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Technology Adoption
How large are cross-country differences in technology adoption? How important are they to explain the large observed cross-country differences in per capita income? What factors accelerate of slowdown the adoption of technology? What factors affect the shape of the... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Conference Presentation
Constructing Institutional Ambiguity: Technology Definitions and Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector
By: Shon R. Hiatt
- 2016
- Working Paper
Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions
By: Nava Ashraf, Edward L. Glaeser and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto
Cities generate negative, as well as positive, externalities; addressing those externalities requires both infrastructure and institutions. Providing clean water and removing refuse requires water and sewer pipes, but the urban poor are often unwilling to pay for the... View Details
Ashraf, Nava, Edward L. Glaeser, and Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto. "Infrastructure, Incentives and Institutions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 21910, January 2016.
- August 2020
- Case
24M Technologies
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In early 2020, 24M Technologies (24M) announced that two of its strategic investors had commenced building plants to produce lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries based on 24M’s novel semi-solid electrode technology. This promised to halve the cost of conventional Li-ion... View Details
Keywords: Lithium-ion Batteries; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Strategy
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "24M Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 721-386, August 2020.
- 28 Oct 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization
- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
Implementing Technology
By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
We introduce a tractable model of endogenous growth in which the returns to innovation are determined by the technology adoption decisions of the users of new technologies. Technology adoption involves an implementation investment that determines the initial... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Investment; Investment Return; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Productivity; Technology Adoption
Comin, Diego, and Bart Hobijn. "Implementing Technology." November 2007. (Revise and resubmit at the Journal of Economic Theory.)
- September 1985
- Background Note
Overview of Artificial Intelligence Technology
Jaikumar, Ramchandran. "Overview of Artificial Intelligence Technology." Harvard Business School Background Note 686-043, September 1985.
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
the Internet, to what extent they can capitalize on these transformations remains an open question. HBS professor David Yoffie moderated the session on "The Technology Revolution and its Implications for the Future," with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2015
- News
Breaking the Death Grip of Legacy Technologies
- Web
Participating Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Courses Participating Institutions Participating Institutions Legend New MOC Affiliate Universities in... View Details
- February 2013
- Article
Institutions and Venture Capital
By: Josh Lerner and Joacim Tag
We survey the literature on venture capital and institutions and present a case study comparing the development of the venture capital market in the United States and Sweden. Our literature survey underscores that the legal environment, financial market development,... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Organizations; Taxation; Entrepreneurship; Financial Markets; United States; Sweden
Lerner, Josh, and Joacim Tag. "Institutions and Venture Capital." Industrial and Corporate Change 22, no. 1 (February 2013): 153–182.
- 2015
- Article
What's so Institutional about Leadership?: Leadership Mechanisms of Value Infusion
By: Ryan Raffaelli and Mary Ann Glynn
Leaders are important social actors in organizations, centrally involved in establishing and maintaining institutional values, a view that was articulated by Philip Selznick (1957) nearly a half-century ago, but often overlooked in institutionalists' accounts. Our... View Details
Raffaelli, Ryan, and Mary Ann Glynn. "What's so Institutional about Leadership? Leadership Mechanisms of Value Infusion." Research in the Sociology of Organizations 44 (2015): 283–316.
- 12 Jun 2017
- Video
The Fusion of Management and Technology
- Article
How Actors Change Institutions: Towards a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship
By: Julie Battilana, Bernard Leca and Eva Boxenbaum
As well as review the literature on the notion of institutional entrepreneurship introduced by Paul DiMaggio in 1988, we propose a model of the process of institutional entrepreneurship. We first present theoretical and definitional issues associated with the concept... View Details
Keywords: Change; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Framework; Research; Theory; Organizations; Management Practices and Processes
Battilana, Julie, Bernard Leca, and Eva Boxenbaum. "How Actors Change Institutions: Towards a Theory of Institutional Entrepreneurship." Academy of Management Annals 3 (2009): 65–107.
- 18 Sep 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Institutional Strategies in Emerging Markets
Keywords: by Christopher Marquis & Mia Raynard
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About the Institute - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
HBS ISC About the Institute About the Institute Contact Us Faculty & Staff Institute Associates Ludcke FAQs About the Institute The View Details
- March 2017
- Article
Land Institutions and Chinese Political Economy: Institutional Complementarities and Macroeconomic Management
By: Meg Rithmire
This article critically examines the origins and evolution of China’s unique land institutions and situates land policy in the larger context of China’s reforms and pursuit of economic growth. It argues that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has strengthened the... View Details
Keywords: China; Economic Reform; Land Politics; Macromanagement; Government and Politics; Macroeconomics; China
Rithmire, Meg. "Land Institutions and Chinese Political Economy: Institutional Complementarities and Macroeconomic Management." Politics & Society 45, no. 1 (March 2017): 123–153.
- 1 Jul 2006
- Conference Presentation
The Role of Individuals in Institutional Change: When Individuals Act as Institutional Entrepreneurs
By: Julie Battilana
- November – December 1985
- Article
The Implementation of New Technologies
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and W. Kraus
Keywords: Technology
Leonard, Dorothy A., and W. Kraus. "The Implementation of New Technologies." Harvard Business Review 63, no. 6 (November–December 1985).