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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Ticktock
Sleepyheads, Beware: An alarm clock that doesn’t mess around. Photo courtesy Nanda Home Related Links Watch Nanda explain Clocky See Tocky, the newest product Purchase the original Clocky case Purchase the "Life After Clocky" case In the... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Companies Must Forget—and Borrow
founder of the Victors & Spoils ad agency in Colorado, who noted that when his agency sold its majority stake to global communications firm Havas in 2012, he was faced with trying to innovate within a larger, more bureaucratic... View Details
- March 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
Making SMaL Big: SMaL Camera Technologies
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Scott Duncan Anthony
SMaL Camera Technologies CEO Maurizio Arienzo was trying to decide what market opportunities SMaL should target. The company had developed a revolutionary imaging technology that powered small digital still and video cameras. Its first-generation product--a kit to... View Details
Keywords: Product Development; Decision Making; Disruptive Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Electronics Industry; Computer Industry; Massachusetts
Christensen, Clayton M., and Scott Duncan Anthony. "Making SMaL Big: SMaL Camera Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 603-116, March 2003. (Revised August 2005.)
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ready, Set, Launch
The bad news for aspiring entrepreneurs is that a huge majority of startups will never succeed—as many as three out of four will fail, according to some estimates. The reason is not because they can’t build the product they envisioned.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
commit often substantial resources to vetting new technologies through processes that aim to affirm their viability and marketability (or lack thereof). In doing so, firms reduce the chance that new products will falter in the marketplace... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
If You're #1, Watch Out
You're the top performer in your market. Your products are of such a high quality that they exceed the requirements of all but the most demanding customers, and you're the only one able to serve them. Clear sailing ahead, right? Wrong,... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
to Skullcandy’s survival.” Would you say you mostly follow trends or create them? A little bit of both. We certainly are aware of trends that exist, but great brands and great product companies are always View Details
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
survivors, the future of e-commerce and other info tech industries seemed perilous. BusinessWeek.com recently ranked Amazon #6 in its annual list of most innovative companies; four of the other five are internet or computer businesses. In... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Future Tech Leaders Dive into New Program
Students in the new joint MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program have the opportunity to participate in five design cycles, which build the skills needed to take a product concept from hunch to launch. Students in the new joint MS/MBA:... View Details
- September 2020
- Case
Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines
By: Willy C. Shih
COVID-19 infections were still climbing across the U.S. and many other parts of the world in September 2020, and it seemed that every time Ken Frazier, the CEO of Merck & Co. consented to an interview in recent months he always seemed to hear the same question,... View Details
Keywords: Vaccines; COVID-19 Pandemic; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Product Launch; Pharmaceutical Industry
Shih, Willy C. "Merck: COVID-19 Vaccines." Harvard Business School Case 621-028, September 2020.
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
arrangements from the perspective of the "elephants"? A: Most successful large companies excel at business planning, allocation of capital, and execution. Many are also good at product innovation... View Details
- 02 Mar 2023
- News
Carbon's Second Act
advancements in green energy production and the promise of direct air capture. But there was something missing. TB: There's a lot of people looking at how to make renewable energy that, when you generate it, doesn't produce CO2. And... View Details
- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
barrier to entry to competitors offering innovative products. What were your main findings about how trust influences the speed at which new ideas and products diffuse in the economy? A: We found that the... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Judgment Calls
women's beauty products enterprise Tweezerman faced the dilemma that every entrepreneurial growth company eventually confronts: "How much bigger can we get—can we handle the risk, the scale, the exposure, and the demands on our... View Details
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
their organizations are rare birds. Consider how difficult it is to create such culture-shaking products by thinking about other incredible innovations that, while inventive and useful, are not game-changers... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
more localized products coupled with licensing agreements linked to specific movie franchises might be an option, but an expensive one. The company also had to consider that "diminishing play time and the threat of a disruptive... View Details
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
The best ideas and innovations are probably not invented by your company. But learning to find and work with leading partners in R&D calls for a massive cultural change, beginning with getting past the "not invented here"... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Profile
Nathan Lasche
technology and will hopefully be great sounding boards for my ideas in the future. How has HBS prepared you for your current role and your long term career? HBS provided a great toolkit of skills which help solve challenges I encounter in my day-to-day job. I continue... View Details
- Research Summary
Leadership and Leadership Development: An Ontological Approach
This summarizes my research program over the last twelve years (with my co-investigators Werner Erhard, Steve Zaffron, and more recently Kari Granger) in which the objective has been to rigorously distinguish leader and leadership and to create a technology for... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?
strategy would be a very risky move Ryan Raffaelli: We often define radical innovations as "competency-destroying," meaning that they render all related products and services in the same market category... View Details