Henrich Greve

Professor and author

Henrich Greve is a professor of entrepreneurship at INSEAD. Greve’s main interests are the causes and consequences of strategic change in organizations, but he also studies organizational innovation, and organizational founding and growth in young industries. He has written more than 50 published articles and the book, Organizational Learning From Performance Feedback (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Greve holds a master’s degree in sociology and a Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Stanford University.

Tue, 07/22/2014 - 13:58
Can Managers Who Wear Many Hats Be Trusted?The more diverse your goals, the greater the temptation to muddy the waters on your performance
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In March 2001, publishing executive Ann Godoff—then in her third year as president, publisher, and editor-in-chief of Random House Trade Publishing Group (RHTPG)—was the subject of a gushing profile in New York Magazine. Laced with tributes from…
Forecasting the Success of InnovationAre you good at generating ideas or evaluating ideas?
Mon, 08/08/2016 - 10:16
Creators beat managers at predicting an innovation’s success—unless they’re predicting the success of their own work. You probably know someone who owns an Apple Watch, or maybe you own one yourself. Is it a creative product? Well, the…
Leverage Advantages Through ComplementarityAlliances can yield complementary innovations
Tue, 07/22/2014 - 13:58
Quirky is actually the name of a company. It collects ideas on innovative products, allows “community members” on its list to vote and comment on them, and arranges to have some of them manufactured and sold. The idea is roughly similar to the…