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- January 2014 (Revised June 2015)
- Case
Amgen Inc.: Pursuing Innovation and Imitation? (A)
By: Ian W. Mackenzie
Set in 2009, the (A) case explores whether Amgen, a leading innovator of biotech-based drugs, should enter the emerging business of biosimilars (BS), which are essentially 'me-too' products. There appear to be sound reasons to explore this related diversification:... View Details
Mackenzie, Ian W. "Amgen Inc.: Pursuing Innovation and Imitation? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 714-424, January 2014. (Revised June 2015.)
- January 1996
- Background Note
Creativity and Innovation in Organizations
Creativity, the production of new and useful ideas by individuals or teams, can appear in many forms and many functions within firms of all kinds--from entrepreneurial start-ups to well-established enterprises. This note describes the varieties of creativity in... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Design; Situation or Environment; Creativity
Amabile, Teresa M. "Creativity and Innovation in Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-239, January 1996.
- February 2022 (Revised April 2022)
- Module Note
Market Imperfections and Strategy
By: Hong Luo
Luo, Hong. "Market Imperfections and Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 722-436, February 2022. (Revised April 2022.)
- November – December 2011
- Article
Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation
By: Carliss Baldwin and Eric von Hippel
In this paper, we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two increasingly important alternative models: innovations by single-user individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation. We analyze the design costs and architectures and... View Details
Keywords: Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Design; Cost; Communication; Competition; Economy; Research; Policy; Practice
Baldwin, Carliss, and Eric von Hippel. "Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation." Organization Science 22, no. 6 (November–December 2011): 1399–1417.
- October 2011 (Revised August 2020)
- Teaching Note
HUGE and Digital Strategy
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Nicholas G. Karvounis
- January 2016
- Case
Open Innovation at Fujitsu (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
This case study examines the open innovation journey at Fujitsu, a global information and communication technology company. The case ends with the location decision between Tokyo, Japan, downtown San Francisco or Sunnyvale, California, regarding establishing a small... View Details
Keywords: Open Innovation; Collaboration; Culture Change; Leadership; Japan; United States; Inter-organizational Relationships; Teaming; Maker Movement; Nascent Industries; Change Management; Leading Change; Organizational Culture; Emerging Markets; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Sunnyvale; Tokyo; San Francisco
Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey. "Open Innovation at Fujitsu (A)." Harvard Business School Case 616-034, January 2016.
- 2015
- Chapter
Innovating without Information Constraints: Organization, Communities, and Innovation when Information Costs Approach Zero
By: Elizabeth J. Altman, Frank Nagle and Michael Tushman
Innovation has traditionally taken place within an organization's boundaries and/or with selected partners. This Chandlerian approach to innovation has been rooted in transaction costs, organizational boundaries, and information processing challenges associated with... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Sharing; Cost; Innovation and Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Altman, Elizabeth J., Frank Nagle, and Michael Tushman. "Innovating without Information Constraints: Organization, Communities, and Innovation when Information Costs Approach Zero." In The Oxford Handbook of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, edited by Christina E. Shalley, Michael A. Hitt, and Jing Zhou, 353–379. Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Teaching Interest
Innovation
Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Innovation is the process of attempts to develop and introduce new and improved ways of doing things—which is the process of innovation or “applied creativity”. This course focuses on covering different stages of the applied... View Details
- 11 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Mixing Open Source and Proprietary Software Strategies
and Betfair (online betting) have all grown quickly through innovation in their business models. Q: So are mixed source business models seen as the next big innovation View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & Eric von Hippel
- October 2011 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
HUGE and Digital Strategy
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Nicholas G. Karvounis
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Nicholas G. Karvounis. "HUGE and Digital Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 712-442, October 2011. (Revised August 2020.)
- 2010
- Chapter
The Financing of R&D and Innovation
By: Bronwyn H. Hall and Josh Lerner
Evidence on the “funding gap” for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on financial market reasons for underinvestment that exist even when externality-induced underinvestment is absent. We conclude that while small and new innovative firms experience high... View Details
Hall, Bronwyn H., and Josh Lerner. "The Financing of R&D and Innovation." Chap. 14 in Handbook of the Economics of Innovation: Volume 1, by Bronwyn H. Hall and Nathan Rosenberg, 609–639. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2010.
- 2016
- Chapter
Teaming Routines in Complex Innovation Projects
By: Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson
Zuzul, Tiona, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Teaming Routines in Complex Innovation Projects." In Organizational Routines: How They Are Created, Maintained, and Changed. Vol. 5, edited by Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Claus Rerup, Ann Langly, and Haridimos Tsoukas. Perspectives on Process Organization Studies. Oxford University Press, 2016.
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Resources and Corporate Strategy
Keywords: Corporate Strategy
Montgomery, Cynthia A. "Resources and Corporate Strategy." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-156-8C.)
- 2005
- Class Lecture
Scope and Global Strategy
By: Tarun Khanna
Keywords: Global Strategy
Khanna, Tarun. "Scope and Global Strategy." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2005. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 1576C.)
- November 1993 (Revised December 1997)
- Supplement
General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (B)
Updates General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (A). View Details
Murphy, Kevin J. "General Dynamics: Compensation and Strategy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 494-049, November 1993. (Revised December 1997.)
- April 1998
- Article
Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Creativity
By: David J. Collis
Collis, David J. "Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Creativity." Comportamento organizacional e gestão (April 1998): 61–80.
- winter 1989
- Article
Split-Awards Procurement and Innovation
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
In many procurement settings, it is possible for a buyer to split a production award between suppliers. In this article, we develop a model of split-award procurement auctions in which the split choice is endogenous. We characterize the set of equilibrium bids and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Cost; Supply Chain; Investment; Balance and Stability
Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Split-Awards Procurement and Innovation." RAND Journal of Economics 20, no. 4 (winter 1989): 538–552. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- Article
Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies
By: Robert Seamans and Feng Zhu
Organizational structures are increasingly complex. In particular, more firms today operate as multi-sided platforms. In this paper, we study how platform firms use repositioning and cost-cutting in response to competition, elucidate external and internal factors that... View Details
Keywords: Platform Strategy; Repositioning; Cost-cutting; Intra-firm Learning; Multi-Sided Platforms; Cost Management; Product Positioning; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Journalism and News Industry
Seamans, Robert, and Feng Zhu. "Repositioning and Cost-Cutting: The Impact of Competition on Platform Strategies." Strategy Science 2, no. 2 (June 2017): 83–99.
- October 2021 (Revised April 2022)
- Module Note
Market Imperfections and Strategy
By: Hong Luo
Luo, Hong. "Market Imperfections and Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 722-376, October 2021. (Revised April 2022.)