Employee Driven Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Oct 2019
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Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

population is under 25, and youth unemployment stands at 28 percent. “The human capital is there,” she says. “And they are thinking outside of the box.” In many ways, BulkWhiz, which has now grown to more than 50 employees and could... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?

of pages of regulations. Time and again the regulatory status quo blocks entrepreneurship. No wonder the twenty or so doctors enrolled in my Innovating in Health Care course at Harvard Business School are ruefully View Details

Keywords: Regina E. Herzlinger; Health, Social Assistance; Management

24 Apr 2014
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Addressing roadblocks to innovation in health care

Innovation in health care is a national and international priority driven by demand for quality and universal access, yet it has proved very difficult to achieve. Regina E. Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson... View Details

11 Sep 2020
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Can Reed Hastings preserve Netflix’s culture of innovation as it grows?

25 Feb 2020
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The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation

organizational process is the key.” For Choudhury, these innovative new models benefit not only the employee and employer. They can also benefit society: “With work from anywhere, people can go back to small... View Details

Keywords: April White

02 Mar 2020
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Cheese Whiz

At Specialty Cheese Co. in Reeseville, Wisconsin, founder Paul Scharfman (MBA 1979) heads up a company that makes one of the state’s best-known exports: cheese. But as its name suggests, Specialty’s 250 employees manufacture products more... View Details

Keywords: manufacturing; labor; innovation; cheese; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

18 Apr 2013
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Boston Bombing Puts Short-Term Losses on Salons to Circus

05 May 2015
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Economist: The Internet of Things will deliver surge of productivity

09 Aug 2009
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Staving Off a Spiral Toward Oblivion

01 Dec 2006
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Inside Intel

follow. “The Long and Winding Road” In 1968, Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce left Fairchild Semiconductor, where Andy Grove was employed as assistant head of R&D, to start their own company. Grove’s response when Moore told him the news? “I’m coming with you!” Hired as... View Details

Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

24 Oct 2011
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Top 'Innovators' Rank Low in R&D Spending

28 Jun 2012
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The Made-in-China CEO

29 Sep 2018
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As Washington ignores high-skill immigration debate, US suffers

23 Oct 2020
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Two MBA Startups Cited as “Most Disruptive”

Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal (both MBA 2020) arrived at HBS with an idea driven by necessity. With student loans a hard reality of graduate student life, why not bundle their loans with those of other incoming MBAs and pass the... View Details

Keywords: disruptive innovation; startups; student loans; entrepreneurship; i-Lab; entrepreneur in residence; Finance