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- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
Digital Agility: The Impact of Software Portfolio Architecture on IT System Evolution By: MacCormack, Alan, Robert Lagerström, Martin Mocker, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract—The modern industrial firm...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
How should he handle other issues like the architectural designs, the construction process, and the legal process? How should he balance all the competing demands on his time? This case serves as an introduction to the multifamily...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness
Nearly all notebook computers, cell phones, and other handheld devices are now designed in Asia. The domestic software industry, which initially outsourced only simple code-writing projects to Indian firms, has more recently signed on...
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- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Modularity in Software Ecosystems: How SugarCRM's IP and Business Model Shape Its Product Architecture Authors:Watl, Josef, Joachim Henkel, and Carliss Y. Baldwin Publication:Software Business: Proceedings...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 22
Working PapersMixed Source Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gastón Llanes Abstract We study competitive interaction between profit-maximizing firms that sell software and complementary goods or services. In addition to tactical...
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Martha Lagace
- 30 Jun 2009
- First Look
First Look: June 30
paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15023 Variation in Experience and Team Familiarity: Evidence from Indian Software Services Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Abstract In settings ranging from product...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
year, more than 150 first-year cases had software that was specifically designed to help students analyze cases. PC use eventually became commonplace in second-year courses and exams as well. (More than 90 percent of all exams today are...
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by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
can provide a valuable source of product differentiation. And finally, advances in development tools (e.g., computer-aided design) coupled with a move to more open architectures and technical standards have driven down the cost of...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
focused on the current technical architecture may fall victim to architectural innovations arising outside their boundaries. Thus in technologically dynamic industries, partial mirroring, where knowledge...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
Architecture of Transaction Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchy in Two Sectors Authors:Luo, Jianxi, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Daniel E. Whitney, and Christopher L. Magee Publication:Industrial and Corporate Change Abstract Many...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
previously used to reveal the hidden internal architectural structure of software applications. The focus of this paper is to test if it can also uncover new facts about the applications and their...
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Anna Secino
- 27 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 27, 2009
industry and services. Although each Mubadala investment is supposed to earn large returns, the strategy balances financial against "strategic" returns. ADIA and Mubadala are the institutional architecture to manage the wealth...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 14
817-016 Mark43 The founders of Mark43, an early-stage startup that provides software for law enforcement agencies, must decide whether to bid on a request for proposals (RFP) from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). On the one hand,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
trying to guide people through?Helfrich: It’s such an important question, because there is a temptation to have one corporate view of the right path. The customization of the career path to the individual is where the magic sits. And, of course, you have to have a...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
centuries, not decades. The ten years that it took to conceive, plan, and build the East Building were well-spent, judging by the superb reception the I.M. Pei-designed structure has received, including its recent designation by View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
overstretch ARK's organizational capacity and risk failing to maintain the highest quality of delivery? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309036 Allston: Brand vs. View Details
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
Managing the Future of Work Slack’s Brian Elliott: Digital-first elevates output and diversity Slack is a mainstay of remote work. But when Covid-19 hit the company behind the software had to pivot from an in-person orientation to...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
software development firm, is a case in point. Located in the WTC, the company lost everything, including the prototype of an important new product. Says Taubenslag, "We helped them get their security deposit back from their landlord and...
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- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
chooses the solution. For instance, Alessi, an Italian home-products company, invited 200 outside experts in postmodern architecture to contribute ideas for new home-product designs. An innovation mall is hierarchical but open: Anyone can...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
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Health Care General Management, Technology & Operations Management Regina Herzlinger Fall2024 Q1 1.5 Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture Marketing Tomomichi Amano Spring2025 Q4 1.5 Institutions, Macroeconomics,...
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