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- March 1990 (Revised July 1991)
- Case
Digital Equipment Corp.: Complex Order Management
Describes the proposed creation of a low end 3000 configuration workstation using Digital's competitive advantage of offering a la carte configuration capability and ability to build different options for customers. Disadvantages of this 3000 configuration workstation... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Cost; Management Practices and Processes; Distribution; Competitive Advantage
Hammond, Janice H. "Digital Equipment Corp.: Complex Order Management." Harvard Business School Case 690-081, March 1990. (Revised July 1991.)
- November 2000 (Revised October 2002)
- Background Note
Dynamic Negotiation: Seven Propositions About Complex Negotiations
Challenges conventionally held views of negotiations, arguing that they are simplistic, static, and sterile. Develops seven propositions about real-world negotiations emphasizing the impact of complexity and the need for learning and adaption. View Details
Watkins, Michael D. "Dynamic Negotiation: Seven Propositions About Complex Negotiations." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-267, November 2000. (Revised October 2002.)
- 30 Jul 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
‘Organizing’, ‘Innovating’, and ‘Managing’ in Complexity Space
Keywords: by Michael C. Moldoveanu
- June 2000
- Article
Imitation of Complex Strategies
By: J. Rivkin
Keywords: Strategy
Rivkin, J. "Imitation of Complex Strategies." Management Science 46, no. 6 (June 2000): 824–844.
- May 2014
- Teaching Note
GlaxoSmithKline: Sourcing Complex Professional Services
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Silvia Hodges Silverstein
- Article
Complex Choices Better made Unconsciously?
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions
Dijksterhuis, Ap, Maarten W. Bos, Loran F Nordgren, and Rick B. Van Baaren. "Complex Choices Better made Unconsciously?" Science 313, no. 5788 (August 11, 2006): 760–761.
- April 2010
- Article
Complex Business Models: Managing Strategic Paradoxes Simultaneously
By: Wendy K. Smith, Andrew Binns and Michael Tushman
As our world becomes more global, fast paced and hypercompetitive, competitive advantage may increasingly depend on success in managing paradoxical strategies - strategies associated with contradictory, yet integrated tensions. We identify several types of complex... View Details
Smith, Wendy K., Andrew Binns, and Michael Tushman. "Complex Business Models: Managing Strategic Paradoxes Simultaneously." Special Issue on Business Models. Long Range Planning 43, no. 2 (April 2010): 448–461.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Linguistic Complexity in Firm Disclosures: Obfuscation or Information?
By: Brian J. Bushee, Ian D. Gow and Daniel Taylor
Prior research argues that the linguistic complexity of a firm’s disclosures reflects managerial obfuscation. However, complex language can be used either to obfuscate or to convey information, with the effect likely depending on the incentives of the source. We... View Details
- September 1975
- Case
British Leyland: The Cowley Complex
By: George C. Lodge
Lodge, George C. "British Leyland: The Cowley Complex." Harvard Business School Case 376-051, September 1975.
- October 2009 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
The Kaesong Industrial Complex (A)
By: Dante Roscini, Eric Werker and Han-koo Yeo
Keywords: Country; Risk and Uncertainty; International Relations; Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Policy; North Korea; South Korea
Roscini, Dante, Eric Werker, and Han-koo Yeo. "The Kaesong Industrial Complex (A)." Harvard Business School Case 710-022, October 2009. (Revised February 2014.)
- July 2007
- Article
Patterned Interactions in Complex Systems
By: J. Rivkin and Nicolaj Siggelkow
Keywords: System
Rivkin, J., and Nicolaj Siggelkow. "Patterned Interactions in Complex Systems." Management Science 53, no. 7 (July 2007).
- April 2008
- Class Lecture
Can Complex Organizations Learn? (FSS)
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation
Edmondson, Amy C. "Can Complex Organizations Learn? (FSS)." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 608-717, April 2008.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Categorical Processing in a Complex World
By: Marco Sammon, Thomas Graeber and Christopher Roth
In real-world news environments, quantitative information is rarely presented in isolation; it is characterized through qualitative comparisons with various reference levels. Company earnings, for example, are commonly compared to analyst forecasts, previous earnings,... View Details
- September 2013 (Revised February 2016)
- Supplement
GlaxoSmithKline: Sourcing Complex Professional Services, Supplementary Materials
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Silvia Hodges Silverstein
Gardner, Heidi K., and Silvia Hodges Silverstein. "GlaxoSmithKline: Sourcing Complex Professional Services, Supplementary Materials." Harvard Business School Supplement 414-034, September 2013. (Revised February 2016.)
- Article
Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World
By: John Kania, Mark R. Kramer and Patty Russell
Kania, John, Mark R. Kramer, and Patty Russell. "Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World." Stanford Social Innovation Review 12, no. 3 (Summer 2014): 26–33.
- 2016
- Chapter
Teaming Routines in Complex Innovation Projects
By: Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson
Zuzul, Tiona, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Teaming Routines in Complex Innovation Projects." In Organizational Routines: How They Are Created, Maintained, and Changed. Vol. 5, edited by Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Claus Rerup, Ann Langly, and Haridimos Tsoukas. Perspectives on Process Organization Studies. Oxford University Press, 2016.
- 01 Jun 2003
- Conference Presentation
Leading in Complex National Security Environments
By: Scott Snook
- November 1993
- Article
Software Complexity and Software Maintenance Costs
By: R. Banker, S. Datar, C. Kemerer and D. Zweig
Banker, R., S. Datar, C. Kemerer, and D. Zweig. "Software Complexity and Software Maintenance Costs." Communications of the ACM 36, no. 11 (November 1993): 81–94.