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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) When Uma Subramanian (MBA 2008) joined Aero Technologies as CEO in March 2019, the company was “just a kernel of an...
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April White;
aviation;
airlines;
entrepreneurship;
leadership;
innovation;
Air Transportation;
Transportation
- 14 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society
Society is evolving and it is leaving business behind, say HBS professor Shoshana Zuboff and James Maxmin. In their new book, The Support Economy: Why Corporations are Failing...
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by Martha Lagace
- Web
Social Progress Index - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and...
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- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
organizations, and what managers must do to effectively lead the change process. Tushman and O'Reilly are the coauthors of Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change View Details
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by Staff
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
suggest that in many commonly regulated markets in which firms share similar cost structures, firms are likely to experience incentives to ratchet down and delay the introduction of innovative products. The...
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Dina Gerdeman
- October 1995
- Article
Start-ups, Spin-offs, and Internal Projects
By: James J. Anton and Dennis Yao
We examine the incentive problem confronting a firm and employee when the employee privately discovers a significant invention and faces a choice between keeping the invention private and leaving the firm to form a new company (start-up), or transferring knowledge and...
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Business Startups;
Projects;
Motivation and Incentives;
Rights;
Employees;
Innovation and Invention;
Compensation and Benefits;
Knowledge Sharing;
Capital;
Profit
Anton, James J., and Dennis Yao. "Start-ups, Spin-offs, and Internal Projects." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 11, no. 2 (October 1995): 362–378. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- 16 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019
history of creativity studies. Indeed, an examination of these seminal papers helps the new generation of creativity and innovation researchers to be mindful of the past and...
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Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
Sustainable Business Strategy Professor Rebecca Henderson Become a purpose-driven leader by learning how to influence key stakeholders and integrate values into your work to...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
report things,” she says. RELATED Watch alumni discuss innovation inside City Hall Snow removal, potholes, trash pick-up, and graffiti removal; it doesn’t bring the hipster-cred of a high-tech start-up or...
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- 2017
- Working Paper
Cellophane, the New Visuality, and the Creation of Self-Service Food Retailing
By: Ai Hisano
This working paper examines how innovations in transparent packaging, specifically cellophane in the mid-twentieth century United States, helped retailers create full self-service merchandising systems, including selling perishable food. While self-service stores began...
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Hisano, Ai. "Cellophane, the New Visuality, and the Creation of Self-Service Food Retailing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-106, May 2017.
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
consolidation. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55801 March–April 2019 Harvard Business Review The Dual-Purpose Playbook By: Battilana, Julie, Anne-Claire Pache, Metin Sengul, View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- November 2012 (Revised July 2012)
- Supplement
Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd (C): Anthony Pierce of John Lewis
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Alex Godden
The "Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd" case series focuses on entrepreneurial selling, and is based on an older case study, "Deaver Brown and Cross River Inc." (9-394-042). It concerns two entrepreneurs, Andrew Sullivan and Hope Abasi, who have designed an innovative...
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Entrepreneurship;
Management;
Sales;
Marketing;
Consumer Products Industry;
United Kingdom
Cespedes, Frank V., and Alex Godden. "Andrew Sullivan and Faraway Ltd (C): Anthony Pierce of John Lewis." Harvard Business School Supplement 813-106, November 2012. (Revised July 2012.)
- 16 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018
Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 14 Introducing Open Platforms and Business Ecosystems By: Baldwin, Carliss Y. Abstract—The purpose of this chapter is to lay the...
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Dina Gerdeman
- February 9, 2015
- Article
Uber Needs Our Permission to Grow
And it's realizing that now.
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Business Law;
Growth Strategy;
Regulation;
Law;
Disruptive Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Transportation Industry;
Service Industry
van Bever, Derek C. M. "Uber Needs Our Permission to Grow." Harvard Business Review (website) (February 9, 2015).
- October 2009
- Article
Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship
By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
We examine entrepreneurship and creative destruction following US banking deregulations using Census Bureau data. US banking reforms brought about exceptional growth in both entrepreneurship and business closures. Most of the closures, however, were the new ventures...
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Entrepreneurship;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Market Entry and Exit;
Capital Markets;
Banks and Banking;
Growth and Development;
Disruptive Innovation
Kerr, William R., and Ramana Nanda. "Democratizing Entry: Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship." Journal of Financial Economics 94, no. 1 (October 2009): 124–149.
- 2015
- Case
Advanced Leadership Pathways: Mike Critelli and Dossia Service Corporation
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Patricia Bissett Higgins
In 2010, Mark Critelli was a well-seasoned corporate executive who had recently transitioned from being the CEO of a Fortune 500 company to that of a startup called Dossia. As an AL Fellow, he knew that despite believing in Dossia’s mission to empower individuals with...
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Health And Wellness;
Health Care;
Health Care Education;
Health Care Entrepreneurship;
Health Care Industry;
Health Care Investment;
Health Care Outcomes;
Health Care Quality;
Health Care Reform;
Health Care Services;
Health Costs;
Preventive Care;
Insurance Companies;
Insurance Industry;
Employee Compensation;
Empoylee Wellness Programs;
Patient Reported Outcome Measures;
Patient Satisfaction;
Data;
Data Analytics;
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurial Organizations;
Entrepreneurial Ventures;
Start-up;
Leadership Skills;
Disruptive Change;
Health;
Insurance;
Employees;
Leadership;
Disruptive Innovation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Employment;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Information Technology;
Analytics and Data Science;
Health Industry;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Patricia Bissett Higgins. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Mike Critelli and Dossia Service Corporation." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-053, 2015. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
- 2005
- Book
Renewing Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history of Unilever over the last half century. Managing such a firm in the era of globalization posed enormous challenges. The book covers the company's strategies and provides compelling evidence of its decision-making, marketing, brand...
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Business History;
Decision Making;
Organizational Culture;
Globalization;
Transformation;
Human Resources;
Business Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Innovation and Invention;
Consumer Products Industry
Jones, Geoffrey. Renewing Unilever: Transformation and Tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
- January 2016 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
CEO David Kenny led the transformation of the Weather Company from a television business to a Big Data technology company from 2012 until 2016, when IBM acquired its digital assets. This case discusses major decisions taken by Kenny starting in 2014 as he sought to...
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Weather Company;
IBM;
Digital;
Technology;
David Kenny;
Television;
Weather Channel;
Legacy Business;
Mainstream;
Newstream;
Reorganization;
Acquisitions;
Transformation;
Information Technology;
Television Entertainment;
Acquisition;
Consolidation;
Change;
Leadership
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jonathan Cohen. "Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016." Harvard Business School Case 316-143, January 2016. (Revised March 2016.)
- June 2013
- Teaching Note
Rock Health
By: Robert Higgins and Ian McKown Cornell
This is the teaching note associated with HBS Case #813035. The case should enable students to identify emerging challenges, evaluate Rock Health's funding model, debate the effectiveness of its incubation service and assess its long-term viability.
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- 17 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees
In a post-pandemic business world of hybrid work and quiet quitting, companies must rethink how they motivate employees. Good incentive plans and reward structures require a...
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by Avery Forman