Publications

March 2003 (Revised October 2007)
Teaching Note

Tele-Communications, Inc.: Accelerating Digital Deployment (TN)

Teaching Note for (9-899-141). View Details

Keywords: Management Teams; Strategy; Technology; Telecommunications Industry; United States

January 2003 (Revised September 2007)
Background Note

A Note on Racing to Acquire Customers

Examines factors that motivate a firm's race to acquire customers in newly emerging markets and explores conditions under which racing strategies are likely to yield attractive returns. Provides a definition of racing behavior, introduces the notion of an optimal level... View Details

Keywords: Customers; Price Bubble; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Behavior; Competition

October 2000
Teaching Note

eBricks.com TN

Teaching Note for (9-800-327). View Details

Keywords: Construction Industry

February 2000 (Revised May 2001)
Case

eBricks.com

eBricks.com is developing an online marketplace for construction materials. The start-up company faces two decisions: 1) whether to merge with BluelineOnline.com, a firm providing project management solutions for the construction industry; and 2) whether to develop an... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Marketplace Matching; Decision Choices and Conditions; Business Startups; Construction Industry

December 1998 (Revised October 2007)
Case

Tele-Communications, Inc.: Accelerating Digital Deployment

The top management team at Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI), the largest U.S. cable company, conceived and implemented a dramatic operational turnaround and a radical new technology strategy over an 18-month period beginning in late 1996. View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Value Creation; Operations; Information Management; Business Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States

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1998
Working Paper

Diversification and Risk Taking in the U.S. Cable Television Industry

Keywords: Risk Management; Diversification; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

Research Summary

Lean Startup Management Practices

Many information technology startups have embraced "lean startup" management practices. Lean startups confront high levels of uncertainty about both customer problems and product solutions: the strength of demand for new... View Details

July 2007 (Revised September 2007)
Module Note

Managing Networked Businesses: Summary Module

Offers pedagogical guidance for instructors teaching the summary module of Managing Networked Businesses, an elective course described in "Managing Networked Businesses: Course Overview for Educators." Also describes how the module materials can be adapted for use in... View Details

Keywords: Networks; Business Organization

July 2007 (Revised October 2007)
Teaching Note

Akamai Technologies (TN)

Keywords: Technology Industry

June 2004 (Revised June 2006)
Case

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

Scientific-Atlantia (S-A), a leading manufacturer of cable TV equipment, is confronting strategic challenges in mid-2004. For decades, cable operators have faced high switching costs that have locked them into exclusive supply relationships with either S-A or its... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Competition; Industry Structures; Television Entertainment; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Manufacturing Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

2003
Working Paper

Internet Companies' Growth Strategies: Determinants of Investment Intensity and Long Term Performance

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy

1998
Working Paper

Governance and Risk Taking in the U.S. Cable Television Industry

Keywords: Governance; Risk Management; Television Entertainment; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States

June 2002
Article

The Effects of CEO Equity Ownership and Diversification on Risk Taking

Keywords: Risk Management; Diversification; Ownership; Equity

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May 2020
Article

Value-Based Health Care in Undergraduate Medical Education

By: Jessica N. Holtzman, Bhushan R. Deshpande, Jessica C. Stuart, Thomas W. Feeley, Mary Witkowski, Edward M. Hundert and Jennifer Kasper

Problem: Value-based health care (VBHC) is an innovative framework for redesigning care delivery to achieve better outcomes for patients and reduce cost; however, providing students with the skills to understand and engage with these topics is a challenge to... View Details

Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Higher Education; Curriculum and Courses

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17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112062-PDF-ENG Scaling a Startup: Pacing Issues Thomas R. EisenmannHarvard Business School Note 812-099 To build students' understanding of business model... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Research Summary

Entrepreneurial Failure