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- 25 Apr 2014
- Video
HBS Digital Initiative
- August 1997 (Revised March 2008)
- Background Note
Trends in the United States Steel Market,1980-1996
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Bret J. Baird
Provides a brief background on the history and structure of the steel industry in the United States. Focuses in some depth on the technological changes that have been difficult for the leading steel companies to implement. Shows that they stumbled when confronted with... View Details
Christensen, Clayton M., and Bret J. Baird. "Trends in the United States Steel Market,1980-1996." Harvard Business School Background Note 698-018, August 1997. (Revised March 2008.)
- 16 Aug 2013
- News
What We’re Reading Friday
- 11 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits
Is it still possible to build a career that is both morally satisfying and materially rewarding? To do well by doing good? Professionals and executives in a range of fields grapple with this question as rapid technological change and... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Why Global Success Depends On Separating Language & Culture
- 21 Jul 2016
- Video
How Modest Investors Can Still Bet Big
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
care. It’s all the other expensive stuff that we need when we’re really sick. And Amazon is no expert in managing any of that. “Because Amazon might be able to introduce supply-chain disruptions that increase its profit margin does not... View Details
- September 2009
- Case
ZINK Imaging: 'Zero Ink™'
By: William A. Sahlman and Sarah Flaherty
"ZINK Imaging" describes the issues confronting CEO Wendy Caswell as she uses a partnership model to commercialize ZINK's disruptive printing technology platform, ZINK Paper. The case focuses on the frameworks ZINK has used to decide which markets to target and which... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Capital; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Horizontal Integration; Technology Industry
Sahlman, William A., and Sarah Flaherty. "ZINK Imaging: 'Zero Ink™'." Harvard Business School Case 810-050, September 2009.
- Article
How History Shaped the Innovator's Dilemma
By: Tom Nicholas
In 1993, four years prior to the publication of Clayton Christensen’s highly influential book, The Innovator’s Dilemma, the Business History Review (BHR) published an article by Christensen titled “The Rigid Disk Drive Industry: A History of... View Details
Nicholas, Tom. "How History Shaped the Innovator's Dilemma." Business History Review 95, no. 1 (Spring 2021): 121–148.
Driving Digital Strategy
Disruption and transformation get a lot of hype, and for good reason. Digital technologies have disrupted entire industries and incumbents have often struggled in this new world. Typical approaches used by legacy players such as using technology to improve... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
others. For our empirical analyses, we use 10 years of data from 71 cardiothoracic surgeons who completed over 6,500 procedures using a new technology for cardiac surgery. We find that individuals learn more from their own successes than... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- July–August 2021
- Article
Why Do So Many Strategies Fail?
By: David J. Collis
THE PROBLEM: Seemingly successful new companies struggle to turn a healthy profit. Established firms get disrupted by upstarts. Companies that excel at serving their markets can’t adapt when customers’ tastes shift. THE ROOT CAUSE: All too often, business leaders focus... View Details
Collis, David J. "Why Do So Many Strategies Fail?" Harvard Business Review 99, no. 4 (July–August 2021): 82–93.
- Research Summary
Managing Innovation
I continue to study the disruptive processes by which innovation transforms -- or fails to transform -- industries and companies. There are three elements to these transformations. The first is a technological enabler -- an innovation that makes complicated, expensive... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Managing Turbulence
Even before the global pandemic, businesses and their leaders struggled with the extraordinary challenges of technological change, rapidly evolving consumer tastes, and a reconfiguration of the global economic order. COVID-19 added further turbulence, disrupting... View Details
- Research Summary
Digital Transformation
By: Sunil Gupta
The fact that digital technology disrupts existing businesses is no longer news. We have seen and heard many case studies of incumbents struggling in the digital age as new and nimble players emerge with innovative business models. How should large established... View Details
- Article
Technology, Identity, and Inertia: Through the Lens of 'The Digital Photography Company'
By: Mary Tripsas
Organizations often experience difficulty when pursuing new technology. Large bodies of research have examined the behavioral, social, and cognitive forces that underlie this phenomenon; however, the role of an organization's identity remains relatively unexplored.... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Disruptive Innovation; Organizational Culture; Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Identity; Perception; Technology Adoption
Tripsas, Mary. "Technology, Identity, and Inertia: Through the Lens of 'The Digital Photography Company'." Organization Science 20, no. 2 (March–April 2009): 441–460.
- November 2004 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Kodak and The Digital Revolution (A)
By: Giovanni M. Gavetti, Rebecca Henderson and Simona Giorgi
The introduction of digital imaging in the late 1980s had a disruptive effect on Kodak's traditional business model. Examines Kodak's strategic efforts and challenges as the photography industry evolves. After discussing Kodak's history and its past strategic moves in... View Details
Keywords: History; Information Technology; Business Model; Leadership; Disruption; Industry Growth; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
Gavetti, Giovanni M., Rebecca Henderson, and Simona Giorgi. "Kodak and The Digital Revolution (A)." Harvard Business School Case 705-448, November 2004. (Revised November 2005.)
Sunil Gupta
Co-Chair, Driving Digital Strategy
Sunil Gupta is the Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration and co-chair of the executive program on Driving... View Details
- April 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Ripple: The Business of Crypto
By: David B. Yoffie and George Gonzalez
The case explores Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s mission to disrupt the global payments industry by leveraging the cryptocurrency XRP. Students will learn about Bitcoin and the blockchain industry, as well as Ripple’s unique crypto business model. The case provides an... View Details
Keywords: Payment Systems; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Fintech; Business Startups; Business Model; Disruption; Strategy; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B., and George Gonzalez. "Ripple: The Business of Crypto." Harvard Business School Case 719-506, April 2019. (Revised February 2020.)