Collaborative Innovation and Invention - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2014
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MIT Mystery Hunt: The Answer is Secondary

By: Willy Shih and Karen Robinson

The MIT Mystery Hunt is an annual puzzle-based scavenger hunt at MIT. It is run every year by a different team, and every year is slightly different as teams try new ideas and decide whether to keep or ignore new ideas from previous years. As the Mystery Hunt has... View Details

Keywords: Puzzle-solving; Puzzle Hunt; MIT Mystery Hunt; Innovation and Invention; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Education Industry; Massachusetts; Cambridge; United States

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26 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Financing the Climate Transition in India

world's development on cheap fossil fuel, GEAPP highlights the challenges a need for innovative approaches in the absence of a playbook for developing without relying on inexpensive fuel sources. BEST Field Visit: Overview: BEST is a... View Details

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Introducing One-Step Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

while the SX-70 group made the final push to complete the design of a camera that would make the complex process of one-step photography possible and the act of taking the picture amazingly simple. EXPLORE MORE OF THE EXHIBIT EXPLORE x... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Finance and Financial Stability Initiative evaluate the demand for long term government bonds from Pension and Insurance companies. Regulatory changes are used to provide View Details

01 Sep 2003
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Kumar Mahadeva

Cognizant provides application outsourcing services and 24/7 software project management for a small but intensely loyal client base of large U.S. and European companies. Widely praised in the business press... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

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K–12 Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Leadership (CSML), an online, multi-course certificate program for PreK-12 school leaders, is an innovative collaboration between the Harvard Graduate School of Education and... View Details

31 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?

for growth for the company; what would consumers want to purchase online that would fit into a rapid response distribution model? Students rejected numerous options involving lower-value items such as dog food, which would require expensive storage View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

23 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Arla Foods: How Sustainable Can A Dairy Company Be?

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production... View Details

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What You Can Support - Alumni

and should be a force for good and is developing new insights and tools to address key societal challenges. Digital Innovation HBS is harnessing... View Details

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Articulating Business Strategy with the Four Ps Show Hide Details Concepts Making Tough Choices: Course Introduction Balancing Innovation and Control, Part I Balancing View Details

22 Mar 2024
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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

intellectual challenge of chemical engineering and her work in the refinery was a match with only one part of her personality. Yet, she also needed an outlet for her creativity. Nneka knew her next professional stop would be combining her... View Details

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By: Karim R. Lakhani

Can America Invent Its Way Back?

BusinessWeek, by Michael Mandel, 12 Sept. 2008

Today, researchers are focusing on ways to make those... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

Task Force

Above: At Zubale, Monroy (left) and Campbell connect independent contractors with merchandising tasks. (photo by Rodrigo Ceballos) Allison Campbell and Sebastian Monroy (both MBA 2018) met on their first day... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; gig economy; Retail Trade

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

improve and innovate Manage and lead change in organizations of varying sizes Who Will Benefit Newly Appointed Managers Seasoned Managers Aspiring Managers Whether you’re... View Details

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

of organizational capabilities, technological innovation through R&D, problem solving, knowledge, and continuous learning—investment in human capital and technology that... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Leadership & Management track. Introduction to Negotiation Mastery ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your... View Details

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

leadership style to meet the distinct challenges of leading larger, more dispersed teams Develop strategies for planning and engineering organizational change and innovation... View Details

14 Jun 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in East Asia

2003), president of the HBS Club of Japan, ended the program. During his remarks, Dean Datar talked about several innovative initiatives that he anticipates will have lasting value for the School and that... View Details

15 Nov 2018
Book

Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?

JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Agriculture & Agribusiness

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

teams to spend some of their time brainstorming about how they can help make a difference to their communities, now and for times to come. This can unite and inspire people, View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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