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- December 2002
- Article
Something Old, Something New: A Longitudinal Study of Search Behavior and New Product Introduction
By: Riitta Katila and Gautam Ahuja
We examine how firms search, or solve problems, to create new products. According to organizational learning research, firms position themselves in a unidimensional search space that spans a spectrum from local to distant search. Our findings in the global robotics...
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Keywords:
Problem Solving;
New Products;
Organizational Learning;
Uncertainty;
Organizational Research;
Knowledge Management;
Robotics;
Organizational Behavior;
Organizational Effectiveness;
Innovation Adoption;
Strategy;
Product Design;
Business Processes;
Product Development
Katila, Riitta, and Gautam Ahuja. "Something Old, Something New: A Longitudinal Study of Search Behavior and New Product Introduction." Academy of Management Journal 45, no. 6 (December 2002): 1183–1194.
- Video
Madhav Chavan & Rukmini Banerji
Dr. Madhav Chavan, Co-Founder and President of Pratham Education Foundation, reflects on the early strategies that the organization employed in the 1990’s, when there were few NGOs working on education in India.
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- September 2021
- Article
Innovation in the 21st Century: Architectural Change, Purpose, and the Challenges of Our Time
Understanding the process of innovation has been a central concern of management researchers, but despite this progress, there remains much that we do not understand. Deepening our knowledge is critically important given the enormous environmental and social challenges...
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Keywords:
Architectural Innovation;
Systemic Innovation;
Innovation and Invention;
Mission and Purpose;
Environmental Sustainability
Henderson, Rebecca. "Innovation in the 21st Century: Architectural Change, Purpose, and the Challenges of Our Time." Management Science 67, no. 9 (September 2021).
- Article
Frame Flexibility: The Role of Cognitive and Emotional Framing in Innovation Adoption by Incumbent Firms
By: Ryan Raffaelli, Mary Ann Glynn and Michael Tushman
Why do incumbent firms frequently reject nonincremental innovations? Beyond technical, structural, or economic factors, we propose an additional factor: the degree of the top management team's (TMT) frame flexibility, i.e., their capability to cognitively expand an...
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Keywords:
Innovation Adoption;
Cognition;
Framing;
Emotional Resonance;
Incumbent Inertia;
Innovation and Invention;
Technology Adoption;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Change Management
Raffaelli, Ryan, Mary Ann Glynn, and Michael Tushman. "Frame Flexibility: The Role of Cognitive and Emotional Framing in Innovation Adoption by Incumbent Firms." Strategic Management Journal 40, no. 7 (July 2019): 1013–1039.
- 2017
- Interrogating Authenticity
Moments of Truth? Authentic Encounters with Realistic Identities
- 2005
- Chapter
Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: Perspectives from the Business Literature
By: Forest Reinhardt
Reinhardt, Forest. "Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: Perspectives from the Business Literature." In Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: Perspectives from Law, Economics, and Business, edited by Bruce L. Hay, Robert Stavins, and Richard Vietor, 151. Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 2005. (Resources for the Future.)
- Oct 2010
- Conference Presentation
How Stringent Is Private Regulatory Monitoring? The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance
- March 2022 (Revised January 2023)
- Case
Innovation at Moog Inc.
This case focuses on the challenges of incentivizing innovation within Moog, an engineering company based in New York state that designs and builds guidance systems for space, air, and land-based travel. The case enables students to grapple with the challenges of using...
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Innovation Lab;
Innovation Management;
Motivation;
Incentives;
Culture;
Compensation;
Compensation And Benefits;
Scalability;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Independent Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Consistency;
Performance Effectiveness;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Productivity;
Performance Evaluation;
Creativity;
Motivation and Incentives;
Aerospace Industry;
Transportation Industry;
United States
Hall, Brian J., Ashley V. Whillans, Davis Heniford, Dominika Randle, and Caroline Witten. "Innovation at Moog Inc." Harvard Business School Case 922-040, March 2022. (Revised January 2023.)
- 2010
- Chapter
Leadership in a Globalizing World
In this chapter, world-renowned business expert, author, and Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter asks the question, "Is leadership different in a globalizing world--one of broadening horizons and burgeoning sources of ideas and supplies--than in...
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Keywords:
Risk and Uncertainty;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Leadership;
Research;
Complexity;
Diversity
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Leadership in a Globalizing World." Chap. 20 in Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice, edited by Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana. Harvard Business Press, 2010.
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Making the Case for Maine: HBS Club and State's CEO Discuss Business Issues
bringing business here." With this in mind, Lane-Merrill organized the May event and crafted the case about Maine, titled "The Way Business Life Should Be?: An HBS Case Study on the State of Maine," which is...
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Janine Brunell Looker
- 06 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers
It was the summer of 2017, and after working at Mars in R&D for eight years, I started to think about the next step for my career. I enjoyed my role as a product innovation manager in the Consumer...
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- 05 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
The HBS New Venture Competition Turns 25: Celebrating A Quarter Century of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and its Social Enterprise Initiative, in partnership with HBS Alumni Clubs & Associations, organizes the annual competition. This year, 295 teams entered the virtual competition—117 in...
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