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Leadership, Innovation, and Strategic Change: A Conversation with Michael Tushman
By: Michael L. Tushman, Sorah Seong, Yeongsu Kim and Gabriel Szulanski
Continuing the emerging tradition of the Knowledge and Innovation (K&I) Interest Group at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference to interview foundational scholars in strategic management, we invited Professor Michael Tushman from Harvard Business School...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Technological Change;
Management Education;
Technological Innovation;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Business Education
Tushman, Michael L., Sorah Seong, Yeongsu Kim, and Gabriel Szulanski. "Leadership, Innovation, and Strategic Change: A Conversation with Michael Tushman." Journal of Management Inquiry 24, no. 4 (October 2015): 370–381.
- 2015
- Chapter
Deep Smarts as the Underpinnings of Dynamic Capabilities
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Michelle Barton
Both ordinary and dynamic capabilities depend upon the deep smarts, i.e., business-critical, experience-based knowledge, held in the heads of an organization’s top talent. This chapter examines the links between individual and organizational capabilities and presents...
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Leonard, Dorothy A., and Michelle Barton. "Deep Smarts as the Underpinnings of Dynamic Capabilities." In The Oxford Handbook of Dynamic Capabilities, edited by David J. Teece and Sohvi Leih. Oxford University Press, 2015. Electronic.
- October 2013
- Teaching Note
Teaching Note IBM and the Reinvention of High School (B): Replicating & Scaling P-TECH and Partners
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
- November 2013
- Article
Investment Cycles and Startup Innovation
By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
We find that VC-backed firms receiving their initial investment in hot markets are more likely to go bankrupt, but conditional on going public are valued higher on the day of their IPO, have more patents, and have more citations to their patents. Our results suggest...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Market Cycles;
Financing Risk;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Venture Capital;
Investment;
Innovation and Invention
Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Investment Cycles and Startup Innovation." Journal of Financial Economics 110, no. 2 (November 2013): 403–418.
- September 2013
- Case
Boeing 787: More Electric Architecture
By: Willy Shih
The "more electric architecture" of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner represented a significant shift in the design of secondary power systems for commercial aircraft, compared to traditional designs that employed a mix of hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical power. While the...
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- February 2013
- Article
Sustaining Innovation When Outsourcing Components in Multi-technology, Multi-component Systems
By: Ian Mackenzie and Casimer DeCusatis
Firms producing multi-technology, multi-component systems are increasingly outsourcing selected components to achieve both reduced cost and enhanced innovation benefits. Given typical inter-dependence between innovation at the system and component levels, an important...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Alignment;
Innovation and Invention;
Information Technology Industry
Mackenzie, Ian, and Casimer DeCusatis. "Sustaining Innovation When Outsourcing Components in Multi-technology, Multi-component Systems." Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice 15, no. 1 (February 2013).
- March 2011 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
IP Intermediaries & Intellectual Ventures
By: Andrei Hagiu
Teaching Note for 710423 and 711486.
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- March 2011 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
Intellectual Ventures
By: Andrei Hagiu
Teaching Note for 710423.
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- 2008
- Case
Nike Considered: Getting Traction on Sustainability
By: Rebecca Henderson, C. Reavis, R. Locke and C. Liddy
- February 2006 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
deCODE Genetics: Hunting for Genes to Develop Drugs
By: Debora L. Spar
In 1996, Kari Stefansson launched a new kind of biotechnology company and a whole new way of attacking diseases. Based in Iceland, his firm, deCODE Genetics, plans to identify the individual genetic markers that lead to society's most prevalent diseases. To do so, it...
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Keywords:
Information;
Innovation Strategy;
Genetics;
Ethics;
Health Disorders;
Biotechnology Industry;
Iceland
Spar, Debora L., and Chris Bebenek. "deCODE Genetics: Hunting for Genes to Develop Drugs." Harvard Business School Case 706-040, February 2006. (Revised August 2006.)
- January 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
Wal-Mart, 2005
By: David B. Yoffie and Barbara Mack
Wal-Mart has been expanding, both domestically and internationally. Covers recent developments at Wal-Mart, including new stores, new store formats, and international expansion.
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Keywords:
Globalized Firms and Management;
Competition;
Expansion;
Innovation and Invention;
Retail Industry;
United States
Yoffie, David B., and Barbara Mack. "Wal-Mart, 2005." Harvard Business School Case 705-460, January 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
- September 1998 (Revised December 1998)
- Case
Palm Computing: The Pilot Organizer
Palm Computing appears to be the first to have gotten it "right" in the PDA (personal digital assistant) market. Palm Computing has designed a radically new product which will appeal to certain market segments. However, it is unclear how Palm Computing will fare...
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Atluru, Rajesh, Thomas J. Kosnik, and Kevin Wasserstein. "Palm Computing: The Pilot Organizer." Harvard Business School Case 599-040, September 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
- February 1997
- Case
Archer Daniels Midland: Direction and Strategy
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Thomas N. Urban Jr
Sets out the strategy and competitive competencies of one of the leading grain trade and processing companies in the world. An overview of the company's innovations in corn and oilseed by-products is provided. The strategy of the firm is to add by-products to corn,...
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Keywords:
Innovation and Invention;
Strategic Planning;
Business Strategy;
Value Creation;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Goldberg, Ray A., and Thomas N. Urban Jr. "Archer Daniels Midland: Direction and Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 597-039, February 1997.
- September 1985 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
H.J. Heinz Co.: Plastic Bottle Ketchup (A)
By: John A. Quelch
The Heinz Ketchup product manager must decide whether or not to launch a new plastic bottle and, if so, what marketing program and support to place behind it.
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Quelch, John A. "H.J. Heinz Co.: Plastic Bottle Ketchup (A)." Harvard Business School Case 586-035, September 1985. (Revised September 1987.)
- 02 Aug 2022
- News
PayPal Names Blake Jorgensen as CFO
Photo via Wall Street Journal and PayPal Photo via Wall Street Journal and PayPal Former Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen (MBA 1988) has been named the new CFO at PayPal, the Wall Street Journal reported this week. In addition to his decade as chief financial...
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- 12 Jul 2022
- News
Expanding the Power to Prosper
After building her career on Wall Street, with roles at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994) launched Millicent, a blockchain-based company that Dyer hopes will make the global banking system more inclusive. Funded in part by British government...
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- 30 Mar 2022
- News
Working with Software Robots
- 08 Nov 2021
- News
Building Your Scaled Digital Organization
- 27 Sep 2021
- News
AI Adoption Skyrocketed Over the Last 18 Months
- 02 Dec 2020
- News