Publications

August 2001
Case

Aurora Health Care: Finding "a Better Way"

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Kevin M. Dwyer

The largest hospital system in Wisconsin is trying to respond to new threats from nontraditional care providers. This case presents the hospital's dilemma as it tries to create change from within. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; SWOT Analysis; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry

November 1995
Teaching Note

Rattling SABRE: New Ways to Compete on Information TN

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Teaching Note for Harvard Business Review article (90307). View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Competitive Advantage; Technological Innovation

16 Dec 2013
HBS Case

D’O: Making a Michelin-Starred Restaurant Affordable

the restaurant, failing to fill seats nightly, starts operating at a loss. But then there's D'O, a restaurant in Cornaredo, Italy, that opened in 2003 and received a Michelin star only one year later. Under the leadership of chef and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Joanie Tobin; Food & Beverage

01 Jun 2003
News

Books

writes, “is a car stuck in a rut: Managers put the pedal to the metal and dig the rut deeper.” In Revival of the Fittest, he offers managers the tools and frameworks they need to get their organizations rolling once again. — Deborah Blagg View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

23 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 23

MIT Sloan Management Review Experiments in Open Innovation at Harvard Medical School By: Guinan, Eva C., Kevin J. Boudreau, and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract—Harvard Medical School seems an unlikely organization... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2016
News

The Western Front

summer, Hendrickson and a colleague opened an office in Silicon Valley called the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, or DIUx for short. Their mission: discover new technologies that can be useful to the... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

18 Dec 2019
News

Thinking Smart About Numbers

The New Venture Competition Alumni Track serves as a launchpad for innovative new ventures from HBS alumni, providing access and exposure to potential investors, mentors, and advisors. Sponsored by the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

half a percentage point on your account to have what is truly exceptional service? When the bank put branches in Manhattan two years ago, Commerce Bank grew faster there than anywhere else, she said. Other banks can't afford to stay open... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2001
News

Porter Directs New Institute at HBS

A new Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC), directed by Michael E. Porter, opened at HBS in July. The interdisciplinary ISC is dedicated to enlarging and disseminating the body of research on... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

The Country Effect: Does Location Matter?

types of organizations. Highly entrepreneurial organizations are rabbits, emphasizing innovation and risk-taking. And tigers are built around competitive advantage and market superiority. Elephants are, as... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2017
News

The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of

first thing you need to know is that competitive video gaming has been around a lot longer than you think. On November 10, 1980, five teenage boys faced off at the Warner Communications headquarters in Rockefeller Center in the middle of... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustration by Brian Stauffer; esports; Twitch; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

encourages others to do it), modularity and openness (determining the ease with which outside complementors can "hitch their wagons" to the platform), balance (between competition and collaboration... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
Case

The Metropolitan Opera (A)

By: Anita Elberse and Crissy Perez

In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances live in high-definition to movie theaters across North America. While the "Live in HD" program has received... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Advantage; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

June 2001 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Rambus, Inc.: Commercializing the Billion Dollar Idea (A)

Rambus, Inc. was founded to develop a new type of high-speed memory chip technology to enable DRAMs to keep up with ever-faster microprocessors. After developing the technology, Rambus chose an unusual licensing approach to commercialize it. This case series describes... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Competition; Commercialization; Hardware; Cooperation; Technology Industry

Find at Harvard

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

all states, have decreased very modestly between 1990 and 2005, and cannot be attributed to broad differences in access to physical or human capital. Open Innovation and Firm Boundaries: Task Decomposition,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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

01 Jun 2015
News

Fever Pitch

This year’s New Venture Competition saw heavy alumni participation on both sides of the judging. More than 160 graduates critiqued student startups during April’s on-campus event, weighing everything from team chemistry to financials. The... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Personal Services

September 1998 (Revised December 1998)
Case

Palm Computing: The Pilot Organizer

Palm Computing appears to be the first to have gotten it "right" in the PDA (personal digital assistant) market. Palm Computing has designed a radically new product which will appeal to certain market segments. However, it is unclear how Palm Computing will fare... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Competition; Product Launch; Electronics Industry