Technology Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jul 2021
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The MS/MBA Technology Showcase: A Celebration of Our Startups

various backgrounds into their first tech roles and changing the standards of hiring talent from having credentials to proving capabilities. Given U.S. job growth for software engineering is 5x more than average job growth, we know this... View Details

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Strategy and Technology - Course Catalog

special governance problems, especially asymmetrical information between management and boards. Look Forward, Reason Back: Large-scale industry change happens faster in technology than in other markets.... View Details

2011
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Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett

How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices... View Details

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January 2021
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'Mobile'izing Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion and Sustainability

By: Shawn A. Cole and A. Nilesh Fernando

We examine the role of management in agricultural productivity by evaluating a mobile-phone based agricultural advice service provided to farmers in India. Demand for advice is high, and advice changes practices, increasing yields in cumin (28%) and cotton (8.6% for a... View Details

Keywords: Agricultural Extension; Informational Inefficiencies; Technology Adoption; Agribusiness; Information; Mobile Technology; India

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2002
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Designs, Technology Cycles, and Organizational Outcomes

By: George Westerman and Michael L. Tushman

Keywords: Organizational Design; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Outcome or Result

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03 Sep 2013
News

With Change Coming, Aetna Targets Employers

15 Mar 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology

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Leadership, Innovation, and Strategic Change: A Conversation with Michael Tushman

By: Michael L. Tushman, Sorah Seong, Yeongsu Kim and Gabriel Szulanski

Continuing the emerging tradition of the Knowledge and Innovation (K&I) Interest Group at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference to interview foundational scholars in strategic management, we invited Professor Michael Tushman from Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Technological Change; Management Education; Technological Innovation; Leadership; Change Management; Business Education

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19 Aug 2019
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Investing in Breakthrough Technologies to Lead the Energy Transition

According to the World Economic Forum, climate change and insufficient investing are two of the top ten global challenges we currently face. Although there have been many recent technological advances in the... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Technology

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

essential part of building e-commerce models." The call for technical expertise will no doubt send ripples of change throughout the advertising industry. Already, Deighton notes, people who were not traditionally attracted to... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

15 Feb 2012
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Why Social Change is Good for Business

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

recognize and try to stay ahead of these changes brought by scale. Here is advice for the CEO/founders of early-stage companies, but it also applies to leaders of any scaling organization, even inside a large corporate entity. Leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Live Online Classrooms | Information Technology

Live Online Classrooms Play Video duration: 2:28 Immersive & engaging learning, delivered online. Harvard Business School's Live Online Classrooms will change the way you think about online learning. Step out from behind the computer... View Details

24 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

The Business of Climate Change

Provide It. New nuclear power technology could be the miracle we need to combat dangerous carbon emissions, says Joe Lassiter. The Abcs Of Addressing Climate Change (from A Business Perspective) How can... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Energy; Utilities

08 Feb 2017
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How Immigrants Changed the Geography of Innovation

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Fraudulent Duo Pushes | Information Technology

determine what caused the request, you should assume that someone has obtained your password. This could have been through a phishing attack or because you used that same password at another site that had a security breach. What should you do? Click the Reject button... View Details

2012
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Environmental corporate strategy and advancements in enhanced oil recovery technology among U.S. firms

By: Shon R. Hiatt

This study seeks to address how collective actors can affect technology development and adoption among organizations by creating regulatory uncertainty. Empirically, this paper focuses on the influence of environmental organizations concerned about climate change on... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Technology Adoption; Natural Environment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Corporate Strategy; United States

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January 2017 (Revised March 2017)
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IBM Transforming, 2012–2016: Ginni Rometty Steers Watson

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen

To transform IBM for the next technology wave, Ginni Rometty, who became CEO in 2012, led divestment of declining businesses, made acquisitions in digital innovation and cloud computing, formed partnerships with former competitors such as Apple and tech startups, and... View Details