C. Roland Christensen - Publications - Faculty & Research

January–February 1995
Article

Disruptive Technologies: Catching the Wave

By: J. L. Bower and C. M. Christensen

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator Introduction to Personal Branding Show Hide Details Modules Develop Your Personal Brand... View Details

2008
Simulation

Strategic Innovation Simulation: Back Bay Battery

By: Willy C. Shih and Clayton Christensen

This online simulation allows students to play the role of a business unit manager at Back Bay Battery Company who faces the dilemma of balancing a portfolio of investment strategies across products in the rechargeable battery space. Players have to manage R&D... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Investment; Product Development; Research and Development; Battery Industry

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04 Sep 2013
What Do You Think?

How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?

Christensen reminded us that the root cause of every business disaster is mistakenly pursuing short-term goals ahead of long-term ones." Daniel T. C. Lee commented, "Traditional or not, strategic... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 8

Author: Michael C. Jensen Abstract There is confusion between integrity, morality, and ethics. In our much longer paper on the topic (see "Integrity: A Positive Model that Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

rewards are more effective when the peer group is larger. Overall, the findings demonstrate the power of non-financial rewards to motivate agents in settings where there are limits to the use of financial incentives. August 2001 (Revised January 2015) Case SonoSite: A... View Details

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Jan W. Rivkin C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration Jan Rivkin is a professor at Harvard Business School. In the past, he has served as Senior Associate... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration; C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator Crypto/Web 3.0 Shai Benjamin Bernstein, Marvin Bower Associate Professor... View Details

16 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

advice are skills that must be learned and developed.©iStock.com/MarcusPhoto1 "People have a remarkable degree of overconfidence, and that diminishes the amount of advice they typically seek," says Garvin, the C. View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 1996
News

Mastering the Competition — Michael E. Porter (MBA 1971)

Even while he was growing up, Michael Porter, the School's C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, knew a thing or two about the world. The son of a career... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

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The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

from prominent business leaders About the Professors Joseph Fuller Management Essentials Professor of Management Practice "Organizations are complex bodies. And it's your job to navigate all the complexity, to help your people get the work done." David Garvin... View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

medical relief fund for employees diagnosed with COVID-19. To learn more, read What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis Jill J. Avery, senior lecturer of business Administration, C. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

Principles Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator "Become a more versatile leader who can... View Details

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details

04 Aug 2020
News

Glossier Built a Cult-Brand and a Digital Community, but What’s Next?

17 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally

addresses both overwhelming public support and a pressing social need. This article originally appeared on LinkedIn. Follow Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson on LinkedIn to read more of their posts. About the Authors Ashish Nanda is a senior lecturer and the View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson

01 Jun 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

1984 book by Edward Freeman. Roland Marchand may or may not have helped the notion along when he wrote about it as an element of the “corporate soul.” Wikipedia provides one notion of how the concept works in practice: “Stakeholder... View Details