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What Evolution Can Teach Us About Innovation
By: Noubar Afeyan and Gary P. Pisano
Many people believe that the process for achieving breakthrough innovations is chaotic, random, and unmanageable. But that view is flawed, the authors argue. Breakthroughs can be systematically generated using a process modeled on the principles that drive evolution in...
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Keywords:
Breakthrough Innovation;
Variance Generation;
Selection Pressure;
Emergent Discovery;
Innovation and Invention;
Value Creation;
Innovation Leadership
Afeyan, Noubar, and Gary P. Pisano. "What Evolution Can Teach Us About Innovation." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 5 (September–October 2021): 62–72.
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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) Course Number 1556 Professor Amy Edmondson Assistant Professor Tiona Zuzul Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits27 SessionsExam(Previously: Becoming a View Details
- July 2020 (Revised July 2023)
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Live Nation and Pharrell Williams
By: Anita Elberse and Kate Christensen
“We’re in business together, and whether we lose a few million dollars or make a few million dollars, let’s do this. If you think you can pull it off, I’m behind you.” Michael Rapino, chief executive officer of Live Nation, the world’s leading live entertainment...
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Music;
Entertainment;
Superstars;
Talent;
Labor Economics;
General Management;
Music Entertainment;
Media;
Talent and Talent Management;
Joint Ventures;
Marketing;
Strategy;
Music Industry
Elberse, Anita, and Kate Christensen. "Live Nation and Pharrell Williams." Harvard Business School Case 521-005, July 2020. (Revised July 2023.)
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Cultural Revolution at GE
bottom-line results to one fixated on risk taking and creativity. Immelt is convinced that the company’s future lies in creating a culture that fosters blockbuster ideas and world-class marketing. “It’s a different era,” he explained to...
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- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for General Motors? Or are those just headlights from an oncoming train? Among Harvard Business School faculty, it depends on whom you ask. The carmaker—home to such storied brands as Cadillac,...
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When Is Traditionalism an Asset and When Is It a Liability for Team Innovation? A Two-Study Empirical Examination
By: Laura Huang, Cristina B. Gibson, Bradley L. Kirkman and Debra L. Shapiro
Team innovation requires idea generating and idea implementing. In two studies, we examine how these team activities are affected by the extent to which members value traditionalism – that is, placing importance on preserving old ways of doing things over breaking...
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Groups and Teams;
Innovation and Invention;
Diversity;
Values and Beliefs;
Performance Effectiveness
Huang, Laura, Cristina B. Gibson, Bradley L. Kirkman, and Debra L. Shapiro. "When Is Traditionalism an Asset and When Is It a Liability for Team Innovation? A Two-Study Empirical Examination." Journal of International Business Studies 48, no. 6 (August 2017): 693–715.
- 2011
- Book
The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators
By: Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen and Clayton M. Christensen
Some people are just natural innovators, right? With no apparent effort, they discover ideas for new products, services, and entire businesses. It may look like innovators are born, not made. But according to Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clay Christensen anyone can...
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Dyer, Jeffrey H., Hal B. Gregersen, and Clayton M. Christensen. The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press, 2011.
- October 2003
- Case
Henry Tam and the MGI Team
By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Ingrid Vargas and Hillary Anger Elfenbein
Within a short time frame, seven diverse team members assemble to write a business plan for a new company and struggle to define their roles, make decisions together, and resolve conflict. Henry Tam, a second-year Harvard MBA student, who joins an aspiring start-up...
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Keywords:
Interpersonal Communication;
Business Plan;
Groups and Teams;
Decision Making;
Jobs and Positions;
Leadership Style;
Human Resources;
Management Teams;
Conflict and Resolution;
Diversity
Polzer, Jeffrey T., Ingrid Vargas, and Hillary Anger Elfenbein. "Henry Tam and the MGI Team." Harvard Business School Case 404-068, October 2003.
Miaomiao Zhang
Miaomiao Zhang is a doctoral student at the Technology & Operations Managmenet Unit at Harvard Business School. Miaomiao received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and Economics from Emory Univeresity. She worked at the Strategy Unit at Harvard...
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- 28 Mar 2013
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Advancing the World's Leading Women
- November 2020
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The 1,000-Year Plan: Lee Kum Kee and Sustaining a Family Culture
By: Lauren Cohen, Dawn H. Lau and Billy Chan
The Lee family, whose Hong Kong-based Lee Kum Kee company has established itself as a legend within the Chinese and Asian sauce world, sets out to create a daring new vision of what family legacy means. With the family business having been established in 1888, and by...
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Keywords:
Family Business;
Mission and Purpose;
Values and Beliefs;
Business and Community Relations;
Organizational Structure;
Strategic Planning
Cohen, Lauren, Dawn H. Lau, and Billy Chan. "The 1,000-Year Plan: Lee Kum Kee and Sustaining a Family Culture." Harvard Business School Case 221-047, November 2020.
- 09 Apr 2013
- HBS Seminar
Andrew Stephen, University of Pittsburgh
- 27 Jan 2016
- News
Harvard Business School Launches Precision Trials Challenge
- 21 Aug 2023
- Book
You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance
of staying the course, this generation is increasingly looking to seize happiness wherever they can, because nothing is guaranteed. “Millennials are saying: Hold up. The rug keeps getting pulled out from under us. We think we’re finally...
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by Kara Baskin
- 28 May 2020
- News
Remote Work Has Its Perks, Until You Want a Promotion
- 21 Dec 2019
- News
Three Myths About Creativity That Are Probably Holding You Back
- February 2006
- Case
Millions of Customers and the Search for a Business: the Challenge of IRC-Hispano
Like many online services, IRC-Hispano, the world's largest Spanish-language chat organization, has many customers but sees few revenues. As an association, its structure presents many limitations and hurdles to overcome involving investing in technology platform...
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Keywords:
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Digital Platforms;
Technology Adoption;
Internet and the Web;
Organizational Structure;
Technological Innovation;
Revenue;
Web Services Industry;
Technology Industry;
Spain
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis, Fernando de Barrajo, and Joshua Bellin. "Millions of Customers and the Search for a Business: the Challenge of IRC-Hispano." Harvard Business School Case 106-053, February 2006.
- 01 Aug 2011
- News
Innovators act the part
- July 1997 (Revised October 2003)
- Case
Chattanooga Ice Cream Division,The
By: Carl S. Sloane
Senior functional officers (marketing, manufacturing, research & development, control, and human resources) clash over alternative ideas for turning around a business in decline. The general manager is faced not only with choosing between competing ideas, but also...
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Keywords:
Management Style;
Management Teams;
Groups and Teams;
Managerial Roles;
Conflict Management;
Decisions;
Performance
Sloane, Carl S. "Chattanooga Ice Cream Division,The." Harvard Business School Case 498-001, July 1997. (Revised October 2003.)
- October 2008
- Article
Creativity and the Role of the Leader
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Mukti Khaire
In today's innovation-driven economy, understanding how to generate great ideas has become an urgent managerial priority. Suddenly, the spotlight has turned on the academics who've studied creativity for decades. How relevant is their research to the practical...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Commercialization;
Managerial Roles;
Creativity;
Innovation and Management;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Diversity
Amabile, Teresa M., and Mukti Khaire. "Creativity and the Role of the Leader." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 10 (October 2008).