Publications

May 2014 (Revised November 2014)
Case

Houston We Have A Problem: NASA and Open Innovation (A)

By: Michael Tushman, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf and Kerry Herman

Jeff Davis, director of Space Life Sciences Directorate (SLSD) at NASA, has been working for several years to raise awareness amongst scientists and researchers in his organizations of the benefits of open innovation as a successful and efficient way to collaborate on... View Details

Educators

1995
Book

Levers of Control: How Managers Use Innovative Control Systems to Drive Strategic Renewal

By: R. Simons

Keywords: Management Systems

Jan 2011
Other Presentation

Innovation and Competitiveness: Implications for Policy and Saudi Arabia

By: Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Economics; Saudi Arabia

Read Now

18 May 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Organization Design for Distributed Innovation

Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin

March 1980 (Revised May 1980)
Case

Management Succession and Board Membership

By: Richard G. Hamermesh

Keywords: Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards

2000
Chapter

Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management

By: Gary P. Pisano, Amy Shuen and David Teece

Keywords: Management; Strategy

Research Summary

Managers and Employees: Justice at Work

By: Nien-he Hsieh

The employment relationship represents another significant area for managerial decision making. While much of what managers and employees owe one another depends upon mutual agreement, not all of the terms can be specified in advance. Given these conditions, what... View Details

Forthcoming
Book

Innovating in Healthcare: Creating Breakthrough Tech, Services, Drugs, Products, and Business Models

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Innovating in Healthcare offers effective approaches for designing, reworking, and implementing innovative healthcare services, products, and business models. It will help anyone working in healthcare service or product development, from hospitals to startups,... View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Service Delivery; Product Development; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry

2005
Class Lecture

Managing Markets, Segments, and Customers

By: Das Narayandas

Keywords: Markets; Segmentation; Customers

autumn 1981
Article

Power, Leadership, and Participatory Management

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Power and Influence; Leadership; Management

23 Nov 2010
Working Paper Summaries

Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

Keywords: by Ufuk Akcigit & William R. Kerr; Technology

2010
Simulation

Marketing Simulation: Managing Segments and Customers

By: Das Narayandas

In this single-player simulation, students assume the position of CEO of a medical motor manufacturer and are tasked with executing a successful business-to-business marketing strategy over a period of twelve fiscal quarters. Students determine all aspects of the... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Salesforce Management; Distribution Channels; Price; Product Positioning; Customer Relationship Management; Profit; Revenue; Cost vs Benefits; Policy; Manufacturing Industry

June 2006
Article

CEO Incentives and Earnings Management

Keywords: Management; Motivation and Incentives; Profit

SSRN

1998
Case

Management and Professional Abilities Profile

By: Timothy Butler and James Waldroop

Keywords: Management Skills; Measurement and Metrics

January 2009 (Revised February 2011)
Case

Solvay Group: International Mobility and Managing Expatriates

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria and Kerry Herman

Marcel Lorent, head of International Mobility at Brussels-based Solvay Group, faces decisions on the expatriation status of four of his firm's talented executives. Each decision will impact the candidate's professional and personal life and will have implications for... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Globalized Firms and Management; Work-Life Balance; Talent and Talent Management; Residency; Employees; Brussels

Educators

March 2006
Background Note

Strategic Compliance Management

Explains the construct of strategic compliance management (SCM) and asserts that managers and their firms can perform more effectively, that is, create or capture more value or better manage risk, when they comply with applicable laws, search for innovation... View Details

Keywords: Value Creation; Risk Management; Governance Compliance

Educators