Publications

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

tech-oriented, two-year college degree. “P-TECH is a great example of what I call ‘thinking outside the building,’” says Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Kanter chronicled P-TECH’s View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

06 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Cheers to the American Consumer

therefore money available, with easy credit historically fueling the fire, to risk on new things and new experiences. And the secondary market, from the flea auction to eBay, is well View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

preventing IP theft in other countries? Is my IP threatened by open innovation? What Are The Keys To Monetizing Ip? Monetizing IP: The Executive's Challenge Many companies fail to develop a strategy around... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

October 1996 (Revised April 2004)
Case

Eric Wood (A)

By: Myra M. Hart

Describes the early career of an MBA who went to work in a small business, bought the company, and is now contemplating an acquisition to expand the business. The issues involve personal/business finance and financial risk, as well as valuation and financial... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Risk and Uncertainty

30 Jun 2014
Blog Post

Cambridge to Nairobi

2010, and they had long been on my list of “dream companies to work for.” In the spring, I reached out to Ushahidi’s Business Development lead, interviewed, and received an... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government; Technology

July 2019 (Revised October 2022)
Case

Jai Vakeel Foundation: Addressing Disability

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Kairavi Dey

Jai Vakeel, a nonprofit organization in India, serves individuals with Intellectual Disability (ID), those with an IQ below 70. The organization was founded by the parents of a child with Down Syndrome, and they (and their next generation) steadily built the... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Transition; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Family Business; Health Care and Treatment; India

29 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

Working PapersTraveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani Abstract We develop a framework to examine how... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Sep 2014
Blog Post

CPD on the Road in Manila

is the largest English-speaking online market in East Asia. According to Kleiner Perkins’ 2014 recent Internet Trends Report, the Philippines is one of the world’s top 5 fastest growing internet markets, with 18% growth in 2012 View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

September 2023 (Revised January 2024)
Case

RightHand Robotics: Choosing the First Market

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Stacy Straaberg

In early 2015, RightHand Robotics’s (RHR) leadership faced a set of decisions in commercializing the startup’s robotic picking solution. RHR’s central product was the RightPick integrated robotic picking system which featured a robotic arm, a three-fingered robotic... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Market Entry and Exit; Product; Research and Development; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Information Infrastructure; Technological Innovation; Manufacturing Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Massachusetts

23 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 23

individuals, and a purely peer-based performance review and stack ranking. As customer demand and market forces draw Valve into hardware in 2013, Valve questions whether their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2008
Teaching Note

Innovation at Timberland: Thinking Outside the Shoe Box (TN)

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird

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Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Sales; Customer Value and Value Chain; Brands and Branding; Expansion; Growth and Development Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry