Integrated Design - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

The Secret of How Microsoft Stays on Top

codified and integrated into this knowledge base in a way that ensured compatibility with its existing components. And third, it established processes to evolve this knowledge base to ensure it reflected changes in the broader... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

design decisions, asking themselves the following questions: 1) Are we providing too much information? In many cases, the simplest, most effective change a platform can make is to withhold information such as race and gender until after a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2011
News

Who Was George F. Baker?

integrity within that world led Bishop William Lawrence, representing Harvard, to approach him that year for a $1 million gift to help construct a campus for Harvard Business School. Baker famously rejected the request, but countered with... View Details

Keywords: Finance

12 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 12

technological shifts to closed-body designs and metal stamping technology, as well as the marketing-led idea of the annual model change. The case offers a setting to examine several frameworks: exploration versus exploitation, the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

2015) HBS Case Collection Hoag Orthopedic Institute by Robert S. Kaplan and Jonathan Warsh Two groups of orthopedic surgeons form a joint venture with a community hospital to establish Hoag Orthopedic Institute, a for-profit hospital and two ambulatory service centers.... View Details

01 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

sustainability and identify organization design and leadership characteristics of differentiating and integrating that can more effectively support seemingly contradictory strategies. The Euro as a Reserve... View Details

26 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 26

whether the testimonial's efficacy increases when information is added about an affiliation the quoted individual shares with the recipient. Research Design and Methods: A total of 5,498 union members were randomly assigned to receive 1... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Blog

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

they understand how to use cognitive AI to transform their operations, the impact on workers promises to be dramatic. White-collar workers whose job security was founded on their knowledge of complex processes and ability to integrate... View Details

27 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

escalate, the debate has focused on how to finance health care. Yet funding solutions can't address the underlying questions: Why have costs risen in the first place? And how can we improve the quality and affordability of care? In View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

investment solutions ranging from green bonds and renewable infrastructure to thematic strategies that allow clients to align their capital with specific ESG outcomes. The Sustainable Investing team is responsible for ESG integration in... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Ipsita Dasgupta - Global Perspective, Local Results

interact with different people and maintaining a strong knowledge of who you are.” Last year, in conjunction with the School's Nonprofit and Public Management Summer Fellowship Program, Dasgupta worked with Women's World Banking to design... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; development; leadership; social issues; management; technology; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Demonstration Policy | About

respect. All members of the HBS community, in joining it, agree to integrate the values of: Respect for the rights, differences, and dignity of others, Honesty and integrity in dealing with all members of... View Details

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McArthur Hall | About

McArthur Hall McArthur Hall was named in honor of John H. McArthur (MBA 1959, DBA 1963), Dean of Harvard Business School from 1980 to 1995. The 97,000-square-foot, Georgian-style building with contemporary finishes was designed by the... View Details

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

and your team need to determine the legal format of your company, the organizational chart, and the distribution of equity. Your choices will have lasting consequences; although a "structure" may be less appealing than an "innovation," the latter cannot be fulfilled if... View Details

02 Aug 2020
What Do You Think?

Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?

organization.” In his book Experimentation Works, Thomke writes that at Booking.com, “experimentation is an integral part of everyday life (where) anyone can conduct or commission a test (without approval from above).” This requires that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

09 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.

primary objectives of screening investment or negotiating with investors. These agencies had the flexibility to attract personnel with the marketing expertise successful investment promotion requires. In addition, they were able to obtain sufficient autonomy to View Details

Keywords: by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint

September 2019
Case

Teaming Up to Win the Rail Deal at GE (A)

By: Amy Edmondson, Ranjay Gulati and Rachna Tahilyani

In 2012, Nalin Jain, then head of GE aviation for South Asia, was given the added responsibility for GE’s transportation business in India, including bidding for a $2.5 billion contract to manufacture, service and maintain 1,000 diesel locomotives for state owned... View Details

Keywords: Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Groups and Teams; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Rail Industry; Transportation Industry; United States; India

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26 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

employees to discuss the quality of a job at a specific company. I think regulators focusing on labor conditions could tap into that trove of data to understand what works, so maybe we can design regulations better and quickly identify... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

spread such efforts, YALP is slowly but surely beginning to see on-the-ground results of the partnerships and innovation it’s designed to foster. In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, phrases like income inequality and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

13 Jul 2010
First Look

First Look: July 13

design and development firm (and once one of the largest in the business), to help turn it around after a series of crises that had seriously threatened its survival. Pearson has personally invested in the firm, re-organized many aspects... View Details