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- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
the overall objectives of the firm in relation to customers, investors, and regulators. Now people are chosen to step into these roles and the organization is set in motion. What will happen in real time? Once on the job, the bonding... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
economic system. But what made the U.S. unique was the scale of American firms that were founded in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These massive manufacturing concerns, which produced tremendous numbers of business... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
important technical problems to be solved. Once the problem is solved, the solution in combination with organizational boundaries and property rights can be used to capture a stream of rents. The tools a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance
formed a relationship. The authors chose to focus on patient ratings of specialists instead of specific medical outcomes because they assess an “important dimension of quality” that transcends the clinical boundaries of medical... View Details
- 17 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?
psychological boundaries with your spouse, and people vary in how bumpy that transition is” “Many people will say that they have to figure out who they are in terms of always having been a really productive person,” Amabile says. “They... View Details
- 17 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook
model to which the rest of the world is marching as a result of the imperatives of technology and markets. Over the last two decades, as the boundaries of firms became much more fluid and as non-U.S. players... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
strategy. Firms can also strategically “break the mirror” in two ways: by implementing modular partitions within their own boundaries or by building relational contracts that support technical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
not universal. However, there is evidence of a mirroring “trap”: firms focused on the current technical architecture may fall victim to architectural innovations arising outside their boundaries. Thus in technologically dynamic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Top Scholars Say About Leadership
Sloan, who not only were interested in leadership by virtue of having practiced it, but also had the ability to step back from everyday responsibilities of the firm and to think about leadership conceptually and developmentally. Q: Pop... View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
The average billion-dollar company spends as many as 25,000 person-days per year putting together the budget. If this all paid off in shareholder return, that would be fine. But few organizations can make that claim. In fact, many firms... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
across the financial system if they failed (think Lehman). Financial institutions that pose such a threat are the financial equivalent of nuclear power plants, providing an important service in many cases but also posing a profound danger to society. As a result, these... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 5 Complementarity By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract—The purpose of this chapter is to relate the theory of task networks and technology set forth in previous chapters to theories of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why IT Does Matter
effectiveness has come the ability to do things truly differently. American Hospital Supply's distribution software and American Airlines' SABRE reservation system are examples of victories in past technologies. The firms were the first... View Details
Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
measure both face-to-face and electronic interaction before and after the adoption of open office architecture. The results inform our understanding of the impact on human behavior of workspaces that trend toward fewer spatial boundaries... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
PublicationsThe Future of Organization Design Authors:Baldwin, Carliss Y. Publication:Journal of Organization Design Abstract The modern corporation has long been the central focus of the field of organization design. Such firms can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are Caregivers
framework for balancing a career and life. The linear career paths common at law, accounting, and professional services firms rarely take into account the personal milestones and unexpected challenges that all employees experience. Caring... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
Using Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Firm Survival, Employment Growth, and Innovative Performance Authors:Chai, Sen, and Willy C. Shih Abstract Scientific research and its translation into commercialized technology is a driver of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
prices determine organizational design by studying how trade policy affects vertical integration. Property rights theory asserts that firm boundaries are chosen by stakeholders to mediate organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
potential adverse event once the test-statistic crosses a stopping boundary. We employ asymptotic analysis that assumes a large number of observations in a given window of time to show how to compute the stopping boundary by solving a... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
develop the concept of interconnectedness as four conditions of an internal supply chain: a focus on system-rather than individual department-performance; routines within departments that are connected to current customers' needs; deliberate knowledge translation... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel