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  • 16 Oct 2018
  • News

Why Is Amazon Going Crazy with Brick-and-Mortar?

  • 06 Jan 2014
  • News

Technology Re-emergence: Creating New Value for Old Innovations

  • 01 Aug 2019
  • News

With local connections and quirkiness, indie bookstores thrive

  • 22 Nov 2017
  • News

The Value of Local Independent Bookstores

  • 05 Jul 2023
  • HBS Case

What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment

data-driven changes to address the potential for losing millions should the school have to close. This required a different orientation and set of leadership skills. Not all leaders catch the cues. A case by... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • 11 Mar 2020
  • News

How to Revive Malls After the Coronavirus Lifts

  • 27 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

Investigation," co-written by HBS colleagues Ranjay Gulati, the Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration and head of the Organizational Behavior... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 27 Jul 2017
  • Video

The Value of Local Independent Bookstores

  • 16 Apr 2020
  • News

Is This the End of the Indie Bookstore?

  • 27 Jul 2017
  • Video

The Value of Local Independent Bookstores

  • Awards

Annual Conference Best Paper in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

By: Ryan L. Raffaelli
Awarded the 2018 Best Paper in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Industry Studies Association Annual Conference for “The Use of History as a Strategic Resource: Institutional Resilience and the Complementarity of Entrepreneurship and Guardianship in Swiss... View Details
  • 21 Jan 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Lessons for Retailers from the Rebirth of Indie Bookstores

retailers, Raffaelli says. By leveraging community ties, local businesses can appeal to consumers’ desire for authenticity and connection in the internet age. “In today’s... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation
  • Fall 2024
  • Article

The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention: Organizational Identity, Architecture, and Collaboration Can Be Either Assets or Liabilities to Pursuing Growth in New Sectors

By: Ryan Raffaelli
In more than a decade of researching innovation, I have observed how organizations respond to new opportunities, technological changes, or unexpected market shifts that threaten to upend their current business model. This process, which I call reinvention, may occur... View Details
Keywords: Innovation And Strategy; Change Leadership; Collaboration; Architecture; Transformation; Disruption; Leading Change; Innovation Strategy; Identity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure
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Raffaelli, Ryan. "The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention: Organizational Identity, Architecture, and Collaboration Can Be Either Assets or Liabilities to Pursuing Growth in New Sectors." MIT Sloan Management Review 66, no. 1 (Fall 2024): 46–52. (Cover story.)
  • 17 Sep 2018
  • News

Can Barnes & Noble be saved?

  • 28 Aug 2014
  • News

How the Internet Saved Handmade Goods

  • 27 Jan 2016
  • News

Kodak’s Old-School Response to Disruption

  • 31 Oct 2018
  • News

Decline of Book is a Fake News

  • October 2020 (Revised February 2025)
  • Technical Note

Reinvention

By: Ryan Raffaelli
This note is designed to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of leading innovation in established organizations. Reinvention is a process whereby organizations respond to changes in the environment that threaten their core business model, technologies,... View Details
Keywords: Innovation And Strategy; Leadership And Change Management; Organizational Ambidexterity; Exploration And Exploitation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Leading Change; Technology Adoption; Change Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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Raffaelli, Ryan. "Reinvention." Harvard Business School Technical Note 421-041, October 2020. (Revised February 2025.)
  • 21 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 21, 2015

in choosing between a traditional mode (where the firm takes control of service provision) and a platform mode (where professionals retain control over service provision). The choice of mode is determined by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

Watchmaking By: Raffaelli, Ryan, and Richard DeJordy Abstract—This qualitative study examines how influential actors in the Swiss watch industry employed history as a strategic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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