Coordination - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

alter interactions between functions, in ways that hold major implications for organizational structure. Intense, ongoing coordination becomes necessary across multiple functions, including design, operations, sales, service, and IT.... View Details

08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

cross-disciplinary group of mid-career, research-oriented faculty—has organized to coordinate activities that promote high-quality research in the field of strategy. This editorial essay summarizes the group's view of the characteristics... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2013
What Do You Think?

Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

a process by which participants and entire organizations learn and innovate while carrying out day-to-day assignments. Increasingly, Edmondson maintains, coordination and collaboration are occurring in temporary groups requiring teaming... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

widespread; in a survey of fifty global manufacturing companies, 62 percent reported that they used primarily manual methods to share production schedules with their partners, with one respondent stating, "Our biggest coordination... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

27 Jul 2020
Blog Post

HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19

governments, and nonprofits all coordinating their efforts to rebuild the economy. The MBA gave me the knowledge to think circumspectly about all these stakeholders and the skills to manage people and outside organizations effectively to... View Details

16 Mar 2023
Blog Post

HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy

Crossbridge Energy’s refinery enables the site to benefit from efficient “green” hydrogenation of refinery fuels to lower the site’s climate impact. As aspiring business leaders, we were inspired by the coordination between HySynergy,... View Details

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3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

in the justice system and the industrialization of misinformation and hacking of elections. How can business leaders create great companies that enhance the value to society while earning a return for shareholders? Blockchain – Changing mechanisms for View Details

15 Nov 2020
News

Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

multiple centers for a broader exploration of a topic. For example, this past year, the centers coordinated more than 50 interviews in 10 countries to help Professor Rafaella Sadun examine how resilient businesses can effectively and... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

A New Approach to Health-Care Reform

far-reaching. Your prescription calls for widespread, coordinated change. Who is responsible for leading the way? We hope policymakers in Washington will give our approach consideration, but to transform a complicated industry like this,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

as its operations in Nigeria.7 These disturbing experiences forced companies to create a strategic tool for managing risks at a global level. Mariale álvarez, environmental technical coordinator of Coca-Cola de Argentina, explained just... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

coordination between sales, marketing, and, crucially, manufacturing. As an egomaniacal, 30-year-old marketing maven, I had been conditioned to look down on the “functional groups” run by people without advanced degrees who got their... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

12 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager

businesses." Wulf hastens to say that the research is by no means a death knell for general managers, but their jobs may change. At the least, they will likely find themselves in more meetings than ever before. "The general managers are put in a position to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

28 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Manufacturing Matters

and the government invested dramatically in building a scientific and technical infrastructure needed to fuel growth. That was the national strategy, but it was not industrial policy. There's an important need today for having a View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

The $2 trillion health care system is one of the United States' largest industries—but one of its worst performing by almost any measure other than technological innovation. The problems are painful, including escalating costs, expensive insurance premiums, lack of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

of the hacker style of programming with the need to be more predictable and coordinated in managing software releases. Projects that are more closely coupled with commercial firms have experienced direct pressure from firms to communicate... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

01 Dec 2006
News

Forestalling Terror

is for a third outcome: The DNI becomes the centralized provider of the leadership and infrastructure that allow the community to take decentralized yet coordinated action. That’s what we see in really effective private-sector firms, like... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waleed Iskandar; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 26, 2008

interdependence between divisions residual to the formal structure. As a result, those innovations which involve cross-line-of-business interdependence are trumped by the firm's articulated strategy and structure. Social structures could, potentially, fill this View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

drive the roadmap of the Whole Foods experience on Amazon.com. The team is responsible for coordinating multiple stakeholders to bring the Whole Foods experience online. Sofia's role prior to HBS was a Sr. Program Manager at Uber.... View Details

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

elder care, CareCorgi provides a human-powered, AI-elevated copilot that provides dynamic personalized care plans and connects them with real human geriatric care coordinators Catalog Paul Lachman (MBA 2025), Hamish Gunasekara Catalog is... View Details

16 May 2018
News

ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup

clubs across the globe spent the last year recruiting teams, coordinating the pitch events, identifying judges and assembling impressive prizes of cash and in-kind services to find the best competitors to send to the final stages. For the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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