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  • Research Summary

Overview

Over the last decade, technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Netflix have pioneered data-driven research and development processes centered on massive experimentation. However, as companies increase the breadth and scale of their experiments to millions of... View Details
  • 18 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

connection that occurs through knowledge exchange on the local level or across wider cluster networks.” In that sense, she says, clusters become platforms for development, which has present-day implications for corporations, governments,... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

well as the most problematic. Based on more than two decades of research, this presentation will explore the power of digital platforms, the emergence of AI as a platform, and how to manage the numerous problems digital View Details
  • Web

Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

prospective online learners* Yes No Reimagined the case study method through a proprietary platform featuring courses created by renowned faculty Yes No Collaboration with fellow online learners through unique simulations View Details
  • Web

Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

importing a text file (e.g., .csv), you may need to request up to 10x the size of the text file. We discourage ongoing reading and writing of text files; to save time and RAM, try to read your text files... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Up on the Corner

platform to broaden our expertise to new domains such as digital fabrication for affordable housing, particularly as we look to expand our mission of equitable housing in the US and internationally." View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate
  • 2022
  • Chapter

The Servicification of the U.S. Economy: The Role of Startups versus Incumbent Firms

By: Mercedes Delgado, J. Daniel Kim and Karen G. Mills
Over the last few decades, the U.S. economy has exhibited a significant shift from manufacturing towards services. This transition has been particularly prominent in an important subcategory of services industries that drives innovation and employs many high-wage... View Details
Keywords: Servicification; Supply Chain Industries; STEM Labor; Innovation; Growth; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Economic Growth; Policy; Service Industry; United States
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  • 20 Aug 2024
  • Book

Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge

traditional businesses may struggle to adapt to the constantly changing nature of ecosystem strategies. In his book, Smart Rivals: How Innovative Companies Play Games That Tech Giants Can't Win, Feng Zhu provides principles to help... View Details
Keywords: by Feng Zhu; Technology; Information Technology
  • April 2025
  • Case

Netflix in 2024

By: Jan Rivkin and David Allen
In 2024, Netflix appeared to emerge victorious from the “streaming wars” that it had waged in recent years with the likes of Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Apple, and Amazon. What had allowed Netflix not only to succeed in the streaming wars but also to thrive for... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Organizational Culture; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Success; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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  • 21 Aug 2018
  • News

Navigating Talent Hot Spots

  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Inventing the Endless Frontier: The Effects of the World War II Research Effort on Post-War Innovation

By: Daniel P. Gross and Bhaven N. Sampat
During World War II, the U.S. government launched an unprecedented effort to mobilize science for war: a newly-established Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) entered thousands of R&D contracts with industrial and academic contractors, spending one to... View Details
Keywords: World War II; Vannevar Bush; OSRD; Mission-oriented R＆D; Direction Of Innovation; Geography Of Innovation; Technology Clusters; U.S. Innovation System; Innovation and Invention; Research and Development; Problems and Challenges; War; History; Government Administration; United States
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  • March 2014
  • Teaching Note

The Weather Company

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
New CEO David Kenny transformed The Weather Company in less than two years from a primary identity as a cable television channel to a multi-platform digital company innovating in the uses of weather data. He assesses progress and considers strategic choices and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Strategic Change; Technology; Digital; Weather; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Digital Platforms; Change Management; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry
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  • 14 Mar 2019
  • News

How Boeing Should Have Responded to the 737 Max Safety Crisis

  • September 2019
  • Technical Note

Care Economy in the U.S. (Primer)

By: Joseph B. Fuller, William R. Kerr, