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  • October 2013 (Revised November 2016)
  • Case

Carbon Engineering

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Sid Misra
Dr. David Keith, President of Carbon Engineering, a company based in Calgary, Alberta, is commercializing a technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The company plans to market the captured CO2 to produce low carbon transportation fuels in... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Government Legislation; Technological Innovation; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Risk and Uncertainty; Research and Development; Transportation; Information Infrastructure; Energy; Forecasting and Prediction; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Transportation Industry; Utilities Industry; Technology Industry; Canada; United States; China; India
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  • 06 Aug 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

polesnoy As technology commoditization begins speeding up again, it’s a great time to be a consumer in search of a state-of-the-art flat panel TVs, but less comfortable for manufacturers hoping to make a profit. That’s according to recent... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics
  • September 1986 (Revised September 1994)
  • Background Note

Glossary of TOM Terms

Provides definitions of technology and operations management terms. View Details
Keywords: Technology; Operations
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  • January 2004
  • Article

Corporate Venturing: The Origins of Unilever's Pregnancy Test

By: Geoffrey Jones and Alison Kraft
The relative ability of different sizes of firm and organisational designs to develop and sustain dynamic capabilities in innovation and create new businesses remains a matter of contention. While Chandler among many others has emphasised the pre-eminent role of large... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Organizational Design; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Brands and Branding; Multinational Firms and Management; Product Development; Product Launch; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Great Britain
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  • 05 Oct 2016
  • What Do You Think?

Can the US Economy Regain the Growth and Prosperity of the Past?

very proficient in mobilizing capital to stoke innovation and create new industries for sustained growth. It should focus on immense global market opportunities ” Tip Parker suggested what those new global... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett

    Martin A. Sinozich

    Martin Sinozich is a Senior Lecturer in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in both MBA and Executive Education programs.  For first-year MBAs, Martin teaches in Field Global Immersion, a required course that... View Details

    • 12 May 2016
    • News

    What Ernest Shackleton has in common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk

    Dean Nitin Nohria penned a piece for the Boston Globe magazine that draws parallels between famed Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton and modern space entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Reflecting... View Details
    • November 2003 (Revised April 2004)
    • Background Note

    Why Consumers Don't Buy: The Psychology of New Product Adoption

    By: John T. Gourville
    Looks at the consumer psychology of new product adoption. Identifies a key reason why consumers do not adopt innovations as quickly as developers think they should--an irrational resistance to behavioral change. Identifies strategies for firms to manage and overcome... View Details
    Keywords: Product Launch; Consumer Behavior; Social Psychology
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    • 01 Nov 2019
    • Video

    James Mwangi

    James Mwangi, CEO and Managing Director of CBS Group and Equity Group Holdings, discusses innovation in microfinance business models in Kenya.

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    • December 1999
    • Case

    Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A5): Solaris 7: Rich Green on Product Strategy and Culture Change

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jane Roessner
    Solaris, Sun Microsystems' version of the UNIX operating system, was an amorphous collection of capabilities that had accumulated over the years, a product the company vaguely wished it could market and sell better. Developing and marketing Solaris 7 would help... View Details
    Keywords: Digital Platforms; Applications and Software; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Product Positioning; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Culture; Success; Change; Diversification; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
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    • March 2022
    • Article

    Winner Takes All? Tech Clusters, Population Centers, and the Spatial Transformation of U.S. Invention

    By: Brad Chattergoon and William R. Kerr
    U.S. invention has become increasingly concentrated around major tech centers since the 1970s, with implications for how much cities across the country share in concomitant local benefits. Is invention becoming a winner-takes-all race? We explore the rising spatial... View Details
    Keywords: Clusters; Invention; Agglomeration; Artificial Intelligence; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Applications and Software; Industry Clusters; AI and Machine Learning
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    • Fall 2012
    • Article

    How 'Big Data' Is Different

    Many people today in the information technology world and in corporate boardrooms are talking about "big data." Many believe that, for companies that get it right, big data will be able to unleash new organizational capabilities and value. But what does the term "big... View Details
    Keywords: Big Data; Analytics; Mathematical Methods; Information Management; Information Technology Industry
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    • Article

    Do Supervisors Thrive in Participative Work Systems?

    By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Richard E. Walton
    This article presents the findings regarding the nature of the difficulties surrounding the supervisory role in participative work systems, a conceptualization of the supervisor/work group interface, and some action implications for the management of organizations.... View Details
    Keywords: Managerial Roles; Organizational Design; Management Practices and Processes; Innovation and Invention
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    • 09 May 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

    Leaders have fretted since COVID-19 lockdowns that collaboration and innovation might suffer when teammates interact less. New research points to an emerging concern four years on, as organizations settle... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 17 Sep 2015
    • News

    Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

    business and society today. The Harvard Business School Campaign was launched in April 2014 to raise $1 billion over the next five years to support innovation in the curriculum, faculty research, View Details
    • 24 Apr 2019
    • HBS Seminar

    Dimitris Papanikolaou, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

    • November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
    • Module Note

    Strategy Execution Module 13: Identifying Strategic Risk

    By: Robert Simons
    This module reading begins by describing the three sources of strategic risk—operations risk, asset impairment risk, and competitive risk—and demonstrates how these risks can undermine an entire business. To assist in the identification of these risks, the risk... View Details
    Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Execution; Risk Assessment; Operational Control; Asset Impairment; Franchise Risk; Fraud; Strategy; Information Management
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    • Research Summary

    Overview

    By: Ayelet Israeli
    Professor Israeli utilizes econometric methods and field experiments to study data driven decision making in marketing context. Her research focuses on data-driven marketing, with an emphasis on how businesses can leverage their own data, customer data, and market data... View Details
    Keywords: Channel Management; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Online Marketing; E-commerce; Analytics; Econometrics; Field Experiments; Data Analytics; Artificial Intelligence; Value Of Data

      Case: Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (A)

      Aptiv's board must decide whether a joint venture with an auto maker is the right next step in the company's efforts to develop and commercialize a production-ready autonomous driving system. While many commentators believed that Aptiv's self-driving technologies... View Details
      • 05 Dec 2006
      • First Look

      First Look: December 5, 2006

      Science Foundation. The developed platform offers an unprecedented view of the R&D-to-patenting innovation process and a close analysis of the strengths and limitations of... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne