Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Consider the recent phenomena of shoestring 3D design labs or the biofabrication labs at MIT , which are taking the plunge into synthetic biology with far fewer resources than the genetic engineers at government labs. Part of the issue here is lumping together incremental innovation with disruptive innovation.

Cost 8

Cost Innovation Wireless Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2016

After all, the first prototype of a digital camera was created in 1975 by Steve Sasson, an engineer working for … Kodak. The camera was as big as a toaster, took 20 seconds to take an image, had low quality, and required complicated connections to a television to view, but it clearly had massive disruptive potential.

Technology 8

Technology Film Gilbert Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Robin Li, founder of China’s largest search-engine, Baidu, is a talented software engineer who returned to China from the U.S. Searching for new ideas at Haier involves a competitive screening of business model proposals, open to all, out of which projects and project leaders are chosen. billion business after two years.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Proposal Stage-Gate Disruptive Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

The engineer behind that project, Steve Sasson, offered a memorable one-liner to the New York Times in 2008 when he said management's reaction to his prototype was, "That's cute — but don't tell anyone about it.". It's the business model, stupid. Kodak wasn't blind to this shift. photography.

Gilbert 15

Gilbert Film Incubator Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2011

The irony is that Patch is AOL's last, best chance to build a growth engine. Investors shouldn't be calling for AOL to back off the business. Most important, Patch's current business model is unsustainable. While I believe in the market Patch is addressing, some of the outcry in the press is warranted.

Disaggregation 9

Disaggregation Advertising Business Model Engineering 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

Using court documents, Ames shows how top brass from Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe, Intuit, and Pixar ended up agreeing not to poach one another''s engineers, thus causing stagnation in wages, and often for the specific purpose of maintaining their profit margins. Jeong recently started a flexible management position at one shop. "I

Management 8

Management Engineering Hammer Advertising 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 26, 2015

Then one of the engineering executives, a fracking enthusiast and unconventional extraction technologies champion, spoke up. The company’s most important customer — by far — was Russia’s government. ” That’s not cynicism; that’s savvy risk management. Making Money with Digital Business Models.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Levitt Tourism Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Khoja recalls his chief technology officer, Eric Chapman, announcing a week into the search that they were going to have to choose their engineers in a different way. Four million subscribers later, Khoja was running the largest company in Afghanistan and still marveling: " Those were our engineers."

Innovation 15

Innovation Chief Technology Officer Engineering Disruptive Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

What has escaped attention is that the device burst into a sector long insulated from the slightest threat of disruptive innovation. Engineers gave it rave reviews, and investors were lined up. He then maneuvered nerdy engineers to build his sexy devices. ” It was not established AM, but FM.

Armstrong 8

Armstrong Wireless Succession Licensing 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2012

Khoja recalls his chief technology officer, Eric Chapman, announcing a week into the search that they were going to have to choose their engineers in a different way. Four million subscribers later, Khoja was running the largest company in Afghanistan and still marveling: " Those were our engineers."

Innovation 11

Innovation Chief Technology Officer Engineering Disruptive Innovation 11