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- 08 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 8, 2019
should he focus the company? Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/717452-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-059 The Last Hegemon? U.S.-China Relations and the Future of World Order No... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Heroines and Helping Hands
WuDunn Photo Courtesy Sheryl WuDunn Girls matter — we take that for granted here in the developed nations, and we all expect our daughters, sisters, and wives to make a... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies
an order giver to a team member in an interdependent process." Making A Team Successful In The Face Of Disrupted Routines Through the analysis of detailed qualitative and quantitative data gathered from... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 25 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018
ownership, the partners focused on improving operations and enhancing sales with impressive results: sales doubled and EBTIDA increased by over 40%. But the "Great Recession" had an immediate... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
item on the order, scan it and then physically wheel it into the operation. Then, additionally in many cases, they have to put it away into freezers and coolers. "Every driver in the industry would loudly... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million
Teixeira and Brown. Importantly, the strategies that made these companies successful starting out are not the same ones to take them to the next level. To get from zero to 1,000 customers, the three startups... View Details
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Biotech Work as a Business
and the organizational structures which have emerged." His suggestion for companies going forward: Think twice about the strategies and assumptions that are driving your industry. Universities, venture... View Details
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Exploring the Duality Between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the 'Mirroring' Hypothesis
By: Alan MacCormack, Carliss Y. Baldwin and John Rusnak
A variety of academic studies argue that a relationship exists between the structure of an organization and the design of the products that the organization produces. Specifically, products tend to "mirror" the architectures of the organizations in which they are... View Details
Keywords: Organization Design; Architecture; Modularity; Open Source Software; Communication; Design; Governance; Management Practices and Processes; Open Source Distribution; Product Design; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Software
MacCormack, Alan, Carliss Y. Baldwin, and John Rusnak. "Exploring the Duality Between Product and Organizational Architectures: A Test of the 'Mirroring' Hypothesis." Research Policy 41, no. 8 (October 2012): 1309–1324.
- 23 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018
order to reduce the technological and market risks, where reducing technological risk is of paramount importance. As a reward, pioneers ultimately realize a higher likelihood of acquisition, but among... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 22 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
exit, output, and R&D. Taxing the continued operation of incumbents can lead to sizable gains (of the order of 1.4% improvement in welfare) by encouraging exit of less productive firms View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
to be defective, and arrange for replacement parts to arrive (which themselves have to inspected). The low-price supplier may also not have a stellar on-time delivery capability. Its failure to deliver reliably at scheduled times causes... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 07 Dec 2021
- Op-Ed
Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge
the Day, Harrison, and Halpin’s view of leader development, which argues that improving leaders’ knowledge, skill, and attitudes will increase their capacity. The pyramid shaped MSK Framework View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
- March 2018 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Chewy.com (A)
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Matthew G. Preble
In late 2013, Ryan Cohen, cofounder and CEO of online pet products retailer Chewy.com, faces a “bet the company decision”—whether to stay with a third-party logistics provider (3PL) for all of its e-commerce fulfillment or to take the function in house. Cohen worries... View Details
Keywords: Pet Food; Pet Products; Retail; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Decision Choices and Conditions; E-commerce; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Florida; United States
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Matthew G. Preble. "Chewy.com (A)." Harvard Business School Case 818-079, March 2018. (Revised September 2019.)
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
marks clear dividing lines between China’s domestic economy and the rest of the world. It shows how China seeks to manage the links between the two just when western countries are also focusing on decoupling. In View Details
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Philanthropy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
increased more than 1,100%. As new wealth continues to pour into foundations, the authors take a timely look at the field and conclude that radical change is needed. First, they explain why. Compared with... View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
Engage with and support the University in new and mutually beneficial ways Raise funds for current priorities and future flexibility "Let us take... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
take shape in the past 20 years. In particular, the publication of Teece and Pisano (1994, Industrial and Corporate Change, 3(3), 537–556), Teece et al. (1997, Strategic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2003 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
Operational Execution at Arrow Electronics
By: Ananth Raman and Zeynep Ton
Distribution center operations (from order taking to order fulfillment) and the importance of attending to process details at Arrow Electronics, a large distributor of electronic components and computer products are described. The case also details the actions the... View Details
Raman, Ananth, and Zeynep Ton. "Operational Execution at Arrow Electronics." Harvard Business School Case 603-127, April 2003. (Revised March 2009.)
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
Each of these executives restored their people's confidence in themselves and in one another—a necessary antecedent to restoring investor or public confidence. They inspired and empowered their organizations... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
thus fulfilling the last quarter of life, plus recommendations for dealing with and realizing a healthy lifestyle in the process. Ranchin’ and Rodeoin’ (1940-2000) By Sue... View Details