Publications

December 2021
Case

The Instant Payment Mandate: The Central Bank of Brazil and Pix

By: Lauren Cohen and Spencer C. N. Hagist

João M. P. De Mello and his team at the Central Bank of Brazil are preparing a move that would seek to tilt the scales in favor of financial inclusion for the entire country. The innovation at hand is the unprecedented nation-wide instant payment scheme: Pix. The fruit... View Details

Keywords: Fintech; Finance; Entrepreneurship; Innovation Strategy; Banking Industry; Brazil

2015
Chapter

Entrepreneurial Creativity: The Role of Learning Processes and Work Environment Supports

By: Michele Rigolizzo and Teresa M. Amabile

Keywords: Innovation; Creativity; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention

Article

Moving Beyond Schumpeter: Management Research on the Determinants of Technological Innovation

By: Gautam Ahuja, Curba Morris Lampert and Vivek Tandon

Schumpeter's conjecture that large monopolistic firms were the key source of innovation in modern industrial economies has been the underpinning for much work on the topic of innovation. In this review paper we consciously move beyond the Schumpeterian tradition of... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Management; Strategy

July 2011
Article

Unexploited Efficiencies in Higher Education

By: Henry C. Eyring

In "Unexploited Efficiencies in Higher Education," Henry C. Eyring argues that one way that the U.S. can compete globally in college attainment is to decrease cost-per-graduate. He explains how many stakeholders in higher education stand to benefit from unexploited... View Details

Keywords: Performance Measurement; Innovation; Control Systems; Education; Performance Evaluation; Innovation and Invention; Education Industry; United States

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Fourth Quarter 2002
Article

Corporations and the Financing of Innovation

By: Paul A. Gompers

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Innovation and Invention

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September 2011 (Revised October 2012)
Case

Sykué Bioenergya

By: Shon R. Hiatt

Sykué Bioenergya (Sykué) was formed in April 2006 with the goal of building four 30 megawatt (MW) bioelectricity power plants in Brazil's Bahia province, 1,500 kilometers north of Sao Paulo. Bahia's savannah-like conditions were perfect for growing elephant grass, a... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Energy Industry; Brazil

October 2010 (Revised June 2015)
Teaching Note

MINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian (A) and (B)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and David Kiron

Teaching Note for 810004 and 815113. View Details

Keywords: Commercialization; Technological Innovation; Health Industry

22 May 2008 - 25 May 2008
Lecture

Why Diversify: The Link Between Diversity and Team Innovativeness

By: C. Y. Cheng, D. Hsu, J. Martz and R. Y.J. Chua

Keywords: Diversity Characteristics; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams

December 1997
Article

What is the Optimum Amount of Organizational Slack? A Study of the Relationship Between Slack and Innovation in Multinational Firms

By: Ranjay Gulati and Nitin Nohria

Keywords: Organizations; Relationships; Business Ventures; Innovation and Invention

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November 2001 (Revised September 2005)
Case

What's the BIG Idea? (A)

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Scott Duncan Anthony

CEO Michael Collins must decide if and how a process he developed to further innovation in the kids' industry could port over to other industries. The process was based on Collins' experiences as an inventor and as a venture capitalist, and it allowed his company to be... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship

May 1987 (Revised December 1987)
Case

Caruso's Pizza (Condensed)

Caruso's Pizza is a small, entrepreneurial restaurant chain. The case considers expansion of an experimental pizza delivery system ("express delivery") that involves a major process innovation--producing pizzas to inventory rather than to order. The system promises... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Processes; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry

2003
Book

Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation

By: Robert A Burgelman, Clayton M. Christensen and Steven C. Wheelwright

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