Organizational Structure - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

Structures Authors:Ranjay Gulati and Maxim Sytch Publication:In Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management/em>, edited by D. Teece and M. Augier. Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming Abstract During the last three decades, research in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2000
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After the Revolution: Putting the Internet in Perspective

Microsoft and Cisco, Nolan said the mature business model of a hierarchical organizational structure with a "make-and-sell" strategy can't be adapted to the virtual, information-enabled world of dot-coms.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

structures, we adopt a process perspective and find that integration was achieved despite an incentive structure that did not support it. By drawing a distinction between the incentive landscape and the planning process, we identify... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

How Can Start Ups Grow?

"These social resources are acquired by mimicking the structures and activities of established firms, and by affiliating with high-status customers respectively," she wrote in the abstract to her recent paper, Great Oaks from... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising

03 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018

conduct and to monitor their suppliers for compliance, but it is not clear whether or when these organizational structures can actually raise labor standards. We extend the literature on private politics and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

February 2023 (Revised May 2023)
Case

Accelerating the Accelerator: Raja Al Mazrouei at DIFC Fintech Hive

By: Linda A. Hill, Emily Tedards and Lydia Begag

In January 2023, Raja Al Mazrouei became the Managing Director and Acting CEO of Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) in Dubai, UAE. In her previous role as the Executive Vice President of the DIFC Fintech Hive, she successfully built and led an accelerator program for... View Details

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10 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Breakthrough Negotiation: Don’t Leave It On the Table

handful of overarching ideas about breakthrough negotiation. The seven principles that follow represent an overview of how breakthrough negotiators operate. Principle 1: Breakthrough Negotiators Shape The Structure Of Their Situations... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins

17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

relationship, greater partner integration is associated with higher costs, but not with higher product quality. Our results shed light on the subtle interplay between formal and relational contracting. They have important implications for practice, with respect to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2011
Teaching Note

The National Geographic Society (TN)

By: David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for 311-002. View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Structure; Sales; Leading Change; Society; Internet and the Web; Adaptation; Change Management; Media; Washington (state, US)

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January 2002
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Lycos (A): The Tripod Decision

By: Giovanni M. Gavetti, Jan W. Rivkin and Elizabeth Johnson

The Internet portal Lycos has acquired Tripod, a provider of home-page-building tools, and now must decide how to integrate the acquisition. View Details

Keywords: Integration; Organizational Structure; Situation or Environment; Mergers and Acquisitions; Internet and the Web; Decision Choices and Conditions; Web Services Industry

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23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

cost of leisure is lower. We interpret these results as evidence of differences in preferences for leisure across CEOs rather than optimal responses to organizational differences correlated with ownership. Differences in labor supply are... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

22 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 22, 2008

approach is the assumption that teams are stable in their membership and internal organization. In practice, however, such stability is rare, as the composition and structure of teams often changes over time or between projects. In this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 2010 (Revised March 2012)
Teaching Note

Alibaba Group

By: Julie M. Wulf

Teaching Note for 710436. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Business Subsidiaries; Competition; Motivation and Incentives; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development; Corporate Strategy; Organizational Structure; Retail Industry; China

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04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

interplay between these two levels, we review research from two separate bodies of literature. Research in psychology and organizational behavior on candidate-employer negotiations sheds light on the effects of gender on Level One... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
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Montefiore Medical Center

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Syeda Noorein Inamdar

A large urban medical center implements the Balanced Scorecard management tool. Elaine Brennan, senior VP of operations, has reorganized a highly functional health care organization into decentralized patient care centers and support units. Having recently endured the... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Health Care and Treatment; Management Systems; Organizational Structure; Corporate Strategy; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Reporting; Budgets and Budgeting; Cost Accounting; Corporate Accountability; Communication; Health Industry

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Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change (SESC) - Course Catalog

coherent systems strategy, collaborating with others, building power, and mobilizing change. Since the skills required to sustain effective engagement with social systems can differ subtly from the organizational management skills often... View Details

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Frank Spencer

logistics, organizational issues, strategy, and capital." In addition to his full-time work at Habitat, Spencer devotes approximately 20 hours each week to prepping for and attending classes at Union Presbyterian Seminary, where he... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Services

11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

future lock-in can arise without changing the structure of a should-choice, but by just changing people's temporal focus. Finally, we provide evidence that the should self operates at a higher construal level (abstract, superordinate)... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

may benefit from limited developer access. Second, an open platform may lead to higher investment than a proprietary platform. Third, opening one side of a proprietary platform may lower incentives to invest in platform quality. Fourth, the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

September 2024
Case

The Health Equity Accelerator at Boston Medical Center

By: Susanna Gallani, Mary Witkowski and Katie Sonnefeldt

This case describes how Boston Medical Center, a hospital and safety net organization, changed its strategic approach to health equity after realizing that previous efforts were not sufficient to address the health disparities among their patients. In 2021, the Health... View Details