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    Andy Wu

    Andy Wu is the Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the MBA and Executive Education programs. He researches, teaches, and advises managers... View Details

    Keywords: software; e-commerce industry; venture capital industry; biotechnology; video games
    • 2011
    • Chapter

    Knowledge Structures and Innovation: Useful Abstractions and Unanswered Questions

    By: Gautam Ahuja and Elena Novelli
    We examine the received research on organizational knowledge structures with a special focus on their link to innovation. We note that the literature has used the term knowledge structure to represent three quite distinct components of organizational knowledge: the... View Details
    Keywords: Knowledge Management; Innovation and Invention
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    • Sep 2007 - 2007
    • Conference Presentation

    Antecedents of Boundary Spanning in Cross-functional NPD Teams

    By: James R. Dillon, Shikhar Sarin and Amy C. Edmondson
    Boundary spanning has been shown in prior research to enhance innovativeness and performance of product development teams. In this study, we examine team conditions that foster boundary spanning behavior. We analyze survey data from 207 members of 54 cross-functional... View Details
    Keywords: Product Development; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Performance Improvement; Boundaries; Leadership Style; Product; Complexity; Integration; Power and Influence
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    Overview

    By: Andy Wu
    How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details
    Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Video Game Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia
    • Research Summary

    Research Overview

    Globalization and innovation are two key forces that will shape individual and business success in the 21st century. To thrive, individuals and organizations must collaborate effectively across cultural lines to solve pressing business problems and develop new products... View Details
    • 07 Jun 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: June 7

    operates. Through text narrative, cases, and readings, the authors skillfully examine the development of strategy, organizational capabilities, and management challenges for operating in the global economy. Preview the book:... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 13 Dec 2022
    • HBS Seminar

    Christine Beckman, USC Price School of Public Policy

    • 2009
    • Chapter

    Creativity, Improvisation, and Organizations

    By: Colin M. Fisher and Teresa M. Amabile
    Although the literatures on both organizational creativity and organizational improvisation have been expanding in recent years, the links between these literatures have not been deeply explored. This chapter explores those links to create a conceptualization of... View Details
    Keywords: Body of Literature; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Research; Creativity; Theory
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    • October 2017 (Revised July 2018)
    • Case

    Data Science at Target

    By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
    Paritosh Desai joined Target.com in 2013 as VP of Business Intelligence, Analytics & Testing to explore how the retailer could use its relatively small but thriving e-commerce arm to drive sales and win customers. The case explores the technological and organizational... View Details
    Keywords: Data Science; Analytics and Data Science; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Innovation Leadership
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    AMP 170 - General Management: Processes and Action

    The Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP) helps drive corporate performance by honing individual capabilities to the highest level of performance. The result is a... View Details

      Alan D. MacCormack

      Alan MacCormack is the MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, a member of The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and a core faculty member... View Details

      Keywords: automotive; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; high technology; information technology industry; internet; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; venture capital industry
      • March 2024
      • Case

      From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)

      By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
      In the summer of 2023, Eduard (“Eddie”) Croitoru, Vice President (VP) of ICL Group (“ICL”) Corporate Initiatives, was reflecting on ICL’s internal ideation program, the Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Accelerator. When Raviv Zoller became the CEO of ICL in 2018,... View Details
      Keywords: Change Management; Agribusiness; Accounting; Communication; Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Machinery and Machining; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Globalization; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Talent and Talent Management; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; Israel; China; United States
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      • 22 May 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: May 22, 2007

      and innovation need not be strategic tradeoffs and highlight the substantive role of senior teams in building dynamic capabilities. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-088WP.pdf View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace

        Thomas R. Eisenmann

        Thomas R. Eisenmann is the Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School; Peter O. Crisp Faculty Chair, Harvard Innovation Labs; and Unit Head of the HBS Entrepreneurial... View Details

        Keywords: advertising; broadcasting; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronic publishing; electronics; entertainment; fiber optics; high technology; home video games; information technology industry; infrastructure industry; internet; journalism; media; motion pictures; music; publishing industry; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; television; video games
        • 08 Aug 2011
        • Research & Ideas

        The Death of the Global Manager

        used technology," Bartlett says. "It is now the communication pipeline of the world." The organizational capability of a company to rapidly develop and diffuse innovation is incredibly... View Details
        Keywords: by Julia Hanna
        • Research Summary

        Automotive Product Development

        At present, my primary research focus is studying product development in the auto industry. I am working with Stefan Thomke (HBS) and Takahiro Fujimoto (University of Tokyo) on the 4th Round of the Global Automotive Development Study. The first round of this... View Details

        • 18 Oct 2006
        • Working Paper Summaries

        Racial Diversity Initiatives in Professional Service Firms: What Factors Differentiate Successful from Unsuccessful Initiatives?

        Keywords: by Modupe Akinola & David A. Thomas; Service
        • 05 Mar 2012
        • Research & Ideas

        Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?

        tree. Johnson (HBS MBA'84) comes to Penney after more than a decade of leading Apple's retail effort, where his innovations included the Genius Bar. Johnson is also credited with making Target chic. This makes his launching of the new... View Details
        Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail
        • Research Summary

        Current Research

        Professor Gardner’s research investigates two primary research questions, both particularly relevant to the management of professional service firms:  (1) How are project teams able to most effectively use their members’ expertise in order... View Details
        • 04 Jul 2016
        • Research & Ideas

        Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

        If you want to be awed by the pace of technological advancement over the past few decades, compare the capabilities of a bulky PC from 1984 with those of a sleek smartphone in 2016. You’ll find stark differences. But if you want to be underwhelmed, try comparing a... View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel