Product Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

the making of the global world over the last two centuries. Individual entrepreneurs and managers invented new products and shaped consumer demand. Firms created and diffused technologies and products, alongside the values in which they... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management

management. On the other hand, workplace productivity savings could be the key. According to another alumnus, any outlay "is petty change" to employers compared to the savings of keeping healthy people. Though wide-ranging, the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Sep 2018
News

An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers

the production process and lower costs. Yong believes the new facility could also spark manufacturing and innovation for local industry. With only 9 percent of the world’s vehicles being produced on the... View Details

Keywords: Amy Yee

20 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20

leave for home by 5:30 p.m.? How did HUL develop a cheaper, better product to beat its competitor, Nirma? What do Taj Hotels, HDFC, HUL, L&T, and BPCL have in common? They are the win-win corporations! Based on over a decade of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

entrants, underscoring the growing level of interest and opportunities to address this critical issue. The winners of both the Tough Tech Prize and Alumni Track had innovative approaches to confronting the climate challenge: Aaron Sabin... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Innovation: An Orchestra of One

earning a $15,000 runner-up prize. Shortly thereafter, the three founded Sonation and renamed the product Cadenza. Chao and her cofounders met with Apple last fall and are focused on developing an iPad and iPhone app for Cadenza, the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2012
News

Shop Talk, Different Avenues

Wilkis Wilson, Traub, and Maybank Main article: Where Innovation Rules Marvin Traub (MBA 1949) joined Bloomingdale’s in 1950, became its president in 1969, and served as chairman and CEO from 1978 to 1991. Today, as chairman of Marvin... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

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Meet the Team | Information Technology

Chobani. Before joining HBS, she ran a successful video production and media management company for many years, serving a range of corporate, nonprofit, and educational clients. Ruth also has a background in journalism, having served as a... View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Short Takes

development cycles and can't respond in mid-project to changing customer needs. But there's a solution to this dilemma, according to HBS assistant professor Stefan H. Thomke and Donald G. Reinertsen (MBA '79) of Reinertsen & Associates in California. In a working paper... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey

16 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

Business Review You Need an Innovation Strategy By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract—Why is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 May 2025
News

Scaling New Heights

Brianna Brown, chief product officer at City Fresh Foods in Boston. (Photo/video credit: Susan Young) City Fresh Foods has long served nutritious meals to students, seniors, and daycare centers in Greater Boston’s under-resourced communities. But when the company saw... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

corporations and governments alike need to focus on. Consequently, the career opportunities for MBAs are now unlimited- you can shape sustainability strategy at traditional companies and banks, drive products and operations at startups... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

Profile

Scott Wu

of San Francisco. Wu is currently chairman of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants as well as a Presidential Innovation Fellow working on the Development Innovation Ventures project at the United... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Technology

01 Jun 2012
News

What Industrial Policy?

for only about one in 10 American jobs. A major reason for the decline in manufacturing employment in recent decades is the huge increases in the productivity of American factories. With those productivity... View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Agriculture; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Manufacturing

Samuel M. Vauclain

Having become a skilled locomotive engineer while working as his father’s apprentice, Vauclain’s talent allowed him to rapidly advance through the ranks of Baldwin. In addition to his innovative designs, Vauclain’s sales skills allowed... View Details

Keywords: Transportation

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Digital Archival Resources - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development, Project Code SX-70 Introducing One-Step Photography TAKING THE PRODUCT TO MARKET Impact of the New Medium Medium of Artistic Expression A NOBLE PROTOTYPE OF INDUSTRY... View Details

05 Sep 2024
Blog Post

District Heating in Denmark: How Fjernvarme Fyn fuels an integrated and sustainable future

In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Sales 102: Building the First Sales Team - Course Catalog

easily fits into already established habits and anybody who tries it likes it immediately, you must still support it with a strong distribution plan.” -From “Zero to One” by Peter Thiel One common misconception is that product View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Noted & Quoted

Michael Porter on health-care reform strategy (New England Journal of Medicine, July 9, 2009). “There are relatively fewer and fewer consumers willing to pay a premium or suffer a deficit in product quality in order to be patriotic and... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management