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  • March 2013 (Revised April 2014)
  • Case

Barnes & Noble: Managing the E-Book Revolution

By: Alan MacCormack, Brian Kimball Dunn and Chris F. Kemerer
The case describes competition in the market for E-Books, and Barnes & Noble's Strategy in this industry. As a traditional retailer, B&N was challenged by the introduction of digital technologies that allow books to be published, distributed and sold to consumers... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Technology Strategy; Platform Competition; Innovation Strategy; Information Technology; Product Development; Digital Platforms; Standards; Disruptive Innovation; Retail Industry; Publishing Industry; North America
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  • 2001
  • Other Unpublished Work

Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Wichita

By: Michael E. Porter
This study contains a conceptual framework for assessing the competitiveness of regional economies, an analysis of the Wichita region overall, as well as detailed assessments of two representative clusters—aerospace vehicles and defense and plastics. The report... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; Industrial Products Industry; Aerospace Industry; Kansas
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  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Foreign Competition and Domestic Innovation: Evidence from U.S. Patents

By: David Autor, David Dorn, Gordon H. Hanson, Pian Shu and Gary Pisano
Manufacturing is the locus of U.S. innovation, accounting for more than three quarters of U.S. corporate patents. The rise of import competition from China has represented a major competitive shock to the sector, which in theory could benefit or stifle innovation. In... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Competition; System Shocks; Trade; Innovation and Invention; Manufacturing Industry; China; United States
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  • Research Summary

International Competitiveness in High Technology and Science Based Sectors

By: Gary P. Pisano

This research project examines shifts in competitive capabilities of companies and countries in high technology and science based businesses.  It is particularly concerned with the potential loss of such capabilities in various industrial sectors in the... View Details

  • May 2022
  • Supplement

Maestro Pizza (B): The Competition Awakens

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Fares Khrais
Maestro pizza opened its first store in 2013 after its founder, Khalid Al Omran, recognized an opportunity in Saudi Arabia to offer high quality pizza at affordable prices. The business grew rapidly and under the radar at first, but soon enough caught the attention of... View Details
Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Emerging Markets; Business Startups; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Product Positioning; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Social Media; Forecasting and Prediction; Crisis Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Business Growth and Maturation; Financial Statements; Cost Management; Analysis; Quality; Performance Consistency; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Family Ownership; Food and Beverage Industry; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
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    The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Innovation

    Artificial intelligence promises to greatly increase the efficiency of the economy. But it may have an even larger impact on the economy by serving as a new general-purpose “method of invention” that can reshape the nature of the... View Details

    • News

    When regulation hinders environmental innovation

    • 03 Feb 2014
    • News

    Strategy in a World of Constant Change

    Keywords: strategy; competitive advantage; innovation
    • Web

    Tools | New Venture Competition

    Tools Social Enterprise Track Across Harvard Business School and beyond, resources are available for you as you consider and bring to life an idea for the New Venture Competition (NVC). 2024 Winners Play Video duration: 2:05 2024 New... View Details
    • March – April 2009
    • Article

    Market Research and Innovation Strategy in a Duopoly

    By: Dominique Lauga and Elie Ofek
    We model a duopoly in which ex-ante identical firms must decide where to direct their innovation efforts. The firms face market uncertainty about consumers' preferences for innovation on two product attributes and technology uncertainty about the success of their R&D... View Details
    Keywords: Profit; Innovation and Management; Demand and Consumers; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Research and Development; Competitive Strategy
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    • 18 Apr 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

    like a trained oncologist? How about setting up an online competition to find out? An article being published April 18 in JAMA Oncology, a journal of the American Medical Association, describes the crowdsourcing contest and the potential... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
    • Web

    Strategy - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    HBS ISC Strategy Strategy Strategy Explained Business Strategy Creating a Successful Strategy Corporate Strategy The Role of Leaders Related Topics Strategy Some companies perform better than others, and keep innovating so they grow and... View Details
    • 13 Jul 2011
    • News

    NASA Tournament Lab: Open Innovation On-Demand

    • 01 Dec 2007
    • News

    A Call to Innovation

    much as 80 percent of gross domestic product flows from the introduction of new technologies. But at the end of the day (and that end may be arriving sooner rather than later, the book suggests), Kao concedes that the rise in View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Telecommunications; Information; Management
    • 07 Jul 2023
    • Blog Post

    Harvard Innovation Labs: Where Passion and Purpose Meet

    Innovation Challenge, an annual competition for students, alumni, and affiliates in which winners in five tracks get a $75,000 prize and runners-up a $25,000 prize thanks to more than $500,000 in prize money... View Details
    • 01 Sep 2014
    • News

    Case Study: Declawing the Competition

    Illustration by Peter Arkle KitNipBox is a monthly subscription service for cat owners. Each box contains products designed to keep cats happy, healthy, and fit: toys, treats, health and hygiene products, must-have accessories, innovative... View Details
    • 24 Feb 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Accelerating Innovation In Energy: Insights from Multiple Sectors

    Keywords: by Rebecca M. Henderson & Richard G. Newell; Energy; Utilities; Technology
    • 01 Jun 2009
    • News

    Social Innovation Goes Mainstream

    theme of the panel discussion, “Taking Social Innovation to Scale,” Gergen added that the anticipated infusion of federal funds puts pressure on social enterprise organizations to deliver results. “It’s going to be a huge deal for social... View Details
    Keywords: Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
    • 28 Apr 2016
    • News

    New Venture Competition Winners Announced

    Video Embed At the 2016 New Venture Competition finale 12 teams competed from 3 tracks for more $225,000 in cash prizes. The opening video portrays inspiring companies founded by HBS graduates and students to show that one simple idea can... View Details
    • 4 Dec 2002
    • Other Presentation

    Can Japan Compete? New Findings from the Global Competitiveness Report 2002

    By: Michael E. Porter
    This presentation draws on ideas from Professor Porter's articles and books, in particular, The Competitive Advantage of Nations (The Free Press, 1990), "Building the Microeconomic Foundations of Competitiveness," in The Global Competitiveness Report... View Details
    Keywords: Economics; Japan
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