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Tinkerbell and the Empire State Building : Recalling what seems to be forgotten
“I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!!” (Peter Pan) In the 1905 play “Peter Pan; or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up”, Sir James Matthew Barrie described how Peter Pan, through his strong beliefs, brought the fairy Tinkerbell back to life. In this short essay, we aim to initiate discussions on the role of strong beliefs and the so-called “Tinkerbell effect” in upholding taken-for-granted assumptions within the construction industry. As the basis for the discussion, the essay reports on a recently published journal article in Business Horizons entitled “Revisiting the construction of the Empire State Building: Have we forgotten something?” (Jacobsson and Wilson, 2018). Presently the article is also sold as a case study and teaching case by Harvard Business Review. (The case study can be accessed at https://tinyurl.com/HBRcasestudy and the teaching case at https://tinyurl.com/HBPEcase)
Tinkerbell and the Empire State Building : Recalling what seems to be forgotten
“I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!!” (Peter Pan) In the 1905 play “Peter Pan; or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up”, Sir James Matthew Barrie described how Peter Pan, through his strong beliefs, brought the fairy Tinkerbell back to life. In this short essay, we aim to initiate discussions on the role of strong beliefs and the so-called “Tinkerbell effect” in upholding taken-for-granted assumptions within the construction industry. As the basis for the discussion, the essay reports on a recently published journal article in Business Horizons entitled “Revisiting the construction of the Empire State Building: Have we forgotten something?” (Jacobsson and Wilson, 2018). Presently the article is also sold as a case study and teaching case by Harvard Business Review. (The case study can be accessed at https://tinyurl.com/HBRcasestudy and the teaching case at https://tinyurl.com/HBPEcase)
Tinkerbell and the Empire State Building : Recalling what seems to be forgotten
Jacobsson, Mattias (author) / Wilson, Timothy L. (author)
2018-01-01
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690
Tinkerbell and the Empire State Building : Recalling what seems to be forgotten
| BASE | 2018
A Forgotten History: the Construction of the Empire State Building
| British Library Online Contents | 1999
A Forgotten History: the Construction of the Empire State Building
| Online Contents | 1999
Revisiting the construction of the Empire State Building : Have we forgotten something?
| BASE | 2018
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1931