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Publications
- March 2021 (Revised August 2021)
- HBS Case Collection
Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc. (B): Valor Glass and the COVID-19 Pandemic
By: Ryan Raffaelli and Aldo Sesia
Abstract
The (B) case offers a detailed account of Wendell Weeks’s innovation strategy at Corning, and how his approach played a critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic. It illustrates the company’s philosophy of making long-term investments in promising new technologies and products well before others believed their time was ripe.
Keywords
Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Technology; Leadership; Health Pandemics; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)
Citation
Raffaelli, Ryan, and Aldo Sesia. "Wendell Weeks at Corning Inc. (B): Valor Glass and the COVID-19 Pandemic." Harvard Business School Supplement 421-078, March 2021. (Revised August 2021.)
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