizing Committee, The: 2002 Olympics." Harvard Business School Case 604-092, March 2004. (Revised February 2006.)
    • October 2020
    • Supplement

    Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (B)

    By: Shikhar Ghosh, Pippa Tubman Amerding and Wale Lawal
    Twiga is a leading agricultural produce supplier in Kenya offering services to mostly informal retailers. Under Peter Njonjo, a co-founder and Twiga’s new CEO, the company is considering multiple options for expanding its business, including offering packaged foods and... View Details
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    Ghosh, Shikhar, Pippa Tubman Amerding, and Wale Lawal. "Twiga Foods: Revolutionizing African Retail (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 821-044, October 2020.
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