New Urban Mechanics - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

What’s Good about Quiet Rule-Breaking

practice becomes necessary: Setting one or two clothing items aside can be tolerated; setting aside ten for resale should be sanctioned. Q: How will gray zones evolve in the future? A: The fact that contemporary organizations might rely on more elaborate employee... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

of distributed innovation and its potential merits as a corporate problem solving mechanism is discussed. Issues related to TopCoder's scalability, profitability, and growth are also explored. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

organizations. One set of activities shown to improve organizational learning of new work practices is learn-how. Learn-how refers to learning activities that combine experimentation, adaptation-in-use, and staff participation (e.g., dry... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

brokerages have signaled that they are not getting rid of these operations. In addition to the $1.4 billion conflict of interest settlement, the self-regulatory organizations that govern brokerages have issued new rules. The National... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

19 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 19

urban development at the national level and in three cities in a single Chinese region. The study reveals that the initial liberalization of land was reversed after China's first contemporary real estate bubble in the early 1990s and that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

regulations. The solution is to remake the barrel with new legislation and new regulation. I believe there are elements of truth in both of those poles: we have bad apples, and there definitely are some... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

much more complicated due in part to the development of mortgage brokers. The new system fueled a bevy of mortgage backed securities and derivatives that were terribly difficult for experts to comprehend, he said. Too much leverage... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

FBC project should look like. Rather, NASA forced its managers and contractors to invent new processes and procedures by imposing a set of budget, time, and weight constraints that could not be met using traditional approaches to... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2020
Book

The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages

Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

that was poorly conceived, inadequately reviewed, discriminatory, counterproductive, and fundamentally anti-American” After reading the petition and the news reports on the executive order, the decision was fast and easy. President... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

tax system can help us get there" On a recent and unexpectedly warm day for a New England fall, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge sat down to discuss tax policy in general and reform in particular with Professor Matthew C.... View Details