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  • Research Summary

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I am interested in the individual experience of learning in organizational settings, particularly how employees learn to learn from the challenging work they do. I am currently researching the role of reflection for raising awareness of learning opportunities that... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Learning And Development; Learning Organizations; Intrinsic Motivation; Reflection; Goal Setting; Performance Measurement; Innovation; Job Design; Biotechnology Industry; Consulting Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry
  • November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
  • Module Note

Strategy Execution Module 14: Managing Strategic Risk

By: Robert Simons
This module reading provides an overview of the business conduct boundaries, strategic boundaries, and internal control systems used to manage risk. Boundary systems—linked to clear, enforceable sanctions—are essential whenever demanding performance goals are set and... View Details
Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Strategy Execution; Boundary Systems; Innovation; Internal Controls; Fraud; Human Behavior; Staff Experts; Strategy; Risk Management; Behavior; Governance Controls; Management Practices and Processes; Boundaries; Employees; Business Strategy; Innovation and Invention
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  • September 2011
  • Article

What Drives Innovation?

By: Tom Nicholas
The idea that innovation drives economic growth is incontrovertible, but the factors that, in turn, drive innovation are not fully understood. This paper surveys the recent literature, focusing on three main drivers: intellectual property rights institutions, the... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Economic Growth
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  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Short-Termism, Shareholder Payouts, and Investment in the EU

By: Jesse M. Fried and Charles C.Y. Wang
Investor-driven “short-termism” is said to harm EU public firms' ability to invest for the long term, prompting calls for the EU to better insulate managers from shareholder pressure. But the evidence offered—in the form of rising levels of repurchases and dividends—is... View Details
Keywords: Short-termism; Quarterly Capitalism; EU; Dividends; Equity Issuances; Equity Compensastion; Capital Flows; Capital Distribution; R＆D; Innovation; Investment; Corporate Governance; Investment Return; Acquisition; European Union
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    Mitchell B. Weiss

    Mitch Weiss is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the school's course on Public Entrepreneurship—on public leaders and private entrepreneurs who invent a difference in the... View Details

      Josh Lerner

      Josh Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor at Harvard Business School and Co-Director of the HBS Private Capital Project.  Much of his research focuses on venture capital and private equity organizations.  (This research is summarized in his books The Money of... View Details

      Keywords: biotechnology; high technology; venture capital industry
      • 15 Jul 2013
      • Research & Ideas

      Five Imperatives for Improving Health Care

      Innovation in health care treatment seems to far outpace innovation in health care business management. Just ask President Obama—two weeks ago he delayed enactment of a key... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
      • March 2018
      • Case

      Sandra Brown Goes Digital (A): The Promise and Perils of Social Movements in a Healthcare Company

      By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
      As a middle manager at a biotechnology company, Sandra Brown harnessed digital tools and social media to engage others and build campaigns for change in the company. This case follows her career at the company and describes the challenges she faced as a change agent,... View Details
      Keywords: Digital; Engagement; Stakeholder Engagement; Grassroots Movement; Organization Change And Adaptation; Quality; Health Care; Health Care Industry; Career Path; Leading Change; Management; Innovation and Management; Personal Development and Career; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry
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      • November 2012 (Revised September 2013)
      • Case

      Learning Resources: A Hands-On Toy Company Deals with New Challenges and Opportunities

      By: Boris Groysberg and Anahita Hashemi
      Learning Resources is a family-owned educational toy company that, by late 2011, was facing a myriad of challenges, including increased competition, entry into new markets, new distribution methods, rising costs of production in China, and changing customer behavior.... View Details
      Keywords: Leading Teams; Strategy Formulation; Strategy And Execution; Innovation; Corporate Culture; Industry Analysis; Organizational Alignment; Entrepreneurs; Sales Channels; Leadership; Strategy; Change Management; Innovation Leadership; Family Business; Entrepreneurship; Product Design; Sales; Retail Industry; United States
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        Kyle R. Myers

        Kyle Myers is an assistant professor of business administration in the Technology and Operations Management unit. He teaches the first-year Technology and Operations Management course.

        Professor Myers studies the economics of innovation. His research is at... View Details

        Keywords: health care; biotechnology; pharmaceuticals; energy; high technology
        • 16 Nov 2020
        • Research & Ideas

        Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

        Business School. She co-founded and was founding chair and director of the Harvard University-wide Advanced Leadership Initiative. She is author or co-author of 20 books including her most recent, Think... View Details
        Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

          Jacqueline Ng Lane

          Jackie Lane is an Assistant Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School and a co-Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH) at the Digital Data Design Institute (D^3) at Harvard. She... View Details

            Tomomichi Amano

            Tomomichi Amano is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Marketing Unit at HBS. He teaches the Marketing course in the MBA required curriculum.

            Professor Amano draws on economic theories to understand novel mechanisms by which new... View Details
            • 29 Jan 2021
            • News

            How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

            • 27 Nov 2023
            • Blog Post

            Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Opportunities for Green Entrepreneurship in the Face of Policy Inaction

            innovations that can transform adversity and environmental waste into prosperity for climate-impacted communities in Nigeria. Achenyo Idachaba-Obaro is the Founder and CEO of MitiMeth, a company that uses... View Details
            • 06 May 2025
            • Blog Post

            The Incredible Land of Ice and Fire: Exploring Iceland's Renewable Energy Model for a Changing Planet

            However, thanks to Iceland’s low-cost, renewable energy grid, the family-run operation remains both economically viable and environmentally sustainable – and delicious! HBS students on a guided tour of the Friðheimar greenhouse Energy is... View Details
            • 04 Aug 2011
            • Working Paper Summaries

            A Dynamic Perspective on Ambidexterity: Structural Differentiation and Boundary Activities

            Keywords: by Sebastian Raisch & Michael L. Tushman
            • 2002
            • Report

            Integrate to Innovate: The Determinants of Success in Developing and Deploying New Services in the Communications Industry

            By: Michael Raynor and C. M. Christensen
            Keywords: Integration; Innovation and Management; Service Operations; Success; Communications Industry
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            • September 2021 (Revised December 2021)
            • Case

            STARZPLAY: Shooting for the Stars

            By: Elie Ofek, Marco Bertini and Alpana Thapar
            In mid-2021, Maaz Sheikh, cofounder and CEO of STARZPLAY, a Dubai-based subscription video on demand (SVOD) provider that catered to the Middle East and North Africa region, was wrestling with how to find the right balance between continued subscriber growth and... View Details
            Keywords: Pricing; Growth; Profitability; Subscription Business; Business Model Innovation; Fintech; Subscription; Performance Measurement; Promotions; International Marketing; Streaming; Competition; Marketing; Price; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Business Model; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Middle East; North Africa
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            • June 2025
            • Case

            Scale AI Scales Up

            By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
            Scale AI, the data labeling and AI infrastructure company, had grown rapidly since it was founded in 2016; however, as Scale’s generative AI business was taking off, Alexandr Wang, Scale’s founder and CEO, became concerned that Scale was slowing down. Wang and the... View Details
            Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Technology And Innovation Management; Start-ups; Entrepreneur; Managing Growth; Hiring; Generative Ai; Data Labeling; Scale; AI and Machine Learning; Entrepreneurship; Talent and Talent Management; Growth Management; Leadership; Culture; Technology Industry; United States
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