Publications

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

The Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem has been called a place of “structured serendipity” where innovation is fueled by connection and collaboration. The labs enable students and alumni from across Harvard’s... View Details

March 2022
Teaching Note

Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham

By: Katherine Coffman and Olivia Hull

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 921-006, “Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham." This case invites students to explore the individual and structural factors that lead to an under-representation of women in male-dominated domains, and to think critically about... View Details

Keywords: Inclusion; Gender Gap; Gender Inclusivity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

20 Jul 2011
News

The Most Innovative Companies Today—And Tomorrow

April 2025
Case

Breezm: Innovative 3D-Printed Eyewear (A)

By: Juan Alcácer, Brian Mao Fu and Adina Wong

In 2023, Breezm, a South Korean startup, faced a strategic decision about how to grow its innovative 3D-printed, custom-fit eyewear business. Co-founded in 2017 by Zenma Park and Wooseok Sung, Breezm combined facial scanning, AI, and in-house production to solve the... View Details

Keywords: 3D Printing; Eyeyewear; Growth; Business Startups; AI and Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk and Uncertainty; Expansion; South Korea

November 1984
Background Note

Encouraging Innovation and Entrepreneurship

By: Richard R. Ellsworth and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Innovation Leadership

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Oct 29 2020
Testimonial

Transforming Lives Through Innovation

28 Feb 2014
News

Andrew Luck Visits Harvard Innovation Lab, Talks Future of Sports Innovation

March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
Case

Corning: 156 Years of Innovation

By: H. Kent Bowen and Courtney Purrington

The executive team at Corning has committed to double the rate of new business creation per decade, while at the same time growing the company's current businesses, including glass substrates for LCD displays. Their strategy, built on more than 150 years of successful... View Details

Keywords: Innovation Leadership; Resource Allocation; Product Development; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Industrial Products Industry

February 2012
Case

Innovation at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Meredith L. Liu

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Education

January 1996
Background Note

Creativity and Innovation in Organizations

By: Teresa M. Amabile

Creativity, the production of new and useful ideas by individuals or teams, can appear in many forms and many functions within firms of all kinds--from entrepreneurial start-ups to well-established enterprises. This note describes the varieties of creativity in... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Organizational Design; Situation or Environment; Creativity

2012
Chapter

Technological Innovation and Organizations

By: Pierre Azoulay and Josh Lerner

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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17 Jul 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Tort Reform and Innovation

Keywords: by Alberto Galasso and Hong Luo; Health; Legal Services

December 2018
Teaching Note

An Innovative Anti-bribery Commitment?

By: Eugene Soltes

Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-039. View Details

Keywords: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; UK Bribery Legislation; Law; Leadership; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Asia

2017
Chapter

Team Reflexivity and Innovation

By: Michaela C. Schippers, Michael A. West and Amy C. Edmondson

June 2015
Teaching Note

Social Innovation at Salesforce.com

By: Christopher Marquis