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Educators

16 Oct 2019
Research & Ideas

Read Our Most Popular Stories of the Quarter

What stories were readers like you diving into this summer on HBS Working Knowledge? Your interests varied dramatically, everything from how researchers use machine learning technology to predict CEO performance to the power of rituals in relationships (and business,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Honda Created a Civic for Very Light Jets. How High Will It Fly?

Keywords: Re: Gary P. Pisano; Aerospace

04 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Imperfect Information, Patent Publication, and the Market for Ideas

Keywords: by Deepak Hegde & Hong Luo; Legal Services

May–June 1999
Article

From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as Beta Site for Business Innovation

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Change; Innovation and Invention; Society

13 Oct 2022
Other Presentation

4 Business Ideas That Changed the World: Disruptive Innovation

By: Amy Bernstein, Rita McGrath, Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Derek van Bever

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

Summer 2020
Article

Accelerating Innovation Through a Network of Ecosystems: What Companies Can Learn from One of the World's Largest Networks of Accelerator Labs

By: Elizabeth J. Altman and Frank Nagle

A United Nations agency with a sweeping mission and sprawling global presence may not appear to be the most likely place where companies can learn new techniques for accelerating innovation — but appearances can be deceiving. The United Nations Development Programme... View Details

Keywords: Accelerator Labs; Business Ecosystems; Networks; Innovation and Invention

2008
Article

Bargains-then-ripoffs: Innovation, Pricing and Lock-in in Enterprise Software

By: Ian Larkin

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Software; Information Technology

2007
Case

Technology transfer and innovation at China's First Auto Works

By: Ian Larkin

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Technology; Auto Industry; China

February 2001 (Revised January 2004)
Case

Michael Dell: Winning on the Demand Side of the Information Revolution

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Innovation and Invention; Computer Industry

Article

Strategies for the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid: India as a Source of Innovation

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Keywords: Strategy; Economics; Innovation and Invention; India

Article

Managing Strategic Contradictions: A Top Management Model for Managing Innovation Streams

By: W. Smith and M. Tushman

Keywords: Management; Strategy; Innovation and Invention

winter 2003
Article

Navigating the Technology Landscape of Innovation

Keywords: Information Technology; Innovation and Invention

08 May 2014
News

Mink Will Let You 3D Print Custom Makeup at Home

Keywords: Retail Trade

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

Here's a cautionary tale of innovation woe: Nokia has consistently outspent Apple on phone-related research and development over the past decade, especially in the years leading up to the launch of Apple's iPhone. Between 2004 and 2007, preceding the iPhone's release,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

May 2017 (Revised October 2017)
Case

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies: Building Breakthrough Innovations in Crowd-Powered Ecosystems

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Terri L. Griffith and Ann Majchrzak

Dirk Ahlborn, co-founder and CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc. (HTT) looks back at the evolving organizational design and community that allows HTT to be crowd-powered. Since the founding in 2013, HTT has dealt with building an organization with less... View Details

Keywords: Collaboration; Crowdsourcing; Entrepreneurial Finance; Innovation; Organizational Design; Startups; Business Startups; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Product Development

Educators

August 2003 (Revised August 2024)
Case

Fighting the Battle of the Bulge—Evaluating Do Good/Do Well Innovations in Morbid Obesity Treatment

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and John McDonough

Many health care innovations appear successful; but fail. This is the first case in the Innovating Health Care course that investigates how to create successful health care innovations. It is part of the first module in the course. This module focuses on how to... View Details

Keywords: Three Pillars; Industry Analysis; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Medical Specialties; Health Industry

Educators