Systemic Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Dec 2008
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run gas and water distribution systems in diverse urban and rural locations throughout mainland China—often in the face of entrenched local interests who could have blocking power. Discussions with HKGC's negotiation teams revealed an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Oct 2007
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and Michael W. Toffel Abstract Several innovative regulatory programs are encouraging firms to police their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily disclose, or "confess," the violations they find. Despite the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Steven C. Wheelwright

Steve Wheelwright is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus at Harvard Business School.

Following his retirement from HBS in 2006, he served with former Dean Kim B. Clark at BYU-Idaho and then from 2007-2015 he served as... View Details

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

launching their ventures. Throughout Career Coaching: Consult with MBA or Alumni Career Coach with social enterprise expertise. Community Connections: Meet with students, faculty , and alumni by interest area. Harvard Innovation Labs:... View Details

15 May 2012
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Distributed Innovation Author:Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Systems of distributed innovation-so-called business ecosystems-have become increasingly prevalent in many industries. These entities generally... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

with Ying Zhang, Anthony K. Woo, Krishna G. Palepu, and Nancy Hua Dai (HBS Case 617-060). Feng Zhu : Winner of the 2021 Haim Mendelson Teaching Innovation Award from the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences... View Details

19 Apr 2011
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http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-120.pdf The Contingent Effect of Absorptive Capacity: An Open Innovation Analysis Authors:Andrew A.King and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract Technological advancement and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Mar 2015
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and then go further to consider ways the domain of innovation itself has changed. We suggest that because of fundamental shifts in communication and information processing costs and the increasing modularity of products and services, the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

Richard L. Nolan are professors at Harvard Business School while Shannon O'Donnell is a consultant with Cutter Consortium's Innovation Practice and a PhD fellow at Copenhagen Business School. The three teamed up via email for the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

challenging areas. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55885 Learning or Playing? The Effect of Gamified Training on Performance By: Buell, Ryan W., Wei Cai, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract—Gamified training is a novel management... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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

destination. In order to establish greater connection with their customers, the company decided to distribute directly to dealers. Those selling Land Cameras quickly learned the benefits of a system that could take a photograph and... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

business owner and tech entrepreneur from Arizona Programming & System Analysis, Biomedical Engineering, Estrella Mountain Community College Small Business Administration, Northern Arizona University Apply tools and frameworks to... View Details

05 Jun 2023
What Do You Think?

Is the Anxious Achiever a Post-Pandemic Relic?

system ministering to a student body with similarly high hopes for achievement. According to Aarons-Mele, anxious achievers have many qualities valued in the business world. As she puts it, they “are great at forward planning, attuned and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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The Gift of Global Talent

continues to grow, the three core approaches taken by corporations so far offer a playbook for companies that find themselves outside the action in today’s concentrated innovation geography. How can companies most effectively harness the... View Details

29 Jun 2010
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between regional spraying and individual level health appears rather weak in the data. Purchase the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16069 Financial Innovation and Financial Fragility Authors:Nicola Gennaioli, Andrei... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Events - Business History

1960s and developed a research agenda for scholars seeking to overcome those roadblocks. In addition to offering a retrospective analysis of where corporate sustainability has fallen short, the conference explored the incentives, organizational designs, and... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Case Study: The Home Team

Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

01 Mar 2024
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Elevator Pitch: Banking On It

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Marc Escapa (MBA 2017) Andres Klaric (MBA 2017) Cofounders and co-CEOs, Fuse Concept: Fuse makes it easier for lenders to tackle digital innovation, offering a next-gen loan-origination platform that simplifies... View Details

Keywords: fintech; finance; entrepreneurship; Finance

December 2023 (Revised January 2025)
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Research In Motion: Launching and Scaling the World's First Smartphone Empire (A)

By: Tatiana Sandino and Samuel Grad

In 2005, Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry smartphone was a sensation. After its launch in 1999, the groundbreaking BlackBerry had captured the hearts and minds of corporate America through its secure wireless email service. The device was so addictive and... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Management Style; Product Development; Managerial Roles; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; United States; Canada

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June 2004 (Revised June 2006)
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Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann

Scientific-Atlantia (S-A), a leading manufacturer of cable TV equipment, is confronting strategic challenges in mid-2004. For decades, cable operators have faced high switching costs that have locked them into exclusive supply relationships with either S-A or its... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Competition; Industry Structures; Television Entertainment; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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