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- April 2008
- Case
Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and Dr. Bradford J. Shingleton (2004)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Marcelo Pancotto
Dr. Bradford Shingleton has developed some of the highest quality eye surgery techniques in the industry. He involves his nurses and technicians in creating a surgical service that is constantly improving. The case has many details about how Dr. Shingleton works with...
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Keywords:
Health Care and Treatment;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Service Operations;
Performance Productivity;
Practice;
Problems and Challenges;
Health Industry;
Boston
Bowen, H. Kent, and Marcelo Pancotto. "Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and Dr. Bradford J. Shingleton (2004)." Harvard Business School Case 608-151, April 2008.
- July 1997
- Case
We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corporation's Cardiac Pacemaker Business
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Illustrates how a new management team at Medtronic's Cardiac Pacemaker business reversed a steep decline in market share by adopting certain management principles for new product development: clarifying strategy, aggregating project planning, accommodating the number...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Innovation Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Product Development;
Health;
Technology;
Change Management;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
United States
Christensen, Clayton M. "We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corporation's Cardiac Pacemaker Business." Harvard Business School Case 698-004, July 1997.
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
15 years ago and asked if anyone was ever going to invent a replacement for Portland cement, the room would have fallen about laughing,” he says, referring to the most commonly used building material in the world. The only problem is that...
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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Far as the Eye Can See: A History of Seeing by Susan M. Denham (MBA 1993) The History Press From the mastery of fire a million years ago, humans have repeatedly invented new ways to see their...
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- 04 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon
goods far more than on good services, he said. He illustrated this point with a list of billionaires in various industries. Health-care billionaires, like the heirs to the Stryker fortune, generally make their money from unique products. (Stryker founder Homer Stryker...
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- March 2022 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Nexleaf Analytics: Saving the World Using the Internet of Things
By: Frank Nagle
In 2019, a decade after co-founding Nexleaf Analytics, CEO Nithya Ramanathan faced an important decision that would impact the ability of the small, but growing, not-for-profit organization to thrive for another decade. Their sensor technologies and big data analytics...
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Keywords:
Corporate Strategy;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Technological Innovation;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Competitive Strategy;
Patents;
Expansion;
Information Technology;
Health Industry;
Information Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
Technology Industry
Nagle, Frank. "Nexleaf Analytics: Saving the World Using the Internet of Things." Harvard Business School Case 722-414, March 2022. (Revised July 2022.)
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Who Has the Power in the Music Industry?
The music industry likes power. Power chords, power ballads, even Towers of Power. The balance of power in the industry, however, has been completely upset with the advent and rapid proliferation of digital music. Who calls the shots today? What impact will this power...
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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
- 14 Nov 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Parallel Search, Incentives and Problem Type: Revisiting the Competition and Innovation Link
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Managing Innovation is Like Theater
If you don't know where you're going, any map will do.1 This conventional wisdom sounds right to many managers. It highlights the safety of having a clear objective for your management actions. It implies that all management actions are likely to be confused and...
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by Rob Austin & Lee Devin
- September 1982
- Article
Review of Innovation Diffusion: A New Perspective, by L. Brown
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Review of Innovation Diffusion: A New Perspective, by L. Brown." Environment and Behavior (September 1982): 616–19.
- Aug 2011 - 2011
- Conference Presentation
Institutional Heterogeneity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Biodiesel Fuel Sector
By: Shon R. Hiatt
- 1988
- Book
Readings in the Management of Innovation
By: Michael Tushman and William L. Moore
Keywords:
Innovation and Management
Tushman, Michael, and William L. Moore. Readings in the Management of Innovation. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1988.
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) When Amira Rashad (MBA 1998) cofounded the grocery delivery platform BulkWhiz in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in spring 2017, she joined a nascent startup scene in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. “Many...
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- 07 Aug 2018
- News
Seeking a Way to Treat a Gene-based Hearing Loss
- April 2018 (Revised May 2018)
- Teaching Note
Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This Teaching Note helps instructors teach the HBS case, “Haier: Incubating Entrepreneurs in a Chinese Giant,” (HBS No. 318-104) presenting analysis of the case and a teaching plan to guide classroom discussions.
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;
Entrepreneurs;
Entrepreneurial Ventures;
Innovation;
Scaling;
Global Corporate Cultures;
Global;
Cultural Context;
Mainstream;
Platform Strategies;
Ecosystem;
Digital;
Internet Of Things;
Business Model;
Change Management;
Disruption;
Global Strategy;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Leading Change;
Business Strategy;
China
- April 2021
- Background Note
HEAD vs. LEAD: Disruptions Originating at the High- vs. Low-End of the Market
By: Elie Ofek, Olivier Toubia and Didier Toubia
Twenty five years after it was initially proposed, Clay Christensen’s theory of disruptive innovation continues to be a major reference for entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, and investors. However, the term “disruptive innovation” is often used in ways and contexts...
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Keywords:
Market Entry;
New Product Management;
Targeting;
Disruptive Innovation;
Market Entry and Exit;
Entrepreneurship;
Product;
Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technology
Ofek, Elie, Olivier Toubia, and Didier Toubia. "HEAD vs. LEAD: Disruptions Originating at the High- vs. Low-End of the Market." Harvard Business School Background Note 521-104, April 2021.
- November – December 2011
- Article
Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation
By: Carliss Baldwin and Eric von Hippel
In this paper, we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two increasingly important alternative models: innovations by single-user individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation. We analyze the design costs and architectures and...
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Keywords:
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Design;
Cost;
Communication;
Competition;
Economy;
Research;
Policy;
Practice
Baldwin, Carliss, and Eric von Hippel. "Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation." Organization Science 22, no. 6 (November–December 2011): 1399–1417.
- April 1983
- Supplement
Dansk Designs Ltd.: The Administration of Creativity, Video I
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Presents various members of the Dansk organization during conversations and meetings concerning issues arising in the design, production, and marketing of Dansk's product line. Focuses on the individual's role in the company, and on the interaction between marketing...
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Keywords:
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Leadership Development;
Marketing;
Production;
Organizational Design;
Creativity
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "Dansk Designs Ltd.: The Administration of Creativity, Video I." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 883-515, April 1983.