Disruptive Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jul 2003
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4+2 = Sustained Business Success

agile company turns out innovative products and services and anticipates disruptive events in an industry rather than reacting when it may already be too late. Relentlessly pursue View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson

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Regional Winners - Alumni

generates innovative designs for electric motors. Our software provides motor manufacturers with large sources of gains and cost reduction, reachable only through disruptive computer calculation and... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Field Course: Go to Market Sales Playbook Field Study Lou Shipley Spring 2026 Q4 1.5 Field Course: Ideation and Prototyping for Innovation Thomas Eisenmann , Shai Bernstein Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Investing for... View Details

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Resources - Alumni

with starting and running new ventures. Rock Entrepreneurship Advisor Program (REAP) : virtually connect with an advisor and receive 1:1 mentoring, pitch feedback, and more. HBS Online Courses on Entrepreneurship & Innovation... View Details

14 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 14, 2010

http://www.people.hbs.edu/ffoley/IPRImit.pdf Venture Capital Investment in the Clean Energy Sector Authors:Shikhar Ghosh and Ramana Nanda Publication:In America's Energy Innovation Problem Abstract We examine the extent to which venture... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2010 (Revised March 2011)
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Tata Nano The People's Car

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Bharat N. Anand and Rachna Tahilyani

The case explores how Tata Motors, India's largest automobile company, developed the Nano, the world's cheapest car. The case focuses on the translation of Ratan Tata's (chairman of Tata Motors) vision of a safe affordable car for the masses by Ravi Kant, managing... View Details

Keywords: Price; Globalized Firms and Management; Disruptive Innovation; Emerging Markets; Business Processes; Quality; Competition; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India

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16 Jun 2020
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Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship, at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. [Image: Bulat Silvia] Related Reading What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis Deconstructing 'Customer... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

01 Mar 2024
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Leading Businesses in a Web3 World

Illustration by Daniel Hertzberg Web3 is poised to transform everything we do online by decentralizing and democratizing the internet. That transformation is already underway in the business world: built on blockchain technology that offers increased security and... View Details

31 Mar 2023
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Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?

will increase incentives for innovators to invest in new treatments,” the researchers say. A basic bundle would also need cost-sharing rules, provider payments, and myriad other details. Often, these are decisions that require detailed... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Insurance; Health

19 Apr 2010
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The History of Beauty

necessary finance, there are contract manufacturers and perfumers that will provide a product for you. This is also an industry subject to sudden shifts in fashion and fads, which disrupt incumbent positions and provide opportunities for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics

24 Jan 2020
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Clayton M. Christensen Dies at 67

disruptive innovation for their ability to innovate, grow, and compete in today’s global economy. Read more. Updates and Information After careful consideration and in accordance with the new Harvard... View Details

March 2021
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VideaHealth: Building the AI Factory

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Amy Klopfenstein

Florian Hillen, co-founder and CEO of VideaHealth, a startup that used artificial intelligence (AI) to detect dental conditions on x-rays, spent the early years of his company laying the groundwork for an AI factory. A process for quickly building and iterating on new... View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Entrepreneurship; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Cambridge

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Research - Private Capital Project

credit, in addition to several other transaction-level characteristics, we re-examine the reasons behind dollar... February 2023 Journal of Finance Disruption and Credit Markets By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina We show that over the... View Details

16 Jul 2020
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Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

we now see an industry back on its heels, massively disrupted by an external force so unprecedented it is almost unfathomable. The severity of this business interruption will continue to endure and be further complicated by the mandate of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

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About - Business History

About History has played a vital role at Harvard Business School since the School’s founding. The School’s first Dean, Edwin F. Gay, was an economic historian. In “The Rhythm of History” (1923), Gay wrote, “The self-centered, active individual is a View Details

10 May 2010
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What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice "Unlocking the Slices of Genius in Your Organization: The Future Research Agenda" by Linda A. Hill, Maurizio Travaglini, Greg Brandeau, and Emily Stecker: We actually know a great deal about the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

June 2024
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Aidoc: Building a Hospital-Centric AI Platform

By: Ariel D. Stern and Susan Pinckney

In 2023, Israel-based AI health care company Aidoc evaluated its future. The company, founded in 2016, had grown from commercializing a single AI product for radiologists to a software platform that could detect 20 conditions and immediately notify care teams of... View Details

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

financing new ventures, and make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality. 4 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Pay by August 21 $1,850 Certificate Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your capacity to create... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

the committee has steadily broadened its purview, now advising on a broad range of issues including innovation and acquisitions in addition to labor practices and resource sustainability. A close examination of Nike's experience has led... View Details

2016
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Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator's Dilemma

By: Charles A. O'Reilly and Michael Tushman

In the past few years, a number of well-known firms have failed—think of Blockbuster, Kodak, and RadioShack. When we read about their demise, it often seems inevitable—a natural part of "creative destruction." But closer examination reveals a disturbing truth:... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management

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