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16 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

Business Review You Need an Innovation Strategy By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract—Why is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2012
News

Health Care’s New Frontier

Bush Photo courtesy athenahealth Main article: Where Innovation Rules What do you do if your start-up turns out to be a little too far ahead of its time? If you’re Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997), you use what you’ve learned to jump-start a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

somewhat faded from popular discourse amid advancements in artificial intelligence. However, in an article published recently in California Management Review, Wu and Clough say they believe it’s only a matter of time before the metaverse... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

rapid-charging stations capable of recharging a vehicle’s battery in minutes rather than hours—has been a “primary inhibitor” of mass-market adoption. Juan Camargo (MBA 2012), senior manager for value strategy at Cox Automotive—which owns... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

2024
Working Paper

Catalysts for Climate Solutions: Corporate Responses to Venture Capital Financing of Climate-tech Startups

By: Shirley Lu, George Serafeim and Simon Xu

We study whether incumbent firms increase their product focus on climate solutions in response to venture capital (VC) financing of climate-tech startups. Using large language models to measure a firm's focus on climate solutions, we find that incumbents in similar... View Details

Keywords: Climate Finance; Climate Change; Technological Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Environmental Sustainability; Business Startups

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02 Sep 2014
News

Many of the best ideas for improving health care are quite simple

Managers know that individuals who have experience working together can influence team performance. Yet most managers underestimate the benefit of such familiarity, according to Robert S. Huckman, Professor... View Details

08 Mar 2017
Blog Post

Education Sector Opportunities at HBS

Technology Innovations in Education, Managing Human Capital, and an independent project through the Social Innovation Lab. She was also able to examine the economic forces... View Details

15 Mar 2023
News

B2B Sales Culture Must Change to Make the Most of Digital Tools

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

Larry Fink recently created a shockwave. As cofounder, chairman, and CEO of BlackRock, one of the world’s largest global asset management firms, in an open letter to CEOs he caught the attention of financial markets and beyond by insisting on the importance of... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

01 Sep 2014
News

All For One

The first thing Linda Hill noticed when she walked into Pixar Animation Studios was the energy. Pixar’s cavernous office in Emeryville, California, is totally open and organized around a huge central atrium, allowing a diverse group of artists, animators, computer... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

Desktop Search and Revenue Streams

efforts to refine search capabilities. With that in mind, panel moderator Thomas R. Eisenmann, associate professor of Entrepreneurial Management at HBS, noted that the next wave in search tools is going beyond material on the World Wide... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

10 May 2016
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May 10, 2016

Harvard Business Review Planned Opportunism: Using Weak Signals to Spur Innovations By: Govindarajan, Vijay Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51052 forthcoming Strategic View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Christine Van Dae

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Nathan Lasche

technology and will hopefully be great sounding boards for my ideas in the future. How has HBS prepared you for your current role and your long term career? HBS provided a great toolkit of skills which help solve challenges I encounter in my day-to-day job. I continue... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship

05 May 2009
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First Look: May 5, 2009

must be nurtured and the transition to high growth must be managed. Once breakthrough innovations catch hold, growth must be funded and managed to exploit the full value of the opportunity. And finally,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2001
Case

Aurora Health Care: Finding "a Better Way"

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Kevin M. Dwyer

The largest hospital system in Wisconsin is trying to respond to new threats from nontraditional care providers. This case presents the hospital's dilemma as it tries to create change from within. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; SWOT Analysis; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry

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July 1999 (Revised January 2000)
Case

Yahoo!: Business on Internet Time

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Jay R. Girotto

In the wake of major competitive moves, CEO Tim Koogle and his senior team at Yahoo!, an Internet portal, must decide whether and how to adjust their strategy. Following deals between AOL and Netscape, Excite and @Home, Infoseek and Disney, and Snap and NBS, Yahoo!... View Details