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- 15 Sep 2016
- News
Leading the Way
Jim McNerney (MBA 1975) is the retired chairman of the Boeing Company and is a 2016 recipient of an HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video he discusses his experience as a leader of two of America’s top companies and the lessons he hopes to pass on to others....
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- 24 Jul 2014
- News
How Internal Entrepreneurs Can Deal with Friendly Fire
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Management skills pay off in personal and professional pursuits
Chuck Marantz (MBA 1973) talks about the parallels of professional and personal management skills. (Published April 2014)
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Fueling a sustainable enterprise in Brazil
Ana Maria Diniz (OPM 36, 2007) found a way to convert elephant grass into clean energy. She combined her interest in renewable energy and her keen business sense to cofound Sykué Bioenergya SA, which provides equivalent power to 200,000 Brazilian homes. When cut,...
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- Teaching Interest
Overview
Teaching has been a lifelong passion of mine. As the third generation of academics in my family, I see good teaching as a means to give back and to encourage others to share my passion for discovery. I’ve been very lucky to have many teaching opportunities, both as an...
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Keywords:
Big Data;
Technology Strategy;
Machine Learning;
Data Science;
"Marketing Analytics";
Data Visualization;
Analysis;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation and Invention;
Intellectual Property;
Corporate Strategy;
Software;
Information Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Marketing;
Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Computer Industry;
Advertising Industry
- Research Summary
Overview
The focus of Professor Gross’ research agenda is U.S. technological innovation, innovation policy, and the effects of technological change on economic activity. He is also interested in learning about what drives individual creative behavior. Methodologically, he is...
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- March 2022
- Teaching Note
Tomorrow.io Goes To Space
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Abhishek Nagaraj and James Barnett
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 822-005. In March 2021, the weather company Tomorrow.io announced a new project to develop satellites equipped with radar for weather monitoring and launch them into Earth’s orbit. Company leadership considers execution strategies.
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- June 2018
- Teaching Note
LabCDMX: Experiment 50
By: Mitchell Weiss and Matt Higgins
Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-031.
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Keywords:
Public Entrepreneurship;
Experimentation;
Lean Startup;
Government;
Innovation;
Crowdsourcing;
Open Data;
Mexico City;
Mexico;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Government Administration;
Transportation;
Innovation Leadership;
Transportation Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Mexico;
Mexico City
- January 2018
- Case
Flying into the Future: HondaJet
By: Gary P. Pisano and Jesse Shulman
This cases examine Honda’s diversification into the light jet market. In 1985, Honda initiated a secret program to develop a small jet. Over the years, the program had many ups and downs (it was almost canceled several times). Then, a breakthrough in the configuration...
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Keywords:
Diversification;
Technological Innovation;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Air Transportation Industry
Pisano, Gary P., and Jesse Shulman. "Flying into the Future: HondaJet." Harvard Business School Case 618-012, January 2018.
- 28 Feb 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Pursuing Precision Medicine at Intermountain Healthcare
- November 2019 (Revised February 2022)
- Teaching Note
Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL
By: Chiara Farronato and Sarah Mehta
Teaching Note for HBS No. 619-003. Set in March 2018, the Case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. The Teaching Note offers guidance for instructors who wish to use the case either with or without its dataset...
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- Teaching Interest
Overview
I currently teach a module in the HBS Owner President Management (OPM) program that is entitled Innovation @Work. The module is designed to provide a general manager perspective on how to lead innovation and transform organizations, industries, and society. The role...
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Keywords:
Innovation & Entrepreneurship;
General Management;
Technological Innovation;
Entrepreneurship;
Information;
Innovation and Invention;
Leadership;
Organizations;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Social Enterprise;
Strategy;
Technology;
Computer Industry;
Energy Industry;
Information Industry;
Technology Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Africa;
Asia;
Latin America;
Middle East;
North and Central America;
Europe
- October 30, 2023
- Article
How Susan Tynan Disrupted a Dusty Old Industry
By: Ranjay Gulati
Keywords:
Leadership;
Management Skills;
Entrepreneurship;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Disruptive Innovation
Gulati, Ranjay. "How Susan Tynan Disrupted a Dusty Old Industry." Inc.com (October 30, 2023).
- Summer 2020
- Article
Tech Clusters
By: William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud
Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic performance. This paper reviews what constitutes a tech cluster, how they function internally, and the degree to which policy makers can purposefully...
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Keywords:
Clusters;
Agglomeration;
Innovation;
Industry Clusters;
Innovation and Invention;
Entrepreneurship;
Patents
Kerr, William R., and Frederic Robert-Nicoud. "Tech Clusters." Journal of Economic Perspectives 34, no. 3 (Summer 2020): 50–76.
- Article
Risk Attitudes and Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs and Venture Team Members
By: Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Margaret Dalton
Personality distinctions between entrepreneurs, nonfounder CEOs/leaders, and inventor employees have received limited attention, especially in innovative settings where they are working together. We surveyed these groups, along with other employees of innovative firms,...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurs;
Inventors;
Innovation;
Risk;
Personal Characteristics;
Innovation and Invention;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Attitudes
Kerr, Sari Pekkala, William R. Kerr, and Margaret Dalton. "Risk Attitudes and Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs and Venture Team Members." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 36 (September 3, 2019): 17712–17716.
- Fall 2018
- Article
What Problems Will You Solve with Blockchain?: Before Jumping on the Bandwagon, Companies Need to Carefully Consider how Ledger Technologies Fit into their Overall Strategy
By: Teppo Felin and Karim R. Lakhani
Distributed ledger technologies — collectively known as blockchain — have burst onto the business scene, accompanied by a significant amount of hype.They are widely expected to disrupt existing industries and lead to the creation of new types of companies. Some of the...
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Felin, Teppo, and Karim R. Lakhani. "What Problems Will You Solve with Blockchain? Before Jumping on the Bandwagon, Companies Need to Carefully Consider how Ledger Technologies Fit into their Overall Strategy." Reprint 60115. MIT Sloan Management Review 60, no. 1 (Fall 2018).
- 2018
- Working Paper
Some Facts of High-Tech Patenting
By: Michael Webb, Nick Short, Nicholas Bloom and Josh Lerner
Patenting in software, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence has grown rapidly in recent years. Such patents are acquired primarily by large U.S. technology firms such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, and HP, as well as by Japanese multinationals such as Sony, Canon,...
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Webb, Michael, Nick Short, Nicholas Bloom, and Josh Lerner. "Some Facts of High-Tech Patenting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-014, August 2018. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 24793, July 2018.)