Independent Innovation and Invention - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

found (or potentially found) in practice and whose hypotheses connect independent variables within the control of practitioners to outcomes they care about using logic they view as feasible. I provide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2009 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Orange: Read&Go

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Toby E. Stuart, Bhaskar Chakravorti, Vincent Marie Dessain, Simon Harrow and Elena Corsi

In late 2008, Orange (aka France Telecom) must decide if launching Read&Go, an electronic newsstand built around an e-paper reader, would be successful. The case describes (1) Orange's strategy; (2) the company's new product development process; (3) e-paper technology,... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Product Development; Partners and Partnerships; Competition; Publishing Industry; France

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Discouraging Opportunistic Behavior in Collaborative R&D: A New Role for Government

The traditional role attributed to government in collaborative R&D has been one of funding. This paper explores a new role for government in facilitating collaborative R&D, one of discouraging opportunistic behavior. Given the nature of R&D, concerns about... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Government and Politics; Managerial Roles; Research and Development; Framework; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Opportunities; Italy

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13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data and some resulting empirical regularities. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Sep 2014
News

Startup Founded by HBS Students Wins TechCrunch Disrupt Competition

Keywords: Personal and Laundry Services; Personal and Laundry Services

September 12, 2024
Article

Why the Apple Watch Is a Gift to the Swiss Watch Industry

By: Ryan Raffaelli

Keywords: Technology Change; Innovation and Management; Competition; Manufacturing Industry; Switzerland

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December 2018
Case

Choosy

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Julia Kelley

Founded in 2017, Choosy is a data-driven fashion startup that uses algorithms to identify styles trending on social media. After manufacturing similar items using a China-based supply chain, Choosy sells them to consumers through its website and social media pages.... View Details

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Jurgen's research focuses on the challenges and opportunites to the energy sector created by technological change and externalities, in particular those associated with greenhouse gas emissons. Specific areas of interest include the development of potential pathways to... View Details

Keywords: Alternative Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy; Disruptive Innovation; Market Design; Strategic Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology Adoption; Sustainable Cities; Business Strategy; Auto Industry; Battery Industry; Energy Industry; Transportation Industry; Utilities Industry

01 Sep 2008
News

Faculty Books

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael B. Horn (MBA ’06), and Curtis W. Johnson (McGraw-Hill) Taking a cue from Bill Gates’s 2005... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

innovate in batteries. In the process, Asia became the hub for innovation in the design and manufacturing of compact, high-capacity, rechargeable, lithium ion batteries, a... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

March 2022
Teaching Note

Digital Manufacturing at Amgen

By: Shane Greenstein, Kyle R. Myers and Sarah Mehta

This teaching note provides guidance for instructors teaching “Digital Manufacturing at Amgen,” case no. 621-008. View Details

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19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19

recently faced a corruption enforcement action, employ a Big Four audit firm, and have a higher percentage of independent directors. Controlling for these effects, we find that firms with abnormally low... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 1994 (Revised April 1995)
Case

Flat Panel Display Initiative, The

By: George C. Lodge and Sharon Novak

Keywords: Technological Innovation

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19 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

convey? You have to stay close to your core consumer. Even though Skullcandy has grown over the years, and we now sell in mainstream places like Best Buy, Target, and Apple stores, the consumer at the center... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

October 2006 (Revised March 2007)
Case

The ColorMatch Hair Color System

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Matthew Beecher

Describes the challenge of finding the right market for a product. View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Innovation and Invention; Markets; Product; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry

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30 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 30

Experiment By: Cole, Shawn, Xavier Giné, and James Vickery Abstract—Weather is a key source of income risk, particularly in emerging market economies. This paper uses a randomized controlled trial involving a sample of Indian farmers to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 22

on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by David Audretsch, Oliver Falck, and Stephan Heblich. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., forthcoming Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 May 2015
News

Changing the conversation on US infrastructure challenges

Back in the Lead. “The good news is that government and business want the same outcome,” says Kanter, the School’s Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration. To bring about “the cross-sector View Details

01 Jun 2013
News

Collective Wisdom

according to Karim R. Lakhani, is that thanks to the Internet, crowdsourcing has moved into new and unexpected industries and organizations, establishing itself as a mainstream strategy for View Details

Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools