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- April 2017
- Article
Financing Risk and Innovation
By: Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf
We provide a model of investment into new ventures that demonstrates why some places, times, and industries should be associated with a greater degree of experimentation by investors. Investors respond to financing risk―a forecast of limited future funding―by modifying... View Details
Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf. "Financing Risk and Innovation." Management Science 63, no. 4 (April 2017): 901–918.
- TeachingInterests
Strategy and Technology (Elective Curriculum)
By: David B. Yoffie
This course explores the unique aspects of creating effective management and investment strategies for technology-intensive businesses. What strategies can win in markets with strong network effects? How can firms leverage technology to build multi-sided platforms?... View Details
- December 2012 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
AmTran Technology Ltd.
By: Willy Shih, Jyun-Cheng Wang and Karen E. Robinson
As an original design manufacturer (ODM) of television sets and leading supplier to Vizio, a market leader in the U.S. for LCD flat panel TVs, AmTran Technology Ltd. uses what founder Alpha Wu describes as a "WE" model in which western companies perform sales,... View Details
Keywords: Modularity; Technology Transitions; Analog; Digital; Television; TV; Flat-panel; ATSC; NTSC; Video; Global Strategy; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Product Design; Supply Chain; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Electronics Industry; Taiwan; United States; Japan
Shih, Willy, Jyun-Cheng Wang, and Karen E. Robinson. "AmTran Technology Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 613-069, December 2012. (Revised April 2025.)
- 1998
- Article
Innovation Action Research: Creating New Management Theory and Practice
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Innovation Action Research: Creating New Management Theory and Practice." Journal of Management Accounting Research 10 (1998): 89–118.
- 2022
- Book
The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth
By: Michael J. Andrews, Aaron Chatterji, Josh Lerner and Scott Stern
We live in an era in which innovation and entrepreneurship seem ubiquitous, particularly in regions like Silicon Valley, Boston, and the Research Triangle Park. But many metrics of economic growth, such as productivity growth and business dynamism, have been at best... View Details
Keywords: Productivity Growth; Production Technologies; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth; Competition; Organizational Design; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation
Andrews, Michael J., Aaron Chatterji, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, eds. The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022.
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Applying Strategy Concepts In Innovative Ways Through Technology
Casadesus-Masanell, Herman C. Krannert Professor of Business Administration, and Gaston Llanes, associate professor at the School of Business of the Catholic University of Chile, with help from HBS’s Educational View Details
- September 2021
- Article
Innovation in the 21st Century: Architectural Change, Purpose, and the Challenges of Our Time
Understanding the process of innovation has been a central concern of management researchers, but despite this progress, there remains much that we do not understand. Deepening our knowledge is critically important given the enormous environmental and social challenges... View Details
Keywords: Architectural Innovation; Systemic Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability
Henderson, Rebecca. "Innovation in the 21st Century: Architectural Change, Purpose, and the Challenges of Our Time." Management Science 67, no. 9 (September 2021).
- May–June 2014
- Article
Paradigm-Changing vs. Paradigm-Deepening Innovation: How Firm Scope Influences Firm Technological Response to Shocks
By: Gautam Ahuja, Curba Morris Lampert and Vivek Tandon
We examine the direction of firms' research efforts as they respond to the shock of a sharp increase in the price of a key input. In terms of direction, firms can respond to this shock with paradigm-changing investments that develop technologies to use substitute... View Details
Keywords: Technological Change; Innovation; Evolutionary Approaches; Shocks; Technological Innovation; System Shocks; Corporate Strategy
Ahuja, Gautam, Curba Morris Lampert, and Vivek Tandon. "Paradigm-Changing vs. Paradigm-Deepening Innovation: How Firm Scope Influences Firm Technological Response to Shocks." Organization Science 25, no. 3 (May–June 2014): 653–669.
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
associated with information technology. But what if the debate has been rendered academic by the very nature of information technology innovation itself? Can the following argument be made: Information View Details
- Article
Managing Strategic Contradictions: A Top Management Model for Managing Innovation Streams
By: W. Smith and M. Tushman
Smith, W., and M. Tushman. "Managing Strategic Contradictions: A Top Management Model for Managing Innovation Streams." Organization Science 16, no. 5 (September–October 2005).
