iPad - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

Perkins and Apple to invest in companies that would develop apps for the iPhone. The result: a critical mass of applications for Apple's App Store, which today boasts some 700,000 iPhone and iPad applications and 400 million customer... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

and gave social networking companies the confidence to remain independent rather than be acquired by existing players (witness upstart Groupon's recent rejection of Google's $6 billion offer, for instance). And for what it symbolizes, let me add the launch of the Apple... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

03 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders

for these strange bedfellows. "Even though these platforms are competing aggressively with each other, along certain dimensions they are collaborating," says Zhu. "We call them 'frenemies.'" In a new working paper, Frenemies in Platform Markets: The Case of Apple's... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information; Publishing; Technology

07 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Steve Jobs Legacy

how to create culture. His work at Apple transcended business to marketing iconic products that consumers imbued with human attributes. iPod, iPhone, and iPad are more than technology. They are objects of desire. Jobs's legacy is a brand... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Computer; Technology

05 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing

Two days ago, the first buyers of Apple's iPad began putting it through its paces, playing games, navigating the Internet, and downloading electronic books. That groan you heard was from dozens of book publishers across the United States,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Entertainment & Recreation

16 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology

Not only has technology entered nearly every area of our personal life, it's the rare industry that isn't computerized, networked, and advertised on Facebook. Except one: education. Outside of the occasional computer lab, basic webpage, or View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

25 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 25

Advanced Media—MLB's digital arm—is facing a number of decisions related to its "app" for Apple's new iPad. What are the best name, price, and set of features for MLBAM's iPad app? The case describes what is often seen as one of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

this is temporary, but imagine taking 22% of the global supply of a vital commodity offline. Toshiba is a Japanese company that makes 35% of the flash memory in the world, consumed by devices like Apple's iPad and smartphones. It has not... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

24 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?

What kind of a device are you using to read this article? And what does your body posture look like? Are you hunching over a smartphone screen, arms tightly at your side? Are you slouching over an iPad or laptop? Or are you stretched out... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Consumer Products

16 Feb 2016
First Look

February 16, 2016

iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2, and iPad mini 3. By March 2015, Apple Pay was accepted in 700,000 retail locations including Coca-Cola vending machines. "We are the fastest adopted mobile payment... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

heavily on other, usually smaller, companies or external individuals to conduct many of their activities. What part of your iPad is made by Apple? Is the Verizon customer representative you're talking with really part of that company? How... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

23 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

small, Apple was increasingly dependent on the iPhone to drive its growth. Could Cook continue Apple's dominance in the smartphone market in the face of growing competition? Could he revitalize the iPad business, become a leader in... View Details