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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
strategy, organizing for performance, and using information for performance measurement and control. He then explains how to create performance-measurement systems by building a profit plan, evaluating... View Details
- 10 Jun 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting
markets will provide incentives for companies to behave responsibly and companies will exhibit those behaviors because they'll have lower costs if they do. But that will depend on organizations like SASB, and to what extent they're... View Details
Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Entering the Age of Alliances
The twenty-first century will be the age of alliances. In this age, collaboration between nonprofit organizations and corporations will grow in frequency and strategic importance. Collaborative relationships will increasingly migrate from... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
that flourished and those that failed, they describe the practices that characterize entrepreneurial individuals, families, and organizations and offer pragmatic advice. The Upside of Inequality: How Good Intentions Undermine the Middle... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Renaissance Man
matter; that experience launched a lifelong passion for collecting 15th- and 16th-century French and Italian Renaissance books. Brooker, a veteran of the finance industry who later earned a doctorate in art history, also credits many generous dealers for providing an... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
MBA Program:Rapid Innovation in '96
In its role as a leader in business education, the School has brought dynamic change and innovation to the MBA Program this past year, most notably in admissions, the cohort structure, the Foundations portion of the curriculum, and View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
problem-solving challenges. “I became a professor to understand why communities, like those that create open-source software, were innovating. It did not correlate with my intuition about the best ways to incentivize innovation and View Details
- 2012
- Chapter
Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM
By: Timothy F. Bresnahan, Shane Greenstein and Rebecca M. Henderson
We address a longstanding question about the causes of creative destruction. Dominant incumbent firms, long successful in an existing technology, are often much less successful in new technological eras. This is puzzling, since a cursory analysis would suggest that... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Opportunities; Competition; Information Technology; Innovation and Management; Organizations; Relationships; Information Technology Industry
Bresnahan, Timothy F., Shane Greenstein, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope: Illustrations from the Histories of Microsoft and IBM." In The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern. University of Chicago Press, 2012.
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
MBAs Chosen for Leadership Fellows Program
Ten new MBAs have taken positions with nonprofit and public-sector organizations with the help of the School’s Leadership Fellows program. Now in its sixth year, the program provides fellows with one-year appointments at a competitive... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
and skilled people to accomplish what relief agencies could not: an information system and supply chain that managed the flow of relief supplies. IBM’s actions exemplify an emerging business idea: the vanguard company creating synergy... View Details
- April 2003
- Case
IBM Canada: Global Services (C)
By: Michael L. Tushman, David Kiron and Wendy Smith
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Leading Change; Technological Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Management Teams; Information Technology; Organizational Structure; Information Technology Industry; Canada
Tushman, Michael L., David Kiron, and Wendy Smith. "IBM Canada: Global Services (C)." Harvard Business School Case 403-079, April 2003.
- 19 Nov 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Lessons from IBM in Nazi Germany
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
and professor Josh Lerner draw on their extensive research on venture capital organizations to illuminate the workings of this important industry. In a series of interpretative essays, the book expands on common themes in research they... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings
and rational process but through a subjective process. Launching Technology Ventures is for students who plan to work at start-ups and at established companies launching information technology products. Sustainable Cities: Urbanization,... View Details
Keywords: curriculum
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
category, and browse buying guides, helping customers make an informed buying decision. vinsnap is a mobile automotive marketing company. The application organizes car searches for customers using... View Details
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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; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Information Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; Europe
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
party." Can it, however, be organized to capture the advantages of both face-to-face and electronic contact? And does the peace of mind from telecommuting enhance the learning that takes place when humans do occasionally meet? What... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 Oct 2010
- What Do You Think?
Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?
effect the information will support and raise current levels." Guy Higgins commented, "Recall that CEO compensation began to balloon only when the CEOs could see each other's comp packages and began thinking, 'I'm better than... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
of guidelines to help standardize the organization of these important events. Information Technology With a goal of developing a virtual alumni community, this committee is looking at practical ways in which... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
FAQ
Why is annual alumni support so important? The flexible, current-use support provided by annual gifts is essential to innovation at HBS, especially since 89 percent of the School’s endowment is restricted. Such contributions are used as seed capital for new ideas and... View Details