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The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions
The mirroring hypothesis predicts that the organizational patterns of a development project (e.g. communication links, geographic collocation, team and firm co-membership) will correspond to the technical patterns of dependency in the system under development. Scholars... View Details
Keywords: Infrastructure; Product Design; Organizational Design; Practice; Groups and Teams; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-058, January 2010. (Revised June 2010.)
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Matthew Boys
him to stay in the tech industry, particularly in “fast-growing startups with small team dynamics that push you to come up with new things.” The right way to train your brain “A common theme for non-engineers in technology is to get an... View Details
- 15 Aug 2017
- News
The Category Kingmaker
Ariba network annually, which is more than eBay, Amazon, and Alibaba combined. “Our success was not timing, not a fluke, not good luck,” Krach says about the success of Ariba. “It was simply recognizing the profound patterns, looking for... View Details
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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
students are graduates of Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH), an innovative six-year public high school program spearheaded by IBM that has improved college completion rates among disadvantaged youth and created a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 11 Dec 2014
- News
Fashion's Retail Revolution
Mukti Khaire. The fashion retail industry didn’t always understand what a business school grad could bring to a creative business, and MBAs, without a strong network in the sector, didn’t see great opportunities in the industry. One... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Think Globally, Teach Locally
faculty to develop an executive training program in Africa that will use digital technology to reach students in remote areas of the continent — and allow for customization of course materials. These and other programs continue a history... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 25 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
Michael Schrader (MBA 2012) on Finding Entrepreneurial Success with HBS Resources
world, was created based upon technology developed by Tufts University professors David Kaplan and Fiorenzo Omenetto. Kaplan and Omenetto's technique uses a protein found in silk to stabilize vaccines, making it possible to ship them... View Details
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Climate Symposium 2024: Confronting Reality, Celebrating Innovation - Blog - Business & Environment
Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Fellowships Enable Students to Broaden Their Impact
girls’ JV high school basketball team and ran a tutoring program. “I realized I was happier doing that and wanted to be in education full time. That’s what I’m passionate about,” says Agarwal, who took a leap of faith and landed at Success Academy, a View Details
- 04 Aug 2006
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Economics of Scarcity Meets the Economics of Abundance?
and trading many others; creating and maintaining blogs, some of which are more frequently visited today than network television shows; contributing and editing items on the ever-changing open-network encyclopedia, Wikipedia; and when... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- March 2004 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
Blackout: August 14, 2003
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Ryland Matthew Willis
On August 14, 2003, an electricity blackout cascaded throughout the northeastern United States and Canada. Describes the structure, technology, and economics of the electric utility industry and how gradual deregulation beginning in the 1970s placed unprecedented, and... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Performance Improvement; Infrastructure; Energy Sources; Business and Government Relations; Networks; Emerging Markets; Failure; Economics; Utilities Industry; Canada; Northeastern United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Ryland Matthew Willis. "Blackout: August 14, 2003." Harvard Business School Case 804-156, March 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
- 31 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing
spectrum, self-correcting to neutral bias only after hundreds if not thousands of revisions over long periods of time. Their paper, still in development, is titled Does Collective Intelligence Create More Biases Than Experts? Evidence From Wikipedia and Britannica.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
community has failed,” she said. “If we want to solve climate change, we can. It's completely plausible to change. We have the technology to fix this problem. Electric and autonomous vehicles and ride sharing are coming fast. Agriculture... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 11 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Non-competes Push Talent Away
patent typically contains each inventor's hometown and employer, making it possible to reconstruct work histories and co-authorship networks for numerous individuals." Draining Detroit Initially, the researchers looked for emigration... View Details
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
the making of the global world over the last two centuries. Individual entrepreneurs and managers invented new products and shaped consumer demand. Firms created and diffused technologies and products, alongside the values in which they... View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
people and have implications for the use of technological algorithms. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52499 Global Portfolio Diversification for Long-Horizon Investors By: Viceira, Luis M., Zixuan... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
fundamental ways. In his blog on marketing issues, Professor John Quelch discusses why marketers must start planning today to reach consumers after the recession. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6139.html. Professional Networks in China and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
You’ve Been YouTubed
Art by John Weber Related Links Virtual Learning Series: Understanding Users of Social Networks Career Webinar: Leverage the Power of Your LinkedIn Network Tweets are in the air we breathe. Most of us know... View Details
- 16 Dec 2021
- News
A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
fill the gaps in the production of personal protective equipment (PPE). Many stepped in to fight hunger, provide support for health professionals and frontline workers, deploy technology in new ways that helped communities thrive, and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley