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- 23 Jun 2014
- News
Freedom to Explore
Although Sherry L. Coutu (MBA 1993) now works as an angel investor in Cambridge, England, some 3,000 miles from Boston, Harvard Business School remains close to her heart. “The words of my professors and my classmates are part of my life every day, and I’m certainly...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping India’s energy crisis, one bulb at a time
When Raghu Yarlagadda (MBA 2014) visited his native India in 2009, signs of a persistent energy crisis were everywhere: villages going dark to conserve energy, youngsters inhaling fumes while studying by kerosene lamp, and candles posing fire hazards. Drawing on his...
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- 12 Aug 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Case Histories of Significant Medical Advances
- 06 Aug 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Field-Level Paradox and the Co-Evolution of an Entrepreneurial Vision
- 25 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?
Credit: PhonlamaiPhoto Thirty years ago, the idea of a machine learning on its own would have stoked the worst kind of sci-fi nightmares about robots taking over the planet. These days, machine learning is so commonplace, we barely notice it. Computers routinely learn...
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- November 14, 2022
- Article
Policies for Adapting to the ‘New Normal’ of the Anthropocene
By: Andrew J. Hoffman, P. Devereaux Jennings and Nicholas A. Poggioli
Keywords:
Natural Environment;
Environmental Management;
Economic Systems;
Behavior;
Technological Innovation
Hoffman, Andrew J., P. Devereaux Jennings, and Nicholas A. Poggioli. "Policies for Adapting to the ‘New Normal’ of the Anthropocene." Behavioral Scientist (November 14, 2022).
- April–May 2021
- Article
Labor Mobility and Antitakeover Provisions
By: Aiyesha Dey and Joshua White
How do firms protect their human capital? We test whether firms facing an increased threat of being acquired strengthen their antitakeover provisions (ATPs) in order to bond with their employees. We use the adoption of the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine (IDD) by U.S....
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Keywords:
Labor Mobility;
Antitakeover Provisions;
Trade Secrets;
Implicit Contracting;
Employee Bonding;
Corporate Governance;
Acquisition;
Human Capital;
Strategy;
Innovation and Invention;
Intellectual Property;
Safety
Dey, Aiyesha, and Joshua White. "Labor Mobility and Antitakeover Provisions." Art. 101388. Journal of Accounting & Economics 71, nos. 2-3 (April–May 2021).
- 2019
- Working Paper
Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
Networking and the giving and receiving of advice outside of one’s own firm are important features of entrepreneurship and innovation. We study how immigrants and natives utilize the potential networking opportunities provided by CIC, formerly known as the Cambridge...
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Keywords:
Immigrants;
Networking;
Advice;
Entrepreneurs;
Inventors;
Start-up Employees;
Venturing;
Co-working;
Agglomeration;
Immigration;
Entrepreneurship;
Networks;
Innovation and Invention;
Social and Collaborative Networks
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, and William R. Kerr. "Immigrant Networking and Collaboration: Survey Evidence from CIC." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-078, January 2019.
- November 2018
- Teaching Note
reMarkable: e-Writing the Future
By: Elie Ofek
Teaching Note for HBS No. 517-018.
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- November 2018
- Case
frog design
By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
The case follows the genesis and development of Palo, a radical urban communications hub designed to replace payphone booths on Manhattan’s city streets, through a joint venture between frog design and a venture-backed firm LQD WiFi. The case explores the complexity of...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Prototyping;
User Experience Design;
Design Heuristics;
Telecommunications;
Urban Systems;
Communication Technology;
Urban Scope;
Innovation and Invention;
Design;
Product Development
Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "frog design." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 118-707, November 2018.
- August 1, 2015
- Article
New Product Development Flexibility in a Competitive Environment
By: Janne Kettunen, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Zeger Degraeve and Bert De Reyck
Managerial flexibility can have a significant impact on the value of new product development projects. We investigate how the market environment in which a firm operates influences the value and use of development flexibility. We characterize the market environment...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Projects;
Management Style;
Situation or Environment;
Innovation and Invention;
Competition
Kettunen, Janne, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Zeger Degraeve, and Bert De Reyck. "New Product Development Flexibility in a Competitive Environment." European Journal of Operational Research 244, no. 3 (August 1, 2015): 892–904.
- February 2015
- Case
TouchTunes and the Connected Digital Jukebox Platform
By: Alan MacCormack and Noah Fisher
The case describes innovation and new product development at TouchTunes, the leader in the Digital Jukebox market. In March 2013, after releasing its innovative "Virtuo" jukebox developed in collaboration with frog design, TouchTunes was at a crossroads. Having...
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- Spring 2012
- Article
Sustainability at Dow Chemical
By: Robert G. Eccles, Kathleen M. Perkins and Mark Weick
Dow Chemical Company, which was founded in 1894, is now the second-largest chemical company in the world. From the outset, the company has been committed to high-technology research and commercial innovation in chemistry, advanced materials, and agro-sciences. But if...
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Keywords:
Value Creation;
Corporate Strategy;
Chemicals;
Environmental Sustainability;
Innovation and Invention;
Chemical Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Kathleen M. Perkins, and Mark Weick. "Sustainability at Dow Chemical." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 24, no. 2 (Spring 2012): 38–44.
- 2011
- Article
Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads
By: Srikant M. Datar, David A. Garvin and Patrick Cullen
The paper seeks to examine major challenges facing MBA programs and to argue that they will have to reconsider their value proposition. It aims to explore effective curricular and programmatic responses as opportunities for MBA programs to innovate. The paper also aims...
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Keywords:
Business Education;
Curriculum and Courses;
Innovation and Invention;
Problems and Challenges;
Value Creation
Datar, Srikant M., David A. Garvin, and Patrick Cullen. "Rethinking the MBA: Business Education at a Crossroads." Journal of Management Development 30, no. 5 (2011): 451–462.
- March 2011
- Supplement
Cree, Inc.: An Update
By: David J. Collis and Mary Furey
An update to "Cree Inc.: Which Bright Future?"
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Keywords:
Disruptive Innovation;
Consumer Behavior;
Strategy;
Technology Adoption;
Electronics Industry
Collis, David J., and Mary Furey. "Cree, Inc.: An Update." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-491, March 2011.
- 2003
- Book
The Slow Pace of Fast Change: Bringing Innovations to Market in a Connected World
By: Bhaskar Chakravorti
Innovation's encounter with the market results in a game of both high risk and high stakes. Often its outcome defies common sense: Superior new products flop, unlikely ideas become runaway hits, and—despite rapid technological advances and intense... View Details
- March 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Making SMaL Big: SMaL Camera Technologies
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Scott Duncan Anthony
SMaL Camera Technologies CEO Maurizio Arienzo was trying to decide what market opportunities SMaL should target. The company had developed a revolutionary imaging technology that powered small digital still and video cameras. Its first-generation product--a kit to...
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Keywords:
Product Development;
Decision Making;
Disruptive Innovation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Electronics Industry;
Computer Industry;
Massachusetts
Christensen, Clayton M., and Scott Duncan Anthony. "Making SMaL Big: SMaL Camera Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 603-116, March 2003. (Revised August 2005.)
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
To better understand the prospects for future entrepreneurial success in sustainable industries, Professor Geoffrey Jones looks to the past. In his chapter in the new book Green Capitalism?, for instance, Jones delves into the history of wind energy to identify the...
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- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs
Freddie Martignetti (MBA 2011) When it comes to the potential for joining forces across Harvard University, Freddie Martignetti (MBA 2011) has an entrepreneur’s vision. “We’re just beginning to scratch the surface,” says Martignetti, a principal at Highland Capital...
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