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- 19 Feb 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Evolution of Science-Based Business: Innovating How We Innovate
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by Gary P. Pisano
- Article
The Evolution of Science-Based Business: Innovating How We Innovate
By: Gary P. Pisano
Science has long been connected to innovation and to business. As early as the late 19th century, chemical companies, realizing the commercial potential of science, created the first industrial research laboratories. During much of the 20th century, large-scale...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Governance;
Innovation and Management;
Risk Management;
Research and Development;
Science-Based Business;
Commercialization
Pisano, Gary P. "The Evolution of Science-Based Business: Innovating How We Innovate." Special Issue on Management Innovation—Essays in the Spirit of Alfred D. Chandler. Industrial and Corporate Change 19, no. 2 (April 2010): 465–482.
- 2017
- Article
Organizational Support for Learning and Contribution to Improvement by Frontline Staff
By: Olivia Jung, Andrea Blasco and Karim R. Lakhani
Jung, Olivia, Andrea Blasco, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Organizational Support for Learning and Contribution to Improvement by Frontline Staff." Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings (2017).
- Article
Organizational Culture, Innovativeness and Market Orientation in Hong Kong Five Years After Handover: What Has Changed?
By: Rohit Deshpandé and John U. Farley
Deshpandé, Rohit, and John U. Farley. "Organizational Culture, Innovativeness and Market Orientation in Hong Kong Five Years After Handover: What Has Changed?" Journal of Global Marketing 17, no. 4 (2004): 53–73.
- 18 May 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Organization Design for Distributed Innovation
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by Carliss Y. Baldwin
- April 2006
- Background Note
Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 1: Innovation and Uncertainty
Describes the first module of a Harvard Business School 30-session elective course called Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome these challenges. The...
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Keywords:
Design;
Curriculum and Courses;
Innovation and Management;
Projects;
Opportunities;
Perspective
MacCormack, Alan D. "Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Module 1: Innovation and Uncertainty." Harvard Business School Background Note 606-125, April 2006.
- 2013
- Teaching Note
Innovation and Development of China Machine Press in the New Century (TN)
By: F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Jia and Guo Jia
China Machine Press (CMP), founded in 1952, is a leading multi-field, multi-discipline and multimedia publishing group in China with large scale, comprehensive and specialized business that integrates paper media, audiovisual media and online media, and combines...
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McFarlan, F. Warren, Ning Jia, and Guo Jia. "Innovation and Development of China Machine Press in the New Century (TN)." Tsinghua University Teaching Note, 2013.
- March 2020
- Article
Organizing Knowledge Production Teams Within Firms for Innovation
By: Vikas A. Aggarwal, David H. Hsu and Andy Wu
How should firms organize their pool of inventive human capital for firm-level innovation? While access to diverse knowledge may aid knowledge recombination, which can facilitate innovation, prior literature has focused primarily on one way of achieving that: diversity...
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Keywords:
Knowledge Recombination;
Organization Design;
Team Boundary;
Innovation;
Knowledge Sharing;
Diversity;
Innovation and Invention;
Groups and Teams;
Human Capital;
Organizational Design
Aggarwal, Vikas A., David H. Hsu, and Andy Wu. "Organizing Knowledge Production Teams Within Firms for Innovation." Art. 1. Strategy Science 5, no. 1 (March 2020): 1–16. (Lead article.)
- Teaching Interest
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal (LCOR); HBS Executive Education; 2022
- Coached executives on innovation and organizational change
- Led a group of senior executives in applying course theories to develop solutions for their organizational change initiatives
- Teaching Rating: 7 / 7 (8... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Relational Contracts and Organizational Capabilities
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by R. Gibbons & R. Henderson
- Article
Frame Flexibility: The Role of Cognitive and Emotional Framing in Innovation Adoption by Incumbent Firms
By: Ryan Raffaelli, Mary Ann Glynn and Michael Tushman
Why do incumbent firms frequently reject nonincremental innovations? Beyond technical, structural, or economic factors, we propose an additional factor: the degree of the top management team's (TMT) frame flexibility, i.e., their capability to cognitively expand an...
