Design Structure - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

01 Jun 2006
News

Job One: Alumni Engagement

membership in HBS clubs and associations. Our committee work has examined a number of School-supported efforts designed to engage alumni and students. The Student Outreach Committee, chaired by Bennie Wiley (MBA ’72), has recommended ways... View Details

Keywords: Peter Cooper

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Creating a Candidate-Centered Recruiting Process - Recruiting

to share their perspective on recruiting, both as candidates and as hiring managers, recruiters, and interviewers. The advice they share for recruiting partners on how to create inclusive recruiting practices for candidates with diverse abilities is View Details

02 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 2

of the Contract: How Contract Structure Shapes Inter-Firm Dispute Resolution Authors:Fabrice Lumineau and Deepak Malhotra Publication:Strategic Management Journal (in press) Abstract This paper investigates how contract View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Innovation in Asia

organizational structures that will help them compete globally. We have moved from 'manufactured in China' to 'designed in China.'— John Deng, Vimicro Pramathesh Rath, India's consul general in New York, emphasized that India is quickly... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 1997
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Live Long and Prosper: Lillian Too Reveals Ancient Chinese Secrets

places such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore factor Feng shui into the design and construction of buildings, because its principles are widely known to make work less tedious and human interactions more harmonious, and to... View Details

09 Oct 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

build an “abstract, modern glass tower” on a block adjacent to Grand Central Terminal. “The existing buildings in that area were designed to complement Grand Central,” he says. “The new development doesn’t. It’s all about ‘look at me.’ It... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

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Kresge Way | About

Hall was dedicated in 1953 and was a familiar Harvard Business School landmark and a central gathering place for meals, meetings, and reunions. In keeping with the School’s emphasis on learning beyond the classroom, Kresge was designed to... View Details

06 Nov 2012
Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization Authors:Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart, and Michael Tushman Publication:Organization Science Abstract Homophily in social relations results from both individual preferences and selective... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2016
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Case Study: On the Table

Philippe Cahuzac (far right) and his Gaia Design cofounders (Photos courtesy of Gaia Design) Philippe Cahuzac (far right) and his Gaia Design cofounders (Photos courtesy of Gaia Design) Gaia View Details

30 Aug 2018
News

Sharing a Passion for Art

experience here that combines art, nature, and architecture,” says van Caldenborgh, who chairs Voorlinden’s board and spends five or six days a week at his office in the museum, about an hour’s drive from Amsterdam. The tranquil setting and gardens, featuring plants... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Arts, Entertainment

14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

and the fluidity of most work structures mean that it's not really about creating effective teams anymore, but instead about leading effective teaming. Teaming shows that organizations learn when the flexible, fluid collaborations they... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014

emotions can play in negotiations. Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles Poorly designed leadership roles set up a family business for failure. John A. Davis offers a system that produces the decisiveness and unity needed for... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

structure the organization, design jobs, and allocate roles and responsibilities—that shape how people who work in the organization experience their jobs. Second, leaders engage in symbolic actions—through... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed

we could tap the wisdom of the crowd to help design them? When you start thinking about making cars this way, at some point you’ve ceased thinking about cars and started thinking about a modern alternative to mass production. People will... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

Back in 2001, I wanted to test some theoretical predictions about negotiations versus auctions. At the time I was co-course head for the first-year required course on Negotiation at HBS, so I designed an elaborate experiment that used all... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online

network effects Articulate ways network structure can influence a platform’s ability to scale or defend itself against competitors Consider how a platform might increase profitability by changing its network clustering View Details

20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

Research Agenda Author:Roberto Verganti Periodical:Journal of Product Innovation Management (forthcoming) Abstract Recent studies on design management have helped us to better comprehend how companies can apply View Details