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- 2015
- Chapter
Design Thinking and Innovative Problem Solving
By: Srikant Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler
In 2012 we set out to answer two key questions. Can anyone, including MBAs and executives with superb analytical skills, learn to think more innovatively? If so, how might we go about developing these skills? Through close collaboration with individuals from major...
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Keywords:
Design Thinking;
Problem Solving;
Innovation;
Design;
Innovation and Invention;
Cognition and Thinking
Datar, Srikant, and Caitlin N. Bowler. "Design Thinking and Innovative Problem Solving." Chap. 7 in Shaping Entrepreneurial Mindsets: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Leadership Development, edited by Jordi Canals, 119–138. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- May 2017
- Teaching Note
Hilti Fleet Management (A) and (B)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Oliver Gassmann and Roman Sauer
These notes are meant to accompany Hilti Fleet Management (A): Turning a Successful Business Model on Its Head (717-427) and Hilti Fleet Management (B): Towards a New Business Model (717-465).
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the... View Details
This case explores the introduction of fleet management in the... View Details
Keywords:
Hilti;
Business Model Innovation;
BMI;
Fleet Management;
Decision-making;
Implementation;
Power Tools Industry;
Europe;
Switzerland;
Liechtenstein;
Business Model;
Restructuring;
Transformation;
Transition;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Construction;
Innovation and Invention;
Leasing;
Strategy;
Decision Making;
Growth Management;
Construction Industry;
Switzerland;
Liechtenstein;
Germany;
Austria;
Europe;
United States;
Asia;
Brazil;
China;
Latin America;
Africa;
Japan;
Hong Kong;
France;
Italy;
Spain
- 22 Jun 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Iterative Coordination and Innovation
Keywords:
by Sourobh Ghosh and Andy Wu
- 2015
- Working Paper
Scale and Innovation During Two U.S. Breakthrough Eras
By: Tom Nicholas
The relationship between scale and innovation is central to R&D-based growth. This paper uncovers new empirical evidence using comprehensive data on U.S. R&D firms active during the interwar and post-WWII eras. Variability in the nature of innovation is shown to be a...
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Nicholas, Tom. "Scale and Innovation During Two U.S. Breakthrough Eras." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-038, November 2014. (Revised October 2015.)
- July 2013
- Article
Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity
By: C. Fritz Foley and William R. Kerr
This paper studies the impact that immigrant innovators have on the global activities of U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational firms. The results indicate that increases in the...
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Keywords:
Technology Transfer;
Innovation;
Ethnic Networks;
Patents;
Diasporas;
Ethnicity;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Research and Development;
Foreign Direct Investment;
Innovation and Invention;
United States
Foley, C. Fritz, and William R. Kerr. "Ethnic Innovation and U.S. Multinational Firm Activity." Management Science 59, no. 7 (July 2013): 1529–1544.
- 17 Jul 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Tort Reform and Innovation
- 04 Mar 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation
Applegate teaches "innovation is not an option." We've identified articles and working papers covering a wide range of thinking about innovation management to answer some...
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Re: Multiple Faculty
- 2019
- Chapter
Problem, Person, and Pathway: A Framework for Social Innovators
By: Julie Battilana, Brittany Butler, Marissa Kimsey, Johanna Mair, Christopher Marquis and Christian Seelos
As the appetite for learning about social innovation intensifies, how can we better prepare practitioners for the work of addressing the world’s pressing social problems at the relevant scale? This chapter presents the “3P” framework that we developed to help address...
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Keywords:
Social Innovation;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Social Issues;
Change;
Problems and Challenges
Battilana, Julie, Brittany Butler, Marissa Kimsey, Johanna Mair, Christopher Marquis, and Christian Seelos. "Problem, Person, and Pathway: A Framework for Social Innovators." In Handbook of Inclusive Innovation: The Role of Organizations, Markets and Communities in Social Innovation, edited by Gerard George, Ted Baker, Paul Tracey, and Havovi Joshi, 61–74. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.
- February 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
UCB (A): Managing Information for Globalization and Innovation
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Brian DeLacey
This case presents a complex total MIS strategy case for a $3 billion European pharmaceutical/chemicals company based in Brussels. It covers corporate strategy alignment of IT portfolio, IT operations issues, and global coordination of IT.
