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  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019

investment. Detailing a half-century of stock market hits and misses, often with brutal honesty, the book relays lessons learned from both the crucible of failure and the elation of success. The Disruption Mindset: Why Some Organizations... View Details
  • 24 Apr 2020

Applying to Business School in Tumultuous Times

Are you considering applying to graduate business school but wonder whether now is the right time? Are you unsure how to prepare a compelling business school application in a disrupted environment? Join the makers of the GMAT exam for a... View Details
  • 02 May 2005
  • What Do You Think?

Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?

foster disruptive innovation. I was under the impression that ... true disruption would be generated less by popular demand than by hard radical thinking." Flavius Chircu suggested that if we regard... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Summer 2018
  • Book Review

Leslie Berlin, Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age

By: William A. Sahlman
Leslie Berlin's book Troublemakers, is an engaging and insightful people-first exploration of the roots of Silicon Valley, from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Berlin portrays seven individuals who played important roles at critical junctures in the... View Details
Keywords: Silicon Valley; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; History; California
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  • Web

Transportation - Business & Environment

contributions are even greater; in the U.S., transportation is the top GHG contributor. [37] Transportation infrastructure--roads, bridges, airports, and ports-- is particularly at risk of disruption from climate change. Flooding, storms,... View Details
  • November 2024
  • Case

FedEx Cyberattack (A): Navigating the NotPetya Storm

By: Hise Gibson, Frank Nagle, Alicia Dadlani and Martha Hostetter
In 2017, FedEx’s European division — acquired the year before for $5 billion — was hit by a devastating cyberattack that destroyed thousands of computers and business systems across several countries. Corporate Chief Information Officer Rob Carter put the company’s... View Details
Keywords: Cybersecurity; Crisis Management; Disruption; Planning; Transportation Industry; United States; Europe
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  • November 1, 2022
  • Article

To Prepare for Future Surges, U.S. Hospitals Must Start Planning—& Sharing Resources—Now!

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
Keywords: COVID-19; Crisis Management; Health Pandemics; Disruption; Planning; Health Industry; United States
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  • Web

Transforming an Entrepreneur's Journey in OPM

In the Owner/President Management (OPM) program, you have the opportunity to come together with a diverse and driven group of entrepreneurs to discuss and debate the disruptions business owners face today. Hear from recent participants... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2008
  • News

Conference Examines Intersection of Medicine and Business

Medicine and Business,” set the stage for a number of thought-provoking presentations on topics including regenerative medicine, stent wars, disruptive innovation, and consumer-driven health care in Switzerland. For information about the... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 19 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Digital Technology’s Profound Game Change for Marketers

software eating the world. Software is disrupting industry after industry and transforming large swathes of the economy. When I was an entrepreneur in the 1990s, I would debate with my investors what sliver of the $70 billion US software... View Details
Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang; Advertising; Technology
  • August 2012 (Revised August 2013)
  • Background Note

Competency-Destroying Technology Transitions: Why the Transition to Digital Is Particularly Challenging

By: Willy Shih
Some technology transitions are exceedingly difficult for incumbent firms to execute. The bankruptcy filing by the Eastman Kodak Company highlighted the difficulty companies faced when their core business transitioned from an analog to a digital world. Kodak's business... View Details
Keywords: Technology Transitions; Competency-destroying; Digital; Analog; Digital Transition; Modular; Modularity; Technological Change; Radical Innovation; Incremental Innovation; Architectural Innovation; Modular Innovation; Sustaining Innovation; Competency-enhancing; Noise Propagation; Perfect Copying; Digital Music; Digital Media; Consumer Electronics; Kodak; Sony; Panasonic; Disruptive Innovation; Technology Adoption; Transition; Change Management; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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  • 01 Jun 2012
  • News

From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’

Investing in HBS Giving Through HBS Giving Together Jump-Start FAQ Renowned as the leading authority on disruptive innovation, Professor Clay Christensen attributes his remarkable success as an entrepreneur and as a scholar to his humble... View Details
Keywords: awards
  • December 2014 (Revised August 2024)
  • Case

HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry

By: Rory McDonald, Feng Zhu and Cheng Gao
In less than 10 years, cofounders Brian Sharples and Carl Shepherd had transformed HomeAway from just another Internet startup into the world's leading vacation-rental marketplace—a global online platform that links customers seeking vacation-home rentals to the... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Innovation; Technology; Acquisitions; Operations Management; Digital Platforms; Acquisition; Entrepreneurship; Business Model; Disruptive Innovation; Disruption; Accommodations Industry
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  • 25 Feb 2020
  • Working Paper Summaries

Reinventing Retail: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores

Keywords: by Ryan Raffaelli; Publishing
  • 01 Apr 1999
  • News

Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong

established markets - is sounding a wake-up call for corporate strategists. How did you first become interested in these disruptive technologies? It was the sudden demise of Digital Equipment Corporation that first drew my attention. How... View Details
  • 15 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

that business disruptions are not just potential threats, but common occurrences that demand immediate attention from CEOs, C-suite teams, and boards. It's time for leaders to take stock of their companies’ operational resilience—their... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
  • 01 May 2020
  • In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

COVID-19 outbreak might change the way companies think about sustainability. Here’s what they said: Michael Toffel: Companies might prepare better for big disruptions   I hope that the pandemic will increase companies’ attention to... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • August 2, 2017
  • Article

The Real Reason Uber Is Giving Up in China

By: William C. Kirby
The article examines the role of the Chinese government in transport firm Uber's decision to sell its China operation to a rival Chinese ride-sharing company. View Details
Keywords: Uber; China; Disruptive Innovation; Emerging Markets; Transportation Industry; China; Asia
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  • March 1998
  • Teaching Note

Electric Vehicles: Pipe Dream or Product of the Future? TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen
Teaching Note for (1-698-065). (A reprint not in this system). View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Information Technology; Performance; Auto Industry
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Lia Turrini

Lia worked in the Energy Industry for eight years. She started her technical career in Shell, where recently she worked in NBD/Innovation, identifying disruptive technologies and new sustainable business models in the energy transition.... View Details