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Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy
By: Avi Goldfarb, Shane Greenstein and Catherine Tucker
As the cost of storing, sharing, and analyzing data has decreased, economic activity has become increasingly digital. But while the effects of digital technology and improved digital communication have been explored in a variety of contexts, the impact on economic...
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Goldfarb, Avi, Shane Greenstein and Catherine Tucker, eds. Economic Analysis of the Digital Economy. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
U.S. Digital Service
Mikey Dickerson and Haley Van Dyck found themselves far from home and far from certain about where to take the U.S. Digital Service (USDS) next. In the summer of 2015, they had landed in London to meet with Mike Bracken, director of the United Kingdom’s...
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- 2002
- Other Presentation
The 21st Century Corporation: How Digital Technologies Affect Corporate Transformation and Performance
By: Ranjay Gulati
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 25 Apr 2017
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
A Recipe for Digital Disruption
In recent years, a new wave of digital disruption has been taking over the Internet. In this talk, Associate Professor Teixeira will show how a variety of firms, both incumbents and startups, are using digital technologies to break the bonds between activities that...
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- 08 Aug 2017
- News
Changing Business Digitally
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
look at how maturing technology companies make the transition to the next generation of products. But as he did research and talked to tech companies, he came to an inescapable conclusion: Technology was...
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- Program
Driving Digital Strategy
advantage of the opportunities presented by digital transformation Learn how new technologies are impacting business Make digital transformation a key part of your...
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- 02 Oct 2014
- News
5 Technology Questions Every CMO Must Ask
- November 2021
- Article
Corporate Strategy and the Theory of the Firm in the Digital Age
By: Markus Menz, Sven Kunisch, Julian Birkinshaw, David J. Collis, Nicolai J. Foss, Robert E. Hoskisson and John Prescott
The purpose of this article is to reinvigorate research in the intersection of corporate strategy and the theory of the firm in light of the rapid advancement of digital technologies. Using the theory of the firm as an interpretive lens, we focus our analysis on the...
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Keywords:
Digitalization;
Multi-business Firm;
Scale And Scope;
Theory Of The Firm;
Corporate Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Competitive Advantage;
Organizational Design;
Theory;
Research;
Digital Transformation
Menz, Markus, Sven Kunisch, Julian Birkinshaw, David J. Collis, Nicolai J. Foss, Robert E. Hoskisson, and John Prescott. "Corporate Strategy and the Theory of the Firm in the Digital Age." Journal of Management Studies 58, no. 7 (November 2021): 1695–1720.
- September 2012 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Digital Microscopy at Carl Zeiss: Managing Disruption
By: Willy Shih
Ulrich Simon, the head of the Microscopy business group at Carl Zeiss AG knew that his unit was facing a disruptive threat, so he chartered a special team to tackle the industrial segment. Given a high degree of autonomy, the project team developed an understanding of...
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Keywords:
Modularity;
High Technology Products;
Emergent Strategy;
Product Lines;
Corporate Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technology Industry;
Germany
Shih, Willy. "Digital Microscopy at Carl Zeiss: Managing Disruption." Harvard Business School Case 613-039, September 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
- Blog
Leading Successful Digital Transformation
that focuses on the business problems or opportunities, and not on the technology or the latest buzzword. After all, digital strategy is all about strategy. When Ajay Banga became the CEO of Mastercard, he...
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- May 2014
- Article
Digital Dark Matter and the Economic Contribution of Apache
By: Shane Greenstein and Frank Nagle
Researchers have long hypothesized that research outputs from government, university, and private company R&D contribute to economic growth, but these contributions may be difficult to measure when they take a non-pecuniary form. The growth of networking devices and...
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Keywords:
Open Source;
Apache;
Economic Measurement;
Digital Economics;
Measurement and Metrics;
Open Source Distribution;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Economic Growth;
Research and Development;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Greenstein, Shane, and Frank Nagle. "Digital Dark Matter and the Economic Contribution of Apache." Research Policy 43, no. 4 (May 2014): 623–631. (Lead Article.)
- June 2023
- Article
Gaining Organizational Adoption: Strategically Pacing the Deployment of Digital Innovations
By: Rebecca Karp
Scholars have long suggested that to foster adoption for their innovative products and services, entrepreneurs should engage with customers to better understand their unmet needs. Yet, customers frequently reside in organizations, and organizational members may not be...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship And Strategy;
Digital Innovation;
Healthcare;
Work And Organizations;
Organizational Adoption;
B2B;
Customers;
Technology Adoption;
Innovation Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Karp, Rebecca. "Gaining Organizational Adoption: Strategically Pacing the Deployment of Digital Innovations." Academy of Management Journal 66, no. 3 (June 2023): 773–796.
- Teaching Interest
Technology and Operations Management
This course is taught in the MBA required curriculum. It provides students with the foundations necessary to be effective operating managers. During the course students learn to analyze decisions that drive the design, planning, and execution of the activities that...
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- December 2005 (Revised May 2007)
- Case
Polaroid Entering Digital Imaging
Focuses on Polaroid's attempt to respond to the changes to its competitive environment that are entailed by the rise of digital imaging.
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Keywords:
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Technological Innovation;
Competition;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry
Gavetti, Giovanni M., Mary Tripsas, Elizabeth Johnson, and John Lafkas. "Polaroid Entering Digital Imaging." Harvard Business School Case 706-459, December 2005. (Revised May 2007.)
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Summit Explores the New Economy
Harvard Business School's Digital Initiative recently gathered students, scholars, and leaders from practice at the 2015 Digital Initiative Summit to "explore the digital...
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- October 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
Lexar Media: The Digital Photography Company?
Examines growth options for a start-up that has parlayed its core technology in flash memory controllers into a rapidly growing position in the emerging digital photography industry. The new CEO must decide whether LexarMedia should maintain its identity as a digital...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Growth Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Business Startups;
Business Strategy;
Technology Industry
Tripsas, Mary, and Emily Thomson. "Lexar Media: The Digital Photography Company?" Harvard Business School Case 805-062, October 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- 2023
- Book
Research Handbook on Digital Strategy
By: Carmelo Cennamo, Giovanni Battista Dagnino and Feng Zhu
This state-of-the-art Research Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the key strategic challenges that firms face when dealing with digital markets, platforms, and products and services, from old strategy questions in need of different solutions to entirely...
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Keywords:
Digital Strategy
Cennamo, Carmelo, Giovanni Battista Dagnino, and Feng Zhu, eds. Research Handbook on Digital Strategy. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
- September 2017 (Revised May 2019)
- Case
Goldman Sachs' Digital Journey
By: Sunil Gupta and Sara Simonds
Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, proclaimed, “We are a technology firm. We are a platform.” By 2017, he led a series of initiatives to translate this vision into reality. These included giving clients access to its proprietary database without...
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Keywords:
Finance;
Information Technology;
Digital Platforms;
Strategy;
Transformation;
Digital Strategy;
Digital Transformation
Gupta, Sunil, and Sara Simonds. "Goldman Sachs' Digital Journey." Harvard Business School Case 518-039, September 2017. (Revised May 2019.)