Systemic Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

enterprising companies, the current threats to market capitalism present vital opportunities. Drawing on discussions with business leaders around the world, the authors argue that companies must stop seeing themselves as bystanders and instead develop View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Faculty - Private Capital Project

graduated from Yale College with a special divisional major that combined physics with the history of technology. He worked for several years on issues concerning technological innovation and public policy at the Brookings Institution,... View Details

18 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 18

consistency between instrument, research question, and context. Paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1838538 Working PapersGrowth through Heterogeneous Innovations Authors:Akcigit, Ufuk, and William R. Kerr Abstract We study how exploration... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Trying Out New Career Options with SIPs (Short Intensive Programs)

social innovation, as the delivery system for critical goods and services at scale, as the stewards of our cultural heritage, and as advocates for a more just and inclusive society. This SIP will take a closer look at how to be an... View Details

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Events - Private Capital Project

Events Events Innovation, VC, and Federal Budgets June 26, 2025, “Innovation, VC, and Federal Budgets” provided insight into the critical role of Federal funding in shaping the innovation ecosystem, from early-stage research to commercial... View Details

February 2024
Article

Representation and Extrapolation: Evidence from Clinical Trials

By: Marcella Alsan, Maya Durvasula, Harsh Gupta, Joshua Schwartzstein and Heidi L. Williams

This article examines the consequences and causes of low enrollment of Black patients in clinical trials. We develop a simple model of similarity-based extrapolation that predicts that evidence is more relevant for decision-making by physicians and patients when it... View Details

Keywords: Representation; Racial Disparity; Health Testing and Trials; Race; Equality and Inequality; Innovation and Invention; Pharmaceutical Industry

14 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

Through their robust systems thinking methods, SELCO has been able to develop innovative solar powered technologies tailored to the unique needs of various customer segments including micro-business owners.... View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Zone Defense

telling him. Ryan Tseng had already started two successful companies, and where Brandon saw a business opportunity in building AI software to operate unmanned systems for the military, Ryan saw a behemoth defense industry with high... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

10 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 10

economic harm that system operators could prevent or mitigate. Although the legal system can respond, regulations have mixed results. I examine the applicable legal rules that constrain online fraud and the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 30

held no competitive advantage. That's been a disaster, maintain Harvard professors Pisano and Shih, because today's low-value manufacturing operations hold the seeds of tomorrow's innovative new products. What those companies have been... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27

PublicationsThe Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators Authors:Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen Publication:Harvard Business Press, 2011 Abstract Some people are just natural... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2011
Working Paper Summaries

First-Party Content, Commitment and Coordination in Two-Sided Markets

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Daniel Spulber

March 2023 (Revised June 2025)
Case

Close Concerns: Diabetes Research and Advocacy

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Brian L. Walker

This case describes the Exit considerations of Kelly Close, HBS MBA, and founder of the primary distributor of diabetes newsletters. It is part of the fourth module in the Innovating in Health Care HBS MBA course, which contains cases of other health care firms that... View Details

Keywords: Diabetes; Health; Health Care; Health Care And Treatment; Health Care Outcomes; Health Care Industry; Knowledge Dissemination; Outcome or Result; Equality and Inequality; Business Model; Entrepreneurship

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Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network Affiliated Organizations &... View Details

03 Dec 2014
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Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

Maxweles, who asked, "Was Steve Jobs possibly a 'brilliant jerk'? Could innovation be stifled by simply eliminating the uncomfortable individuals?" Lawrence Nwaru added, "We are all brilliant jerks in one form or the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Nov 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Multi-Sided Platforms

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Julian Wright

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

innovation in open systems is an important trend in the modern global economy. In general, distributed innovation is made possible by the modularity of the underlying product... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

31 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

infrastructure presents an excellent opportunity to avoid the pitfalls of complex, restrictive, digital health systems that have evolved elsewhere. We propose here a federated, patient-centric, application programming interface... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

level of productivity that companies can achieve in a location given the full breadth of conditions that affect their activities there. It is the structured approach towards organizing these conditions and the systemic relationships... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

11 Apr 2023
Blog Post

BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

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