The case describes Pfizer’s efforts to build and run an innovation center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. As the center goes through different periods of leadership and strategic models, their relationship with the company and other search sites is explored. The case study details the challenges of building an innovation center within a large corporation, including the organization, incentives and scientific issues.
by
Stefan Thomke,
Ashok Nimgade
Source: Harvard Business School
17 pages.
Release Date: September 1, 2008. Prod #: 609037-PDF-ENG
Pfizer Inc.: Building a solution in which the Innovation Center
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