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- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
In this Harvard Business Review excerpt, HBS professor Stefan Thomke describes how Bank of America applies a systematic R&D process to create services. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 21 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?
Clayton M. Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma, talks about his upcoming follow-on book on creating sustainable new-growth businesses. His conclusions may surprise you. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
Managers know they need growth to survive—but innovation isn't easy. In this classic Harvard Management Update article from 2003, Clayton Christensen and co-authors detail the six keys to creating new-growth businesses. Open for comment; 0 Comments.
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the Process of Innovation
Just what is the BIG idea? In this Harvard Management Update piece, Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen helps us understand the sources of innovation inside companies and what blocks it. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side
Even as time pressures increase in corporate life, the need for creative thinking has never been greater, says Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Technological Disruption Changes Everything
From countries to companies, HBS Professor Clayton Christensen sees disruptive technologies upsetting applecarts all over the globe. In his talk at the HBS Global Alumni Conference 2001, Christensen discussed how disruptive technologies could change forever the health field, Microsoft, and even the Harvard Business School. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
According to HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen, the venture capital industry—like computers, telephony, and brokerage before it—is susceptible to the same forces that have waylaid many seemingly invincible players. What that means, said the author of the influential bestseller The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail, is that the time is ripe for the right people to create new, disruptive forms of financing. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
When introduced with speed and flair, disruptive technologies have the power to boost new companies and lay low other, seemingly invincible incumbents. Technology-savvy experts at Cyberposium considered their own successes and failures with the volatile medium, and passed on a bit of advice, too. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 05 Feb 2001
- What Do You Think?
- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
In the late 1960s, Firestone was perhaps the best managed company in its industry. But when Michelin introduced the radial tire and shook up the U.S. market, writes HBS professor Donald Sull, Firestone's historical success proved its own worst enemy. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies
A hospital operating room may seem an unlikely place to attract the attention of a group of management professors. But for HBS faculty members Amy Edmondson, Richard Bohmer and Gary Pisano it's a setting that offers great insights into work teams and the ways they adapt and learn. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.
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The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”
Not all the smart people work for you. By leveraging the discoveries of others, companies can produce spectacular results. A Q&A with professor Henry Chesbrough on his new book. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.