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Operations;
System;
Corporate Strategy;
Investment Portfolio;
Globalization;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Brussels
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Brian DeLacey. "UCB (A): Managing Information for Globalization and Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 303-091, February 2003. (Revised August 2005.)
- March 1998
- Teaching Note
Managing Innovation at Nypro (A) and (B) TN
By: Clayton M. Christensen
Teaching Note for (9-696-061) and (9-697-057).
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Manufacturing Industry
- 2015
- Chapter
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy
By: Ramana Nanda, Ken Younge and Lee Fleming
We document three facts related to innovation and entrepreneurship in renewable energy. Using data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, we first show that patenting in renewable energy remains highly concentrated in a few large energy firms. In 2009, the top 20...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Energy;
Finance;
Entrepreneurship;
Energy Industry
Nanda, Ramana, Ken Younge, and Lee Fleming. "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy." Chap. 7 in The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy, edited by Adam Jaffe and Benjamin Jones, 199–232. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
- TeachingInterests
Product Management
By: Sara M. Torti
A Product Manager is obsessed with the problem their product tries to solve and works to both define the product’s functional requirements and lead cross-functional teams to develop, launch and improve their product over time. Taught by an experienced former Google... View Details
- 2016
- Chapter
Managing Communities and Contests to Innovate with Crowds
By: Karim R. Lakhani
Lakhani, Karim R. "Managing Communities and Contests to Innovate with Crowds." Chap. 6 in Revolutionizing Innovation: Users, Communities, and Open Innovation, edited by Dietmar Harhoff and Karim R. Lakhani, 109–134. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016.
- July 2005
- Teaching Note
UCB: Managing Information for Globalization and Innovation (A)(TN)
Teaching Note to (9-303-091).
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- 2016
- Working Paper
Innovation Adoption and Organizational Identity: Identity Dynamism as a Strategic Resource for Top Management Team Decision Making
By: Ryan Raffaelli, Mary Ann Glynn and Michael Tushman
Organizations continuously face decisions about whether to adopt radical innovations. We examine the relationship between innovation adoption and identity, linking identity with firm strategy to explain innovation adoption over time. We conceptualize identity as...
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- 7 Mar 2013
- Keynote Speech
Positive Risk and the Innovation Commons
- 2019
- Report
Peer Review of the Danish Research & Innovation System: Ten Steps, and a Leap Forward: Taking Danish Innovation to the Next Level
By: Christian H.M. Ketels, Magareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Jackie Hunter, Stefan Kuhlmann, Tony Raven, Pieter Heringa, Uri Gabai, Göran Marklund and Christopher Palmberg
This report provides recommendations to the Danish government on improving the country's research and innovation system. It was prepared by a group of international peers under the umbrella of the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Policy Support Facility
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Keywords:
Innovation;
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems;
Research And Development;
Public Policy;
Innovation and Invention;
Research;
Denmark
Ketels, Christian H.M., Magareta Drzeniek Hanouz, Jackie Hunter, Stefan Kuhlmann, Tony Raven, Pieter Heringa, Uri Gabai, Göran Marklund, and Christopher Palmberg. "Peer Review of the Danish Research & Innovation System: Ten Steps, and a Leap Forward: Taking Danish Innovation to the Next Level." Report, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Brussels, 2019.
- 11 Mar 2014
- News
Innovation in Big Companies
- Article
Financial Innovation and the Management and Regulation of Financial Institutions
By: Robert C. Merton
Keywords:
Finance;
Innovation and Invention;
Management;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Financial Institutions
Merton, Robert C. "Financial Innovation and the Management and Regulation of Financial Institutions." Journal of Banking & Finance 19, nos. 3-4 (June 1995): 461–481.
- 2005
- Dictionary Entry
Disruptive Innovation
By: Gautam Ahuja and Puay-Khoon Toh
Ahuja, Gautam, and Puay-Khoon Toh. "Disruptive Innovation." In The Blackwell Encylopedia of Management, Volume 3: Entrepreneurship. 2nd ed. Edited by Michael A. Hitt and R. Duane Ireland. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2005.