Publications

February 1990 (Revised June 1990)
Case

Prudential: Organizing for Technology Innovation (B)

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Keywords: Information Technology; Innovation and Invention; Strategy

December 2018
Article

Cross-boundary Teaming for Innovation: Integrating Research on Teams and Knowledge in Organizations

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey

Cross-boundary teaming, within and across organizations, is an increasingly popular strategy for innovation. Knowledge diversity is seen to expand the range of views and ideas that teams can draw upon to innovate. Yet, case studies reveal that teaming across knowledge... View Details

Keywords: Teams; Innovation; Groups and Teams; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge; Performance Effectiveness

summer 1989
Article

Swimming in Newstreams: Mastering Innovation Dilemmas

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Innovation and Invention

25 Jul 2013
News

An Engine of Education Innovation

Stig Leschly Photo credit goes here The first time Stig Leschly (MBA 1997 / JD 1998) really sat down to think about what he wanted to do with the rest of his life, he decided to pursue his love of music. He was 23 years old, new to Harvard Business School, View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

01 Mar 2013
News

The Case for Stealth Innovation

Keywords: Paddy Miller, Thomas Wendall-Wedellsborg

March 2009
Teaching Note

elBulli: The Taste of Innovation (TN)

By: Michael I. Norton, Julian Villanueva and Luc Wathieu

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Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development; Success; Service Delivery; Service Industry

Article

Corporate Culture, Customer Orientation, and Innovativeness in Japanese Firms: A Quadrad Analysis

By: Rohit Deshpandé, J. U. Farley and F E Webster Jr

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Business Ventures; Customers; Innovation and Invention; Japan

Web

Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Strategy track. Introduction to Disruptive Strategy ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs. Start your journey today!... View Details

winter 2003
Article

Navigating the Technology Landscape of Innovation

Keywords: Information Technology; Innovation and Invention

1991
Article

The Role of Process Innovation and Adaptation in Attaining Strategic Technological Capability

By: D. A. Leonard-Barton

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Information Technology; Adaptation

01 Dec 2010
News

Innovation Lab to Open in ’11

Related Links Dean Nohria on Innovation at HBS (video) - June 4, 2010 Harvard Business School is working to launch a lab for innovation and entrepreneurship in the building... View Details

2016
Working Paper

The Mirroring Hypothesis: Theory, Evidence and Exceptions

By: Lyra J. Colfer and Carliss Y. Baldwin

The mirroring hypothesis predicts that organizational ties within a project, firm, or group of firms (e.g., communication, collocation, employment) will correspond to the technical patterns of dependency in the work being performed. A thorough understanding of the... View Details

Keywords: Modularity; Innovation; Product And Process Development; Organization Design; Design Structure; Organizational Ties; Mirroring Hypothesis; Industry Architecture; Product Architecture; Complex Technical Systems; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Relationships; Innovation and Invention; Product Development

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December 2020
Article

What Has Changed? The Impact of COVID Pandemic on the Technology and Innovation Management Research Agenda

By: Gerard George, Karim R. Lakhani and Phanish Puranam

Whereas the pandemic has tested the agility and resilience of organizations, it forces a deeper look at the assumptions underlying theoretical frameworks that guide managerial decisions and organizational practices. In this commentary, we explore the impact of the... View Details

Keywords: COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Information Technology; Innovation and Management; Research

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March 2006
Module Note

Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 4: Sensing Opportunity

By: Alan D. MacCormack

Describes the fourth module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Problems and Challenges; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Projects; Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Perspective; Value Creation; Networks; Alignment

June 2010 (Revised September 2010)
Case

athenahealth: Innovating in Response to a Crisis in Healthcare

When Jonathan Bush and his partner, Todd Park, realized that their revolutionary approach to delivering clinical care was being stymied by the inefficiencies in the healthcare system and insurance red tape, they turned their proprietary technology, athenaNet, to a new... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Health Care and Treatment; Information Management; Innovation and Invention; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Health Industry; United States

Educators

October 2013 (Revised February 2019)
Case

Chobani: Growing a Live and Active Culture (Abridged)

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Matthew Preble

Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of the Greek yogurt company Chobani, Inc., was reflecting on what explained his young company's meteoric rise. The company held over half of the U.S. Greek yogurt market and nearly 20% of the total yogurt market. The company's innovative approach to... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Culture; Growth Strategy; Growth Management; Yogurt; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Growth and Development Strategy; Agribusiness; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Canada; Australia

Educators

05 Jul 2017
What Do You Think?

Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?

Summing Up Do We Need to Give More Attention to the Dark Side of Innovation? Innovation may be able to help us deal with problems such as famine, pollution, and even global warming. But unless it can prove... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

Article

Organizational Culture, Market Orientation, Innovativeness and Firm Performance: An International Research Odyssey

By: Rohit Deshpandé and John U. Farley

Keywords: Markets; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Performance; Business Ventures; Research