Operational Disruptions - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Apr 2011
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BioMine Strikes Gold

a Boston-based technology financial services company whose mission is to reinvent hedge fund investing through disruptive technology, transparency and liquidity. PhytoTEK supplies a unique biologic solution for the infection-control... View Details

Keywords: Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

February 2010 (Revised January 2014)
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Tennant Company

By: Toby E. Stuart, Lynda M. Applegate and James Weber

Tennant, a leading producer of floor cleaning equipment, must determine how to create, finance, structure, staff, govern, measure, and manage a new venture for developing a fundamentally new product line. In 2005, Tennant Company had developed an innovative,... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Product Development; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Research and Development

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Operations Management) Suraj Srinivasan Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Strategy) Ethan Rouen Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The... View Details

17 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?

than traditional businesses that employ their workers. And so it seemed until June, when the California Labor Commission disrupted the sharing economy when it declared that an Uber driver was an employee, not an independent contractor.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service; Technology

15 Dec 2008
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The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

systems and capabilities that are needed for going to and operating at scale that would take the social icon years to build. So structured correctly, an acquisition strategy can effectively marry the brand strength and "social... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage

14 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 14

are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What drives the offshore agglomeration of multinational firms in comparison to the agglomeration of domestic firms? Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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Get Creative

so increase your prospects for developing innovative products and services. —RT —Clayton Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration and the coauthor with Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen of The Innovator’s DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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HBS - Financials | From the CFO

Activity & Cash Flows Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information From the CFO In fiscal 2021, Harvard Business School navigated the operational and financial challenges of the global pandemic by staying true to its... View Details

21 May 2018
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Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago

Operating Officer of Accion Chicago, a nonprofit that helps communities grow by providing capital, coaching and connections to aspiring entrepreneurs who build businesses and generate jobs in their neighborhoods. I spent most of my career... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

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Latin America - Global Activities 2021

the disruption in business worldwide, HBS’s Career & Professional Development team made an appeal to alumni and recruiting partners that resulted in nearly 1,000 new full-time and internship opportunities for students in a few short... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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A New Platform for Alumni Engagement

promise of the Learning Network was on display during the Business of AI SIP. Among the alumni participating were Kenneth Salas (MBA 2015), cofounder and chief operating officer of Camino Financial, and Morgan McKenney (MBA 2003), now CEO... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Sep 2020
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We Rise

place at TechCrunch Disrupt New York City between 2010 and 2016. “Men are more likely to get asked questions that are about the opportunity and their vision,” Huang says. “And women are more likely to get asked questions around the risks... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab

content—including no disruptive advertising. “We’re not trying to eradicate YouTube,” says Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor (MBA 2004). “We’re offering creators a different environment and business model that we think will be much more powerful by... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

Publication:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (forthcoming) Abstract We empirically document factors that influence how local operating managers use discretion to balance the tradeoff between... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 22, 2006

of widths and eschewing celebrity endorsement of its products—and discusses New Balance's operations decisions to support that strategy. These include significant use of domestic manufacturing at a time when nearly all other competitors... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2012
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Shop Talk, Different Avenues

disruptive business model: an online site that requires customers to register, featuring flash sales of discounted luxury goods for men and women in categories including designer clothing, accessories, home goods, food and wine, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; shopping; e-commerce; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2017
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Case Study: Moment in the Sun

should not only jump into health care, it should seek out other markets to prove and improve itself, and continue to innovate so it can widen the moat. —Yen-Ping Shan (TGMP 10, 2002) Disrupters rest at their own peril! Ario is what Mr.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13

paid forward in kind, greed was paid forward more than generosity. This asymmetry was driven by negative affect, such that a positive affect intervention disrupted the tendency to pay greed forward. Implications for models of generalized... View Details