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- February 2014
- Case
BGI: Data-driven Research
By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
BGI has the largest installed gene-sequencing capacity in the world, and to Zhang Gengyun, general manager of the Life Sciences Division, this represented an opportunity to apply his training as a plant breeder and his early career work as a biochemist to improving...
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Genomics;
Gene Sequencing;
Life Sciences;
Plant Breeding;
Human Genome Program;
Beijing Genomics Institute;
BGI;
Rice Genome;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation Strategy;
Research;
Research and Development;
Science;
Genetics;
Science-Based Business;
Strategy;
Commercialization;
Corporate Strategy;
Information Technology;
Applications and Software;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
China;
United States
Shih, Willy, and Sen Chai. "BGI: Data-driven Research." Harvard Business School Case 614-056, February 2014.
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
dynamic consumer segmentation, which operates independent of the homogenization effect, and can in fact be stronger when the homogenization effect is weaker. We also find that bundles are treated as separate products (distinct from component products) by consumers....
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Anna Secino
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
member of the board of the National Venture Capital Association, Roberts knew the industry was gravitating to the San Francisco Bay area, to invest in the social media and software startups centered there. His specialty and passion was...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Devices: Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Regulators and Innovators By: Gordon, William J., and Ariel Dora Stern Abstract— Software has become an increasingly important component of medical device technology. Through legislation like...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
BrightStar. As franchises began to sell, Sun quickly set about building scalable operations and infrastructure, including a centralized technology function and custom software for franchisees. As more and more locations opened around the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
exploring how to automate access to some of the video interviews. It’s trickier than we thought but we’re making progress. So far, it still seems simpler to manually extract relevant quotes since the software for automating this is too...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers
the University of California, San Diego. The researchers used computer software to analyze the tone of each columnist's writing, determining whether they wrote with a generally bearish or generally bullish perspective. "Some authors...
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- Summer 2014
- Article
When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Hanna Halaburda
We present a theory for why it might be rational for a platform to limit the number of applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there...
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Keywords:
Platform Governance;
Direct Network Effects;
Indirect Network Effects;
Complements;
Tragedy Of The Commons;
Equilibrium Selection;
Coordination;
Foresight;
Strategy;
Value Creation;
Digital Platforms;
Balance and Stability;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Consumer Behavior;
Applications and Software;
Network Effects
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Hanna Halaburda. "When Does a Platform Create Value by Limiting Choice?" Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 23, no. 2 (Summer 2014): 259–293.
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
an organization with few tangible assets under ownership and very few employees could have a higher market value than the large tech hardware and software company that employs him. Putting the question of the valuation aside, we have to...
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- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
96 globally distributed members in six software development teams, we propose a model that captures how asymmetries in language fluency contribute to an us vs. them dynamic so common in global teams. Faultlines, formed along the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- October 2018
- Case
American Family Insurance and the Artificial Intelligence Opportunity
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
Keywords:
Artificial Intelligence;
Machine Learning;
Automation;
Analytics;
American Family;
American Family Insurance;
Insurance;
Business Organization;
Transformation;
Talent and Talent Management;
Employee Relationship Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Job Cuts and Outsourcing;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Technology Adoption;
Internet and the Web;
Applications and Software;
Corporate Strategy;
AI and Machine Learning;
Digital Transformation;
Insurance Industry;
Technology Industry;
Wisconsin
- 21 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
from the crowd of more experienced users and are therefore able to better capture value from using the goods. Data on firm contributions to open source software (OSS), an important crowdsourced public good, is used to test the theoretical...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
Massachusetts, is assessing its investment in Tableau, a data visualization company. Tableau, which conducted an IPO a few years ago, has been experiencing substantial growth as it aims at disrupting the business intelligence software...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
Yammer's scalability, software development, and organizational culture. David Sacks, CEO of Yammer, debated the challenges and opportunities related to competition, product, and culture as he thought about the offer on the table. Purchase...
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Anna Secino
- 04 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 4
Increasing Energy Efficiency through Normative Influence (B) Maarten W. Bos, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Kyle T. DohertyHarvard Business School Supplement 911-061 The case profiles OPOWER, an energy efficiency software company that applies...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 26, 2007
billion. The company had 41,000 employees in 11 countries, but it was ill-prepared for the increasingly competitive market. With the shift from hardware to software and services, HCL had slipped behind its Indian competitors and...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
business, but we see too many companies adopting "cookie cutter" software packages, and seeking the assistance of facilitators that adopt one-size-fits-all approaches. One has to approach the development and implementation of an...
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by Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
the world after COVID-19 and will perhaps expand further. I believe that startups that offer technology and software that enable physicians to confidently practice medicine from afar will become more valuable. My sense is that this trend...
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by Danielle Kost
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
Philips had strong equity in the healthcare technology space due to its extensive portfolio of medical devices and related software sold primarily to hospitals. Philips designed the first two apps for the platform (eCareCoordinator and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 31
interpersonal team diversity. Using detailed project—and individual-level data from an Indian software services firm, we find that the interaction of task change with intrapersonal diversity is related to improved project performance,...
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Sean Silverthorne