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- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Designing a More Artful Future for the Middle East
understand the company’s potential. The Rock Center for Entrepreneurship is providing resources and support to develop the idea. Artistry and design are invaluable assets, Halwani points out, as is education. “No one can take education... View Details
Keywords: Inclusion
- 1 Sep 2010
- Conference Presentation
Designs as Selfish Genes: Modularity, Options and Industry Structure
- Article
The Market Design and Policy of Online Review Platforms
By: Benjamin Edelman
I present the institutions and incentives of online reviews, including attracting initial reviews, assuring truthful reviews of genuine experiences, and avoiding inflated or deceptive reviews. I also explore the competition and consumer protection concerns associated... View Details
Keywords: Reviews; Reputation; Platforms; Marketplaces; Deception; Market Design; Multi-Sided Platforms; Law; Online Technology; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Accommodations Industry; Retail Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "The Market Design and Policy of Online Review Platforms." Oxford Review of Economic Policy 33, no. 4 (Winter 2017): 635–649.
- 16 Sep 2021
- News
Dean Datar on Design Thinking and Innovative Problem Solving
Courtesy Patrick McGinnis Courtesy Patrick McGinnis Dean Srikant Datar recently spoke to author, podcast host, and venture capitalist Patrick McGinnis (MBA 2004) about design thinking and innovative problem solving as part of a... View Details
- 2007
- Working Paper
Coupled Search Processes: Why Is it so Difficult to Find that Organizational Design Matters?
By: Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan Rivkin
Organizational design affects performance via coupled search processes. At low frequency, managers search for appropriate organizational designs. At higher frequency, managers use designs to search for high-performing operational choices. The two searches are coupled:... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Operations; Organizational Design; Performance; Networks; Research; Cognition and Thinking; Strategy
Siggelkow, Nicolaj, and Jan Rivkin. "Coupled Search Processes: Why Is it so Difficult to Find that Organizational Design Matters?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 07-106, June 2007.
- Article
Speed and Search: Designing Organizations for Turbulence and Complexity
By: Nicolaj Siggelkow and Jan W. Rivkin
Siggelkow, Nicolaj, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Speed and Search: Designing Organizations for Turbulence and Complexity." Organization Science 16, no. 2 (March–April 2005): 101–122.
- March 2006
- Teaching Note
Alessi: Evolution of an Italian Design Factory (A)-(D) (TN)
By: Youngme E. Moon
- June 1988 (Revised March 1991)
- Supplement
R&D Management: Designing and Building a Space Station (E)
Bohn, Roger E. "R&D Management: Designing and Building a Space Station (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 688-088, June 1988. (Revised March 1991.)
- November 1987 (Revised March 1991)
- Supplement
R&D Management: Designing and Building a Space Station (D)
Bohn, Roger E. "R&D Management: Designing and Building a Space Station (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 688-032, November 1987. (Revised March 1991.)
- 21 Apr 2021
- Podcast
Architect Stefan Behnisch on designing for a changing workforce
Many architects are looking for work these days but the profession as a whole is influencing the future of work writ large. Architecture is shaped by the tension between the creative process and the more rigid, risk-averse business of building—a business that’s been... View Details
- 29 Dec 2014
- News
Children’s tablet designed in Mass. hits market in March
- August 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Background Note
Comments on the Second Toyota Paradox: With appendix on modularity for managing complex-systems design
Two groups of people start out with the same task, equipped with the same resources and the same initial conditions. One, however, consistently beats the other. What are the differences between what the two groups are doing, and what can we adopt from the better... View Details
Spear, Steven J. "Comments on the Second Toyota Paradox: With appendix on modularity for managing complex-systems design." Harvard Business School Background Note 602-035, August 2001. (Revised March 2003.)
- Article
Information Processing as an Integrating Concept in Organization Design
By: Michael Tushman and D. Nadler
Tushman, Michael, and D. Nadler. "Information Processing as an Integrating Concept in Organization Design." Academy of Management Review 3, no. 3 (July 1978): 613–624.
- fall 1990
- Article
A Preface to Payment: Designing a Sales Compensation Plan
Cespedes, Frank V. "A Preface to Payment: Designing a Sales Compensation Plan." MIT Sloan Management Review 32, no. 1 (fall 1990): 59–69.
- Fast Answer
Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design
Where can I begin begin my research for the new service design exercise? The following are highly selected resources for MSO New Service Design exercise. Please contact Baker Library Service Desk for... View Details
- 1993
- Chapter
Framework for Design of the Emerging Global Organization Structure
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr. and Richard Nolan
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Framework
Eccles, Robert G., Jr., and Richard Nolan. "Framework for Design of the Emerging Global Organization Structure." In Globalization, Technology, and Competition: The Fusion of Computers and Telecommunications in the 1990s, edited by S. P. Bradley, J. A. Hausman, and R. L. Nolan. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1993, Korean ed.
- September 2000
- Background Note
Professional Services Module Three: Internal Strategy of Organizational Design
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
The way in which PSFs organize themselves to leverage strategic capabilities is imperative in achieving high performance. View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Strategy; Performance Capacity; Competency and Skills; Business Startups
DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module Three: Internal Strategy of Organizational Design." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-009, September 2000.
- April 1983
- Supplement
Dansk Designs Ltd.: The Administration of Creativity, Video I
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Presents various members of the Dansk organization during conversations and meetings concerning issues arising in the design, production, and marketing of Dansk's product line. Focuses on the individual's role in the company, and on the interaction between marketing... View Details
Keywords: Independent Innovation and Invention; Leadership Development; Marketing; Production; Organizational Design; Creativity
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "Dansk Designs Ltd.: The Administration of Creativity, Video I." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 883-515, April 1983.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Notes on Developing a Strategy and Designing a Company
By: Kevin J. Boudreau
The practice and teaching of business strategy today exist largely as a set of alternative views and frameworks not entirely connected to one another. These notes contribute an integrated sequence of steps for creating or evaluating a strategy and associated company... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy
Boudreau, Kevin J. "Notes on Developing a Strategy and Designing a Company." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-131, May 2016. (Revised June 2016.)