Innovation

Three practices to encourage participation from every level of your organization.

Twenty years after the introduction of the theory, we revisit what it does—and doesn’t—explain.

While we know a lot about practices that stimulate new ideas, innovation teams often struggle to apply them. Why? Because people's biases and entrenched...

When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each...

A faster, smarter methodology for launching companies may make business plans obsolete.

For starters, it’s not the same as operational effectiveness.

Disruption isn't the only approach.

The author, whose biography of Steve Jobs was an instant best seller after the Apple CEO's death in October 2011, sets out here to correct what he perceives...

Contracts, transactions, and records of them provide critical structure in our economic system, but they haven't kept up with the world's digital transformation....

Firms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors,...

It's too often misused and misunderstood.

How to craft a location strategy that bridges the digital and physical worlds.

This package begins with "What the West Gets Wrong About China," by Rana Mitter and Elsbeth Johnson, which discusses three fundamental misconceptions:...

A four-year, ten-nation study of the patterns of competitive success in leading countries concludes that companies achieve competitive advantage through...

A look across Tesla, the Boring Company, SpaceX, and his other companies reveals a consistent vision, organization, and ability to mobilize resources.

Before you start solving a problem, you have to ask the right questions.

Spoiler: Many people are doing it wrong.

Research shows they’re more successful in three important ways.

Why is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an innovation...

In business, innovation rarely springs from a flash of inspiration. It arises from a cold-eyed analysis of seven kinds of opportunities.

This case study describes Patagonia's goal to become carbon neutral by 2025 in an absolute sense -- that is to reduce emissions to zero while still growing...

The case follows Danish brewer Carlsberg as it develops the Green Fiber Bottle, a beer bottle made of wood pulp, in collaboration with a startup, a small-to-medium...

The landscape of today's healthcare industry is constantly changing, and it's your job to lead your team to success. This collection from Harvard Business...

In June 2015, two entrepreneurs launched HeyTaxi!, a start-up venture that used bicycle taxis in Mumbai. The goal was to reduce the time, effort, and...

From its inception, Salesforce, the cloud computing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) company, took a radically different approach to selling enterprise...

Depicts a "team-building" intervention by an organizational consultant at a small computer company.

Describes the development of WholesalerDirect, a B2B electronic commerce venture in the plumbing, heating, cooling, and piping industry. Adam Berger,...

This case describes Keroche co-founder Tabitha Karanja's decision to exit the wine business following the Kenyan government's 2007 increase in excise...

Supplements the (A) case.

Nintendo languished in last place during the console wars of the early 2000s, with game industry analysts suggesting that the Kyoto-based firm exit the...

In November 2016, the secretary of Mannarkkad Rural Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. (MCB) based in Kerala, India, learned that the prime minister of India...

Strongest Families is a 12-week distance treatment program for children with various mental health disorders and their families. The program was started...

The case describes how AMF Snaps, a supplier of fastenings for the premium clothes market, has risen to become one of Europe's leading and most innovative...

In 2013, Nokia sold its Device and Services business to Microsoft for €5.4 billion. For decades Nokia had led the telecommunications (telecom) industry...

This case is set in 2020 and talks about a start-up pharmaceutical marketing company - Good Pharma - based in Singapore. One of the first products the...

The (A) case focuses on the development of a Smart Village in Mori, Andhra Pradesh (AP), India. The Chief Minister of the state, N. Chandrababu Naidu,...

When Dr. Ikenna Okezie founded Somatus, a value-based kidney care provider, his goal had been nothing short of transforming kidney care delivery in the...

Gokaldas Exports was a family-owned business founded in 1979 that had grown into India's largest apparel exporter by the mid 2000s. Its founder, Jhamandas...

Surveys Microsoft's expansion into new businesses, such as mobile and embedded devices, home and entertainment, and business solutions, as it faces challenges...

A year of HBR's essential thinking on tech--all in one place. From quantum computing and next-generation digital health tools to virtual reality training...

Three practices to encourage participation from every level of your organization.

Twenty years after the introduction of the theory, we revisit what it does—and doesn’t—explain.

While we know a lot about practices that stimulate new ideas, innovation teams often struggle to apply them. Why? Because people's biases and entrenched...

When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, in 1997, it had a conventional structure for a company of its size and scope. It was divided into business units, each...

A faster, smarter methodology for launching companies may make business plans obsolete.

For starters, it’s not the same as operational effectiveness.

Disruption isn't the only approach.

The author, whose biography of Steve Jobs was an instant best seller after the Apple CEO's death in October 2011, sets out here to correct what he perceives...

Contracts, transactions, and records of them provide critical structure in our economic system, but they haven't kept up with the world's digital transformation....

Firms have never known more about their customers, but their innovation processes remain hit-or-miss. Why? According to Christensen and his coauthors,...