Lynda M. Applegate
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Lynda M. Applegate is the Martin Marshall Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
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Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change
| Published: | June 29, 2009 |
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| Feature: | Sharpening Your Skills |
Nothing like a global recession to test your change-management skills. We dig deep into the Working Knowledge vault to learn about building a business in a down economy, motivating the troops, and other current topics.
Don't Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad
| Authors: | Lynda M. Applegate and J. Bruce Harreld |
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| Published: | June 24, 2009 |
| Paper Release Date: | April 2009, revised May 2009 |
| Feature: | Working Papers |
The financial crisis provides a sobering reminder of what happens when innovation fails to drive productive economic growth. For over a decade, money from around the world poured into the United States seeking innovation. Despite these massive investments, when adjusted for inflation, U.S. GDP grew slowly with much of the growth coming from government, professional, and business services, including real estate and outsourcing. What's more, inflation adjusted wages stalled for many, even as consumer spending increased. This paper argues that innovation is not a side business to a real business: rather, innovation is the foundation of a successful business.
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
| Q&A with: | Lynda M. Applegate |
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| Published: | April 27, 2009 |
| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
An economic crisis is a charter for business leaders to rewrite and rethink how they do business, says Harvard Business School professor Lynda M. Applegate. The key: Don't think retrenchment; think growth.
Published in 2007
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
| Published: | September 4, 2007 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Fostering innovation in a mature company can often seem like a swim upstream—the needs of the existing business often overwhelm attempts to create something new. Harvard Business School professor Lynda M. Applegate shows how one of the forces that threatens established companies can also be a source of salvation: disruptive change. Plus: Innovation worksheets.
Published in 2002
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
| Published: | July 8, 2002 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
In this chapter from The E-Business Handbook, HBS professor Lynda M. Applegate considers the future of E-Biz models. Her advice for satisfying customers who want tailor-made service? Get vertical.
Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur's Journey
| Published: | February 11, 2002 |
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| Feature: | Report from the Field |
How do entrepreneurs stoke their courage during a recession? For a determined group who started their own businesses during easier times, the answer at the recent conference was simple: There's still nothing that compares to entrepreneurship.
Published in 2001
Venture Capital: Hot Markets and Current Industry Trends
| Published: | December 17, 2001 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Yes, the economy has soured. But that doesn't mean venture capitalists are waiting on the sidelines. VC panelists discuss what is hot (healthcare), what is not (wireless), and how daily life has changed (a lot).
New Paths to Success in Asia
| Published: | April 30, 2001 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
The HBS Asia-Pacific Research Center in Hong Kong is helping HBS faculty identify opportunities for researching Asian businesses. This local base of operations opens doors to faculty that would have otherwise remained closed or undiscovered.
Published in 2000
What's an Internet Business Model? Ask a Health Care Professional
| Published: | June 26, 2000 |
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| Feature: | Research & Ideas |
Health care and the Internet are well-matched for each other, quipped one panelist at the IS2K conference, "because no one wants to pay for either." Quips aside, the health care field is emerging as one of the busiest laboratories for exciting new business models—and the stakes are high indeed. In a discussion moderated by HBS Professor Lynda Applegate, experts in this burgeoning realm of Internet activity talked about what their businesses are doing to change the rules, all while trying to fulfill their primary goal of earning patients' trust.
