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    Golfing Alone? Corporations, Elites, and Nonprofit Growth in 100 American Communities

    We examine the link between corporations and community by showing how corporate density interacts with the local social and cultural infrastructure to affect the growth and decline of the number of local nonprofits between 1987 and 2002. We focus on two... View Details

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    Strategic Performance Measurement and Management in Nonprofit Organizations

    By: Robert S. Kaplan
    Keywords: Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Strategy; Management; Nonprofit Organizations
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    • August 2018
    • Article

    Growth Through Heterogeneous Innovations

    By: Ufuk Akcigit and William R. Kerr
    We build a tractable growth model where multi-product incumbents invest in internal innovations to improve their existing products, while new entrants and incumbents invest in external innovations to acquire new product lines. External and internal innovations generate... View Details
    Keywords: Endogenous Growth; Innovation; Citations; Scientists; Entrepreneurs; External; Internal; Patents; Innovation Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth; Research and Development; Science
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    Creativity and Innovation

    By: Teresa M. Amabile

    Starting in 2016, I undertook several new projects on creativity and innovation. The first, a revision of my 1988 componential theory of creativity and innovation, was coauthored with Michael Pratt (Boston College) and published in Research in Organizational... View Details

    Keywords: Creativity; Innovation
    • 28 Feb 2013
    • News

    Boston-area Nonprofits Receive $2.25 Million in MacArthur Grants

    Keywords: Professor David Moss; Information; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services
    • December 2020
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    Taking Innovation to the Streets: Micro-geography, Physical Structure and Innovation

    By: Maria P. Roche
    In this paper, we analyze how the physical layout of cities affects innovation by influencing the organization of knowledge exchange. We exploit a novel data set covering all Census Block Groups in the contiguous United States with information on innovation outcomes,... View Details
    Keywords: Microgeography; Innovation; Street Infrastructure; Knowledge Exchange; Interactions; Geography; City; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing
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    • March 2014 (Revised August 2015)
    • Technical Note

    Technology Innovations in K-12 Education

    By: John J-H Kim, Roniesha Copeland and Christine S. An
    This background note on technology innovations in education offers a market overview of the edtech sector and discusses trends, common challenges, and criticisms encountered in exploring edtech ventures. The note introduces the promise of educational technology as it... View Details
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    • 25 Jan 2018
    • News

    Investing in India’s Nonprofits to Overcome Poverty Sustainably

    Khushboo Maheshwari (MBA 2012) is new initiatives leader of The/Nudge Foundation and director and head of N/Core, which support nonprofits working on problems related to poverty in India. View Details
    • September 2019
    • Teaching Note

    Gun Safety in America: Three Leaders Propose Innovative Solutions

    By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joseph Paul
    This is a teaching note to the original case: Gun violence was a significant problem in America. Three Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellows Christy Wood, Russell Sternlicht, and Gareth Glaser each decided to do something about gun safety. They each used... View Details
    Keywords: Gun Violence; Guns; Advanced Leadership; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Innovation; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Social Change; Social Responsibility; Leadership; Change Management; Experience and Expertise; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leading Change; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; United States
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    • May 2021
    • Case

    Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham

    By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman and Olivia Hull
    Massachusetts General Brigham (MGB) Chief Innovation Officer Christopher Coburn had overseen a period of exciting transformation and growth in healthcare innovation at MGB. In November 2019, the health system was the largest recipient of National Institutes of Health... View Details
    Keywords: Inclusion; Innovation; Invention; Gender; Business Startups; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Copyright; Patents; Research; Research and Development; Diversification; Technology; Health Industry; Massachusetts; Boston
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    • May 2013
    • Article

    Hybrid Innovation in Meiji Japan

    By: Tom Nicholas
    Japan's hybrid innovation system during the Meiji era of technological modernization provides a useful laboratory for examining the effectiveness of complementary mechanisms to patents. Patents were introduced in 1885, and by 1911, 1.2 million mostly non-pecuniary... View Details
    Keywords: Prizes; Technological Innovation; System; Patents; Knowledge; Value; Cost vs Benefits; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Performance Effectiveness; Japan
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    Driving Nonprofit Performance and Innovation—Virtual

    nonprofit organization—especially when tackling society's toughest challenges—senior executives and board members must prioritize assessment of organizational performance. In this live online program, you... View Details
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    Building and Valuing Brands in the Nonprofit Sector

    By: Nathalie Laidler-Kylander, John A. Quelch and Bernard L. Simonin
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    • July 2018
    • Case

    Leading Open Innovation at BT

    By: Amy C. Edmondson, Jean-François Harvey and Johnathan R. Cromwell
    This case focuses on the genesis and development of the open innovation unit at BT, the strategic value of the unit, and its operating model. As the business environment becomes increasingly dynamic and firms are pressured to achieve faster innovation rates, there may... View Details
    Keywords: Collaboration; Open Innovation; Inter-organizational Relationships; Organizational Culture; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United Kingdom; United States
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    • September 2017 (Revised January 2018)
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    Innovation at Parker Hotels

    By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin Bowler
    In this case students explore challenges changing demographics and preference pose to global hotel brands. Students then use human-centered design tools to generate concepts hoteliers might embrace to win over Millennials who tend to seek out local over global options. View Details
    Keywords: Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Demographics; Strategy; Accommodations Industry
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    • June 2020
    • Case

    Agile Consumer Product Innovation with Alibaba's Tmall Innovation Center

    By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor and James Palano
    Consumer products companies were beset by changes on all sides during the 2010s. Customers were increasingly turning to ecommerce platforms rather than shopping in-store. Meanwhile, nimble, digitally-savvy competitors were gaining market share by capitalizing on the... View Details
    Keywords: Future Of Work; Retail; Ecommerce; Alibaba; Consumer Products; Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Consumer Behavior; E-commerce; Consumer Products Industry; Retail Industry; China
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    • 12 May 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

    this happens is one of the many subjects discussed in the new book Joining a Nonprofit Board: What You Need to Know, by authors Marc J. Epstein of Rice University and F. Warren McFarlan of Harvard Business... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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    Firms, Crowds, and Innovation

    By: Teppo Felin, Karim R. Lakhani and Michael L. Tushman
    The purpose of this article is to suggest a (preliminary) taxonomy and research agenda for the topic of “firms, crowds, and innovation” and to provide an introduction to the associated special issue. We specifically discuss how various crowd-related phenomena and... View Details
    Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Innovation; Open Innovation; Organization Theory; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Theory; Strategy
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    • April 2006
    • Background Note

    Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 1: Innovation and Uncertainty

    By: Alan D. MacCormack
    Describes the first module of a Harvard Business School 30-session elective course called Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome these challenges. The... View Details
    Keywords: Design; Curriculum and Courses; Innovation and Management; Projects; Opportunities; Perspective
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    • October 2021
    • Case

    Sparking Growth at Consumer Reports

    By: Christina Wallace
    Consumer Reports (CR) is a nonprofit organization that traditionally provided independent testing and research on consumer goods. With the need to diversify its audience and revenue streams CR partnered with market research firm Spark No. 9 to identify potential... View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit Management; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Social Media; Innovation and Management; Nonprofit Organizations
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