Innovation Adoption - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21

analysis (CBA). Many of their specific comments are accurate, useful, and insightful. At the same time, we believe they have misrepresented cost-benefit analysis and have reached a set of conclusions that are misguided and, if adopted... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Oct 2020
News

Clearing the Path to Citizenship

hoped to start a new life with their young son in their adopted country, but the immigration process would not be an easy one. “Everything was opaque and scary,” Wang says. “It was our one shot at being able to stay.” Stymied by the... View Details

Keywords: April White

29 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018

disruptive innovation has gained considerable currency among practitioners despite widespread misunderstanding of its core principles. Similarly, foundational research on disruption has elicited frequent citation and vibrant debate in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2014
News

What’s Next

experimenting with teaching courses open to undergraduates. Perhaps the best example of collaboration, though, is the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) that HBS launched in 2011. It has become a magnet for students, faculty, and alumni from... View Details

Keywords: HBS Campaign; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors

is economically unviable, and it would require a lot of process innovation to make financial sense and for them to scale it. Despite the potential here, Mr. Acharya doesn’t “see it happening in the next 20 years”. However, regulation... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Case Study: Farming It Out

versus Apple terms: Should AGR adopt a Microsoft Windows–style ecosystem, where it focuses on its core platform (Burro) but shares data with partners that could build out additional tools? Or should it take the Apple approach of owning... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

01 Jun 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015

Considering integrated reporting’s current state of play, Professor of Management Practice Eccles and his coauthor provide guidance to ensure wider adoption of the practice and success of the movement, starting with how companies can... View Details

01 Mar 2016
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

he has known during his career. He elucidates the extraordinary lessons that can be learned from everyday experiences and shows how, by altering our perceptions, we can better overcome the challenges we face at work and in family matters. The Three-Box Solution: A... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Star Search

engaging with this prospect cohort the same way that we think about engaging with our customers. There is also some interesting work happening in process improvement for recruitment. That includes innovations aimed at scheduling, which is... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2011
News

Welcome to the Future

creativity in mind. These spaces are designed to enable and facilitate HBS’s new required FIELD course, which focuses on intensive small-group exercises and team dynamics, activity not well-suited for Aldrich-style amphitheater classrooms. On the building’s first floor... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Construction of Buildings; Construction

Blog

Lessons from Jazz in the Live Online Classroom

familiar? Barrett explained that business executives can keep their careers moving forward, expand their leadership potential, and support a culture of innovation by adopting some key principles of jazz... View Details

Web

Generative AI for Business Leaders - Course Catalog

delves into critical questions at the heart of this transformation: How will GenAI reshape modern enterprise? What strategies should businesses adopt to integrate this technology effectively? How can existing data be leveraged to unlock... View Details

15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

an entrant needs to strategically choose whether to reveal its innovation by competing through the new business model or conceal it by adopting a traditional business model. We also show that the value of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

Robert S. Kaplan Publication:Balanced Scorecard Report 13, no. 5 (September-October 2011) Abstract In the second article of our two-part series, we explore the concept of an Office of Risk Management along with a case study of an View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2025
Case

Stagwell: AI and the Future of Marketing

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Radhika Kak

In early 2025, Mark Penn, Founder, CEO and Chairman of Stagwell, a global marketing company with a network of over 70+ agencies that served over 4000 blue-chip customers across 40 countries, was looking at ways that marketers should navigate the disruption emanating... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Innovation Strategy; Change Management; AI and Machine Learning; Digital Transformation; Technology Adoption; Marketing Strategy; Service Delivery; Creativity; Business Model; Advertising Industry; Technology Industry

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December 2003 (Revised April 2004)
Case

Dragon's Teeth Vineyards

By: Alan D. MacCormack, Marius Leibold, Sven Voelpel and Kerry Herman

Dragon's Teeth Vineyards (DTV) is a South African wine producer that is considering whether to use genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in its wine-making process. GMOs promise to lower the costs of wine production significantly through increased yields and reduced... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Genetics; Transition; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Product Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technology Adoption; Food and Beverage Industry; Biotechnology Industry; South Africa

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Purchase

01 Jun 1997
News

New Releases

orientation may allow important innovations to languish, leaving a void that more entrepreneurial companies in the same field may successfully fill. While keeping close to customers may be critical for short-term success, Christensen... View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

Bright Future for Green Business

Partners. “Government can help smaller innovators by pushing utilities to adopt new technologies,” he added. But Prend favors government carrots, not sticks. The other panelists — Jim Matheson (MBA ’01),... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Utilities

01 Dec 2017
News

Research Brief: Developing High-Tech Talent

How should employers and workers adapt to the new demands in today’s technologically driven workforce? Two recent reports by HBS professor Joseph Fuller examine innovative paths to training and building talent pipelines. The first report... View Details