Publications

01 Mar 2013
News

The Case for Stealth Innovation

Keywords: Paddy Miller, Thomas Wendall-Wedellsborg

June 2012 (Revised February 2014)
Case

Low-Carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

For the past seven years or so, the Chinese government has been powering ahead with industrial policies to promote low-carbon energy technologies—wind, solar, electric batteries and vehicles, nuclear power, and even carbon capture and sequestration. In 2009, the... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Renewables; Carbon; Environment; Industrial Policy; Competitiveness; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Renewable Energy; Competition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Energy Industry; China

27 Mar 2014
News

Be Strategic, Not Democratic

Keywords: corporate innovation; innovation strategy

Web

Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research

instrument that will both disrupt traditional business models and potentially preserve them. The early works of William Abernathy on roadblocks to innovation and Richard Rosenbloom on technology and information transfers in the 1960's and... View Details

12 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

Corporate Innovation Increasingly Benefits from Government Research

Innovation has always relied, to some degree, on government support. But a recent study suggests that public funding might be even more influential than it seems. “Nearly a third of US patents rely directly on US government funded... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

April 2022
Case

NIO: A Chinese EV Company's Global Strategy

By: William C. Kirby, Shu Lin and Noah B. Truwit

Founded in November 2014 and based in Shanghai, NIO designed, jointly manufactured, and sold premium “smart” EVs. Its mission was to “shape a joyful lifestyle by offering high-performance smart electric vehicles and being the best user enterprise. At NIO Day 2021,... View Details

Keywords: Electric Vehicles; Expansion; Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Green Technology; Auto Industry; China; Europe; Norway

Teaching Interest

Overview

Anil has taught in front of MBA and doctoral students. He was a teaching fellow in "Managing Innovation" (taught by Professor Karim Lakhani) and "Strategies Beyond the Market" (taught by Professor Dennis Yao) as well as in the MBA Analytics program. Anil also... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Innovation; Technology Strategy; Innovation Management; Entrepreneurship

February 2015 (Revised May 2015)
Case

Boeing 787: Manufacturing a Dream

By: Rory McDonald and Suresh Kotha

This case traces the design and development of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Emphasis is on executive leadership and firm strategy in coordinating across a global network of partners in the production of a new aircraft. View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Operations Strategy; Project Management; Coordination; Product Development; Operations; Production; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Aerospace Industry; United States

August 2021 (Revised October 2024)
Case

Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion

By: Michael W. Toffel, Kenneth P. Pucker and Eren Kuzucu

The Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (A) case introduces Allbirds as a footwear startup not only focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials but on decarbonizing the wider fashion industry. Background material highlights the growing... View Details

Keywords: Decarbonization; Climate Impact; Environmental Strategy; Innovation; Product Design; Supply Chain Management; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Product Development; Climate Change; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; United States; California

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

Certificate Courses (6) Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your capacity to create winning strategies and bring innovations to market... View Details

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

But companies shouldn't count on people succeeding despite the odds; they should shift the odds. Here are three ways to do that. Put innovation at the heart of strategy, and tout it in every message. Think of View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Articulating Business Strategy with the Four Ps Show Hide Details Concepts Making Tough Choices: Course Introduction Balancing Innovation and Control, Part I Balancing View Details

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

Predicting Competition in Local Markets Competing Against Dominant Platforms Platforms in Your Value Chain Serial Acquirers Show Hide Details Concepts Understanding Network Effects Which Markets Will Tip Strategies for Underdogs Digital... View Details

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Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Presentation The Future of Value-Based Health Care Delivery The Future of Value-Based Health Care Delivery Michael Porter: ASCO Opening Session (May 30, 2015) 12 May 2015 Presentation Shared Value and Strategy (Video) Shared Value and... View Details

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

This course is part of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation and Strategy track. Introduction to Disruptive Strategy ENROLL NOW No application needed for our certificate programs.... View Details

13 Oct 2022
Other Presentation

4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Disruptive Innovation

By: Amy Bernstein, Rita McGrath, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Derek van Bever

A roundtable conversation takes stock of Clayton Christensen’s influential theory. This first in a series of roundtable conversations assessing the origins and impact of four breakthrough ideas.

In the 1980s, Clayton Christensen cofounded a startup that... View Details

Keywords: Disruptive Innovation