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- March 2015
- Case
Bloodbuy
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael Norris
In 2015, Chris Godfrey, founder and CEO of Bloodbuy, has to consider the best path to growth for his young company, which is attempting to disrupt the blood donation industry.
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Keywords:
Health Care;
Health Care Entrepreneurship;
Blood Donation;
Health Care and Treatment;
Entrepreneurship;
Health Industry;
United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michael Norris. "Bloodbuy." Harvard Business School Case 815-114, March 2015.
- June 6, 2019
- Article
Tesla's Advantage? 'It's the Software, Stupid.'
By: Lou Shipley
Without question, entrepreneur, innovator and engineer Elon Musk is a controversial figure, but there is no disputing that his first-to-market Tesla electric vehicles are not only revolutionizing the high-end driving experience, but also disrupting the automobile...
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Keywords:
Tesla;
Elon Musk;
Autonomous Vehicle;
Transportation;
Software;
Technology;
Disruption;
Auto Industry
Shipley, Lou. "Tesla's Advantage? 'It's the Software, Stupid.'." The Hill (June 6, 2019).
- 14 Apr 2020
- Video
Perspectives on the COVID-19 Pandemic: Advaithi-Shih (Session 6)
- July 1996 (Revised August 2017)
- Case
Continuous Casting Investments at USX Corporation
By: Clayton Christensen
Focuses on the difficulty established companies face when confronted with disruptive technological innovations. The power that their prior asset investments, their cost structures, and their customers have in constraining their investment and innovation decisions are...
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Disruption;
Assets;
Cost;
Investment;
Technological Innovation;
Problems and Challenges;
Mining Industry;
Real Estate Industry
Christensen, Clayton. "Continuous Casting Investments at USX Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 697-020, July 1996. (Revised August 2017.)
- 09 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Video: Thinking Secondhand First
CEO and co-founder of thredUP, James Reinhart (MBA/MPA-ID 2009) is disrupting the retail industry out of the mission to keep clothing out of landfills. Reinhart thought of his secondhand clothing business while at HBS and has since built...
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Future of Work Club
MIT Work of the Future: Perspectives from Business and Economics
David Mindell, Karen Mills and Robert Solow discuss what we can learn from past examples of massive disruption in the workforce. Which lessons apply today, and where might we be in uncharted territory.
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- Blog
Evolving Executive Education: Five Lessons from the Senior Associate Dean
wanted to take a minute to share some of the key lessons we've learned over the past year and a half. Lifelong learning is more important today than ever. The pandemic disrupted much more than learning. Businesses struggled (and still...
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- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
Summing Up In the judgment of respondents to the October column, repeating the development of disruptive technologies is an admirable but elusive target. Respondents commonly asked whether it is a process View Details
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by James Heskett
- January 2010 (Revised February 2011)
- Case
The Random House Response to the Kindle
By: Bharat N. Anand and Peter Olson
In early 2010, e-readers, like Amazon's Kindle and Apple's impending iPad, threatened to disrupt the book publishing industry. The case provides an overview of the industry, describes the broader trends regarding e-readers, and asks: how should major publishers like...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Trends;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Consumer Behavior;
Industry Structures;
Corporate Strategy;
Hardware;
Publishing Industry
Anand, Bharat N., and Peter Olson. "The Random House Response to the Kindle." Harvard Business School Case 710-444, January 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
- January 2015 (Revised October 2016)
- Case
onefinestay: Building a Luxury Experience in the Sharing Economy
By: Jill Avery, Anat Keinan and Liz Kind
onefinestay was a two-sided marketplace that offered high-end home rentals to travelers who sought a more authentic and local experience than a typical upscale hotel might provide. After five years of rapid growth, it was time to do a comprehensive analysis of the...
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Keywords:
Luxury Goods;
Brand Building;
Brand Management;
Hospitality;
Hotels;
Digital Marketing;
Brand Positioning;
Luxury Service;
Airbnb;
Sharing Economy;
Collaborative Consumption;
Disruptive Business Model;
Travel;
Alternatives To Hotel;
Branding;
Customer Service;
Exceeding Consumer Expectations;
Client Acquisition;
Reputation Management;
Word Of Mouth;
2-way Business Model;
Marketing;
Marketing Strategy;
Brands and Branding;
Luxury;
Disruption;
Business Model;
Entrepreneurship;
E-commerce;
Accommodations Industry;
Tourism Industry;
Travel Industry;
United Kingdom
Avery, Jill, Anat Keinan, and Liz Kind. "onefinestay: Building a Luxury Experience in the Sharing Economy." Harvard Business School Case 515-072, January 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
- 22 Jan 2018
- News
Nancy is “Disrupting History”
- 13 Dec 2019
- News
How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing
- 13 Oct 2020
- Video
Working too much? Break some bad habits
- June 2023
- Article
Gaining Organizational Adoption: Strategically Pacing the Deployment of Digital Innovations
By: Rebecca Karp
Scholars have long suggested that to foster adoption for their innovative products and services, entrepreneurs should engage with customers to better understand their unmet needs. Yet, customers frequently reside in organizations, and organizational members may not be...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship And Strategy;
Digital Innovation;
Healthcare;
Work And Organizations;
Organizational Adoption;
B2B;
Customers;
Technology Adoption;
Innovation Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Karp, Rebecca. "Gaining Organizational Adoption: Strategically Pacing the Deployment of Digital Innovations." Academy of Management Journal 66, no. 3 (June 2023): 773–796.
- 12 Dec 2019
- News
Most Popular Podcasts of 2019
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Clay Christensen's Surprising Take On Ikea, Google And Milkshakes
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ‘The Art of Negotiation’
book excerpt The Swing Of Things From Chapter 6, The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World By Michael Wheeler Paying heed is one aspect of improvising. Comping is another. Being provocative is a third. When Ambassador Holbrooke negotiated,...
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Re: Michael A. Wheeler