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- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
(DSMs), which allows us to visualize the architectures of different software products and to calculate metrics to compare their levels of modularity. We use DSMs to analyze a number of matched-pair products-products that fulfill the same View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
instead reflect more "top-down" interventions. We conclude with a discussion of some of the historical evidence on top-down interventions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-061.pdf Alignment in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
leadership change that does not rely on Schumpeterian creative destruction: platform envelopment. By leveraging common components and shared user relationships, one platform provider can move into another's market, combining its own View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Gurus in the Garage
capitalists in the Valley function as an informal, close-knit guild. Today's employee may be tomorrow's boss; today's competitor, tomorrow's partner or acquisition. If you're an experienced, reputable member of the guild, you're entitled... View Details
Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
research to understand when and for whom cash and non-cash rewards increase intrinsic motivation, organizational commitment, and optimal functioning in order to improve the design and implementation of existing reward programs.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
organizations) as a corrective to this trend. We are concerned that by not attending to the impact of leadership on meaning, we miss a potential opportunity. In the 1930s, Chester Barnard, a retired AT&T executive who became a lecturer at Harvard Business School,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
capacity to deliver those services, as the risk of damage to its bases and ports increases. This article examines the Navy’s approach to climate change and reflects on the implications for business. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Computer Security is For Managers, Too
these requirements, but they're only as good as the information that feeds them. They should be configured to reflect the choices you made when you defined your most critical assets and decided who had access to them. Of course,... View Details
- 28 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, February 28
use the service but are now discussing whether they should segment the market and focus on a particular type of client. They also wonder whether Augmedix’s current pricing appropriately reflects the value their service provides. Lastly,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
needs of potential fund recipients "means talking to everyone from thought leaders to gang leaders," he said. "You have to have the same discipline and rigor, but you also have to take the time to understand the ecology and ecologies they View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
conceptualization of products in this context, as reflected by product feature choices, is influenced by prior industry affiliation. We study digital cameras introduced from 1991 to 2006 by firms from three prior industries. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
among them. Findings are as follows: MNC corporate headquarters are more involved in "obligatory" and value creating and control functions than in operational activities; there are no systematic differences in the determinants... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
business-unit managers choose local measures that influence, but are not necessarily identical to the corporate scorecard measures. The most remarkable transformations and partnerships occur in support functions and shared services, such... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 03 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 3
approaches. Here we speculate on one possible explanation for this organizational heterogeneity: it may reflect inherent heterogeneity of the software workforce, in terms of which kinds of organizations individual workers prefer to work... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Nov 2011
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 1
C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. Publication:National Tax Journal (forthcoming) Abstract Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly characterized as a subsidy to foreign investment, as reflected in its inclusion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 29, 2016
nature of strategy, organizational design, and leadership. Management: An Integrated Approach is the only introductory management text on the market to address this challenge by taking an integrated and holistic approach to management, as opposed to a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 8, 2008
was an essential ingredient in the success of the transformation. The case ends with a review of changes in financial performance, employee attitudes and customer satisfaction. The case describes the important role that the human resources View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
Cash and the Woman-Owned Business
risk-averse. b) They can't make tough decisions. Whether or not they are true, these assumptions create significant barriers to success for women entrepreneurs who want to build large enterprises. If true, they might reflect fundamental... View Details