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  • April 2012
  • Article

Celebrate Innovation, No Matter Where It Occurs

By: Nitin Nohria
The author offers opinions on technological innovations and innovations in business. It is argued that the country of origin of a technological innovation is less economically important than the ability of a society to capitalize on that innovation and convert it into... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Profit; Commercialization; Marketing; Distribution
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  • 09 Aug 2016
  • News

Know Your Customers’ “Jobs to Be Done”

  • 14 Aug 2019
  • News

The Manager's Guide to Leveraging Disruption

  • 21 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Building a Better World: The Harvard Builders Club

additional builders from Harvard, and leading VCs, entrepreneurs, and product leaders for a summit dedicated to learning, connecting, and building together. Daring to innovate isn’t enough. Innovation that... View Details
  • 09 Jun 2022
  • HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

In 2021, US Foods faced a problem that has become all too familiar: As thousands of Americans re-evaluated their work lives in the middle of the pandemic, the company—one of the largest food service distributors in the United States—struggled to attract and retain... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • January 2016
  • Case

SAP SE: Autism at Work

By: Gary P. Pisano and Robert D. Austin
This case describes SAP's "Autism at Work" program, which integrates people with autism into the company's workforce. The company has a stated objective of making 1% of its workforce people with autism by 2020. SAP's rationale for the program is based on the belief... View Details
Keywords: Software; Human Resource Management; Diversity Management; Germany; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Management; Applications and Software; Recruitment; Diversity; Information Technology Industry; Germany
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  • 30 Apr 2025
  • News

A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado

DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley

    Tom Nicholas

    Tom Nicholas is William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is British and holds a doctorate from Oxford University. His research focuses on the history of entrepreneurship, innovation and finance. His book (VC: An... View Details

    Keywords: financial services; high technology
    • 16 Mar 2022
    • Blog Post

    Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports

    work with two of the most storied teams in all of sports. Looking ahead towards the future of his new role, Laitsas is looking forward to creating View Details
    • June 2016 (Revised November 2021)
    • Case

    chotuKool: 'Little Cool,' Big Opportunity

    By: Rory McDonald, Derek van Bever and Efosa Ojomo
    In 2013, a team led by Gopalan Sunderraman, vice president of corporate development at Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd.—one of the companies owned by Godrej Group, a large Indian conglomerate—was preparing to launch an innovative low-cost refrigerator. Developed expressly... View Details
    Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; India
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    • 22 Dec 2022
    • Blog Post

    Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention

    energy.’ We were trying to be a bridge between saving the planet with new technologies” while talking to utilities and the “incumbent energy industry” about buying clean sources of power. Today, Nisha has evolved her focus and is... View Details
    • 04 Sep 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

    Mature companies understand that to compete today they need to innovate. But finding sources of innovation while still paying attention to the current business can be a struggle. The good news, says Harvard... View Details
    Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

      Julie Battilana

      Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the founder and faculty... View Details

      • January 2010 (Revised May 2012)
      • Case

      TopCoder (A): Developing Software through Crowdsourcing

      By: Karim R. Lakhani, David A. Garvin and Eric Lonstein
      TopCoder's crowdsourcing-based business model, in which software is developed through online tournaments, is presented. The case highlights how TopCoder has created a unique two-sided innovation platform consisting of a global community of over 225,000 developers who... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Two-Sided Platforms; Motivation and Incentives; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Software; Technology Industry
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        Thomas R. Eisenmann

        Thomas R. Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School; Peter O. Crisp Faculty Chair, Harvard Innovation Labs; and Unit Head of the HBS Entrepreneurial... View Details

        Keywords: advertising; broadcasting; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronic publishing; electronics; entertainment; fiber optics; high technology; home video games; information technology industry; infrastructure industry; internet; journalism; media; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; television; video games
        • May 1990 (Revised July 1996)
        • Case

        Ingvar Kamprad and IKEA

        By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda
        Traces the development of a Swedish furniture retailer under the leadership of an innovative and unconventional entrepreneur whose approaches redefine the nature and structure of the industry. Traces IKEA's growth from a tiny mail order business to the world's largest... View Details
        Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development; Innovation Strategy; Leadership; Management Succession; Distribution; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Value; Retail Industry
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        • 12 Dec 2011
        • HBS Case

        HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

        any entrepreneur looking to build a business around an unconventional product that elicits multiple reactions: How do you balance fun and function in order to avoid the danger of your product becoming a flash-in-the-pan fad? Clocky... View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products
        • 13 Sep 2021
        • Research & Ideas

        Science: The Unlikely Frontier for New Business Ideas

        Grounding innovation in science also results in more unique products. For companies with thousands of patents, the value difference quickly adds up. "If you are willing dive into the frontier View Details
        Keywords: by Avery Forman
        • 31 Jul 2014
        • News

        A Scholarly Crowd Explores Crowdsourcing

        • 20 Feb 2020
        • Blog Post

        Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

        entrepreneurs get VC funding, and of that .0006 percent goes to black women entrepreneurs. This is not because there is a lack of innovative ideas and lucrative ventures from... View Details