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Modularity describes the degree to which a complex system can be broken apart into subunits (modules) that can be recombined in various ways. Modularity is important for organizations and the economy because the boundaries of organizational units and corporations are... View Details

Keywords: Complex Systems; Information Hiding; Loosely-coupled Systems; Mirroring; Mirroring Hypothesis; Modules; Modularity; Near-decomposable Systems; Product Architecture; Option Value; Organizational Design; Complexity

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February 2022
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Behavioral Economics and Choice Architecture

By: John Beshears

This module note for instructors describes a module on the design of choice architecture solutions to organizational problems. View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Economics; Choice Architecture; Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Decision Choices and Conditions; Economics

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Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)

This first-year MBA course focuses on how managers become effective leaders by addressing the human side of enterprise. The first modules examine teams, individuals, and networks; the intermediate modules look at successful leaders "in action"; and the final... View Details

March 2017 (Revised May 2017)
Teaching Note

The Strategy Execution Series

By: Robert Simons and Jennifer Packard

This is the teaching note for the 15-module Strategy Execution series. New management tools and techniques are needed to implement strategy in the 21st century. Rapid innovation, entrepreneurial competitors, and increasingly demanding customers have radically altered... View Details

Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Strategy Execution; Performance Measurement; Profit Planning; Organization Design; Profitable Growth; Management Attention; Organizational Conflict; Job Design; Business Strategy; Management Systems; Entrepreneurship; Competition; Organizational Design; Performance Evaluation; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

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March 2022
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A Behavioral Science Perspective on Motivation and Incentives

By: John Beshears and Ashley Whillans

This module note for instructors describes a module that integrates insights from the behavioral science of motivation into the economic analysis of incentive systems. View Details

Keywords: Motivation; Incentives; Behavioral Science; Behavioral Economics; Motivation and Incentives; Economics; Analysis; Human Resources

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March 2006
Module Note

International Regulatory Regimes

By: Mihir A. Desai and Kathleen Luchs

Describes the seventh module in the International Finance course at Harvard Business School. The module focuses on how national and international regulatory regimes influence financial decisions. The module explores how national regulatory regimes interact, the... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; International Finance; Decisions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business Ventures; Teaching; International Relations; Education Industry

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April 2006
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Legal Aspects of Management: Anticipating and Managing Risk

Describes the sixth and final module of the Harvard Business School MBA second-year elective course Legal Aspects of Management. This module deals with the way firms should approach business risks in order to avoid legal liability and how firms can use contracts to... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Contracts; Legal Liability

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June 2001
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Retail Operations TN

By: Ananth Raman

Describes the teaching objectives and content of the Retail Operations Module in the Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains elective course at HBS. First describes the motivation for developing a module on retail operations in a supply chain course and then addresses... View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Motivation and Incentives; Retail Industry

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July 2011
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Mixed Source

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gaston Llanes

We study competitive interaction between a profit-maximizing firm that sells software and complementary services and a free open source competitor. We examine the firm's choice of business model between the proprietary model (where all software modules are... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Open Source Distribution; Profit; Sales; Applications and Software; Service Operations; Business Model; Decision Choices and Conditions; Quality; Value Creation

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The 15-module Strategy Execution series forms a complete course that teaches the latest techniques for using performance measurement and control systems to implement strategy. Module... View Details

Dec 21 2022
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The Entrepreneurial Manager, Module 2 Part 1: Resourcing the Business Model – Financing

Developing Strategic Technological Competencies, Module Four: Implementing New Technical Systs & Org Change, TN

Building Process-based Capabilities: A Principal Focus of Operations Management, Module Outline and Teaching Note

Advanced Competitive Strategy, Notes for Educators 5. Key Concepts in a Module on Strategic Failure

The Entrepreneurial Manager, Module 2 Part 2: Resourcing the Business Model – Team and Culture

Advanced Competitive Strategy, Notes for Educators 6. Key Concepts in a Module on Strategic Change

Globalization Meets National Institutions: International Capital Flows, Harvard Business School Module Note Instructor Only, 708-041

Advanced Competitive Strategy, Notes for Educators 4. Key Concepts in a Module on the Origins of Strategy

Advanced Competitive Strategy, Notes for Educators 3. Key Concepts in a Modulle on Analysing the Parts of a Strategy

Modularity and Organizations

Behavioral Economics and Choice Architecture

Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD)

The Strategy Execution Series

A Behavioral Science Perspective on Motivation and Incentives

International Regulatory Regimes

Legal Aspects of Management: Anticipating and Managing Risk

Retail Operations TN

Mixed Source

Strategy Execution Series

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