Balancing Innovation And Control - Publications - Faculty & Research

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air to be so powerful. It is a thought-provoking book for those like myself who are constantly trying to balance my career, my ambitions, and my personal life. Books that are... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

The World in Your Palm?

events which should expose the phone market to more competition and provide opportunities for start-ups. Future Talk One of the biggest challenges, but also opportunities, is masking the complexity of converged devices with an easy-to-use... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

engine for innovation and job creation to drive competitiveness, while also providing a path to a prosperous lifestyle for countless American families. But today, small businesses are not creating these jobs... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

05 Nov 2024
Research & Ideas

AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen

from the human CEO over those they attributed to AI, suggesting a deep mistrust of algorithms. To explore this phenomenon further, Choudhury and his team conducted a second study that aimed to control for... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Information Technology; Technology

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

reading in a trade publication about Benihana's innovative and efficient use of labor and layout to lower costs and facilitate customer... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

Harvard Business School started its Japan Research Office in December 2001—smack in the middle of an incredibly turbulent time for the country's economy. The boom years of the 1970s and 1980s—when Japanese management practices View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

05 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 5

coefficients aggregate discrete choice model-which accommodates heterogeneity in preferences for school quality and athletic success-and an extensive set of school fixed effects to control for unobserved... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

activities can be located inside a firm or across firm boundaries. In the latter case, activities may involve customers, suppliers, partners, or other stakeholders. Accompanying the physical value chain is a related information value chain through which involved... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

individuals who control household investments do to make sure their holdings are in financial alignment with their goals, and who can they turn to for advice? Are traditional investment advisers equipped to... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

September 2020 (Revised February 2023)
Teaching Note

Uber: Competing Globally

By: Alexander J. MacKay

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-404. View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Geography; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Strategy; Globalization; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Law; Management; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Market Entry and Exit; Market Participation; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Planning; Strategic Planning; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Networks; Adaptation; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Transportation Networks; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Ghana; Asia; China; Shanghai; Shanghai Shi; India; New Delhi; Europe; United Kingdom; London; England; Latin America; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US); South America; Colombia

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20 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular 'Cold Call' Podcasts

covering world-class brands, innovative start-ups, and social enterprises, and the most popular of the more than 30 episodes produced in the past year are listed below. The... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

24 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

economy of the '90s brought a golden age and aura to VC firms in the United States. In 1999, venture capitalists controlled more than $46 billion, with skyrocketing returns to match the risks of their... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

officer, chief financial officer, and a senior staff executive) had final authority. This promised a far shorter deliberation process than was typical of the Innovation Board in the second period. 39 The... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

29 Apr 2020
Book

The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages

Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

policies, purchasing procedures. Allocate just enough resources to keep it alive but not enough to risk its becoming an innovator — because that would require more investment. Under the banner of decentralization View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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