Information Systems - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2014
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Making a Statement

the global health care system by fostering more effective leadership in health-related organizations. “My two years at HBS shaped my career,” he says. “I want to provide that opportunity to others, and it will be good for health care if... View Details

21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap

direction that unfortunately has gotten all too rare, where we’ve got an educational system that sets kids up to follow the checklist and add things to their résumé, following in line like excellent sheep. There’s a wonderful book with... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

Guide to Changes 10 Years after the 1995 Bank Crisis Authors:Gustavo A. Del Angel, Stephen Haber, and Aldo Musacchio Abstract After the 1995 crisis, the Mexican banking system experienced significant changes in bank accounting standards.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2008
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Business at the Summit

Sunday evening in a Baker Lawn “pavilion” erected for the summit’s general sessions. Nearly everyone failed to understand how much the global financial system had changed in recent years, and how fragile it had become because of... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

20 Oct 2016
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Smart Moves

advertisers, historical and real-time traffic information to insurance underwriters, and more. Mistele was a Detroit kid, the son of a lawyer, who had an early interest in technology. “When I was in high school, I worked for an electrical... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2016
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Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era

renewables, in particular solar and wind, means that our electricity system is going to be Capex-driven, and the marginal cost of power will essentially be zero much of the time. Matching demand closer to supply, rather than the other way... View Details

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Transforming Health Care Delivery - Course Catalog

to, or invest in such organizations (e.g., payers, biopharmaceutical and device companies, health information technology, venture capital and private equity). Educational Objectives This course will help students develop the managerial... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Alumni Books

Fortune magazine estimates that 75 percent of all strategies and projects fail; this book offers a proven system to ensure being among the 25 percent that succeed. It provides interactive analytical tools and a step-by-step process to... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

21 Nov 2013
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Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins

of BlackBerry’s problems were sown well before Heins took on the CEO role. BlackBerry’s system had its roots in a mobile data architecture that came out of paging networks. By developing complimentary software that connected to email... View Details

Keywords: Information; Information; Information; Information

24 Apr 2014
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Using an online platform to reinvent education

Students can take advantage of the extensive library of more than 6,000 educational videos, 100,000 interactive challenges, and assessments from any computer with web access. Every interaction with the system is logged so that parents and... View Details

2016
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The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence, and Exceptions

By: Lyra J. Colfer and Carliss Y. Baldwin

The mirroring hypothesis predicts that organizational ties within a project, firm, or group of firms (e.g., communication, collocation, employment) will correspond to the technical dependencies in the work being performed. This article presents a unified picture of... View Details

Keywords: Modularity; Mirroring Hypothesis; Organization Design; Conway's Law; Knowledge Boundaries; Relational Contracts; Open Source Software; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Boundaries; Knowledge Management; Applications and Software

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Labs’ sales exploded. Later products included several lines of sophisticated mini computers and such revolutionary word processing software as the Office Information Systems (OIS) series. By the end of... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

01 Sep 2004
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Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)

several MIT professors, I cofounded Ceramics Process Systems Corporation, a technology company where I served as chairman and president until I earned my DBA and joined the HBS faculty in 1992. It was really my time with that company that... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2018
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After the Fall

mortgage-backed securities were greatly overvalued, giving investors and bank CEOs a false sense of security. “The cycles of optimism and pessimism in financial markets will always exist, but we can help people make better informed... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

09 Jun 2017
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Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China

their education system different from ours? What is their farming system that's different from ours, or similar to ours? So I always seek out to meet the locals. April White: So how did your love of travel... View Details

01 Jun 1999
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New Releases

the current system functioning, while leadership should inspire change. "It is possible to have too much or too little of either," Kotter writes. "Strong leadership with no management risks chaos," while "strong management with no... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

25 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 25

specific assumptions about fairness principles or priority criteria, our method offers the designer the flexibility to select his desired criteria and fairness constraints from a broad class of allowable constraints. The method then designs a point View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Patients - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

systemic restructuring driven by providers, health plans and other stakeholders. Redefining Health Care describes the roles that consumers should play in a value-based system, and the expectations they should set for health plans and... View Details

08 Jun 2011
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George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees

Singapore’s Business Times (April 9, 2011). “At that time, the civil service did not want me to do an MBA. There was always the fear that those who do MBAs will end up leaving the service. The system reacted against it; they said: ‘You do... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2000
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Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time

compressed time frame, or "Internet time," requires that firms generate and respond to new information for a greater proportion of a development cycle, with much of the feedback coming from customers. In fact, early and continuous contact... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

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