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  • 22 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?

Texas, to Nevada, where the tax rates are significantly lower. That is causing disruptions in those local markets because of the influx of new people. The delta between the cost of homes in California or in Boston or New York relative to... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
  • 21 May 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals

topics such as entrepreneurship and innovation; disruptive innovation, growth, and strategy; and the microeconomics of competitiveness. Finally, HBX this summer will introduce HBX Live, a virtual classroom allowing participants worldwide... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 25 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity

knew that if they did something that looked weird, it would draw attention and, quite frankly, would disrupt their current work process. If they didn't look weird, then that wouldn't happen. And they knew that just for the sake of getting... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 13 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology

influential…, PTCA has been used less frequently than in hospitals with less influential surgeons." And even if PTCA and other innovations make it past initial gatekeepers, it's a long road to adoption because of learning curves View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Health
  • 22 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

Much like how disruptive technologies can threaten established businesses, the growing epidemic of AIDS has the power to blindside and possibly topple companies who choose to ignore the threat, participants concluded at a Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 16 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Irrational Quest for Charismatic CEOs

usual reasons have become clichés: Disruptive technologies, emerging global competitors, changing workforce expectations, and heightened investor concerns over immediate stock price have put pressure on boards to find reassuring,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 26 Aug 2009
  • Op-Ed

Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road

short term but, in reality, the promotion stole largely from future sales with taxpayers subsidizing over half a million new car sales that would have occurred anyway. C4C disrupted the even flow of supply and demand. New car buyers held... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto
  • January 2008 (Revised November 2009)
  • Case

Linear Air: Creating the Air Taxi Industry

Linear Air is an air taxi start-up established to take advantage of the emergence of Very Light Jets, which incorporate new technology that cuts jet operating costs by about 40%. Air taxis could make use of the 5400 smaller regional airports throughout the US,... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Product Launch; Industry Structures; Competition; Air Transportation Industry
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  • May 2025
  • Supplement

On (B): The Cyclon Spins On

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karolin Frankenberger, Sascha Mader and Karen Elterman
A follow-up to the On case (723-430), this short case explores how the performance athletic shoe company On expanded its Cyclon subscription and recycling program through 2024, adding two new shoe models to the subscription and a one-time-purchase recyclable T-shirt. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Distribution Channels; Environmental Sustainability; Marketing Strategy; Product Design; Product Development; Technological Innovation; Expansion; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; Sports Industry; China; Europe; Germany; Japan; Switzerland; United States
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  • 01 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

also cause political reactions harmful to capitalism. Other possible disruptions to the operation of capitalism were seen in the following: the global financial system, viewed by some as overly opaque, leveraged, interconnected, and... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 06 Dec 2004
  • What Do You Think?

Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

predict industry change, especially that involving the development of disruptive technologies.) Why do organizations led by people of vision fail to act upon such insights? Reasons advanced by Bazerman and Watkins are that organizations... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • September 2017 (Revised November 2017)
  • Case

John Rogers and Ariel Investments

By: Steven Rogers and Greg White
The strong, public advocacy of a highly successful African American CEO has the potential to negatively impact his company. The CEO is deciding if he should listen to the advice of others who are urging him to “tone it down”. View Details
Keywords: Advocacy; Diversity; Investment Management; Affirmative Action; Disruption; Cost vs Benefits; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry; Chicago
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  • 23 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity

disrupted by substantial changes in membership during the downsizing had poorer work environments and lower levels of creative behavior than those that remained stable amidst the chaos. Overall, lower creativity resulted from the degraded... View Details
Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs
  • 15 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.

quickly—infrastructure that doesn't currently exist—and address the economic crisis at the same time. And then the question to the philanthropists is, 'Is that worth it to you?'” About the Author Rachel Layne is a writer Based in Boston. [Image: CasarsaGuru] Related... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health
  • 04 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business

accurate, they’re not managerially useful. Companies sell to customers, not to a trend, and priorities must be set. Make sure that key customers are aware of supply disruptions or other problems. Do not assume that, in a global pandemic,... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
  • 03 Apr 2017
  • What Do You Think?

How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?

when he said, “Let’s see what real disruption looks like, reminding us that, “A noted surgeon said his students, though very smart, often had rotten hand eye skills and made terrible surgeons. He said he could train a dexterous high... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Construction
  • 04 Dec 2012
  • First Look

First Look: December 4

are incompatible mediated the relationship between ambient cultural disharmony and creativity. Alternative mechanisms such as negative affect and cognitive disruption were not viable mediators. Although ambient cultural disharmony View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Apr 2020
  • Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • 13 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 13

of their use. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/314097-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-506 CarMax, Inc.: Disrupting the Used-Car Market No abstract available. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Stuart Gilson

return the business to a sound footing. Or the resulting restructuring may severely disrupt the business. If it is necessary to layoff 20 percent of your workforce to achieve the same cost efficiency as your competitors, better to do this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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