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- August 1995
- Background Note
Managing in an Information Age: IT Challenges and Opportunities
The co-evolution of technology, work, and the workforce over the past 30 years has dramatically influenced our concept of organizations and the industries within which they compete. No longer simply a tool to support "back-office" transactions, IT has become a...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Information Management;
Restructuring;
Technological Innovation;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Information Technology Industry
Applegate, Lynda M. "Managing in an Information Age: IT Challenges and Opportunities." Harvard Business School Background Note 196-004, August 1995.
- Web
Suppliers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Employers Suppliers Policymakers Suppliers Suppliers Suppliers of medical products, technology, and services play vital roles in the value of health care delivery and View Details
- 2007
- Book
Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction
McCraw, T. K. Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007.
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
NYC Conference Brings Entrepreneurs and Angels Together
Last fall, the HBS Club of Greater New York hosted an innovative conference designed to give would-be entrepreneurs a boost in meeting one of the greatest challenges for any new venture: finding start-up capital. Held in September in New...
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- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
U.S. market in the late 1960s, Firestone, along with most of the major American tire manufacturers, suffered costly setbacks and lost significant market share. By 1988, Firestone had been acquired by Japanese competitor Bridgestone, View Details
- 2022
- Working Paper
When the Journey—And Not Just the Destination—Matters: How Internationalization Shapes Entrepreneurial Experimentation
By: Nataliya Langburd Wright and Laura Huang
Internationalization—gaining exposure to cross-border markets—is often the result of an entrepreneur’s experimentation and strategy around their core business. Scholars have shown how entrepreneurs develop products or services, and after achieving some traction, turn...
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- Web
FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Health Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network VBHCD Initiative VBHCD...
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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
individuals face stubborn resistance to new ideas. Managers and executives often reject innovation and unconventional approaches due to misplaced allegiance to the status quo....
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- Nov 11 2020
- Testimonial
Transformation in the Classroom and the Frontlines
- April 2019
- Article
Incentives for Public Goods Inside Organizations: Field Experimental Evidence
By: Andrea Blasco, Olivia S. Jung, Karim R. Lakhani and Michael Menietti
Understanding why employees go the extra mile at work is a key problem for many organizations. We conduct a field experiment at a medical organization to study motivations for employees to submit project proposals for organizational improvement. In total, we analyze...
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Keywords:
Field Experiment;
Innovation;
Contest;
Incentives;
Free-rider Problem;
Healthcare Organizations;
Employees;
Motivation and Incentives;
Innovation and Invention;
Organizations;
Performance Improvement;
Perspective
Blasco, Andrea, Olivia S. Jung, Karim R. Lakhani, and Michael Menietti. "Incentives for Public Goods Inside Organizations: Field Experimental Evidence." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 160 (April 2019): 214–229.
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Tools and Training for a “Wicked Problem”
wicked problem.” Launched in 2017 and funded by Michael Bloomberg’s (MBA 1966) Bloomberg Philanthropies, the initiative aims to inspire and strengthen city leaders by giving them the necessary tools to lead...
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Keywords:
homelessness
- 1992
- Chapter
Technological Change and The Management of Architectural Knowledge
Henderson, Rebecca M. "Technological Change and The Management of Architectural Knowledge." In Transforming Organizations, edited by Thomas Kochan and Michael Useem. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. (Reprinted in Organizational Learning, edited by Michael D. Cohen and Lee S. Sproull, Calif.: Sage Publications Inc., 1996.)
- December 2014 (Revised February 2017)
- Case
Simplot Plant Sciences: Designing a Better Potato
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Mary Shelman
Privately held Simplot has developed a new genetically engineered potato that substantially reduces waste and does not turn brown after cutting. Unlike other GMOs, it does not contain foreign genes. The case describes the company's commercialization plans in light of...
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Keywords:
GMO;
Sustainability;
Agribusiness;
Biotechnology;
Food And Environment;
Plant-Based Agribusiness;
Food;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Marketing;
Product Positioning;
Genetics;
Value Creation;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
United States
Alvarez, Jose B., and Mary Shelman. "Simplot Plant Sciences: Designing a Better Potato." Harvard Business School Case 515-042, December 2014. (Revised February 2017.)
- 2018
- Dictionary Entry
Communicating about Climate Change with Corporate Leaders and Stakeholders
Within the corporate sector, climate change represents an unfolding market shift, one that is driven by policy but also by pressures from a variety of market constituents such as consumers, suppliers, buyers, insurance companies, banks, and others. The shift takes...
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Hoffman, Andrew J. "Communicating about Climate Change with Corporate Leaders and Stakeholders." In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication. 3 vols. Edited by Matthew Nisbet, Shirley Ho, Ezra Markowitz, Saffron O’Neill, Mike Schäfer, and Jagadish Thaker. Oxford University Press, 2018.
- 17 Oct 2014
- News
Keeping the US competitive in science and technology
Andrew Pratt (MBA 2015) wants to ensure that the United States remains competitive in science and technology, both in business and education. (Published October 2014)
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- January 2014 (Revised March 2014)
- Teaching Note
Cancer Screening in Japan: Market Research and Segmentation
By: John A. Quelch
- 04 Sep 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Wellsprings of Creation: Perturbation and the Paradox of the Highly Disciplined Organization
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
through the recognition of religious difference and state policies that seek to eradicate such difference have contributed to failures of liberal democratic consolidation. Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained View Details