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- April 2003 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Nokia and MIT's Project Oxygen
By: Rebecca Henderson and Nancy Confrey
Pending developments in wireless networking and in embedded computing present a long-range strategic challenge to Nokia, Inc. This case outlines the ways technology is likely to develop in the next 20 years, briefly describes Nokia's history and strategic positioning,...
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Henderson, Rebecca, and Nancy Confrey. "Nokia and MIT's Project Oxygen." Harvard Business School Case 703-450, July 2003. (Revised from original April 2003 version.)
- April 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Kodak (A)
By: Giovanni M. Gavetti, Rebecca Henderson and Simona Giorgi
The introduction of digital imaging in the late 1980s had a disruptive effect on Kodak's traditional business model. Examines Kodak's strategic efforts and challenges as the photography industry evolves. After discussing Kodak's history and its past strategic moves in...
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Keywords:
History;
Business Model;
Leadership;
Disruption;
Industry Growth;
Business Strategy;
Consumer Products Industry
Gavetti, Giovanni M., Rebecca Henderson, and Simona Giorgi. "Kodak (A)." Harvard Business School Case 703-503, April 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- February 2003 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Ember Corporation: Developing the Next Ubiquitous Network Standard
By: Rebecca Henderson and Nancy Confrey
Ember is a venture capital-funded start-up that hopes to establish a standard for ubiquitous wireless networks. Its unique approach and proprietary technology promises to create enormous value in a wide variety of markets, particularly in local sensing and control....
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Wireless Technology;
Value;
Competitive Strategy;
Standards;
Technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry
Henderson, Rebecca, and Nancy Confrey. "Ember Corporation: Developing the Next Ubiquitous Network Standard." Harvard Business School Case 703-448, February 2003. (Revised July 2003.)
- Article
Discontinuities and Senior Management: Assessing the Role of Recognition in Pharmaceutical Firm Response to Biotechnology
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Sarah Kaplan and Fiona Murray
Henderson, Rebecca M., Sarah Kaplan, and Fiona Murray. "Discontinuities and Senior Management: Assessing the Role of Recognition in Pharmaceutical Firm Response to Biotechnology." Industrial and Corporate Change 12, no. 2 (April 2003).
- November 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Corning, Inc.: Technology Strategy in 2003
Corning, Inc. has a 150-year history of building a strategy around innovation. Founded as a glass manufacturer in 1851, the company quickly established itself as a maker of specialty glass products and over the next 100 years diversified into light bulbs, television,...
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Keywords:
Information Technology;
Strategy;
Innovation Strategy;
Situation or Environment;
Research and Development;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Henderson, Rebecca. "Corning, Inc.: Technology Strategy in 2003." Harvard Business School Case 703-440, November 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- January 2002
- Article
Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT
By: Ajay Agrawal and Rebecca M. Henderson
Agrawal, Ajay, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT." Management Science 48, no. 1 (January 2002): 44–60.
- 2001
- Chapter
Publicly Funded Science and the Productivity of the Pharmaceutical Industry
By: Rebecca Henderson and Ian Cockburn
U.S. taxpayers funded $14.8 billion of health related research last year, four times the amount that was spent in 1970 in real terms. In this paper we evaluate the impact of these huge expenditures on the technological performance of the pharmaceutical industry. While...
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Keywords:
Public Sector;
Science-Based Business;
Research and Development;
Sovereign Finance;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Henderson, Rebecca, and Ian Cockburn. "Publicly Funded Science and the Productivity of the Pharmaceutical Industry." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 1, edited by Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, 1–34. MIT Press, 2001.
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Scale and Scope in Drug Development: Unpacking the Advantages of Size in Pharmaceutical Research
By: Rebecca Henderson and Iain Cockburn
Henderson, Rebecca, and Iain Cockburn. "Scale and Scope in Drug Development: Unpacking the Advantages of Size in Pharmaceutical Research." Journal of Health Economics 20, no. 6 (November 2001).
- 2000
- Chapter
'Luck', 'Leadership' and 'Strategy'
Henderson, Rebecca M. "'Luck', 'Leadership' and 'Strategy'." In Economics Meets Sociology in Strategic Management. Vol. 17, edited by J. A. C. Baum and Frank Dobbin, 285–289. Advances in Strategic Management. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 2000.
