Disruptive Innovations - Publications - Faculty & Research

August 2011 (Revised April 2013)
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Language and Globalization: 'Englishnization' at Rakuten (A)

Hiroshi Mikitani, the CEO of Rakuten, (Japan's largest online retailer), is at the helm of an organization that is rapidly expanding into global markets. In a critical stride toward becoming the world's No. 1 Internet services company, Mikitani announces... View Details

Keywords: Teaching; Human Capital; Change Management; Transformation; Social Enterprise; Communication Strategy; Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Leadership; Global Strategy; Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Japan

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Executive Education - Entrepreneurship

learn how to exploit disruptive opportunities to build successful businesses and product lines. Who should attend: Entrepreneurs or executives who are launching their own startup or preparing to jump-start View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

implement the layoffs quickly—in less than a year—to minimize workplace disruptions and gain credibility with the capital market. For some companies, however, strategic and business factors could warrant a more gradual approach to... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

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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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

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

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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

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

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The Role of ESG in Investment Strategy Marketing Aleph Farms: A New Culture of Meat Aleph Farms, an Israeli food-tech start-up, was hoping to play a major role in... View Details

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 2019 (Revised May 2019)
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Fetchr: A New Way of Last Mile Delivery

By: V.G. Narayanan and Eren Kuzucu

By mid-2016, five years of aggressive growth had transformed Fetchr from a small logistics startup to a 1,000-employee, full-fledged last-mile delivery company operating across four countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Already beneficiaries of the... View Details

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Research - Private Capital Project

behind dollar... February 2023 Journal of Finance Disruption and Credit Markets By: Bo Becker and Victoria Ivashina We show that over the past half century innovative View Details

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

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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

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

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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

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

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