Systems Integration - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

illustration of first-mover advantages. From its beginning in 1914, it created an integrated learning base to commercialize a new data processing punched-card technology. By the 1920s, its initial factory in New York and a new one in... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

systems of adherence. Case 1: Learn and deploy new information Geographic diversification is often seen by managers as a useful way to tap into new sources of growth. In case of a pandemic, a specific form of geographic... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

heard was about the value added of an MBA degree. In every interview, deans and executives returned repeatedly to that question, as well as to a large set of unmet needs that they identified in areas such as leadership development, skill at critical, creative, and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

2012
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Open Innovation and Organization Design

By: Michael Tushman, Karim Lakhani and Hila Lifshitz - Assaf

This paper calls the organization design community to reconcile the divergent scholarly perspectives on the relationship between firm boundaries and the locus of innovation by moving beyond debates between open vs. closed boundaries and instead embracing the notion of... View Details

Keywords: Organization Design; Open Innovation; Innovation; Locus Of Innovation; Organizational Boundaries; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Innovation and Invention; Alliances; Vertical Integration; Boundaries

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April 2013
Case

The Walt Disney Company: The Entertainment King (Abridged)

By: Michael G. Rukstad and David J. Collis

The first ten pages of this case are comprised of the company's history, from 1923 to 2001. The Walt years are described, as is the company's decline after his death and its resurgence under Eisner. The last five pages are devoted to Eisner's strategic challenges in... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Vertical Integration; Corporate Strategy; Boundaries; Brands and Branding; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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15 Dec 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

the key descriptor is not simply a difference in size but rather in kind. We are not referring to every small company, but only to those that have become social icons because an integral part of their distinctiveness and success is rooted... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

systems. That translates into long and inconsistent lead times." 50 A number of technology providers are offering Internet-based products that address exactly this problem. Some of them concentrate on integrating information View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

thought to what Pisano calls systems knowledge: how to integrate the costs, rules, technologies, and disciplines. "I think the evidence is overwhelming that one tool doesn't do it. Yet time and time... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

23 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation

companies can more nimbly pursue innovation. “In this case, the bigger players were able to integrate this radical technology into their existing machines without being disruptive,” says Galasso. “It didn’t require a substantial redesign... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

08 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Clayton Christensen on Disrupting Health Care

reactor" in accelerating the rise in health-care costs. Why is this system such a problem? A: By some estimates, 50 percent of all health care is driven by physician and hospital supply, not by patients' needs. Today's doctors work in a... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Health

20 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Big Deal: Reflections on the Megamerger of American and US Airways

American and a number of other airlines is truly reflected as "One American" inside the company. In any merger, every function works on a different timetable, and some things can happen faster than others (for example, IT View Details

Keywords: Re: Rosabeth M. Kanter & Stuart C. Gilson; Air Transportation

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, which are moving toward results measurement and integrated practice unit structures. Reforming the U.S. system does not require a top down,... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

01 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational

structure, social history, and educational system, companies developed under a system of family management that emphasized personal relationships more than formal structures, and relied more on broad-gauged financial controls than on... View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

constraints of vertical integration. As with IDe or deNovis, they create system solutions by combining their specialized assets with complementary products and platforms provided by other niche players and keystones. They embrace the... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

02 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 2

Michael C. Jensen, and Steve Zaffron Abstract We present a positive model of integrity that, as we distinguish and define integrity, provides powerful access to increased performance for individuals, groups, organizations, and societies.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of New-Market Disruption

Teradyne: Testing Opportunity In 1994, Teradyne, a leading provider of machines that test the quality of microprocessors and other integrated circuits as they come off the assembly line, saw an opportunity to create a more compact and... View Details

Keywords: by Clark Gilbert; Technology

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

developed at all levels within the organization, with leadership supportBroad scope of activitiesof strategic significanceOrganizational integration in execution, including shared resourcesIncentive systems... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

implementing a national evaluation system of green GDP, and before forming the system complexity model, the easiest issues first can be taken to establish the evaluation system... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Sep 2015
First Look

September 29, 2015

myopic sick care focus towards the WHO's true health vision by creating a health system that integrates medical care with public health and prevention for all Americans. Purchase this case:... View Details