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- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
operations. Carliss Baldwin: A bookshelf and books provide a low-tech example. A bookshelf is designed to be between 12 and 24 inches in height and have a flat bottom and sides. That is a simple architecture with three flat interfaces.... View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
Robert, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack, and David Dreyfus Abstract—In this paper, we test a method for visualizing and measuring software portfolio architectures and use our measures to predict the costs of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
Cloud Computing Authors:Kyle Armbrester and Robert G. Eccles Publication:European Business Review (January 2012) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=5748 Assent-maximizing Social View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
is that fiscal risk and social risk interact in complex ways. When considering many potential projects, government cost-benefit analysis thus acquires the flavor of a portfolio choice problem. We use the model to explore how the relative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
pre-structured archives, unstructured (“hand-collected”) archives, eld studies, eld experiments, surveys, laboratory studies, and laboratory experiments. The framework spells out ve goals of an empirical literature and de nes the seven methods according to researchers’... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
and exploration in terms of innovation streams—incremental innovation in existing products as well as architectural and/or discontinuous innovation. Based on in-depth, longitudinal data from 13 business units and 22 innovations, we... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
Digital Agility: The Impact of Software Portfolio Architecture on IT System Evolution By: MacCormack, Alan, Robert Lagerström, Martin Mocker, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract—The modern industrial firm increasingly relies on software to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
clubs," we show that 1) fees serve as a signal of price discounts, such that stores that charge fees are perceived as offering better deals for identical items; 2) the presence of fees can increase consumer spending and overall store profitability; and 3) the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
cream), controlling for customer fixed effects. These findings are all consistent with theories suggesting that people's should selves exert more influence over their choices the further in the future outcomes will be experienced.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
both. The choice is a false dichotomy. Implementing this dual approach involves three key tasks. Each has directive and enabling components. The first task is envisioning, which requires instilling both realism and hope. The second task... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
investment. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/ships_qje_2014.pdf Working Papers Bottlenecks, Modules and Dynamic Architectural Capabilities By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract— Architectural... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
relationships between this philosophy and well-being. We asked participants to answer two binary choice questions: Is life short or long? And, is life easy or hard? Across a series of studies, the majority of participants indicated that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8
examine the firm's choice of business model between the proprietary model (where all software modules are proprietary), the open source model (where all modules are open source), and the mixed source model (where some—but not all—modules... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
Modularity By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract— This is the first chapter in Part 3. Its purpose is to contrast the value structure of platform systems with step processes from a technological perspective. I first review the basic technical View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
addresses interventions that firms, governments, and other parties deploy to shape household financial outcomes: education and information, peer effects and social influence, product design, advice and disclosure, choice architecture, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
How to Put Meaning Back into Leading
How is meaning generated through work and other economic transactions? How is meaning linked to organizations for the sake of the common good? Our initial work in exploring these questions suggests that leadership impacts on meaning in several ways. First, leaders make... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
existing products as well as exploring into architectural and/or discontinuous innovation. Based on in-depth, longitudinal data on 13 business units and 22 innovations, we investigate the consequences of organization design View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
might not like particular policies). This will give a big boost to business and consumer confidence. Under Biden and Harris, drama and uncertainty will be replaced by goal clarity and communication transparency. President-elect Biden’s Cabinet and advisor View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017
antecedents of IT agility with respect to the choices a firm makes when designing its “Software Portfolio Architecture.” We address this gap in the literature by exploring the relationship between software portfolio View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
Modularity in Software Ecosystems: How SugarCRM's IP and Business Model Shape Its Product Architecture Authors:Watl, Josef, Joachim Henkel, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Publication:Software Business: Proceedings of the Third International... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne