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- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
Montague Corporation: Unfolding the Future in Cycling Harvard Business School Case 808-087 Montague has developed a major innovation that creates a new sub-category in the bicycle industry: a full-sized, high-quality bicycle that folds.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
experimented with computers and with designing an electronic office of the future. It formed Xerox Computer Services, acquired Scientific Data Systems, and opened its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California. These efforts were only... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
key problem for organization design will be the management of distributed innovation in such dynamic ecosystems. Specifically, how should diverse entities be integrated into a coherent network that generates goods in the present and new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
start-up seem too risky? There is a radical third path open to you: you can buy a small business and run it as CEO. Purchasing a small company offers significant financial rewards—as well as personal and professional fulfillment. Leading... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 03 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 3, 2006
Building a Theoretical and Research Foundation, edited by J. Dutton and B. Ragins, 265-275. Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum, 2006 Abstract White-collar workers increasingly rely on group interaction rather than individual expertise to generate knowledge and create View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
and shared value creation. Through its open innovation model, the company has catapulted to the cutting edge of electric mobility and distributed power generation, partnering with the likes of Google and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
Through Open Innovation Competitions By: Blasco, Andrea, Michael G. Endres, Rinat A. Sergeev, Anup Jonchhe, Max Macaluso, Rajiv Narayan, Ted Natoli, Jin H. Paik, Bryan Briney, Chunlei Wu, Andrew I. Su,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Improving Public Health for the Poor
open competition. If it makes economic sense to deliver healthcare to someone who's poor, then people will compete to do that. If it's commercially viable, you actually address what today under the definition of healthcare as a public... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Stuart Gilson
the end I believe this accounting innovation played an important role in the ultimate financial success of the restructuring. Some critics have pointed to recent labor unrest at the airline as evidence that the restructuring failed, but... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper contributes large-sample evidence to an emerging discussion on open innovation and firm strategy. We ask why a startup should participate in an View Details
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
executive branch a credible political excuse not to act. Maurer cautions that these institutions are now under strain and that a collapse might open the empire trap once more. With shrewd and timely analysis, this book considers American... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20
found in only a small number of tasks and functions. In the majority of situations, spans of accountability were wider than spans of control. This "Entrepreneurial Gap" is posited to be a result of management's desire for View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Common Pitfalls So That Your Organization Can Collaborate, Learn, and Innovate By: Leonardi, Paul, and Tsedal Neeley Abstract—Workplaces have adopted internal social tools—think stand-alone technologies such as Slack, Yammer, and Chatter,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 25, 2007
It has opened stores in almost every province in China, acquired some of its competitors, and went public in Hong Kong. However, it has begun to experience a slowdown in growth as sales per-square-meter have declined. The company is now... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
more specific rules. “Regulators should have the temperament that ‘we need to make this thing work,’ but most regulators don’t think about it that way and just want to protect the down side,” Lal says. “Regulators should have an open... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
Joy M., Liana Victorino, Ryan W. Buell, Michael J. Dixon, Susan M. Goldstein, Larry J. Menor, Madeleine E. Pullman, Aleda Roth, Enrico Secchi, and Jie Zhang Abstract—The purpose of this article is to present exciting and innovative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 4
race tracks, interactive tombstones, and stride-changing running shoes. These four products form the basis to assess the drivers of new product adoption. In particular, one of the critical tasks in marketing new innovations is predicting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 25
describes the efforts of Beiersdorf, a worldwide leader in the cosmetics and skin care industries, to generate and commercialize new R&D through open innovation using external crowds and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016
experience. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50573 2015 Shaping Entrepreneurial Mindsets: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Leadership Development Design Thinking and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007
years building P&G's Chinese operation rather than the core detergent business. IBM's Sam Palmisano was a champion of software and open systems at a time when Big Blue was essentially a closed-system, hardware-oriented company. To... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne