Systems Integration - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

session, Professors Matthew Weinzierl and Debora Spar will share their approach on making sense of political shifts and integrating current events into their courses. They will also provide updates on evolving the curriculum through new... View Details

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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01 Mar 2009
News

A New Approach to Health-Care Reform

that is affordable and simple to use. In your book, you identify fee-for-service reimbursement as a “runaway reactor” in accelerating the rise in health-care costs. Why is this system such a problem? By some estimates, 50 percent of all... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

2012
Article

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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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

01 Jun 2016
News

Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street

and capital only serve to stifle economic growth and opportunity, Nohria wrote. He also took note of critics who point to instances of global financial misdeeds, mistakes, or crises over the past decade and attack Wall Street for its apparent “greed” and self-interest.... View Details

Keywords: Wall Street; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Mar 2009
News

An Excerpt from The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care

that chicken-and-egg situation. Similarly, health-care systems will need to integrate so that they can wrap their arms around all the pieces of the system that must be... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2011
News

Water for Life

for reliable, affordable water service. Nearly two of every three gallons of water pumped through the dilapidated distribution system were lost or stolen. Desperate for a remedy, the Philippine government invited the private sector to... View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems

01 Sep 2004
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A Market-Based Prescription

are seriously ill or in pain, would you prefer a system where you have to find your own individual specialists, make sure they are communicating, and integrate your own care, or would you rather have a team... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2008
News

In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care

delivery systems of both developing and advanced countries: fragmentation, inefficiency, and organization around discrete interventions (such as delivering drugs or screening) rather than integrated care.... View Details

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

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Launch Lab/Capstone 1 - Course Catalog

system engineering methods to plan, design, develop, build, and test a complex technology-based product/service, integrating knowledge across multiple engineering disciplines. Business Knowledge: The use of... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

New Releases

boundaries and making the relationship between organizations and markets much more complex." To address such complexities, Jensen, the School's Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, presents a new, integrated theory of... View Details

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Launch Lab/Capstone 2 - Course Catalog

project that requires teams of students to apply and integrate the skills they have learned across core disciplines developed in the program curriculum. Specifically, teams will be expected to design, build and launch a new... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Case Study: On the Table

furniture design but in a warehouse, a fleet of trucks, and a staff of drivers—the type of capital-intensive vertical integration he planned for later on, after Gaia Design had established its reputation as a source for well-designed,... View Details

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Daniela Villafuerte | MBA

Daniela Villafuerte Electrical Engineering (SB) Eliot 2021 Cohort 2 Integration of disciplines and expansion of perspective are both crucial to effectively make a positive impact on humanity. As a future electrical engineer, I believe... View Details

27 Mar 2014
News

From Marx to Marketing

play in helping the former Soviet states become integrated into the global economy. Vlachoutsicos would become a key player in that process. Beginning as far back as 1956, as a partner at his family business Ch. Vlachoutsicos Enterprises,... View Details

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Europe - Global Activities 2021

Systems Change was straightforward: Write a paper using the concepts explored in the course to analyze a social entrepreneur tackling an important social problem. After students reviewed each other’s papers, one would be selected to be... View Details

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Sustainability in the Transportation Industry

technologies/services, documented impacts on California’s transportation ecosystem, and future growth projections (as appropriate). Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a Competitive and Resource Efficient Transport View Details

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Tony Perez

"Doctors are excellent at caring for patients"diagnosing and treating disease," says Tony. "But the overall American healthcare system has not been so good at creating a sustainable model for healthcare delivery. Our... View Details

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