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- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
Illustration by VectorStock As a doctoral student at HBS, Prithwiraj “Raj” Choudhury identified a little-studied phenomenon in innovation: Managers from emerging markets who migrated to the United States for jobs at multinational companies and then returned to their...
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April White
- 20 Jan 2019
- News
Can MBAs Create Top Entrepreneurs?
- 15 Jan 2016
- News
Is London the Next Silicon Valley?
- 21 Jun 2014
- News
Consumer Robotics Is Finally Ready For Prime Time
- 16 May 2014
- News
Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush: A Prescription for Fixing Hospitals
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A revolution in healing
Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000) is president and CEO of Moderna Therapeutics, which is producing a new drug application that could revolutionize the biotech world. It hinges on messenger RNA, or mRNA, the molecules responsible for transporting DNA code from a cell's nucleus...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Cash flow struggles can take down a company or spark ideas that transform an industry
Plans that Jonathan Bush (MBA 1997) had for an obstetrics practice ran into trouble when faced with unpaid claims and problems tracking patient records. In that, Bush saw an opportunity that forever changed the health records services industry. Record-keeping...
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Discouraging Opportunistic Behavior in Collaborative R&D: A New Role for Government
The traditional role attributed to government in collaborative R&D has been one of funding. This paper explores a new role for government in facilitating collaborative R&D, one of discouraging opportunistic behavior. Given the nature of R&D, concerns about...
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Behavior;
Government and Politics;
Managerial Roles;
Research and Development;
Framework;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Opportunities;
Italy
Tripsas, M., S. Schrader, and M. Sobrero. "Discouraging Opportunistic Behavior in Collaborative R&D: A New Role for Government." Research Policy 24, no. 3 (May 1995): 367–389.
- October 2008 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
The Northwest Passage
By: Herman B. Leonard and Peter Brannen
Following dozens of failed expeditions to "discover" the NW passage, a Norwegian adventurer employs a new approach that emphasizes rigorous preparation, a lighter, quicker style, and a willingness to adapt to the inhospitable Arctic environment and its people. The case...
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Independent Innovation and Invention;
Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Leadership Style;
Adaptation;
Canada
Leonard, Herman B., and Peter Brannen. "The Northwest Passage." Harvard Business School Case 309-067, October 2008. (Revised February 2014.)
- August 2001
- Case
Aurora Health Care: Finding "a Better Way"
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Kevin M. Dwyer
The largest hospital system in Wisconsin is trying to respond to new threats from nontraditional care providers. This case presents the hospital's dilemma as it tries to create change from within.
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Change Management;
Disruptive Innovation;
Innovation Strategy;
SWOT Analysis;
Competitive Strategy;
Health Industry
Christensen, Clayton M., and Kevin M. Dwyer. Aurora Health Care: Finding "a Better Way". Harvard Business School Case 602-043, August 2001.
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
Côme Laguë by Robert S. Benchley Côme Laguë (MBA 1993) has no respect for firms he calls "patent trolls"—holding companies that buy up and bank the intellectual property of closed businesses solely for the purpose of generating income through legal action against...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 21 Nov 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Intellectual Property Rights Protection, Ownership, and Innovation: Evidence from China
- 18 Aug 2014
- Research & Ideas
Have a Better Idea To Improve Health Care?
Several months ago, Harvard's Forum on Health Care Innovation surveyed industry executives, policy makers, academics, and doctors about the state of health care in the United States. Their report card was not encouraging. Only 14 percent of respondents felt "strongly...
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- 25 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups
Lean start-up strategies aren't just for start-ups anymore. That was the key message that Intuit cofounder Scott Cook (HBS MBA '76) shared in a small seminar with Harvard Business School faculty recently. Since its launch in 1983, the financial software company has...
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- 04 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Making the Case for Consumer-Driven Health Care
While some consider it President Obama's greatest accomplishment, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also has been the target of constant scrutiny and scorn since it was signed into law last year. Just last week, several news outlets reported a glitch in...
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- 09 Sep 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Boundary Spanning in a For-Profit Research Lab: An Exploration of the Interface Between Commerce and Academe
- 01 Jun 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The Challenges of Investing in Science-Based Innovation
In economic downtimes, businesses are apt to cut R&D projects that don't promise a speedy return on investment. But take a cue from smart science-based businesses, which view the recession as an opportunity to stoke up research and innovation for long-term...
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- 22 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries