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March 2022
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Winner Takes All? Tech Clusters, Population Centers, and the Spatial Transformation of U.S. Invention

By: Brad Chattergoon and William R. Kerr

U.S. invention has become increasingly concentrated around major tech centers since the 1970s, with implications for how much cities across the country share in concomitant local benefits. Is invention becoming a winner-takes-all race? We explore the rising spatial... View Details

Keywords: Clusters; Invention; Agglomeration; Artificial Intelligence; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Applications and Software; Industry Clusters; AI and Machine Learning

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November 1, 2019
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How Tech CEOs Are Redefining the Top Job

By: Boris Groysberg and Tricia Gregg

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June 21, 2019
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When Tech Companies Compete on Their Own Platforms

By: Feng Zhu

One common complaint from third parties about platform businesses is that they see what succeeds on their platforms and then enter the most profitable areas themselves, often decimating third parties in the process. Studies have identified several motivations for... View Details

Keywords: Platform-based Markets; Platform-owner Entry; Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Competition

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19 Jan 2022
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Supercritical’s Mission to Help Tech Reach Net Zero

Keywords: Net zero

September 2023 (Revised June 2024)
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Note on the Evolving Landscape of HR Tech

By: Joseph Pacelli and Alexis Lefort

Keywords: Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; United States

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05 Mar 2015
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Wearable Tech Enables New Era of Employee Monitoring

06 Nov 2008
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I.B.M. Has Tech Answer for Woes of Economy

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Today, the Tech Talent Shortage is Everybody’s Problem

21 Jun 2019
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When Tech Companies Compete on Their Own Platforms

17 Feb 2021
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Investing in Deep Tech for an Abundant Future

28 Sep 2013
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New University Bucks the Tech Trend in India

16 Jun 2017
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Managing Student Personal Tech in the Case Classroom By Emma Simmons

12 May 2020
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Leaving a Career in Tech for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship

I’m Gaurav Bhogale, from the HBS class of 2021. While I grew up in Mumbai, before HBS I spent 8 years at Google in San Francisco and Sydney, helping drive product engagement and growth for apps like Google Maps, Search and Gmail. It was the summer of 2018 in San... View Details

25 Mar 2020
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Black New Venture Competition and Black Tech Master Series Recap

The last weekend in February marked the African-American Student Union’s 47th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference and the first-ever Black Tech Masters Series and Black New Venture Competition. What started as an independent project,... View Details

16 Jun 2021
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Lina Khan, Big Tech Skeptic, Named FTC Chair Mere Hours after Confirmation

August 2021
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Mylestone: Can Multiple Pivots Preserve the Life of a Death Tech Startup?

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Marilyn Morgan Westner

Dave Balter and Jim Myers co-founded Mylestone, a death tech startup that applied technology to transform how grieving people memorialize the dead. The startup addressed a cultural problem and promised to solve a pressing need in the antiquated, multi-billion dollar... View Details

Keywords: Pivot; Startup; Business Model; Cryptocurrency; Ethical Decision Making; Emotions; Growth and Development Strategy; Ethics; Market Entry and Exit; Customer Relationship Management; Loss; Change Management; Relationships

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January 2020 (Revised March 2020)
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Huawei: A Global Tech Giant in the Crossfire of a Digital Cold War

By: William C. Kirby, Billy Chan and John P. McHugh

By 2020, Ren Zhengfei, CEO of Huawei, had transformed the small telephone switch manufacturer he founded in 1987 into a $120 billion telecommunications company poised to lead the lucrative rollout of fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks. However, an emerging... View Details