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Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
The Barriers Big Companies Face When They Try to Act Like Lean Startups
Experimentation ResearchAccording to a survey of executives. -
How to Profit from “Lean Advertising”
Advertising Magazine ArticleOnline video offers a way to achieve higher engagement with consumers for far less money. -
In Big Companies, Lean Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleAt mature companies, it’s tougher to turn on a dime. -
Transient Advantage
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor decades, the business world has been fixated on achieving sustainable competitive advantage, a position within an industry that allows a company to... -
What the Lean Startup Method Gets Right and Wrong
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleIt puts a premium on customer experience, but undervalues strategic thinking. -
"Lean In" Messages and the Illusion of Control
Leadership & Managing People ResearchResearchers found a downside to messages of empowerment. -
Getting Physicians to Buy in to Lean Health Care
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleEditor's note: For more on the future of health care visit the HBR Insight Center on Health Care Innovations. In the April issue of HBR, Tom Lee describes... -
How GE Applies Lean Startup Practices
Operations and supply chain management Digital ArticleThey’re reinventing their appliance business with rapid prototyping. -
NewTV Is the Antithesis of a Lean Startup. Can It Work?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleHow entrepreneurship changes when cash is abundant. -
Four Lean Advertising Campaigns That Went Viral
Sales & Marketing Digital ArticleInexpensive videos can sell products, but you've got to know what works (and what doesn't). -
The Secret to Lean Innovation Is Making Learning a Priority
Innovation Digital ArticleSuccess can skyrocket when lessons are systematically captured and made available to everyone. -
The Limits of the Lean Startup Method
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleToo much testing can backfire. -
Lean Strategy
Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleStart-ups need both agility and direction. -
To Make Lean Startups Work, You Need a Balanced Team
Innovation & Leadership ResearchResearchers found educationally diverse teams perform better, but adding MBAs to the mix has both negative and positive effects. -
Lean Knowledge Work
Operations and supply chain management Magazine ArticleThe “Toyota” principles can also be effective in operations involving judgment and expertise -
A Lean Startup Approach to International Development
Innovation Digital ArticleLarge-scale planning isn’t the answer. -
This Program Uses Lean Startup Techniques to Turn Scientists into Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleAnd it’s changing the way they do science. -
Lean Doesn't Always Create the Best Products
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleEmpathetic design takes more time but delivers better results. -
Looking to Join the Lean Start-up Movement?
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleThree pointers for using the theory in practice.
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Dropbox: 'It Just Works', Chinese Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Dropbox is a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup, founded in 2006, that provides online storage and backup services to millions of customers using a... -
Academic Entrepreneurship: Navigating Commercialization Challenges
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In September 2015, Pooja Viswanathan, a post-doctoral research scientist, emerged perplexed after a meeting with her post-doc supervisor. The purpose... -
The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed
35.00View Details Imagine if the multinational hotel groups had founded Airbnb, or the big auto companies had launched Uber and Tesla, or Blockbuster had created Netflix.... -
Hypothesis-Driven Entrepreneurship: The Lean Startup, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Firms that follow a hypothesis-driven approach to evaluating entrepreneurial opportunity are called "lean startups." Entrepreneurs in these startups translate... -
Danimal in South Africa: Management Innovation at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The case focuses on management innovation in the South African dairy industry, describing how an innovative new yoghurt product, Danimal, was created... -
Essent: From a State-Owned Utility to a Commercial Company
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Patrick Lammers, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for the Dutch energy company Essent NV, once a state-owned company, was pleased with the progress Essent's... -
EcoMatcher: Beyond the Triple Bottom Line
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case tells the story of EcoMatcher - a green and socially responsible enterprise that has found a scalable and profitable business model planting... -
A Brief Guide to A3
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details This brief note provides a description of the A3 communication tool using classic problem-solving methodology associated with the Toyota Production System.... -
Meesho (A): Exploring Hyperlocal Fashion
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Meesho is a three-part case that highlights the ups and downs, and the twists and turns, of a typical entrepreneurial journey. It follows the experiences... -
EcoMatcher: Daring to Make a Difference
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case tells the story of Bas Fransen, who evolved from a senior executive at Fortune Global 500 companies to founder of EcoMatcher - a socially responsible... -
SBE - Startup Booster for Entrepreneurs: Where the Student is the Case Study
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case is about INSEAD's Startup Booster for Entrepreneurs (SBE) and the MBA students who choose the elective. The unique course is designed to immerse... -
Meesho (C): Empowering India's Women Entrepreneurs
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Meesho is a three-part case that highlights the ups and downs, and the twists and turns, of a typical entrepreneurial journey. It follows the experiences... -
Product-Market Alignment
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details The ability to achieve product-market alignment (PMA) differentiates businesses that will thrive from those that will fail. Yet many find it difficult... -
A Brief Note on Hoshin Kanri: Strategy Deployment
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Hoshin kanri (HK), or strategy deployment, has been an integral part of the company management practices of some of the most successful Lean-practicing... -
Meesho (B): Technology Enablement of Small Retailers
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Meesho is a three-part case that highlights the ups and downs, and the twists and turns, of a typical entrepreneurial journey. It follows the experiences...
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Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Dropbox: 'It Just Works', Chinese Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Dropbox is a venture-backed Silicon Valley startup, founded in 2006, that provides online storage and backup services to millions of customers using a... -
The Barriers Big Companies Face When They Try to Act Like Lean Startups
Experimentation ResearchAccording to a survey of executives. -
How to Profit from “Lean Advertising”
Advertising Magazine ArticleOnline video offers a way to achieve higher engagement with consumers for far less money. -
Academic Entrepreneurship: Navigating Commercialization Challenges
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details In September 2015, Pooja Viswanathan, a post-doctoral research scientist, emerged perplexed after a meeting with her post-doc supervisor. The purpose... -
In Big Companies, Lean Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleAt mature companies, it’s tougher to turn on a dime. -
The Unicorn Within: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed
35.00View Details Imagine if the multinational hotel groups had founded Airbnb, or the big auto companies had launched Uber and Tesla, or Blockbuster had created Netflix.... -
Transient Advantage
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleFor decades, the business world has been fixated on achieving sustainable competitive advantage, a position within an industry that allows a company to... -
Hypothesis-Driven Entrepreneurship: The Lean Startup, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Firms that follow a hypothesis-driven approach to evaluating entrepreneurial opportunity are called "lean startups." Entrepreneurs in these startups translate...