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    Stefan H. Thomke

    Stefan Thomke (sthomke@hbs.edu), an authority on the management of innovation, is the William Barclay Harding Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has worked with firms on product, process, and... View Details

    Keywords: aerospace; automobiles; automotive; banking; biotechnology; chemical; computer; defense; electronics; health care; high technology; home video games; information technology industry; manufacturing; marketing industry; pharmaceuticals; plastics; semiconductor; service industry; telecommunications; video games
    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    A Historical Approach to Clustering in Emerging Economies

    By: Valeria Giacomin
    Clusters are defined as geographically concentrated agglomerations of specialized firms in a particular domain. The cluster concept in its broader meaning of industrial agglomeration has been the focus of longstanding debates in the social sciences. This working paper... View Details
    Keywords: Industry Clusters; Research; Theory; Developing Countries and Economies; History; Analysis; Globalization
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    • October 2013
    • Article

    Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption

    By: Clayton M. Christensen, Dina Wang and Derek C. M. van Bever
    Consulting fundamental business model has not changed in more than 100 years: very smart outsiders go into organizations for a finite period of time and recommend solutions for the most difficult problems confronting their clients. But at traditional... View Details
    Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Consulting Industry
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    • 24 Jul 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

    The sport of rodeo kayaking—the use of specialized kayaks to perform acrobatic tricks and maneuvers in rough white water—began around 1968 when an avid sportsman by the name of Walt Blackader developed techniques for entering waves... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation
    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    Managers and Market Capitalism

    By: Rebecca Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
    In a capitalist system based on free markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they are engaging in the political process in an attempt to structure the institutions of... View Details
    Keywords: Market Design; Economic Systems; Managerial Roles; Government and Politics
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    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Mapping Organizational-Level Networks Using Individual-Level Connections: Evidence from Online Professional Networks

    By: Shelley Xin Li, Frank Nagle and Aner Zhou
    Organization-level networks facilitate the flow of information and business activities in the economy. Prior research relies solely on high-level connections to measure these networks. Therefore, to understand the role of employee connections at all job levels in... View Details
    Keywords: Networks; Value; Social and Collaborative Networks; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Sharing; Employees; Social Media
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    • 15 Feb 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Learning from My Success and From Others’ Failure: Evidence from Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

    Keywords: by KC Diwas, Bradley R. Staats & Francesca Gino; Health
    • 16 Mar 2023
    • Blog Post

    Insights and Inspiration: A Look Back at the Summer Venture in Management Program

    of more than 180 strangers to forming a special bond in just a couple of days. It was all transformative and surreal. Did SVMP change how you think about your future? Oh, for sure. Before SVMP, I did not have much View Details
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    MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences | MBA

    management. To meet this need, the MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program at Harvard University builds upon students’ existing biotech and life sciences knowledge and equips them with the latest business and View Details
    • April 2025 (Revised April 2025)
    • Case

    JPMorganChase: Leadership in the Age of GenAI

    By: Iavor I. Bojinov, Karim R. Lakhani and David Lane
    This case study examines JPMorgan Chase's (JPMC) journey in adopting and implementing Generative AI (GenAI) following the release of ChatGPT. It outlines JPMC's initial cautious approach focused on data security, followed by strategic investments in internal platforms... View Details
    Keywords: Banks and Banking; Governance Controls; Information Technology; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Cybersecurity; Digital Platforms; Digital Transformation; Information Management; Information Infrastructure; Technology Adoption; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Product Development; Performance Improvement; Customization and Personalization; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    • 23 Dec 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Global Agglomeration of Multinational Firms

    Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie Chen
    • 13 Jan 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation

    Keywords: by Carliss Y. Baldwin & Joachim Henkel
    • 02 Jan 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

    https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53665 Business and Green Knowledge Production in Sweden 1960s–1980s By: Bergquist, Ann-Kristin, and Kristina Söderholm Abstract—This working paper contributes to the burgeoning historical... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA

    experience. If you are unsure whether your background has prepared you sufficiently, consider your familiarity with the topics covered in Molecular Biology of the Cell by Alberts et al. Students are expected to be knowledgeable with that... View Details
    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    The Organizational and Geographic Drivers of Absorptive Capacity: An Empirical Analysis of Pharmaceutical R&D Laboratories

    By: Francesca Lazzeri and Gary P. Pisano
    Scholars and practitioners alike now recognize that a firm's capacity to assimilate and use know-how from external sources—what Cohen and Levinthal (1990) called "absorptive capacity"—plays a central role in innovation performance. In recent years, a common strategy... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Industry Clusters; Knowledge Acquisition; Pharmaceutical Industry; San Francisco; San Diego; Massachusetts
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    • December 5, 2024
    • Article

    A Consensus Definition of Creativity in Surgery: A Delphi Study Protocol

    By: Alex Thabane, Tyler McKechnie, Phillip Staibano, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W. Busse, Sameer Parpia and Mohit Bhandari
    Introduction
    Clear definitions are essential in science, particularly in the study of abstract phenomena like creativity. Due to its inherent complexity and domain-specific nature, the study of creativity has been complicated, as evidenced by the various... View Details
    Keywords: Creativity; Health Care and Treatment; Outcome or Result; Measurement and Metrics
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    • 08 Feb 2017
    • HBS Seminar

    Andrew Mao, Microsoft Research

    • 14 Nov 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    The Network Effect: Why Companies Should Care About Employees’ LinkedIn Connections

    produce more patented innovations, and those innovations are typically more scientifically and economically valuable. “We found that companies that are more central are having a bigger impact—the innovation they produce is more successful... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 10 Jul 2023
    • In Practice

    The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

    HBS. He coedited the book Tutorials in Operations Research: Emerging and Impactful Topics in Operations. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Climate change and saving democracy I’ve already read through a tall pile of scientific analyses and alarmist... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • Research Summary

    Dissertation - Social Structure and Mechanisms of Collective Production:Evidence from Wikipedia

    Andreea's dissertation research examines social networks in the setting of collective production,  defined as collective action oriented towards production of collective goods - goods available for consumption by all members of a group whenever they... View Details