- Research Summary
Managing Innovation in the Emerging Industrial Research System
The second track of Chesbrough's research looks at issues of how firms manage technology in an environment where research capability is increasingly distributed across the globe. Chesbrough sees the research system in the United States undergoing significant change,... View Details
- August 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Background Note
Competency-Destroying Technology Transitions: Why the Transition to Digital Is Particularly Challenging
By: Willy Shih
Some technology transitions are exceedingly difficult for incumbent firms to execute. The bankruptcy filing by the Eastman Kodak Company highlighted the difficulty companies faced when their core business transitioned from an analog to a digital world. Kodak's business... View Details
Keywords: Technology Transitions; Competency-destroying; Digital; Analog; Digital Transition; Modular; Modularity; Technological Change; Radical Innovation; Incremental Innovation; Architectural Innovation; Modular Innovation; Sustaining Innovation; Competency-enhancing; Noise Propagation; Perfect Copying; Digital Music; Digital Media; Consumer Electronics; Kodak; Sony; Panasonic; Disruptive Innovation; Technology Adoption; Transition; Change Management; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Shih, Willy. "Competency-Destroying Technology Transitions: Why the Transition to Digital Is Particularly Challenging." Harvard Business School Background Note 613-024, August 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- March 1998 (Revised June 1999)
- Teaching Note
Linking Strategy and Innovation TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
An overview note to guide instructors in teaching the third module of the Managing Innovation course. Describes how managers can use aggregate project planning to manage the resource allocation process in new product development. View Details
- 1991
- Article
The Role of Process Innovation and Adaptation in Attaining Strategic Technological Capability
Leonard-Barton, D. A. "The Role of Process Innovation and Adaptation in Attaining Strategic Technological Capability." Special Issue on Decision Making and Cognitive Science. International Journal of Technology Management 6, nos. 3-4 (1991): 303–320.
- November–December 2017
- Article
Innovation Streams and Executive Leadership
By: Michael Tushman
Incumbent firms face steep challenges in dealing with technological change and associated innovation streams. The firm's senior leadership team, and especially R&D leadership, plays a central role in shaping a firm's ability to both exploit existing capabilities and... View Details
Keywords: Ambidexterity; Exploit Vs. Explore; Dynamic Capabilities; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technology Adoption; Innovation Leadership
Tushman, Michael. "Innovation Streams and Executive Leadership." Research-Technology Management 60, no. 6 (November–December 2017): 42–47.
- Teaching Interest
Overview
I currently teach a module in the HBS Owner President Management (OPM) program that is entitled Innovation @Work. The module is designed to provide a general manager perspective on how to lead innovation and transform organizations, industries, and society. The role... View Details
Keywords: Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; General Management; Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Information; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Organizations; Risk and Uncertainty; Social Enterprise; Strategy; Technology; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; Europe
- December 2012
- Article
Inducement Prizes and Innovation
By: Liam Brunt, Josh Lerner and Tom Nicholas
We examine the effect of prizes on innovation using data on awards for technological development offered by the Royal Agricultural Society of England at annual competitions between 1839 and 1939. We find that the effects of prizes on competitive entry are large, and we... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Patents; Innovation and Invention; Information Technology; Growth and Development; England
Brunt, Liam, Josh Lerner, and Tom Nicholas. "Inducement Prizes and Innovation." Journal of Industrial Economics 60, no. 4 (December 2012): 657–696.
- 15 Nov 2007
- News
Business and innovation
- 2003
- Book
Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation
By: Stefan Thomke
Thomke, Stefan. Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
- March 2006
- Background Note
Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Course Overview Note
The Harvard Business School Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes multiple levels of analysis--from creating and executing... View Details
Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Innovation and Management; Projects; Opportunities; Perspective; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk and Uncertainty; Problems and Challenges; Managerial Roles
MacCormack, Alan D. "Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Course Overview Note." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-105, March 2006.