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  • 06 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

innovative product's inherently disruptive nature, the incumbent inevitably tries to morph the product to fit into its existing processes and values. It alters the innovation... View Details
Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth
  • 04 Sep 2013
  • What Do You Think?

How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

confronting large corporations facing innovative upstarts with disruptive ventures, the non-innovator's dilemma. But it also dealt with the challenges of achieving innovation... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

what causes the pursuit of new growth initiatives to face far more risk from friendly-fire incidents than external forces? In this session, we explore the dynamics described by Professor Clayton Christensen’s work on disruptive View Details
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Development Economics (33) Diasporas (3) Disruption (22) Disruptive Innovation (27) Distribution Channels (20) Distribution (45) Diversification (1) Diversity (248) Duopoly and... View Details
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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

Certificate Courses (6) Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your capacity to create winning strategies and bring innovations to market by discovering customer jobs... View Details
  • 21 May 2024
  • News

A New Chapter

set for massive positive impact, and the demand is there; the only real impediment is bold philanthropy,” Wolf says. At HBS, Wolf studied with Clayton Christensen, whose theory of disruptive innovation... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford
  • 30 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Your Crisis Response Plan: The Ten Effective Elements

extreme heat, loss of the Web or telephone lines, disruption in the water supply). 2. A flexible set of response modules. Leaders should be able to pull combinations of pre-set response "modules" off the shelf. Modularizing the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins

    Dutch Leonard

    Herman B. ("Dutch") Leonard is Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and the George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Sector Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. In... View Details

    Keywords: education industry; federal government; health care; nonprofit industry; state government
    • 07 Sep 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Sept. 7

    the global financial system, environmental degradation, and inadequate government and international institutions are just a few of the forces that threaten to disrupt global market capitalism in the decades ahead. In conversations with... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • April 2010 (Revised December 2010)
    • Case

    Shanzhai! MediaTek and the "White Box" Handset Market

    By: Willy C. Shih, Chen-Fu Chien and Jyun-Cheng Wang
    The term "white box" is often used to describe products without a brand name. Such products are assembled from standardized parts, and they became a very popular category of desktop PCs. Hsinchu, Taiwan based MediaTek is a fabless semiconductor company that unleashed a... View Details
    Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Competitive Advantage; Wireless Technology; Semiconductor Industry; Taiwan
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    • June 2023
    • Teaching Note

    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited: Global Leadership in Chipmaking

    By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
    Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 321-126. The general purpose of this case is to explore the evolving nature of business relations across the Taiwan strait, focusing on the prominence of Taiwan's high-tech industry. After the legendary founder of Taiwan Semiconductor... View Details
    Keywords: Geopolitical Units; Government and Politics; Competition; Production; Disruption; Semiconductor Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Taiwan; Taiwan Strait; China
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    • 28 Nov 2018
    • HBS Case

    On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

    jimkruger In the mid-1990s, Target was a discount superstore behemoth. The retailer had set itself apart from chief rival Walmart with a focus on more upscale but wallet-friendly fashion and lifestyle lines, spurring double-digit growth by double-digits each year for... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
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    Skydeck - Alumni

    lessons? A Creator in the Era of Disruption Lessons from an Indonesian entrepreneur aiming for impact, not exit The Camel and the Unicorn Why Silicon Valley is at risk of losing it startup dominance—and what that could mean for the future... View Details
    • 15 Aug 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

    Case 317-011 AEEC: Becoming an Innovation Catalyst No abstract available. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317011-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-116 Helena Rubinstein: Making Up the Modern Woman This... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • May 2010 (Revised June 2012)
    • Case

    From Imitation to Innovation: Zongshen Industrial Group

    By: Willy Shih and Nancy Hua Dai
    As Zuo Zongshen drove the transformation of the Zongshen Industrial Group from an early imitator in the motorcycle business to a company that increasingly focused on innovation as a way to get out of the hyper-competitive commodity business, he continually faced new... View Details
    Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Learning; Investment; Disruptive Innovation; Knowledge Acquisition; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Motorcycle Industry; China
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    Rigorous research, rooted in practice | About

    in industries and organizations where economic models and operations are being disrupted from every angle. Faculty Case Studies Initiatives & Projects Bold ideas that become a powerful catalyst for change. Business & Environment Business... View Details
    • 22 May 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

    economic force is the selection between high- and low-type firms, which differ in terms of their innovative capacity. We estimate the parameters of the model using U.S. Census microdata on firm-level output, R&D, and patenting. The... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 27 Apr 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

    identity. There are numerous historical and current examples of companies forced to face the external shocks of disruptive innovators or shifts in consumer demand. Raffaelli mentions that many Swiss... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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    Health Care - Faculty & Research

    Enterprise Over the past several decades, HBS has built a foundation in health care research, from Clayton Christensen 's application of disruptive innovations and Regina Herzlinger 's concept of... View Details
    • 07 Apr 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

    happened—can leave some attendees in the dark about nuances and next steps. The researchers also found that switching from on-site to remote work reduced “bounce time,” a term they use to describe impromptu brainstorming sessions. The disappearance of bounce time... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz