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- 2016
- Working Paper
The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions
By: Lyra J. Colfer and Carliss Y. Baldwin
The mirroring hypothesis predicts that organizational ties within a project, firm, or group of firms (e.g., communication, collocation, employment) will correspond to the technical patterns of dependency in the work being performed. A thorough understanding of the... View Details
Keywords: Modularity; Innovation; Product And Process Development; Organization Design; Design Structure; Organizational Ties; Mirroring Hypothesis; Industry Architecture; Product Architecture; Complex Technical Systems; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Innovation and Invention; Product Development
Colfer, Lyra J., and Carliss Y. Baldwin. "The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-124, April 2016. (Revised May 2016.)
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addition they ask you to send your username and password. NOTE: HBS will never ask you to e-mail your password or other sensitive information. This type of fraudulent messages is often referred to as a "phishing" e-mail. Below are some steps to take to avoid falling... View Details
- 07 Jul 2022
- HBS Case
How a Multimillion-Dollar Ice Cream Startup Melted Down (and Bounced Back)
filing for bankruptcy? And more importantly, how did Smith and Cuscuna rebound from their first failed venture to open another successful ice cream shop? The startup, like many others, was a victim of its own success, says Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide
works for some people, but not others. There is a lot more performance pressure and accountability" In some ways, however, the company became a victim of its own success as a pioneer of organic sustainable foods. Peaking in 2013, it... View Details
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
delivers food to victims CEO Takeshi Niinami of Lawson, a chain of convenience stores, watched out his Tokyo office window as skyscrapers swayed. Just minutes before the tsunami reached the Tohoku shore, he sent an order to employees:... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
currents of time. I didn’t argue. It would only have added to his confusion and disappointment. Time, I told myself, will make him understand. I didn’t know then time was one thing Abuji did not have. His mysterious illness would soon be diagnosed as pulmonary... View Details
- 31 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?
up saving the life of the potential victim The trigger for achieving the desired outcome: instilling the sense of fear in the subordinate. Accordingly, can an argument be made that at times and under certain circumstances fear might be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Profiles - MBA
victims to suffer ataxia, paralysis, and death. A team of scientists at a local university quickly discovered that the disease was caused by a chemical company dumping untreated mercury into the water, but industry-funded researchers from... View Details
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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
pedestrians could fall victim to the violent force of locomotive trains running at unprecedented speeds or to the hazardous sparks they emitted. In 1841 a tragic collision of two trains on the Western Railroad in Massachusetts killed a... View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar Statements & Speeches | About
victims of these types of violent acts. Published March 17, 2021 Note on January 6 Events at U.S. Capitol On January 6th, American democracy was put to the test. The sight of a mob storming the Capitol—attacking police, threatening... View Details
- 22 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Salespeople Struggle at Leading
whether a person is fit for the job by falling victim to a “cloning bias.” “They’re interviewing and asking themselves what made them successful as salespeople, and they look to clone who they were six to eight years ago,” he says. “But... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness
driving the current cultural discourse in race and affirmative action. It's not just that whites think blacks are getting some unfair breaks, it's that whites are thinking, 'I'm actually the victim of discrimination now.'"... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Nov 2015
- Op-Ed
Authentic Leadership Rediscovered
jerks, nor does this behavior reflect their authentic selves. Rather, these individuals likely had very negative experiences early in their lives that cause them to have difficulty in managing their anger, in part because they feel like View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 02 Mar 2021
- HBS Case
The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?
The result is a new HBS case, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations,” which grapples with the question of how justice might be done for victims of the massacre a century after it occurred—as well as the larger question of what... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses
we running out of IPv4 addresses? Ben Edelman: In this respect, the Internet is a victim of its own success. The IP address system was never designed for the large, complicated, widely used Internet we enjoy today. We're fortunate in that... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Hiroshi Mikitani, MBA 1993
effort, he mobilized Rakuten’s merchants in the south to help disaster victims in the north. The Rakuten Eagles, whose crimson uniforms symbolize the role that Harvard has played in Mikitani’s life, are based in the region hit hard by the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
brought an extra white shirt for the afternoon; the first would be gray by the time they got back to the office. A manufacturing hub for everything from Buster Brown socks to Chris-Craft boats—with plenty of steel and coal foundries to boot—Chattanooga was a View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
History Matters
financial crises leave an indelible mark on our culture. As William Faulkner wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Much like the victims of crime or veterans of combat, we are imprinted with the strains of crisis that will... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Problem with Hedge Funds
While investors are still learning what happened to them in the 1990s and are trying to get their money back, they find themselves facing a new set of dangers—in some cases from the same people who victimized them before. And while it's... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills