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  • 05 May 2020
  • News

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she... View Details
  • 14 Mar 2018
  • News

Do the Things You Love

Rebecca Henderson (MBA 1985, PhD BE 1988) is the John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University. In this interview, she discusses the value of money versus personal satisfaction. “Money... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

Professor Rebecca Henderson, Photo credit: Susan Young Rebecca Henderson is worried about the current state of capitalism in America. The noted economist says that increasing... View Details
  • 20 Mar 2019
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Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

political community has failed.” These comments were echoed in remarks by guest speaker Roland Hwang, managing director of NRDC’s Climate and Clean Energy Program. Drawing on 10 years of research and her hugely successful MBA course, Professor View Details
Keywords: Allison Webster; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Campaign Season

Jonathan Zittrain and included McArthur University Professor Rebecca Henderson, cochair of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative, and Harvard Medical School professor Peter Sorger. HBS will launch its campaign in April, followed by... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
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By: Rebecca M. Henderson
My work focuses on two tightly related topics. I explore why purpose or mission driven firms might be significantly more productive and creative than their more conventional rivals, focusing particularly on the role of trust in building path dependent relational... View Details
  • January 2013 (Revised April 2013)
  • Technical Note

Relational Contracts and the Roots of Sustained Competitive Advantage

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
This note focuses on organizational "competencies" or "capabilities" as a potential source of sustained competitive advantage. Research in this area hypothesizes that some firms outperform their competition because they can do things that their rivals cannot. View Details
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Performance
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "Relational Contracts and the Roots of Sustained Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Technical Note 313-105, January 2013. (Revised April 2013.)
  • 2004
  • Chapter

Strategic Advantage and the Dynamics of Organizational Competence

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Competency and Skills; Organizational Design
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "Strategic Advantage and the Dynamics of Organizational Competence." Chap. 17 in Next Generation Business Handbook: New Strategies from Tomorrow's Business Leaders, edited by Subir Chowdhury, 294–312. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
  • Summer 1991
  • Article

Breaking the Chains of Embedded Knowledge: Architectural Innovation as a Source of Competitive Advantage

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Knowledge; Design; Innovation and Invention; Competitive Advantage
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "Breaking the Chains of Embedded Knowledge: Architectural Innovation as a Source of Competitive Advantage." Design Management Journal 2, no. 3 (Summer 1991).
  • July 1995
  • Article

Of Life Cycles Real and Imaginary: The Unexpectedly Long Old Age of Optical Lithography

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Health
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "Of Life Cycles Real and Imaginary: The Unexpectedly Long Old Age of Optical Lithography." Research Policy 24, no. 4 (July 1995): 631–643.
  • 1997
  • Chapter

On the Dynamics of Forecasting in Technologically Complex Environments: The Unexpectedly Long Old Age of Optical Lithography

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: History; Information Technology; Situation or Environment; Complexity; Forecasting and Prediction; Technology Industry
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "On the Dynamics of Forecasting in Technologically Complex Environments: The Unexpectedly Long Old Age of Optical Lithography." In Technological Innovation: Oversights and Foresights, edited by Raghu Garud, Praveen Rattan Nayyar, and Zur Baruch Shapira. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
  • 2000
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'Luck', 'Leadership' and 'Strategy'

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Leadership; Situation or Environment; Strategy
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "'Luck', 'Leadership' and 'Strategy'." In Economics Meets Sociology in Strategic Management. Vol. 17, edited by J. A. C. Baum and Frank Dobbin, 285–289. Advances in Strategic Management. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 2000.
  • July – August 2000
  • Article

Drug Industry Mergers Won't Necessarily Benefit R&D

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Health; Research and Development
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "Drug Industry Mergers Won't Necessarily Benefit R&D." Research-Technology Management 43, no. 4 (July–August 2000): 10–11.
  • 1994
  • Article

The Evolution of Integrative Capability: Innovation in Cardiovascular Drug Discovery

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Health; Integration
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "The Evolution of Integrative Capability: Innovation in Cardiovascular Drug Discovery." Industrial and Corporate Change 3, no. 3 (1994): 607–630.
  • 1992
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Technological Change and The Management of Architectural Knowledge

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Knowledge Management
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "Technological Change and The Management of Architectural Knowledge." In Transforming Organizations, edited by Thomas Kochan and Michael Useem. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. (Reprinted in Organizational Learning, edited by Michael D. Cohen and Lee S. Sproull, Calif.: Sage Publications Inc., 1996.)
  • 1996
  • Chapter

Maintaining Leadership across Product Generations: The Case of Canon in Photolighographic Alignment Equipment

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Technology Industry
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "Maintaining Leadership across Product Generations: The Case of Canon in Photolighographic Alignment Equipment." In Managing Product Development, edited by T. Nishiguchi. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. (Winner of Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing Research presented by Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.)
  • January–February 1994
  • Article

Managing Innovation in the Information Age

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Management; Innovation and Invention; Information
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "Managing Innovation in the Information Age." Harvard Business Review 72, no. 1 (January–February 1994): 100–106.
  • January 2006
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The Innovator's Dilemma as a Problem of Organizational Competence

By: Rebecca M. Henderson
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Organizations; Competency and Skills
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Henderson, Rebecca M. "The Innovator's Dilemma as a Problem of Organizational Competence." Journal of Product Innovation Management 23 (January 2006): 5–11.
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

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Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors edited by Rebecca M. Henderson and Richard G. Newell (University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of... View Details
Keywords: Utilities
  • 28 Mar 2019
  • News

California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change

past year by BEI to explore the role of business leaders in the age of climate change. The event featured a keynote address by Rebecca Henderson, John and Natty McArthur University Professor at Harvard University, titled “Reimagining... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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