[Assam] Jumpstarting Innovation: Harvard MBA newsletter

Wed Sep 5 02:56:46 CDT 2007

At 4 am finished reading this article - seems good not only for MNCs but for also small service organizations -like a Nepalese Study abroad consultancy program started by a couple of Nepali youth having US degrees -sent to me by a US techie Harvard College grad for comments today. Also an Assamese group trying to set up an international services network 

Any comments?

Umesh

HBS Working Knowledge <workingknowledge at hbs.edu> wrote: To: jaipurschool at YAHOO.COM
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 11:14:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: "HBS Working Knowledge" <workingknowledge at hbs.edu>
Subject: Newsletter: Jumpstarting Innovation

   HBS Working Knowledge Newsletter                  
   Highlights this Week   
   Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage 
   New working paper: Exclusivity and Control 
   New working paper: A New Source of Competitive Advantage 
   New working paper: When to Increase Search Costs? 
   Wrapping up: How Will Millennials Manage? 
   First Look: New Research by HBS Faculty  

 ==============================  New on the Site  Jumpstarting Innovation:
 Using Disruption to Your Advantage http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5636.html
 Fostering innovation in a mature company can often seem like a swim upstream—the needs of the existing business often overwhelm attempts to create something new. Harvard Business School professor Lynda M. Applegate shows how one of the forces that threatens established companies can also be a source of salvation: disruptive change. Plus: Innovation worksheets.

  New working paper: Exclusivity and Control http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5762.html
 Download the PDF. Music, television shows, movies, Internet and mobile content, computer software, and other forms of media often require a consumer to join a platform in order to access or utilize the media. Why is it that some forms of content are available only on one platform, while others are distributed through several or all platforms available—that is, they "multihome"? HBS professor Andrei Hagiu and colleague Robin S. Lee explain.

  New working paper: Innovation through Global Collaboration, a New Source of Competitive Advantage http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5760.html
 Download the PDF. Innovations are increasingly brought to the market by networks of firms, selected according to their comparative advantages, and operating in a coordinated manner. HBS professor Alan MacCormack et al. describe their study of the strategies and practices used by firms that achieve great success in collaborative efforts.

 New working paper: Designing a Two-Sided Platform—When to Increase Search Costs? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5764.html
 Download the PDF. Why do some shopping malls, retail stores, popular magazines, and even Internet portals seem to purposefully make it hard for consumers to find what they want? HBS professor Andrei Hagiu and Bruno Jullien challenge the conventional wisdom that intermediaries create value by reducing search and transaction costs. Their paper sheds light on the economic motivations that in some contexts may lead intermediaries to make it harder for consumers and third-party sellers to find each other.

 Wrapping up: How Will Millennials Manage? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5736.html
 Online forum now closed. The next generation of managers, comprising many Gen Yers, or those born beginning in the late '70s, will be more adept at managing in a changing, global, and networked environment. They will do it with a greater emphasis on teamwork, facility for the use of technology, and sensitivity to needs for work/life balance. This is the predominant collective reaction from many who responded to this month's topic, says HBS professor Jim Heskett.

  First Look: New Research by HBS Faculty http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5756.html
 This week: Are Chinese firms diversifying like wildfire? ... Global collaboration for better innovation ... Endesa Chile builds a controversial dam.

  Most Popular Stories  
  Mattel: Getting a Toy Recall Right http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5755.html

  What Do You Think? How Will Millennials Manage? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5736.html

  The Hedge Fund as Activist http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5743.html

  First Look: August 28 http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5756.html

  Working paper: Innovation through Global Collaboration, a New Source of Competitive Advantage http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5760.html

  Best of Faculty Q&As Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4662.html
 "Sniping" is a popular way of winning a bid in the world of online auctions. But how far can it change the playing field? HBS professor Alvin Roth takes a look at how bidding rules change the way the game is played.

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  Effective Strategies for Media Companies: Navigating the New World http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/med_wk/index.html
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