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- November 2018
- Article
Disruptive Innovation: An Intellectual History and Directions for Future Research
By: Clayton M. Christensen, Rory McDonald, Elizabeth J. Altman and Jonathan E. Palmer
The concept of disruptive innovation has gained considerable currency among practitioners despite widespread misunderstanding of its core principles. Similarly, foundational research on disruption has elicited frequent citation and vibrant debate in academic circles,...
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Keywords:
Innovation Metrics;
Systemic Industries;
Technology Trajectories;
Disruptive Innovation;
Theory;
History;
Competitive Strategy;
Research
Christensen, Clayton M., Rory McDonald, Elizabeth J. Altman, and Jonathan E. Palmer. "Disruptive Innovation: An Intellectual History and Directions for Future Research." Special Issue on Managing in the Age of Disruptions. Journal of Management Studies 55, no. 7 (November 2018): 1043–1078.
- 05 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working With City Leadership To Leverage Technology
attract top talent.” Leadership Fellows enabled access to a variety of qualified candidates, among whom Henry stood out. “He was absolutely my number one choice: he combined an amazing tech background with public sector experience.” Leading the way to innovation View Details
- 29 Aug 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Location Fundamentals, Agglomeration Economies, and the Geography of Multinational Firms
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by Laura Alfaro and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen
- March 2012 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm
By: Nancy F. Koehn, Nora N. Khan and Elizabeth W. Legris
Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm is the story of one entrepreneur's vision and journey to create a market-leading, environmentally responsible business founded on the principles of product quality, organizational alignment, and sustainability. A former environmental...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Values;
Development Stage Enterprises;
Innovation;
Management By Objective;
Experimentation;
Emerging Technologies;
Mission and Purpose;
Management Style;
Values and Beliefs;
Social Issues;
Organizational Culture;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Innovation and Invention;
Food and Beverage Industry;
New Hampshire
Koehn, Nancy F., Nora N. Khan, and Elizabeth W. Legris. "Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm." Harvard Business School Case 312-122, March 2012. (Revised October 2012.)
- 1995
- Working Paper
The Effect of Information Technology on Organizational Structure: A Critical Review
By: Hossam Galal and Richard L. Nolan
- November 2021 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Hitting Home: Amazon and Mary's Place
By: Paul M. Healy, Debora L. Spar and Amy Klopfenstein
In 2020, Amazon, the $386 billion online retail behemoth, built an eight-story shelter for women and families experiencing homelessness on its expanding headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The shelter, operated in partnership with a non-profit organization known as...
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Keywords:
Business Ethics;
Homelessness;
Business And Society;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Issues;
Corporate Accountability;
Urban Development;
Society;
Information Technology;
Ethics;
Technology Industry;
Seattle;
United States;
North America
Healy, Paul M., Debora L. Spar, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Hitting Home: Amazon and Mary's Place." Harvard Business School Case 122-017, November 2021. (Revised November 2023.)
- September 2012
- Article
Learning Agility: Many Questions, a Few Answers, and a Path Forward
By: D. Scott DeRue, Susan J. Ashford and Christopher G. Myers
This article responds to and extends the commentaries offered in response to our focal article on learning agility. After summarizing the basic themes in the commentaries, we use this response to clarify points that were unclear in our original article and push back on...
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DeRue, D. Scott, Susan J. Ashford, and Christopher G. Myers. "Learning Agility: Many Questions, a Few Answers, and a Path Forward." Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice 5, no. 3 (September 2012): 316–322.
- August 2013 (Revised September 2013)
- Course Overview Note
Entrepreneurship in Healthcare IT Services (EHITS) Fall Term 2013: Course Outline and Syllabus
By: Robert F. Higgins
This is the syllabus and course outline for "Entrepreneurship in Healthcare IT and Services (EHITS)" taught by Prof. Bob Higgins in the fall of 2013. Contains the course overview, objectives, goals and themes.
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Healthcare Technology;
Health Services;
Healthcare Ventures;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Care and Treatment;
Information Technology;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Higgins, Robert F. "Entrepreneurship in Healthcare IT Services (EHITS) Fall Term 2013: Course Outline and Syllabus." Harvard Business School Course Overview Note 814-022, August 2013. (Revised September 2013.)
- Web
Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n the latter half of the twentieth century , venture capital investment transformed groundbreaking technologies into sustainable enterprises View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Female Inventors and Inventions
- 30 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 6 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 1: Mapping Functional Relationships
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by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- Web
DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Corporation (DEC) was a daring one, not simply because it was contrarian, but because he saw the investment as a tool for massive economic and technological change." Udayan Gupta, The First Venture...
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- March 2013
- Case
Robin Ash and Printzhof Press
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Lynda St. Clair
Robin Ash has just been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Printzhof Press and Vice President of its parent company, Education and Entertainment Holdings, Inc. Her first objective is to create an action plan that will achieve two seemingly contradictory corporate...
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United States;
Organizational Change;
Management Styles;
General Management;
Change Management;
Morale;
Communication;
Human Resource Management;
Book Publishing;
Information Technology;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Conflict Management;
Leading Change;
Competitive Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Planning;
Education Industry;
Education Industry
Cespedes, Frank V., and Lynda St. Clair. "Robin Ash and Printzhof Press." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-554, March 2013.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Pivoting Isn't Enough: Principled Pragmatism and Strategic Reorientation in New Ventures
By: Rory McDonald and Cheng Gao
New technology ventures often experience deviations from their original plans that oblige them to reorient in pursuit of better fit between their evolving products and target customers. Yet research is largely silent on how entrepreneurs explain and justify their...
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Keywords:
Strategic Reorientation;
Technology Entrepreneurship;
Innovation;
Product Development Processes;
Organizational Adaptation;
Qualitative Methods (General);
Information Technology;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Communication;
Entrepreneurship;
Alignment;
Innovation and Invention;
Product Development
- March 1992 (Revised May 1992)
- Teaching Note
New Technology at World Aluminum Corp.: The Jumping Ring Circulator, Teaching Note
By: Dorothy Leonard-Barton and Alistair D. Williamson
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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Corporation (DEC) was a daring one, not simply because it was contrarian, but because he saw the investment as a tool for massive economic and technological change." Udayan Gupta, The First Venture...
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- September 1997 (Revised October 1997)
- Case
Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (B)
By: W. Earl Sasser and Josep Valor
Acting on his vision to make the World Bank a knowledge institution, bank President Wolfensohn announces the creation of an Information and Knowledge Management Council and an Information Solutions Group, headed by a newly nominated CEO, Mohamed Muhsin. This case...
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology;
Knowledge Management;
Management Teams;
Information Management;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry
Sasser, W. Earl, and Josep Valor. "Information at the World Bank: In Search of a Technology Solution (B)." Harvard Business School Case 898-054, September 1997. (Revised October 1997.)
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IT Strategy: The Future of the Web at HBS | Information Technology
IT Strategy: The Future of the Web at HBS By Annie Harrison on April 9, 2024 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print Share via email The Opportunity We aim to modernize how we manage websites at HBS by implementing a forward-looking system that offers ongoing...
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