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Michael E. Porter
Michael Porter is an economist, researcher, author, advisor, speaker and teacher. Throughout his career at Harvard Business School, he has brought economic theory and strategy concepts to bear on many of the most challenging problems facing corporations, economies... View Details
- November 2001 (Revised September 2002)
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Four Products: Predicting Diffusion
One of the critical tasks in the marketing of new innovations is predicting demand and rates of diffusion for those products. Focuses on four innovative products from different domains. Although one can speculate on the scope and rate of diffusion for each of these... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Innovation and Invention; Product Launch; Demand and Consumers; Technology Adoption
Gourville, John T. "Four Products: Predicting Diffusion." Harvard Business School Case 502-045, November 2001. (Revised September 2002.)
- 14 Jul 2015
- News
Everybody has a slice of genius
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Overview
My research examines internal governance, leadership, and the strategy and performance of organizations. I have published papers on the evolution of corporate structure, financial and non-financial incentives, the allocation of decision rights, innovation and... View Details
- June 1977 (Revised May 1995)
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Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management
Consists of three selections by the most innovative of the early American railroad managers which describe the organizational structures and control systems they created. Questions to be asked are: why and how such managerial techniques were created, how well they... View Details
Keywords: Rail Transportation; Organizational Structure; Management Systems; Rail Industry; United States
Chandler, Alfred D., Jr. "Railroads and the Beginnings of Modern Management." Harvard Business School Case 377-231, June 1977. (Revised May 1995.)
- June 6, 2019
- Article
Tesla's Advantage? 'It's the Software, Stupid.'
By: Lou Shipley
Without question, entrepreneur, innovator and engineer Elon Musk is a controversial figure, but there is no disputing that his first-to-market Tesla electric vehicles are not only revolutionizing the high-end driving experience, but also disrupting the automobile... View Details
Keywords: Tesla; Elon Musk; Autonomous Vehicle; Transportation; Software; Technology; Disruption; Auto Industry
Shipley, Lou. "Tesla's Advantage? 'It's the Software, Stupid.'." The Hill (June 6, 2019).
- 13 Aug 2014
- News
Blavatnik Fellows in Life Science Entrepreneurship Named
- 02 Jan 2014
- News
Wish you could get rid of your office management? Zappos is doing it
- 27 Jan 2020
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Think Outside the Building
- 12 Mar 2012
- News
Teaching leadership is easier than practising it
- 10 Jan 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
The Novelty Paradox & Bias for Normal Science: Evidence from Randomized Medical Grant Proposal Evaluations
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
Afrezza ever realize the potential that Alfred Mann, the late founder and former CEO, saw in the novel treatment? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/518031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-419 Becton Dickinson: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/?p=3588 Working PapersInnovation and the Challenge of Novelty: The Novelty-Confirmation-Transformation Cycle in Software and Science Authors:Paul R. Carlile and Karim R.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Risk Management for Corporate Leaders—Virtual
innovative strategies by better identification and mitigation of the attendant risks. This program is eligible for the Certificate of Management Excellence. Learn More Key Benefits In this live online course, you will examine the latest... View Details
- 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14
difference between both kinds of firms is that OS share their technological advances on the primary good, while P keep their innovations private. The main contribution of the paper is to determine conditions under which OS and P coexist... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
2018 Innovation Policy and the Economy The Orphan Drug Act at 35: Observations and an Outlook for the Twenty-First Century By: Bagley, Nicholas, Benjamin Berger, Amitabh Chandra, Craig Garthwaite, and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract—On the 35th... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
Satish K. Tadikonda
Satish Tadikonda is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. In the MBA program, Satish teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager, a required first-year MBA course, and Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences, an elective course for... View Details
- March 2004 (Revised July 2005)
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ACCION International: Maintaining High Performance Through Time
By: Michael Chu
ACCION International has been a major innovator in microfinance for 30 years. Reviews organizational context under which key industry-shaping concepts were developed (from peer group lending, guarantee funds, equity investment funds, and regulated commercial banking... View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Equity; Microfinance; Employee Relationship Management; Non-Governmental Organizations
Chu, Michael. "ACCION International: Maintaining High Performance Through Time." Harvard Business School Case 304-095, March 2004. (Revised July 2005.)
- 02 May 2012
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