Micro-foundations Of Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Dec 2014
News

Life Lab is the newest addition to the growing portfolio of facilities to support innovation and entrepreneurship, joining the Harvard i-lab, which opened in 2011, and the Harvard Launch Lab, a start-up... View Details

Summer 2017
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Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development

By: Daniel P. Gross

Performance feedback is ubiquitous in competitive settings where new products are developed. This article introduces a fundamental tension between incentives and improvement in the provision of feedback. Using a sample of 4,294 commercial logo design tournaments, I... View Details

Keywords: Feedback; Evaluation; Tournaments; Innovation; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Rank and Position; Product Development; Learning

01 Oct 2021
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Power? You Likely Have More Of It Than You Think

August 2016
Case

Building Smart Neighborhoods at Bouygues

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Bertrand Moingeon, Guo Bai and Jean-François Harvey

Can a consortium of 16 organizations, including multinational corporations, local government agencies, and startups, turn a rundown Paris suburb into a “smart” (ecologically viable, high-tech, livable) neighborhood? This case explores how Bouygues Immobilier led such a... View Details

Keywords: Collaboration; Teaming; Cross-industry Collaboration; Interorganizatonal Relationships; Innovation; Nascent Industries; Smart Cities; Governance; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry; Construction Industry; Paris; France

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19 Dec 2018
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Find and Replace: R&D Investment Following the Erosion of Existing Products

Keywords: by Joshua Krieger, Xuelin Li, and Richard T. Thakor

01 Sep 2012
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The School of Life

way to equip our children—and ourselves—for success in the years ahead. —Clay Christensen is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at HBS and one of the world’s foremost experts on View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Books of 2016

processes, examples, and case studies offering an effective framework in which to transform healthcare systems. It helps leaders answer such questions as: Why change? What to change? How to change? And when to change? Competing Against Luck: The Story View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

The End of Cows?

Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade; Scientific Research and Development Services

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Observing how globalization and technological innovation are transforming economies, Professor Steinwender is motivated by understanding what drives these factors. She uses the careful empirical identification of causal effects—and often the lens of history—to examine... View Details

Keywords: Economic History; Productivity; Innovation; Information Technology; Telegraph; Technological Change; Firm Behavior

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

really well rounded, strong marketer and work with some of the world’s most iconic brands. The reality of what ended up happening was that I ended up getting deeper and deeper into my function so I started... View Details

25 Nov 2021
News

An Aria for the Ambidextrous Organization

HBS Professor Michael Tushman and Tomer Zvulun (PLDA 21, 2021) Photo via The Atlanta Opera HBS Professor Michael Tushman and Tomer Zvulun (PLDA 21, 2021) Photo via The Atlanta Opera Atlanta Opera General and Artistic Director Tomer Zvulun (PLDA 21, 2021) calls his time... View Details

Keywords: opera; strategy; innovation; leadership; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2000
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Of Dugouts and Sweatshops

New York plant, thus putting pressure on retailers to be more aware of their suppliers' labor conditions. Emphasizing the need for innovative problem-solving in situations that aren't always clear-cut, Reich... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

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Competing in the Age of Digital Platforms—(Executive Education)

By: David B. Yoffie

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Without exception, the most valuable companies in the world today are platforms. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, and many other firms have built their fortunes by facilitating innovation across global ecosystems or... View Details

Keywords: Platforms; Technology; Strategy; Digital Business; Social Networks; Self-driving Cars; Mobile Gaming; Esports; Financial Services; Online Retail; Ride-sharing; Search; Auctions; United States; Asia; China; Europe

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

illustrated the approach with a variety of examples, from novel customer-facing apps (such as the innovative AI-enabled Google Assistant) to the new AI-enabled infrastructure powering Google’s data centers... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Jul 2015
News

The Future of Cars

Keywords: sharing economy; car ownership; information technology; cloud computing; Transportation; Space Research and Technology; Government

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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

Stacey Vanek Smith & Cardiff Garcia 24 Dec 2018 | The Indicator William Kerr on ‘The Gift of Global Talent’ James Pethokoukis 21 Dec 2018 | AEI: Political Economy The Global HR Challenge William R. Kerr 18 Dec 2018 | HR.com The View Details

26 Jan 2021
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Numbers Talk at Tesla

When Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) became CFO of Tesla in early 2019, few envied him. The electric carmaker had just reduced headcount by 7 percent. Tesla needed to cut costs and its vehicle prices to avoid bankruptcy, CEO Elon Musk told... View Details

Keywords: finance; automotive; manufacturing; innovation; Manufacturing

Forthcoming
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Beefing IT Up for Your Investor? Engagement with Open Source Communities, Innovation, and Startup Funding: Evidence from GitHub

By: Annamaria Conti, Christian Peukert and Maria P. Roche

We study the engagement of nascent firms with open source communities and its implications for innovation and attracting funding. To do so, we link data on 160,065 U.S. startups from Crunchbase to their activities on the open source software development platform... View Details