Balancing Innovation And Control - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2023 (Revised August 2024)
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Monsters in the Machine? Tackling the Challenge of Responsible AI

In November of 2022, the small tech company OpenAI released ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot which quickly captured the public’s imagination—becoming the world’s fastest-growing consumer application within months of its release. Though observers from across... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technology Adoption; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technology Industry; United States; European Union; China

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

form surrounding innovation and influence when innovation is more likely to occur. These factors not only govern how much experimentation is undertaken in the economy, but also... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Health Care

health care Research Collections Advancing Global, Public, and Societal Health Building Entrepreneurial Organizations Fostering Innovation in Life Sciences Increasing Value in Care Delivery Understanding... View Details

04 Sep 2013
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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 planning has never restricted new View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Aug 2022
Blog Post

From HBS to Cutting-Edge Tech

Gaurav Singh (MBA 2022) grew up in Varanasi, India. He completed his Bachelor’s of Technology in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from NIT Trichy, India before moving to the US to pursue his M.S. in... View Details

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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Evidence from Job Postings" with Tianshuo Shi and Yuan Zou. Ethan C. Rouen : Winner of the 2022 Innovation in Research Award from the Diversity Section of the American Accounting Association for “Inclusive... View Details

25 Jan 2021
Book

In a Nutshell, Why American Capitalism Succeeded

How did the United States become the world’s center of business growth following its founding in 1776? Surely a number of nations had powerful natural resources, stable financial and legal institutions, and dynamic entrepreneurs over that same span. Why was American... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

23 Jul 2013
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suppliers and selling them to buyers). We model this as a choice between whether control rights over a non-contractible decision variable (the level of marketing activities) are better held by suppliers (the... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

movement. Join alumni experts to discuss impact investing innovations across asset classes, hot button topics like the anti-ESG movement, and critical public policy intersections. Alumni will leave this... View Details

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

Leadership Leadership 2015 Chapter Leave No Slice of Genius Behind: Selecting and Developing Tomorrow's Leaders of Innovation By: Linda A. Hill More than ever, leaders of nearly every kind of organization... View Details

09 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 9

function while others are only peripheral. The dynamics of how such "core-periphery" structures evolve and become embedded in a firm's innovation routines has been shown to be a major factor in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2024
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Aidoc: Building a Hospital-Centric AI Platform

By: Ariel D. Stern and Susan Pinckney

In 2023, Israel-based AI health care company Aidoc evaluated its future. The company, founded in 2016, had grown from commercializing a single AI product for radiologists to a software platform that could detect 20 conditions and immediately notify care teams of... View Details

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25 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy

influencing the cost and availability of money, goods, and services. Macroeconomic forces can conspire to make business more difficult, but they can also present opportunities to executives who know how to,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

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 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

forthcoming Boston: Harvard Business Review Press The Three Box Solution: A Strategy for Leading Innovation By: Govindarajan, Vijay Abstract—How to Innovate and Execute.... View Details

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Skydeck - Alumni

In a new book, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) offers problem-solving mindsets for uncertain times Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations Chris Marinak (MBA 2008) , Chief Operations and... View Details

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Blog - Business & Environment

IFC India 2025: The Coal Dichotomy: Balancing Economic Growth and Decarbonization in India Quinn Carlson, Eva Lea Empting, Ana Vitoria França & John Hogan 13 Feb 2025 | Courses & Curriculum IFC India 2025:... View Details

20 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 20, 2007

press) Abstract In contrast to using controlled laboratory experiments, which offer a clear method for inferring cause-effect relationships, I will be using data from three personal stories to provide opinion View Details