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- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
a problem of nightmarish proportions [because of] the growing complexity of the systems and the interdependent structure of their designs. Each new computer system had to be designed from the ground up, and only new systems could take...
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- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
key component of solutions.” With increasing interdependence between the nation’s electric grid and the public internet, cybersecurity is gaining attention of both regulators and the public. “Foreign adversaries have regularly penetrated...
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- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-063.pdf Team Scaffolds: How Minimal In-Group Structures Support Fast-Paced Teaming Authors:Melissa A. Valentine and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Across many industries, particularly in health care delivery, View Details
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Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 23 May 2011
- Op-Ed
Leading and Lagging Countries in Contributing to a Sustainable Society
more holistic view regarding financial, natural, and human resource allocation decisions, and the interdependencies between them. It also means taking a longer-term view, since improved financial performance from better use of natural and...
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by Robert G. Eccles & George Serafeim
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
examine the organizational transformation of risk experts in two large U.K. banks, where we study the dynamics of the risk management function over a period of five years. Our findings indicate that the rising influence of a staff function on strategic decision making...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
them were not daredevils skilled in the art of invention, and that, conversely, inventors were struggling creative types with no money "trying desperately to become poor businessmen" in Doriot's witty description. ARD sought to bring together these two View Details
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by Spencer E. Ante
- 23 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 23
Principles that Matter: Sustaining Software Innovation from the Client to the Web Author:Marco Iansiti Abstract Economic analysis often reviews the role of principles—such as respect for intellectual property rights—in driving innovation. Given the View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
from the 1920s onward, including geographic, product, and matrix architectures. Market development organizations, global business units, and global business services unit, each of which is heavily interdependent with the others and none...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
as a process of cascading team learning activities—independently carried out but interdependent in their impact on company performance. Different types of teams or groups face different learning needs and challenges. A leadership team may...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
units responsible for the costs. Wide spans of support become critically important when customer loyalty is vital to strategy implementation. The more complex and interdependent the job, the more important a wide span of influence...
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by Robert Simons
- 05 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 5
process improvement in interdependent service settings: increasing process capacity at one step in the process can increase demand at that step, as well as for a subsequent shared service, and both can result in an overall negative impact...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
Second, despite an initial flurry of protectionism and inward-looking politics, it will become clear that the best way to lessen the severity of worldwide recessions is to increase the volume of interdependent trade among nations. Which...
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- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
City from its founding in the 17th century through 2008. Focuses on the decisions made by New York City officials, past and present, highlighting the challenges of economic development at the city level. Enables deep examination of the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
have an interdependent relationship. It takes energy to access water, it takes water to produce energy, and—with growing food—agriculture uses 85 percent of water in many parts of the world. “These three sectors need to work together in...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
respect to designing and maintaining their costing systems, including the need to keep the costing system in line with the business processes of the firm throughout its life cycle; the setting of transfer prices, which highlights the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Mar 2015
- First Look
First Look: March 24
marginal benefit of higher capital requirements related to this channel significantly exceeds the marginal cost, indicating that U.S. capital requirements have been sub-optimally low. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2576277 Design of Search Engine...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors examine prominent placement of search engines' own services and effects on users' choice of...
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Carmen Nobel
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors examine prominent placement of search engines' own services and effects on users' choices. Evaluating a natural experiment in which...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50668 forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Zhenyu Lai Abstract—The authors...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
fact that many large organizations have become much more interdependent and complex; one-size-fits-all no longer works so well. This development is also a function of social, economic, and political change. Leaders now have to deal with a...
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by Christina Pazzanese