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  • May 2014 (Revised November 2014)
  • Case

Houston We Have A Problem: NASA and Open Innovation (A)

By: Michael Tushman, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf and Kerry Herman
Jeff Davis, director of Space Life Sciences Directorate (SLSD) at NASA, has been working for several years to raise awareness amongst scientists and researchers in his organizations of the benefits of open innovation as a successful and efficient way to collaborate on... View Details
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  • 20 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation

I see in open source. People often think about open source as a special case as if such openness can only happen in software, and this is an attempt to work on generalizing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

    Open Innovation – How can I use the crowd?

    Innovation has become an urgent imperative for entrepreneurial and established organizations. Over the last decade, in industries as diverse as fashion design, media software, life sciences, pharmaceuticals and automotive, the most cutting edge organizations have... View Details
    • Article

    Advancing Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Research Through Open Innovation Competitions

    By: Andrea Blasco, Michael G. Endres, Rinat A. Sergeev, Anup Jonchhe, Max Macaluso, Rajiv Narayan, Ted Natoli, Jin H. Paik, Bryan Briney, Chunlei Wu, Andrew I. Su, Aravind Subramanian and Karim R. Lakhani
    Open data science and algorithm development competitions offer a unique avenue for rapid discovery of better computational strategies. We highlight three examples in computational biology and bioinformatics research where the use of competitions has yielded significant... View Details
    Keywords: Computational Biology; Bioinformatics; Innovation Competitions; Research; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
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    • 22 Mar 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted

    What does it take to put a price tag on open source software (OSS), a resource so critical to the global economy that some 96 percent of commercial programs include some code created, tinkered with, or distributed for free by... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Computer; Information Technology; Technology
    • 26 Nov 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Sciences of Design: Observations on an Emerging Field

    Keywords: by Sandeep Purao, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan Hevner, Veda C. Storey, Jan Pries-Heje, Brian Smith & Ying Zhu; Technology
    • March 2014
    • Case

    Jurlique: Globalizing Beauty from Nature and Science

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrew Spadafora
    Considers the marketing and strategic challenges faced by natural beauty brands using the case of Australian-based Jurlique, which was acquired by Pola of Japan in 2011. The case opens two years later in July 2013 when Sam McKay, the chief executive officer, on a visit... View Details
    Keywords: Australia; China; Environmental Strategies; Green Business; Marketing; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; China; Australia; United States
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    Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences - Health Care

    Evidence from Europe By: Fiona M. Scott Morton, Ariel Dora Stern and Scott Stern 15 Mar 2019 Science Targeting cancer and careers: Precision Medicine Re: Richard Hamermesh 21 Mar 2019 Working Knowledge Advancing Computational Biology and... View Details
    • 08 Jul 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

    In an AI-world, leaders who speak technology’s language gain an edge. But that doesn’t mean every manager needs a computer science degree. A handle on a handful of basics goes a long way toward preparing strategic leaders for today’s... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
    • 01 Dec 2000
    • News

    Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management

    In 1995, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts reopened its grand front entrance on busy Huntington Avenue. The symbolism was hard to miss. After decades of attracting a scholarly, sophisticated, highbrow crowd to its side entry, the MFA was View Details
    Keywords: Susan Young; museums; marketing; management; nonprofits; education; facilities; Internet; Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services
    • May 2018 (Revised June 2018)
    • Case

    Cowen Inc.: Leveraging Data

    By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Abbott and Annelena Lobb
    Cowen Inc.’s broker-dealer, Cowen and Company, LLC, boasted a number of analysts who had made prescient stock calls on the basis of creative data analysis. Now Cowen Inc. had opened a new subsidiary, Kyber, which would attempt to monetize new data science products.... View Details
    Keywords: Data Science; Equity Research; Research Analysts; Investment; Analytics and Data Science; Equity; Research; Analysis; Competitive Strategy
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    • October 2008
    • Article

    Organizational Responses to Environmental Demands: Opening the Black Box

    By: Magali Delmas and Michael W. Toffel
    This paper combines new and old institutionalism to explain differences in organizational strategies. We propose that differences in the influence of corporate departments lead their facilities to prioritize different external pressures and thus adopt different... View Details
    Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Management Practices and Processes; Decisions; Adoption
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    • 15 Jun 2018
    • News

    Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life

    Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer- Prize winning journalist and a New York Times best-selling author. His first book, The Power of Habit, focused the science of habit... View Details
    • 24 May 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Career Advice for Minorities and Women: Sharing Your Identity Can Open Doors

    say, 'This is who I am, and this is the identity that I'm going to be bringing to the workplace.'" In a third study, 1,500 adults were asked to imagine being a computer science instructor tasked with choosing one out of four former... View Details
    Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
    • August 2003
    • Case

    Mercury Computer Systems: The Evolution from Integrated Technology to Open Standard

    By: Rebecca Henderson and Nancy Confrey
    For 20 years, Mercury Computer Systems has thrived, providing products and services that support ultrafast processing of real time data. Now Jay Bertelli, the CEO, faces a critical question: How can the firm compete once the standards on which its products are based... View Details
    Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Open Source Distribution; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
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    • 01 Dec 2003
    • News

    The Next Big Thing

    research and commercialization of biotechnology and biomedicine, the life sciences’ core activities? And what steps must be taken to maintain preeminence? In a keynote presentation at a September “Massachusetts Life Sciences Summit,” HBS... View Details
    Keywords: life sciences; Scientific Research and Development Services
    • 17 Jun 2019
    • Blog Post

    Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program

    MBAs who are fluent in the languages of science and business are rare. The joint degree program provides a strong differentiation that will likely open more doors to coveted jobs in the life View Details
    • November 2014
    • Teaching Note

    Houston We Have a Problem: NASA and Open Innovation (A) and (B)

    By: Michael L. Tushman, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf and Kerry Herman
    Keywords: Leading Change; Innovation Leadership; Science-Based Business
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    • 12 Feb 2025
    • Blog Post

    How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022

    day-to-day operations, including prototyping facilities, and I serve as an optional startup advisor. I found out about the position through an HBS alum, and while I didn’t use any specific tactics to secure the job, the tight-knit MS/MBA community at HBS definitely... View Details
    • 31 Oct 2019
    • Blog Post

    5 Things on My Mind in the Second Year of the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

    engineering quite yet.  I chose Harvard’s MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program because of its interdisciplinary approach to bridge the gap between engineering and business. I saw that the program consisted of not only engineering and... View Details