Innovation Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology

alumni who conduct pro-bono consulting work, to develop a marketing strategy for San Jose’s innovation efforts. “If we can tell the innovation story more effectively,” he says,... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Nonprofit / Government

25 Jun 2018
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Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’

Tamin Pechet (MBA 2007) founded and manages a platform of firms that support and invest in innovative water and infrastructure resources. He is CEO of Upwell, chairman of Imagine H2O, and founder of Banyan Water. In this interview, he... View Details

17 Nov 2016
News

Rent the Runway Sets Up Shop at Neiman Marcus

(WSJ photo illustration) (WSJ photo illustration) The online fashion innovator Rent the Runway—brainchild of Jennifer Hyman and Jennifer Fleiss (both MBA 2009)—is continuing to go brick-and-mortar. The Wall Street Journal details the new... View Details

Matt Higgins

across sports and entertainment, media and marketing, consumer, and technology industries – including several of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. Making a splash on ABC’s Emmy-award winning TV show Shark Tank, Matt joined the... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products & Packaged Goods;#60;#Services

January 2010 (Revised February 2011)
Case

The Random House Response to the Kindle

By: Bharat N. Anand and Peter Olson

In early 2010, e-readers, like Amazon's Kindle and Apple's impending iPad, threatened to disrupt the book publishing industry. The case provides an overview of the industry, describes the broader trends regarding e-readers, and asks: how should major publishers like... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Trends; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Consumer Behavior; Industry Structures; Corporate Strategy; Hardware; Publishing Industry

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Working Knowledge | Harvard Business School

Working Knowledge Managing the Business Productivity Tip: Stop Moving Your Star Workers Research by Jorge Tamayo reveals how smart staffing can make all the difference. Featuring Jorge Tamayo . By Michael Blanding on May 2, 2025 . View Details

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Digital Transformation - HBS Online

New Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy Build the skill set and strategic acumen to compete in the digital world through a combination of forward-looking coursework, unique team activities with a... View Details

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Alan Braly

strategies, and product roadmaps in areas of innovation with a current emphasis on oncology data science and data products. Along the way, he has been a leader, manager, mentor, coach, and sounding board for early and mid-career folks... View Details

February 2018
Teaching Plan

Tesla in 2015

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Olivia Hull and Sarah Mehta

Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-081. View Details

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Lauryn Hale

Growing up in Detroit, Lauryn Hale inherited an interest in business from her father, an accountant. That interest was reinforced through her high school participation in LEAD, an innovative University of Michigan program that introduces... View Details

19 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

there are so many innovative companies doing great work in this space that if you want to move into cleantech, you'll find plenty of opportunities to do so." Lisa Wetstone (MBA 2019), Director of Innovation... View Details

01 Oct 2021
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Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

are so many innovative companies doing great work in this space that if you want to move into cleantech, you'll find plenty of opportunities to do so." Lisa Wetstone (MBA 2019), Director of Innovation &... View Details

11 Feb 2019
Working Paper Summaries

The IBM PC

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin; Computer

February 1991
Case

Continuous Casting Commitments at Bethlehem Steel Corp.

By: Richard S. Rosenbloom and Clayton M. Christensen

Keywords: Competition; Competitive Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Steel Industry; Pennsylvania

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01 Mar 2011
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Where the Jobs Are

that the future is now for American manufacturing innovation. In a wide-ranging Q&A with Associate Editor Julia Hanna, Boeing CEO Jim McNerney (MBA ’75) says that innovation is the country’s “most sustainable competitive advantage.” And... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

04 Mar 2025
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The Evolution of Luxury Brand Porsche

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

stagnating sales, accounting losses, or a falling stock price. In extreme cases such poor performance may cause the company to default on its debt, resulting in bankruptcy. Restructuring the debt can be difficult and costly, although in some cases legal View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

develop institutional structures for the industry as a whole. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52613 April 10, 2017 Harvard Business Review The Different Approaches Firms Use to Set Strategy By: Teti,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

organization’s performance and opportunity gaps Develop strategies for building an ambidextrous organization that can execute short-term success and long-term innovation Build your organization’s... View Details

December 2000 (Revised July 2001)
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Ventro: Builder of B2B Businesses (Condensed)

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Meredith Collura

Enables a condensed analysis of Ventro (formerly known as Chemdex), which builds and operates multiple B2B marketplace companies. Part of the Building-E-Business Online series. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Management; Strategy; Business Strategy; Consulting Industry; Information Technology Industry

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