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Keywords:
Innovation Adoption;
Cognition;
Framing;
Emotional Resonance;
Incumbent Inertia;
Innovation and Invention;
Technology Adoption;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management
Raffaelli, Ryan, Mary Ann Glynn, and Michael Tushman. "Frame Flexibility: The Role of Cognitive and Emotional Framing in Innovation Adoption by Incumbent Firms." Strategic Management Journal 40, no. 7 (July 2019): 1013–1039.
- 16 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination within Organizational Studies
- 2013
- Book
Teaming to Innovate
By: Amy C. Edmondson
Innovation requires teaming. (Put another way, teaming is to innovation what assembly lines are to car production.) This book brings together key insights on teaming, as they pertain to innovation. How do you build a culture of innovation? What does that culture look...
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Edmondson, Amy C. Teaming to Innovate. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2013.
- 2019
- Book
The Wise Company: How Companies Create Continuous Innovation
By: Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi
High-velocity change is the fundamental challenge facing companies today. Few companies, however, are prepared to continuously innovate—because they focus on the short-term and do not emphasize the wisdom needed to make sure that their interests are aligned with those...
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Keywords:
Knowledge;
Wise Leadership;
Leaders;
Innovation;
Knowledge Management;
Leadership;
Innovation and Invention;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Nonaka, Ikujiro, and Hirotaka Takeuchi. The Wise Company: How Companies Create Continuous Innovation. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- 2005
- Article
Thai Firms' Adaptations Following the Asian Economic Crisis: Market Orientation, Innovativeness and Organizational Culture Five Years After
By: Rohit Deshpandé and John U. Farley
- 19 Dec 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Innovating Without Information Constraints: Organizations, Communities, and Innovation When Information Costs Approach Zero
- December 2022
- Article
Shaping Nascent Industries: Innovation Strategy and Regulatory Uncertainty in Personal Genomics
By: Cheng Gao and Rory McDonald
In nascent industries—whose new technologies are often poorly understood
by regulators—contending with regulatory uncertainty can be crucial to organizational survival and growth. Prior research on nonmarket strategy has largely
focused on established firms in mature...
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Keywords:
Technological Change;
Innovation;
Qualitative Methods;
New Categories;
Entrepreneurship;
Technological Innovation;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Strategy
Gao, Cheng, and Rory McDonald. "Shaping Nascent Industries: Innovation Strategy and Regulatory Uncertainty in Personal Genomics." Administrative Science Quarterly 67, no. 4 (December 2022): 915–967.
- 2015
- Chapter
Innovating without Information Constraints: Organization, Communities, and Innovation when Information Costs Approach Zero
Innovation has traditionally taken place within an organization's boundaries and/or with selected partners. This Chandlerian approach to innovation has been rooted in transaction costs, organizational boundaries, and information processing challenges associated with...
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Keywords:
Knowledge Sharing;
Cost;
Innovation and Management;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Altman, Elizabeth J., Frank Nagle, and Michael Tushman. "Innovating without Information Constraints: Organization, Communities, and Innovation when Information Costs Approach Zero." In The Oxford Handbook of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, edited by Christina E. Shalley, Michael A. Hitt, and Jing Zhou, 353–379. Oxford University Press, 2015.
- March 2006
- Module Note
Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World
Describes the second module of the 30-session Harvard Business School elective course Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World. The course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome these challenges. The course...
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- 2011
- Article
Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation
By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett
How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices...
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Keywords:
Dynamic Capabilities;
Strategic Change;
Jazz;
Jazz Mindset;
Improvisation;
Innovation;
Change Management;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Leading Change;
Leadership Style;
Leadership;
Management;
Management Style;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Organizational Culture;
Organizations;
Creativity;
Strategy;
Auto Industry;
Banking Industry;
Bicycle Industry;
Computer Industry;
Consulting Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Education Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Health Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Music Industry;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Retail Industry;
Semiconductor Industry;
Service Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States;
Japan;
Taiwan;
Europe;
Asia
Bernstein, Ethan S., and Frank J. Barrett. "Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation." Research in Organizational Change and Development 19 (2011): 55–90.