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- 13 Jan 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Recognition Incentives for Internal Crowdsourcing: A Field Experiment at NASA
- 25 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry
The computer age began some six decades ago with general-purpose machines with Star Wars-like names such as ENIAC and EDVAC. They were powered by vacuum tubes, big enough to fill an entire room, and developed by mathematicians under the auspices of what was then known... View Details
- August 1974 (Revised March 1986)
- Case
Architects Collaborative, Inc.
Although internationally recognized for quality design, the collaborative's billings have been on a plateau for four years and they are losing jobs to architects with sophisticated marketing practices. The main issue is how marketing can be integrated into a design... View Details
Wiechmann, Ulrich E., and Ralph Biggadike. "Architects Collaborative, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 575-016, August 1974. (Revised March 1986.)
- 2003
- Chapter
New Knowledge Creation: A Study in Positive Organizing
By: F Lee, A Caza, A. Edmondson and S. Thomke
- Research Summary
Mastering Strategy Execution
By: Robert Simons
Professor Robert Simons’ research encompasses three areas of management accountability that are the foundation for successful strategy execution: organization design, performance measurement and control, and risk management. In addition, Simons is interested in the... View Details
- 13 Nov 2005 - 16 Nov 2005
- Conference Presentation
Brokerage versus Cohesion and Collaborative Creativity: An Evolutionary Resolution
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
Illustration by Jose Ortega Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.—Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Inauguration Day, 1933 Creativity, a quality more traditionally... View Details
- May 1995 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Oticon (A)
Portrays the change process Oticon went through in moving from a bureaucratic, role-driven organization to a creativity-driven, flexible, informal one. View Details
Kao, John J. "Oticon (A)." Harvard Business School Case 395-144, May 1995. (Revised October 2001.)
- 2008
- Chapter
Artistic Methods and Business Disorganization
The idea that artists' work can usefully inform business practice has gained support in recent years. Managers have long described some business activities as "more art than science," but usually they've meant by this that they don't understand the activity and can't... View Details
Austin, Robert D., and Lee Devin. "Artistic Methods and Business Disorganization." In 21st Century Management: A Reference Handbook, edited by Charles Wankel, 490–499. Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008.
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’
miles from Burbank, California, to Emeryville, near San Francisco, setting the systems up over a weekend. The move worked and the studio hit both deadlines. The book cites short-term innovation, in the decision to borrow the computers, and the team's ability to View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
Pay Check: Equity-Based Compensation and Incentives Creativity in a Crunch Nobody's Perfect. Now What? Last spring, a special symposium was held on campus in celebration of faculty research. The one-day event, sponsored by the Division of... View Details
- Profile
Inessa Lurye
homelessness by fifteen percent; in two years, we housed 1,000 individuals and 250 families.” Creative approaches to intractable challenges At Harvard, Inessa is pursuing the joint MBA/MPP because she wants to “learn how to lead more... View Details
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why Evolutionary Software Development Works
Given the importance of software, the lack of research on the best ways to manage its development is surprising. Many different models have been proposed since the much cited waterfall model emerged more than 30 years ago. Unfortunately, few studies have confirmed... View Details
- Web
From Concept to Product | Baker Library
From Concept to Product Meroë Morse and Polaroid’s Culture of Art and Innovation, 1945–1969 The universal appeal of instant photography, introduced by the Polaroid Corporation in 1948, fueled the extraordinary growth of the legendary company. Edwin H. Land, Polaroid’s... View Details
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?
The music industry likes power. Power chords, power ballads, even Towers of Power. The balance of power in the industry, however, has been completely upset with the advent and rapid proliferation of digital music. Who calls the shots today? What impact will this power... View Details
- 1 Apr 1989
- Conference Presentation
Assessing the Environment for Creativity: The Work Environment Inventory
By: Teresa M. Amabile and N. Gryskiewicz
- Article
Does 'Could' Lead to Good? On the Road to Moral Insight
By: Ting Zhang, Francesca Gino and Joshua D. Margolis
Dilemmas featuring competing moral imperatives are prevalent in organizations and are difficult to resolve. Whereas prior research has focused on how individuals adjudicate among these moral imperatives, we study the factors that influence when individuals find... View Details
Keywords: Moral Insight; Ethical Dilemma; Could Mindset; Divergent Thinking; Moral Sensibility; Creativity; Decision Choices and Conditions
Zhang, Ting, Francesca Gino, and Joshua D. Margolis. "Does 'Could' Lead to Good? On the Road to Moral Insight." Academy of Management Journal 61, no. 3 (June 2018): 857–895.
- 23 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
Jo Tan (MBA 2021) Draws on Experience
freed up more time for me to illustrate, especially since the number of social activities have been reduced,” she stated. “It has also given me more time to reflect about my work.” She usually works from her dorm room in Mellon Hall because she considers her View Details
- November 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Teaching Note
Techniques of Creativity, The TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Teaching Note for Innovation and the General Manager course. View Details
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Tessa Vacher-Desvernais
analytics, but truly appreciate aesthetics. I’m very conscious of my inner tension between analytical and creative thinking.” Following her mathematical and sciences baccalaureate, she pursued liberal arts at an all-girl military boarding... View Details