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- September 2012
- Supplement
Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer (B)
By: Willy Shih
The intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) business at Carl Zeiss Meditec had struggled with growth since the time of the (A) case. Though the unit had grown revenues in excess of 50% and had exceeded its EBIT target, it faced several key strategic choices. Should it... View Details
Keywords: Radiotherapy; Breast Cancer; Brachytherapy; Therapeutic Radiation; Oncology; Oncology Treatment Systems; Elekta AB; Varian Medical Systems; Xoft; Electronic Brachytherapy; Intraoperative Radiotherapy; Disruptive Innovation; Health Care and Treatment; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Industry; Germany
Shih, Willy. "Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 613-040, September 2012.
- 23 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Are Great Teams Less Productive?
relative performance, or closing a performance gap. Second, learning occurs in reaction to changes in the world that require brand new responses. So, the second way learning promotes performance is by discovering and inventing new ways to... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 29 Apr 2008
- Research Event
Venture Capital
international economy. It is appropriate that the conference took place in Silicon Valley. This all but unique confluence of ideas, research, financing, and human resources has served as a matrix in which venture capital has either View Details
- Web
The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910
Civil War represents a marketing revolution in which technology, creativity, and art were marshaled together to serve commercial ends. Drawing from Baker Library’s Historical Collections, The Art of American Advertising, 1865—1910 explores the role these burgeoning and... View Details
- 2003
- Case
Capston-White's Document Management and Production Services
By: Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Julie Lang
The development of multi-function devices that could copy, print, fax, and scan created a convergence in the markets for these devices. Copiers and printers had previously been purchased and managed in very different manners by large organizations. Facing an uncertain... View Details
Govindarajan, Vijay, Chris Trimble, and Julie Lang. "Capston-White's Document Management and Production Services." 2003. (Case No. 2-0017.)
- Fall 2013
- Article
Spurring Innovation Through Competitions
By: Alan MacCormack, Fiona Murray and Erika Wagner
Alan MacCormack, Fiona Murray, and Erika Wagner examine the phenomenon of corporations using innovation contests. They write: "Companies are searching for better ways to identify and exploit novel solutions. Increasingly, they are discovering that many of the very best... View Details
MacCormack, Alan, Fiona Murray, and Erika Wagner. "Spurring Innovation Through Competitions." MIT Sloan Management Review 55, no. 1 (Fall 2013): 25–32.
- February 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Case
Hewlett-Packard's Merced Decision
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Matt Verlinden
Describes managing the threat of disruptive technology at the high end of the computer industry. Many aspects of the innovator's dilemma can be explored. View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Risk Management; Disruptive Innovation; Computer Industry; United States
Christensen, Clayton M., and Matt Verlinden. "Hewlett-Packard's Merced Decision." Harvard Business School Case 699-011, February 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- 27 Oct 2022
- News
4 Types of Innovators Every Organization Needs
- 10 Nov 2016
- News
Bringing the Power of Platforms to Heath Care
- 07 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property
- 18 May 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Organization Design for Distributed Innovation
Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- 04 Aug 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Effect of Market Leadership in Business Process Innovation: The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption
- Fall 2019
- Article
Endogenous Productivity of Demand-Induced R&D: Evidence from Pharmaceuticals
By: Kyle Myers and Mark Pauly
We examine trends in the productivity of the pharmaceutical sector over the past three decades. Motivated by Ricardo’s insight that productivity and rents are endogenous to demand when inputs are scarce, we examine the industry’s aggregate R&D production function.... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Productivity; Pharmaceuticals; Innovation and Invention; Performance Productivity; Pharmaceutical Industry
Myers, Kyle, and Mark Pauly. "Endogenous Productivity of Demand-Induced R&D: Evidence from Pharmaceuticals." RAND Journal of Economics 50, no. 3 (Fall 2019): 591–614.
- February 1990 (Revised June 1990)
- Case
Prudential: Organizing for Technology Innovation (B)
Applegate, Lynda M. "Prudential: Organizing for Technology Innovation (B)." Harvard Business School Case 190-119, February 1990. (Revised June 1990.)
- 1 May 1995
- Conference Presentation
Remarks on the Development, Validation, and Application of a Model of Innovation
- 2008
- Book
Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse
Salter, Malcolm S. Innovation Corrupted: The Origins and Legacy of Enron's Collapse . Harvard University Press, 2008.
- September 2005 (Revised October 2005)
- Module Note
The Marketing of Innovations Module I: The Risk of Innovation
Aids classroom instructors in teaching the first module of the Marketing of Innovations course. View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management
Gourville, John T. "The Marketing of Innovations Module I: The Risk of Innovation." Harvard Business School Module Note 506-015, September 2005. (Revised October 2005.)
- 1997
- Book
Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking at 3M, GE, DuPont, Pfizer, and Rubbermaid
By: R. M. Kanter, J. Kao and F. Wiersema
Keywords: Innovation and Management
Kanter, R. M., J. Kao and F. Wiersema, eds. Innovation: Breakthrough Thinking at 3M, GE, DuPont, Pfizer, and Rubbermaid. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. (Translated into Japanese, Korean, Italian and Hebrew.)
- 1982
- Book
Readings in the Management of Innovation
By: Michael Tushman and William L. Moore
Keywords: Innovation and Management
Tushman, Michael, and William L. Moore. Readings in the Management of Innovation. Boston: Pitman Publishing, 1982.
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
business applications—everything from platform development to enterprise sales. David Yoffie, the Max and Doris Starr Professor of International Business Administration at HBS and a longtime friend of Dubinsky’s, highlights this tension in his 2016 case, “Numenta:... View Details