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  • 30 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Future of IT Consulting

The explosion of "computer-to-computer" communication in the twenty-first century is triggering a growth phase for IT consultants. Harvard Business School professor Richard Nolan and HBS Interactive Senior Vice President Larry Bennigson trace the evolution of... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston; Consulting
  • May 2004 (Revised March 2005)
  • Case

Instant Messaging

By: David B. Yoffie and Deborah Freier
Explores the usage and technology of instant messaging (IM). IM enables two or more users to communicate almost instantaneously over the Internet with short, private text messages. Most IM service providers chose to remain proprietary and, therefore, a user of most IM... View Details
Keywords: Network Effects; Standards; Communication Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Internet and the Web; Web Services Industry
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  • July 2022
  • Teaching Plan

Wellthy: The Economics of Caring

By: Brian Trelstad
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 320-028. In 2014, Lindsay Jurist-Rosner (MBA ’09) founded Wellthy, a B2C business that coordinates care for working professionals seeking help to support loved ones with chronic diseases or aging parents. With personal experience as a... View Details
Keywords: B2B Vs. B2C; Future Of Work; Health; Social Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Care and Treatment; Recruitment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Health Industry; United States
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  • 29 Nov 2018
  • News

The gig economy connects the skilled

  • 26 Feb 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

associate professor of technology and operations management, their paper—available for download—is titled "Noncompetes and Inventor Mobility: Specialists, Stars, and the Michigan Experiment." What they found: While noncompetes... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • Web

Dan Lufkin | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

James Sharpe Extrusion Technology Carl Sloane Temple, Barker & Sloane C.D. Spangler C.D. Spangler Construction Co. Thomas Stemberg Staples Thomas Weisel Thomas Weisel Partners LLC John Whitehead Goldman Sachs Profiles... View Details
  • January 2011 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

Paydiant

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Elizabeth C. Williamson and James Weber
Kevin Laracey, founder of Paydiant, needed to figure out how to launch a payment processing company with a new technology based on smart phones. Consumers had increasingly turned to electronic payment methods such as credit cards and debit cards to make purchases.... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Credit Cards; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Industry Structures; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Cooperation; Technology Adoption; Retail Industry
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  • 23 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

strategy. Heads of shared service units—marketing, human resources, and information technology, among others—were included in the membership of the leadership team to ensure that information about customers, people, and technology were... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 12 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 12

Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 6 (June 2012) Abstract Globalization and new technologies have sharply reduced the efficacy of command-and-control management and its accompanying forms of corporate communication. In the course... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Experimentation Works: The Surprising Power of Business Experiments

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    * 9 Best Business Books for 2020... View Details

    • Web

    The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back - MBA

    Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion... View Details
    • 26 Oct 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    How Paid Promos Take the Shine Off YouTube Stars (and Tips for Better Influencer Marketing)

    YouTube influencers amass followers by filming everything from popping pimples to reviewing lipstick, with businesses watching closely for marketing opportunities. But audience loyalty only goes so far. When YouTubers post too many paid promotional videos, their... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Technology; Media & Broadcasting
    • Web

    HBS Veteran Spotlight: Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025) - MBA

    Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion... View Details
    • April 2014
    • Article

    Botsourcing and Outsourcing: Robot, British, Chinese, and German Workers Are for Thinking—Not Feeling—Jobs

    By: Adam Waytz and Michael I. Norton
    Technological innovations have produced robots capable of jobs that, until recently, only humans could perform. The present research explores the psychology of "botsourcing"—the replacement of human jobs by robots—while examining how understanding botsourcing can... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Emotions; Cognition and Thinking
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    • 01 Jul 2013
    • News

    Family of the Late Boston Businessman William F. Connell Donates $10 Million to Harvard Business School

    Keywords: William F. Connell (MBA 1963); Manufacturing
    • Fall 2024
    • Article

    The Three Traps That Stymie Reinvention: Organizational Identity, Architecture, and Collaboration Can Be Either Assets or Liabilities to Pursuing Growth in New Sectors

    By: Ryan Raffaelli
    In more than a decade of researching innovation, I have observed how organizations respond to new opportunities, technological changes, or unexpected market shifts that threaten to upend their current business model. This process, which I call reinvention, may occur... View Details
    Keywords: Innovation And Strategy; Change Leadership; Collaboration; Architecture; Transformation; Disruption; Leading Change; Innovation Strategy; Identity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure
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    • October 2021
    • Article

    Can European Electric Utilities Manage Asset Impairments Arising from Net Zero Targets?

    By: Conor Hickey, John O'Brien, Ben Caldecott, Celine McInerney and Brian O' Gallachoir
    This paper develops a framework to assess the ability of electric utilities to sustain the forced impairment of carbon emitting power plants and applies it to the European market. We present a new method to measure asset impairment, for both the company and the... View Details
    Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Environmental Regulation; Transition; Utilities Industry; Europe
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    • March 2024 (Revised July 2024)
    • Case

    The CHIPS Program Office

    By: Mitchell B. Weiss and Sebastian Negron-Reichard
    In February 2023, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo weighed signing off on a Notice of Funding Opportunity (“NOFO”) with at least one unconventional provision: a pre-application (“pre-app”) to the actual application for parts of $39 billion in direct semiconductor... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Motivation and Incentives; Semiconductor Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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    • December 2023 (Revised July 2024)
    • Case

    Boortmalt: The Master Maltster

    By: Forest Reinhardt, Jose B Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin, Lena Duchene and Emer Moloney
    By May 2023, Boortmalt was the world’s leading producer of malt, with a production capacity of 3 million tonnes, 15% of global market share, and 27 malting plants across five continents. It had recently acquired a major competitor and had sustained an EBITDA growth of... View Details
    Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Mergers and Acquisitions; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Values and Beliefs; Financing and Loans; Employee Relationship Management; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Knowledge Sharing; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Style; Resource Allocation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Strategic Planning; Environmental Sustainability; Organizational Culture; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Belgium; Europe
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    • February 12, 2021
    • Article

    The Commercial Space Age Is Here

    By: Matt Weinzierl and Mehak Sarang
    In May of 2020, SpaceX made history as the first private company to send humans into space. This marks not only a tremendous technological achievement, but also the first indication that an entirely new “space-for-space” industry—that is, goods and services designed to... View Details
    Keywords: Space Economy; New Markets; Emerging Markets; Opportunities; Entrepreneurship; Commercialization; Aerospace Industry
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