Innovation Focused Strategy - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

US. A "commons" fosters the process-oriented innovation that in turn contributes to the vitality of the industrial sector and the health of the economy. Respondents to this month's column were somewhat pessimistic that such... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2009
News

Losing Our Competitive Edge

specializes in technology strategy and management innovation. This article appeared online October 1, 2009, as part of The HBR Debate: “Is the U.S. Killing Its Innovation Machine?” Edited for space. View Details

Keywords: Gary P. Pisano; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2009
News

Magician Turns HBS Upside Down

QUITE SOME TRICK: Randal rendering an HBS classroom speechless, at least momentarily. Innovation and magic are kindred activities: Both can amaze and upend reality while introducing something new or totally unexpected, as if from nowhere,... View Details

Keywords: magic; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2004
News

Media, VC Discussed at WSA Conference

I see it as being the most creative and innovative time in the industry. It’s the Wild West,” said Ceci Kurzman, vice president of worldwide marketing for Epic Records Group. “The record business may be in decline, but the music business... View Details

Keywords: women in business; women's student association; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2000
News

Books

common. Each of the successful organizations they studied, including Mobil, CIGNA, and Duke Children's Hospital, used the balanced scorecard to align and focus all resources on strategy. The authors document how executives institutionalized the focus on View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

12 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Leapfrogging Traditional Agricultural Development in Africa

the following video clips from Mostafa Terrab’s interview with Prof. Geoffrey Jones: Innovation – The Development of Customized Fertilizer: Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of Morocco-based OCP Group, details the company’s View Details

Career Coach

Philippe Taieb

Media, Sports & Entertainment, and CPG) on the entire career transition continuum, from self-assesment to salary negotiation. He has also coached participants of Executive Education programs and he has mentored over a dozen teams of entrepreneurs at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Education; Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Government; Health Care; Manufacturing; Social Enterprise; Sports; Clean Technology; Energy

August 1997 (Revised March 1999)
Case

VeriFone (1997)

By: Richard L. Nolan, Anne Donnellon and Donna B. Stoddard

VeriFone, a leading manufacturer of payment systems technology, was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in June 1997. The case describes the strategic challenges that VeriFone faces as it positions itself to compete in the Internet payment systems marketplace. View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Internet; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry

Citation

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01 Dec 2010
News

Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings

business or investing in emerging markets. New half-courses The Art of Marketing Science is intended for students interested in gaining a deeper understanding of consumer behavior and, most importantly, gaining expertise in changing consumer behavior. Assembling Global... View Details

Keywords: curriculum

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories

America's Innovation & Development Team quickly realized that it would be very difficult to conduct a diverse array of experiments within the confines of a traditionally designed bank branch. Experiments require frequent changes in... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke; Banking; Financial Services

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

particular, the ability to collaborate with partners to achieve superior innovation performance. Yet despite this need, there is little guidance on how to develop or deploy this ability. This article describes the results of a study to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2024
News

Socializing an Idea? Experiments Can Help Convince Your Audience

31 Jan 2022
News

Leading Disruption in a Legacy Business

01 Sep 2008
News

Mara Aspinall

“an incredibly dedicated and brilliant group of physicians, as well as patients with such courage and grace that I knew I wanted to do something to get more involved in their battle.” This year she is on a “working sabbatical” at Dana-Farber and Harvard Medical School,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

12 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World

called "The Computer as a Communication Device." These guys imagined human capabilities moving to a new level when real-time interactivity was realized. They expected an acceleration of our abilities to innovate and work... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

joining HBS. Cal Brooks (MBA 2022, Section A), Summer Internship: Commercialization Strategy Intern at Malta Malta is building a new type of electro-thermal energy storage system that can collect and store energy from any source (i.e.... View Details

2002
Report

Technology Strategy: The Theory and Application of the Christensen Model

By: C. M. Christensen and Steven Milunovich

Keywords: Technology; Business Strategy; Disruptive Innovation