A friend of mine sits on the board of a small foundation that decided to add an impact investment mandate to its portfolio mix. She described to me a scene in which the board was reviewing some ...

When firms create new products or new innovations they want to have an idea towards whom they should market the product. The diffusion of innovation theory looks at the different groups that accept ...

Clayton Christensen, the late Harvard professor, is widely known for developing the theory of disruptive innovation. In his book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, Christensen described how new technologies ...

‘LeanSpark’ is an engaging chronicle of ingenuity amid constraint as explored by Jaideep Prabhu, Priyank Narayan, and Mukesh Sud in their new book, but it does not recognise that frugality narrows the ...

Clay Christensen spoke at the 2016 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards, which he co-founded with Craig Hatkoff and Rabbi Irwin Kula. Credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images Clay Christensen, an ...

The recent passing of Harvard Business School professor and innovation expert Clay Christensen provides good reason to revisit one of the key business concepts he introduced. The “jobs to be done” ...

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The introduction of a new product is an important time for the business that invests in its development and promotion. New products can generate interest and customers or, in the case of a failed ...

When Lisa Cook tried to publish her research showing how segregation and racial violence held back Black innovation, she encountered obstacles. Now her work is considered groundbreaking. Patent ...