Publications

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

but maybe not the cumulative cost of deliveries that are frequently late only by a week or so." What's the harm? Small disruptions can cause a big hurt if they result in a temporary stock-out and a frustrated customer. Outlier events... View Details

Keywords: by David Stauffer

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

employees, and suppliers. 7 weeks, 5-6 hrs/week Enroll by March 6 $1,850 Certificate Disruptive Strategy Professors Rory McDonald & Clayton Christensen Strengthen your capacity to create winning strategies and bring innovations to market... View Details

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

manifold of new lenses. On the MS side, I get to tap into the scientific way of thinking again, but perhaps more importantly, I get to learn how to enable disruptive scientific developments to achieve positive impact at a large scale.... View Details

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

scale to have a giant impact.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in Boston. [Image: ndresr] Related Reading At Booking.com, Innovation Means Constant Failure Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2011
Book

Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber

Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details

Keywords: General Motors; OnStar; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Transportation; Safety; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Success; Business History; Auto Industry

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

and Innovation Disruptive Strategy Negotiation Mastery Organizational Leadership Sustainable Business Strategy Sustainable Investing All our courses can be offered as a private cohort to encourage team development. Is the Enterprise... View Details

July 2019 (Revised March 2020)
Case

At-Bay Cyber Insurance

By: Marco Di Maggio and David Lane

At-Bay was a cyber insurance startup that offered companies coverage against a wide array of cyber risks—exposure to which the firm was able to quickly assess and price on the basis of technical expertise that traditional insurance carriers lacked. In mid-2019, At-Bay... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Insurance; Disruptive Innovation; Risk Management; Product Marketing; Distribution Channels; Information Technology; Salesforce Management; Insurance Industry

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

rarely ask is, "What else could it be?" It's a question designed to disrupt focus. Max Bazerman, in his new book, The Power of Noticing, concludes that excessive focus, among other things, is one of the reasons leaders fail to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

October 2019 (Revised August 2020)
Case

The Predictive Index

By: Lynda M. Applegate and James Weber

Mike Zani and Daniel Muzquiz needed to decide next steps to create a new category in the human resources consulting industry and scale their company.
Zani and Muzquiz, serial entrepreneurs, acquired Predictive Index in 2014. Previously, as clients of the... View Details

Keywords: Human Resources; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Recruitment; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Change Management; Disruptive Innovation; Digital Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Consulting Industry; Service Industry; United States

23 Mar 2023
News

Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition

reachable only through disruptive computer calculation and inaccessible to engineers' "creativity". Thomas Baudin, MBA 1997, CEO & Founder Region: Europe Globalcare The firm’s mission is to advance international healthcare mobility. It is... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Future Vision

situation. For all the disruption the pandemic caused at HBS, and the real toll it took on many individuals, it also pushed us, quickly and forcefully, in directions it otherwise might have taken us years to pursue. Consider remote... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

Research Summary

Social Innovation

My intellectual agenda addresses this question: How to innovate to solve the world’s toughest challenges? Out of the earth’s population, about 2 billion can afford good products whereas the remaining 5 billion are poor and therefore are nonconsumers.... View Details

August 2024
Case

Oculii

By: Andy Wu and Lucas Defilippo

It was a bright June day in 2016. Steven Hong, co-founder and COO of Oculii had just signed a letter of intent agreeing to a 51% stake acquisition by Nexteer Automotive, a global steering and driveline supplier company that developed advanced driver assistance systems... View Details

Keywords: Automotive; Autonomous Vehicles; Wireless Communications; Mergers and Acquisitions; Communication Intention and Meaning; Intellectual Property; Growth Management; Negotiation Deal; Supply Chain; Auto Industry; Technology Industry

04 Feb 2021
News

Andy Jassy Named Amazon’s New CEO

most recent quarter, AWS had net sales of $12.7 billion with an operating income of $3.6 billion, more than half of the company’s overall operating income,” the Journal reports. In a recent episode of the HBS podcast The Disruptive Voice,... View Details

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

More about what you earn Syllabus 3 Modules, 20-25 Hours Download full syllabus 8 hrs Module 1 The Business Case for Action Understand the business case for change and how to analyze and assess industry disruptions to develop business... View Details

September 2017 (Revised December 2017)
Case

Hulu: Redefining the Way People Experience TV

By: Henry W. McGee and Christine Snively

In May 2017, Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins announced the launch of Hulu Live TV, a new offering that would "change the way people experience TV." The new service would allow consumers to bypass traditional cable and satellite delivery and use the Internet to access live... View Details

Keywords: Television Industry; Internet; Television Entertainment; Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Competitive Strategy; Price; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry