Laboratory for Innovation Science (LISH)

Robert Gahl

Robert Gahl

Visiting Faculty Fellow, Human Flourishing Program
Associate Professor of Ethics, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

Robert Gahl is the Vice Director of the Markets, Culture, and Ethics (MCE) Research Centre and of the Program of Church Management at the Pontifical...

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Jonas Heite

Jonas Heite

Visiting Fellow, Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition as well as LMU Munich
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition as well as LMU Munich
Jonas is a Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and at the LMU Munich, Germany. He is a Visiting... Read more about Jonas Heite
Karim R Lakhani

Karim Lakhani

Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Faculty Co-director, Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH)

Karim R. Lakhani is a Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and one of the Principal Investigators of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH).  He specializes... Read more about Karim Lakhani

Hila Lifshitz Assaf

Hila Lifshitz Assaf

Associate Professor at NYU Stern School of Business
Affiliate, LISH
Areas of research:  Digitizing Innovation, Open Innovation, AI in Organizations, Future of work

Hila Lifshitz-Assaf is an Associate Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences at New York University Stern School of Business. She is also an affiliate of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard.

Professor Lifshitz-Assaf’s research focuses on developing an in-depth empirical and theoretical understanding of the micro-foundations of scientific and technological innovation and knowledge creation processes in the digital age. She explores how the ability to innovate is being transformed, as well as the challenges and opportunities the transformation means for R&D organizations, professionals and their work. She conducted an in-depth 3-year longitudinal field study of NASA’s experimentation with open innovation online platforms and communities, resulting in a scientific breakthrough. This study received the best dissertation Grigor McClelland Award at the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) 2015, Best Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ) paper based on dissertation (2018) and Best published paper elected by organizational communication and information systems division of Academy of Management (2018).

Jacqueline Ng Lane

Jacqueline Ng Lane

Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory for Innovation Science

 

Jacqueline Ng Lane's research examines how diverse teams in science, medicine, and knowledge-work can make use of their resources and informational advantages to achieve innovation breakthroughs... Read more about Jacqueline Ng Lane