Innovation Adoption - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2011
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Early Adopters

Omar Restom (HBS ’12, seated) and Douglas Melchior (MBA ’11) didn’t wait for the Harvard Innovation Lab’s official opening in November to relocate their base for developing Vaiad, a start-up self-serve platform that allows websites to... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Dec 2023
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A Continuum of Innovation

As senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program, Matt Weinzierl has a running list of questions that he and Jana P. Kierstead, the executive director of MBA and Doctoral programs, always keep in mind. They range from the curricular (How can we ensure that the MBA... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

21 Nov 2014
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Teaching Hospitals Are the Best Place to Test Health Innovation

Keywords: health care; innovation; product development; collaboration; efficiency; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Mar 2011
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HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations

(FIELD) course offering small-group learning experiences that are experiential, immersive, and field-based. The course will become the primary vehicle for developing further innovations in the Required Curriculum. The second-year... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

28 Jan 2011
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HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation

(FIELD) course offering small-group learning experiences that are experiential, immersive, and field-based. The course will become the primary vehicle for developing further innovations in the Required Curriculum. The second-year... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

06 Jul 2023
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Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

MLB, where he's worked since he graduated from HBS in 2008. And he's helped lead some of the transformational innovations the sport has undergone in the last decade, both on the field and off. In this episode of Skydeck, taped in front of... View Details

12 Mar 2021
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Powering the Innovation Flywheel in the Digital Era

28 Jun 2022
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Open Digital Platforms to Spur Innovation

20 Jun 2014
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Innovation is not a side business to running a company—innovation is the business

Leading innovation is the foundation of a company's success—in bad times as well as good. This is the lesson Lynda M. Applegate, Baker Foundation Professor, has drawn from her research. Applegate has identified an approach to managing... View Details

29 Jan 2021
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How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

“Computationally, it’s like our generation’s discovery of fire,” says Carolyn Fu, an assistant professor of business administration who studies innovation strategy at HBS. “It’s going to change the way we live our lives. We just don’t... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

28 Mar 2014
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Facebook's Big Bet on Virtual Reality

Keywords: Google; Facebook; mobile technology; disruptive innovation; Telecommunications; Information

01 Dec 2022
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Flying High

years—about the time she expects that the next generation of green aircraft will debut. She isn’t sure which of the innovations currently in development—such as planes powered by hydrogen or battery power—will win the race to the runway,... View Details

Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2006
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Inside Intel

self-creating new management, to adopt a different frame for his decision-making. He was no longer the actor. Now he was the audience. The audience was so displeased with the actor that it would give him the “hook” if it could. He was no... View Details

Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing