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A roundtable conversation takes stock of Clayton Christensen’s influential theory. This first in a series of roundtable conversations assessing the origins and impact of four breakthrough ideas.

In the 1980s, Clayton Christensen cofounded a startup that... View Details

Keywords: Disruptive Innovation

Citation

02 Nov 2018
Blog Post

When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

is: "Emotionally it's hard. Believing in yourself is hard that's the toughest part." The Right Ideas I've always been the gal with ideas. Some good ones – but mostly not so good ones. I tinkered here and there in my free time... View Details

26 Apr 2016
Video

2016 NVC: One simple idea can change the future

01 Sep 2014
News

HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World

research at HBS, which recognizes that the School is preparing students to be global leaders. The idea for the case arose during his participation in a March faculty immersion to Tokyo, “Japan on the Move.” Chung met with representatives... View Details

Keywords: faculty research

20 Oct 2022
Other Presentation

4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Shareholder Value

By: Adi Ignatius, Lynn Paine, Mihir Desai and Carola Frydman

A roundtable conversation appraises the 50-year reign of shareholder primacy and the growing backlash against it today.

The idea that maximizing shareholder value takes legal and practical precedence above all else first came to prominence in the 1970s. The... View Details

Keywords: Shareholder Value Maximization; Business and Shareholder Relations

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January 2001 (Revised February 2002)
Case

Rambus, Inc.: Commercializing the Billion Dollar Idea

Rambus, Inc. was founded to develop a new type of high-speed memory chip technology to enable DRAMs to keep up with ever-faster microprocessors. After developing the technology, Rambus chose an unusual licensing approach to commercialize it. This case focuses on the... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Competition; Commercialization; Information Infrastructure; Cooperation; Technology Industry

Citation

Find at Harvard

March–April 1987
Article

Ideas for Action: The Product Management Audit

By: J. Quelch, P. Farris and J. Olver

Citation

03 Dec 2014
News

12 ideas for making Boston more inclusive

24 Nov 2014
News

Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

25 Jun 2018
News

Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’

technologies––things like data analysis, using the internet to carry signals of information, advanced treatment technologies––things like that, and how to build sustainable businesses that improve the way water and wastewater are managed. “Every year, Imagine H2O... View Details

05 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Solving Climate Change Starts with an Idea

from the oil and gas industry, former lawyers – and kept hearing the same thing: “I wish I had an idea for a startup to tackle climate change, because if I did, I’d throw myself all in. But I don’t. What should I do?” As I had more and... View Details

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The Idea Incubator Goes to Campus

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The Core Ideas for Better Decision-Making

Ideas to test the status quo

Searching For New Insights And Ideas

Putting More Ideas on the Table

4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Disruptive Innovation

When Ideas Become Reality: Entrepreneurship at HBS

2016 NVC: One simple idea can change the future

HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World

4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Shareholder Value

Rambus, Inc.: Commercializing the Billion Dollar Idea

Ideas for Action: The Product Management Audit

12 ideas for making Boston more inclusive

Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’

Solving Climate Change Starts with an Idea