- 2000
- Chapter
Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Iain Cockburn
Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Measurement and Metrics;
Research and Development;
Innovation and Invention;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Iain Cockburn. "Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery." Chap. 6 in The Nature and Dynamics of Organizational Capabilities, edited by Giovanni Dosi, Richard Nelson, and Sidney Winter. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
- fall 2000
- Article
Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ajay Agrawal
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ajay Agrawal. "Putting Patents in Context: Exploring Knowledge Transfer from MIT." Economic Institutions of Strategy 21 (fall 2000): 1123–1145. (Reprinted in Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 26, Economic Institutions of Strategy," edited by J. Nickerson and B. Silverman, 2009.)
- Article
Untangling the Origins of Competitive Advantage
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Iain Cockburn and Scott Stern
Henderson, Rebecca M., Iain Cockburn, and Scott Stern. "Untangling the Origins of Competitive Advantage." Strategic Management Journal 21, nos. 10-11 (October–November 2000): 1123–1145. (Reprinted in The SMS Blackwell Handbook of Organizational Capabilities: Emergence, Development and Change, edited by C. Helfat. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003.)
- July – August 2000
- Article
Drug Industry Mergers Won't Necessarily Benefit R&D
Henderson, Rebecca M. "Drug Industry Mergers Won't Necessarily Benefit R&D." Research-Technology Management 43, no. 4 (July–August 2000): 10–11.
- 1999
- Chapter
The Economics of Drug Discovery
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Iain Cockburn
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Iain Cockburn. "The Economics of Drug Discovery." Chap. 5 in Pharmaceutical Innovation, edited by Ralph Landau, Basil Achilladelis, and Alexander Scriabine, 308–331. Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Press, 1999.
- 1999
- Chapter
The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Revolution in Molecular Biology: Interactions Among Scientific, Institutional, and Organizational Change
By: Rebecca Henderson, Gary P. Pisano and Luigi Orsenigo
Keywords:
Science-Based Business;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Transformation;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Henderson, Rebecca, Gary P. Pisano, and Luigi Orsenigo. "The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Revolution in Molecular Biology: Interactions Among Scientific, Institutional, and Organizational Change." In Sources of Industrial Leadership: Studies of Seven Industries, edited by David Mowery and Richard Nelson. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- Article
Absorptive Capacity, Coauthoring Behavior, and the Organization of Research in Drug Discovery
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Iain Cockburn
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Iain Cockburn. "Absorptive Capacity, Coauthoring Behavior, and the Organization of Research in Drug Discovery." Journal of Industrial Economics 46, no. 2 (June 1998): 157–182.
- Article
The Perils of Excellence: Barriers to Effective Process Improvement in Product-Driven Firms
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Jesus del Alamo, Todd Becker, James Lawton, Peter Moran, Saul Shapiro and Dean Vlasak
Henderson, Rebecca M., Jesus del Alamo, Todd Becker, James Lawton, Peter Moran, Saul Shapiro, and Dean Vlasak. "The Perils of Excellence: Barriers to Effective Process Improvement in Product-Driven Firms." Production and Operations Management 7, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 2–18.
- 1997
- Chapter
On the Dynamics of Forecasting in Technologically Complex Environments: The Unexpectedly Long Old Age of Optical Lithography
Keywords:
History;
Information Technology;
Situation or Environment;
Complexity;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Technology Industry
Henderson, Rebecca M. "On the Dynamics of Forecasting in Technologically Complex Environments: The Unexpectedly Long Old Age of Optical Lithography." In Technological Innovation: Oversights and Foresights, edited by Raghu Garud, Praveen Rattan Nayyar, and Zur Baruch Shapira. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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The Interactions of Organizational and Competitive Influences on Strategy and Performance
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Will Mitchell
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Will Mitchell. "The Interactions of Organizational and Competitive Influences on Strategy and Performance." Special Issue on Organizational and Competitive Influences on Strategy and Performance. Strategic Management Journal 18, no. S1 (July 1997): 5–14.
- 1997
- Article
University versus Corporate Patents: A Window on the Basicness of Invention
By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Adam Jaffe and Manuel Trajtenberg
Henderson, Rebecca M., Adam Jaffe, and Manuel Trajtenberg. "University versus Corporate Patents: A Window on the Basicness of Invention." Economics of Innovation and New Technology 5, no. 1 (1997): 19–50.