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- September 2011 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Ganging Up on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (A)
By: Heidi K. Gardner, Edo Bedzra and Shereef M. Elnahal
Dr. Barrett Rollins, Chief Scientific Officer of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, attempts to engender cross-scientist collaboration by applying project management principles to medical research. The resulting innovation, Integrative Research Centers, are novel in... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Motivation and Incentives; Employees; Performance Evaluation; Leadership Style; Leadership; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management
Gardner, Heidi K., Edo Bedzra, and Shereef M. Elnahal. "Ganging Up on Cancer: Integrative Research Centers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (A)." Harvard Business School Case 412-029, September 2011. (Revised October 2012.)
- February 2006
- Case
Millions of Customers and the Search for a Business: the Challenge of IRC-Hispano
Like many online services, IRC-Hispano, the world's largest Spanish-language chat organization, has many customers but sees few revenues. As an association, its structure presents many limitations and hurdles to overcome involving investing in technology platform... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Platforms; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Organizational Structure; Technological Innovation; Revenue; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry; Spain
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, Fernando de Barrajo, and Joshua Bellin. "Millions of Customers and the Search for a Business: the Challenge of IRC-Hispano." Harvard Business School Case 106-053, February 2006.
- 08 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 8, 2006
Barron Abstract This study considers organizational artifacts as triggers of procedural justice expectations, showing the effects of one artifact—an organizational wait queue—on perceived procedural justice.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
“linguistic expats” who live in their home country yet have to give up their native language in the workplace; “cultural expats” or native speakers of the lingua franca who struggle with organizational values that are more easily... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Breaking Through a Growth Stall
investor and managerial costs. It affects job creation and innovation throughout society. Once a venture reaches a critical size, its complexity greatly increases. The original business model must deal with new market and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
emphasize users over producers. Large parts of the knowledge economy now routinely rely on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to solve important technological and organizational problems.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 9
investigates teaming in the high-stakes, fast-paced setting of a hospital emergency room and focuses on the effects of a new organizational structure, which we call a team scaffold, on teaming effectiveness and performance outcomes. Using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gsj.28/abstract Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 2024
- Book
The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create
By: Steve Kaczynski and Scott Duke Kominers
We demystify the coming digital revolution, showing how NFTs will transform our online and offline interactions.
NFTs aren’t just pictures on the internet, or a fad that has come and gone. Rather, they’re a new technology for creating digital assets and... View Details
NFTs aren’t just pictures on the internet, or a fad that has come and gone. Rather, they’re a new technology for creating digital assets and... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Microeconomics; Entrepreneurship; Cultural Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Digital Platforms; Digital Strategy; Digital Transformation; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Product Positioning; Markets; E-commerce; Market Design; Value; Customer Value and Value Chain; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Organizational Structure; Customer Ownership; Ownership; Advertising Industry; Communications Industry; Computer Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Fashion Industry; Information Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
Kaczynski, Steve, and Scott Duke Kominers. The Everything Token: How NFTs and Web3 Will Transform the Way We Buy, Sell, and Create. Portfolio/Penguin, 2024.
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
push individuals into starting ventures out of necessity. When this happens, aspiring entrepreneurs often lower the threshold for the quality of the business ideas they pursue. Companies founded during such periods often display weaker financials and suboptimal View Details
- 24 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 24, 2009
innovative new product for the treatment of acne that they hope to sell to consumers via direct-response television. The unconventional nature of the product and its distribution has led the company to seek angel financing. The Silicon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
pp. 44-58. Eric Reis, The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses, (New York: Crown Business, 2011). Michael L. Tushman and Charles A. O'Reilly III, Winning Through... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 25
high-beta stocks. An Empirical Analysis of Innovation Contests: Strategic Incentives, Problem Uncertainty and Independent Experimentation along Parallel Paths Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau, Nicola Lacetera, and Karim R. Lakhani... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands
arrangements from the perspective of the "elephants"? A: Most successful large companies excel at business planning, allocation of capital, and execution. Many are also good at product innovation in the small, continuous... View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
MindTree: A Community of Communities (TN)
By: David A. Garvin
Teaching Note for 311049. View Details
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
(like employee satisfaction). Those are fine for understanding individual perceptions, but aren’t so good at quantifying real behavioral responses and organizational performance outcomes from open offices. The gap between perceptions and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
solutions to known problems, the founding team formed an emergent goal that presented an innovative solution to a new problem and became the basis of the new company's business model. We analyze this process to explain how, under... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 17
Working PapersThe Evolution of Science-Based Business: Innovating How We Innovate Author:Gary P. Pisano An abstract in unavailable at this time. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
Marquis, Sergey Filippov, Henk-Jan Haasnoot, and Martijn van der Steen Abstract—This study investigates the role of national and organizational culture in day-to-day activities of multinational project teams, specifically focusing on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
businesses that have passed through the high growth stage can continue to deliver the resources, capabilities, and platforms needed to fuel the emerging opportunities of the future. This business lifecycle view of innovation requires new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace