Selected Research (2010-present)
Blogs
Tom Davenport, The Next Big Thing Blog for Harvard Business School Publishing
Jay Rao, Innovation at Work
Recent Books
McKone-Sweet, K, Greenberg, D. and H.J Wilson, The New Entrepreneurial Leader: Developing Leaders Who Shape Social and Economic Opportunity, 2011
Stoddard, Donna and M. Godwyn, Minority Women Entrepreneurs. Greenleaf Publishing, 2011.
Davenport, Tom, J. Harris and R. Morison, Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results, Harvard Business Press, 2010.
2012 Publications
Erzurumlu, Sinan, Refereed Journal Article: Erzurumlu, Sinan, Fehmi Tanrisever, and Nitin Joglekar. "Production, Process Investment and the Survival of Debt Financed Startup Firms," Production and Operations Management 21(4), 637-652, 2012.
Erzurumlu, Sinan, Refereed Journal Article: Erzurumlu, Sinan, Janice Bell and Holly Fowler, "Deploying Sustainability at Solea," IMA Educational Case Journal 5(2), 1-11, 2012.
Erzurumlu, Sinan, Refereed Book Chapter: "Collaborative Product Development for Competing Suppliers" in Perspectives of Supplier Innovation: Theories, Concepts, Empirical Insights on Open Innovation and the Intergation of Suppliers edited by A. Brem and J. Tidd. World Scientific Publishing Company, 2012.
Erzurumlu, Sinan, Refereed Conference Proceedings: Erzurumlu, Sinan, Jane Davies and Nitin Joglekar, "Operations Design to Enhance ARPA-E Funding for Transformational Clean Technology Startups, "Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 2012.
Erzurumlu, Sinan, Teaching Case: Erzurumlu, Sinan, Martin Anderson and Assheton Carter. "Goldlake/Eurocantera Honduras," Babson Case Collection BAB205C, 2012.
Fixson, Sebastian & Marion, T.J. Backloading: A Potential Side Effect of Employing Digital Design Tools in New Product Development. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 29(S1), 140-156, 2012.
Fixson, S.K. and Read, J.M. Creating Innovation Leaders: Why We Need to Blend Business and Design Education. Design Management Review, 23(4), 4-12, 2012.
Fixson, S. K., Dawson, B.A., and D.E. Whitney. Orchestrating Complex Product Development: Reducing Rework Hazards of Architechtural Mismatches. 2012.
Best Paper Proceedings, Adacemy of Management, Boston, MA. 2012
Paper selectred as finalist for TIM division Best Paper Award.
Fixson, S.K., Teaching innovation through Interdisciplinary Courses and Programs in Product Design and Development: An Analysis at 16 US Schools. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 40(2): 48-58. 2012.
Fixson, S.K., New Ventures: The Project-level Dimensions of Intermittent Non Continuous Resource Involvememt. Proceedings of the 19th International Product Development Management Conference "Transformative Research in Product and Service Innovation", Manchester, U.K. 2012.
Fixson, S.K., Marion, T.J., and M.H. Meyer. The Problem with Digital Design. MIT Sloan Management Review, 53(4). 2012
Fixson, S.K. and W.H. Lee. Shifting grounds: How industry emergence changes the effectiveness of knowledge creation strategies - The case of the U.S. automative airbag industry. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 24(1): 1-19. 2012.
Gordon, Steven, Blake, R., and Shankaranarayan, G., "The Role of Case-Based Research in Information Technology and Systems," in Information Systems Research and Exploring Social Artifacts: Approaches and Methodologies, Pedro Isaias and Miguel Baptista Nunes, eds., IGI Global Publishing, 2012.
Gordon, Steven, Dotan, H., Parise, S. and Volpe, E. "Does Organizational Support of Social Media Affect Worker Satisfaction, Involvement and Organizational Kowledge?", CIST 2012: Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Phoenix, AZ, 2012.
Rao, Jay. Innovation 2.0. A book in Spanish. 2012.
Rao, Jay. Speaking the Lingua Franca of Innovation, IESE Insight, 3rd Quarter, Issue 14,2012.
Rao, Jay, Case Studies:
2011 Publications
Davenport, Tom with John Lucker and Leandro DalleMule. "Know What Your Customers Want Before They Do", Harvard Business Review.
Davenport, Tom, and Snabe J. "How Fast and Flexible Do You Want Your Information, Really," MIT Sloan Management Review, Spring 2011.
Davenport, Tom. "Helping Organizations Create Better Judgment," HBR Agenda, Harvard Business Review, January 2011.
Davenport, Tom. "Rethinking Knowledge Work: A Strategic Approach," McKinsey Quarterly, Issue 1, 2011. Reprinted in McKinsey on Business Technology.
Gordon, Steven and Tarafdar, M. "How to Foster Greater Collaboration between Innovators and the IT Department, Innovation Management. 2011.
Guinan, P.J., with Wilson, H.J., Parise, S. & Weinberg, B. "What's Your Social Media Strategy?", Harvard Business Review, 23-25. (editor). July 2011.
Guinan, P. J., with Wilson, H.J., Parise, S., Weinberg, B., & Crosina, E. "Better Project Staffing with Social Technology", Harvard Business Review blog article. (editor). November 2011.
Iyer, Bala, with Parise, S., Rajagopalan, S., & Davenport, T., "Putting Social Media to Work at Cognizant," Ivey Business Journal, Vol. July/August, 2011.
Iyer, Bala, with Parise, S., and Gray P. "Innovation Impacts of Social Tagging Systems", MIS Quarterly, vol. 35, pp. 528-642. 2011.
Iyer, Bala, with Parise, S., Cuomo Donna & Donaldson, B. "MITRE Corporation: Using social technologies to get connected." Ivey Business Journal, vol January/February 2011.
McKone-Sweet, Kate, with Greenberg D. and Wilson H.J., "A Giving Voice to Values Approach to Educating Entrepreneurial Leaders", Journal of Business Ethics Education, Vol. 8, 2011.
McKone-Sweet, Kate. "How Entreprenurers Find Opportunity", HBR Blog Network, 2011.
Mulligan, Paul. "Drager Medical Systems, Inc.: Technology for Life" " IMA Educational Journal, Case and full teaching note; Vol 4, No. 1, March 2011.
Parise, Salvatore with Gray, P., Iyer, B. "Innovation Impacts of Using Social Bookmarking Systems", MIS Quarterly, 36(3), 629-643.
Parise, Salvarore with Wilson, H. J., Guinan, P.J., Weinberg, B., & Crosina, E. "Better Project Staffing with Social Technology". Harvard Business Review blog article.
Parise, Salvatore with Wilson, H.J., Guinan, P.J. & Weinberg, B. "What's Your Social Media Strategy?", Harvard Business Review. July 2011.
Parise, Salvatore with Iyer, B., Rajagopal, S., & Davenport, T. "Putting Social Media to Work at Cognizant". Ivey Business Journal, July/August 2011.
Parise, Salvatore with Iyer B., Cuomo D. and Donaldson, B. "MITRE Corporation: Using Social Technologies to get Connected." Ivey Business Journal, January/February 2011. 2010 Publications
Davenport, Tom with Harris J. and Shapiro J. "Competing on Talent Analytics," Harvard Business Review, October 2010.
Davenport, Tom. "Business Intelligence and Organizational Decisions," International Journal of Business Intelligence Research, January 2010.
Erzurumlu, Sinan, Gilbert, S. and Ramachandran, K. "To Share or To Compete: Managing Revenue Streams for Innovations in Markets with Network Effects" Technology, Operations and Management 2(1), June/July 2010.
Erzurumlu, Sinan S., "Collaborative Product Development with Competitors to Stimulate Downstream Investment". International Journal of Innovation Management 14(4) 1-30, 2010.
Gordon, Steve and Tarafdar, M. "The IT audit that boosts Innovation." MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol. 51, No.4, 39-47. 2010.
Guinan, P.J., Parise, S., Iyer, B., Cuomo, D., & Donaldson, B. Harnessing Unstructured Knowledge: The Business Value of Social Bookmarking at MITRE. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 38 (3), 53-56, 2010.
Guinan, P. J., Wilson, J., "Why One Entrepreneur Threw His iPad Into a Blender," HBR on-line. 2010.
Iyer, Bala, Parise. S. and Guinan, P.J. "Harnessing Unstructured Knowledge: The Business Value of Social Bookmarking at MITRE", IEEE Engineering Management Review, Volume 38, #3, 2010.
Iyer, Bala, Lee C., Tanriverdi H., and Venkatraman, N. "Complementarity-based Hypercompetition in the Software Industry: Theory and Empirical Test, 1990-2002. Strategic Management Journal, Vol 31, Issue 13, pp 1431-1456, Dec., 2010.
Iyer, Bala and Henderson J. "Preparing for the Future: Understanding the Seven Capabilities of Cloud Computing, MIS Quarterly Executive, Vol.9 No.2, 2010.
Parise, Salvatore and Rollag, K. "Emergent Network Structure and Initial Group Performance: The Moderating Role of Pre-Existing Relationships", Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31(6), 877-897, 2010.
Parise, Salvatore, Noyes, E., & Allen, I.E. "Artistic Influences and Innovation in the Popular Music Industry", Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Babson College, 30(15), art. 3
Parise, Salvatore, Guinan P.J., Iyer, B., Cuomo, D., & Donaldson, B. "Harnessing Unstructured Knowledge: The Business Value of Social Bookmarking at MITRE. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 38(3), 53-56. 2010
Shankaranarayanan, Ganesan with Even, A., and Berger, P. "Evaluating a Model for the Optimal Design of Large Datasets using a Real-World CRM Setting", Decision Support Systems, Vol. 48, No. 3, 2010.
Shankaranarayanan, Ganesan, Even A., and Berger, P.D., "Managing the Quuality of Marketing Data: Cost/Benefit Tradeoff and Optimal Configuration", Journal of Interactive Marketing, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2010.
Shankaranarayanan, Ganesan, Even A., and Berger, P.D. "Inequality in Utility of Customer Data: Implications for Data Management and Usage", Journal of Database Marketing and Customer Strategy Management, 2010.
Shankaranarayanan, Ganesan and Blake, R. "Research in Data Quality-Guture Research Directions", Journal of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information for Cooperation, Nov. 2010.