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Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

When American companies move pieces of their operations overseas, they run the risk of moving the expertise, innovation, and new growth opportunities just out of their reach as well, explains HBS Professor Willy Shih, who served as president of Eastman Kodak's digital imaging business for several years.

Open Innovation and Organizational Boundaries: The Impact of Task Decomposition and Knowledge Distribution on the Locus of Innovation

Karim R. Lakhani and Michael L. Tushman use in-depth examples to argue that in contexts of increasing modularity and decreased communication costs, open innovation will at least complement, if not increasingly substitute for, more traditional innovation modes.

Featured Cases

JetBlue Airways: Deicing at Logan Airport

by Douglas Fearing, Robert S. Huckman

In the winter of 2009-2010, JetBlue's flight network was impacted when a lack of deicing capacity in Boston forced the cancellation or delay of a significant number of departing flights. That experience, combined with substantial scheduled growth for the following winter, led JetBlue to explore multiple deicing capacity expansion options.

Magna International, Inc. (A)

by Timothy A. Luehrman, Yuhai Xuan

Magna International, Inc., a Canadian-based automotive parts manufacturer, is considering whether and how to unwind its dual-class ownership structure. What are the potential benefits? How can Officers of the company fashion a transaction that will end the family's control and win the approval of both classes of shareholders?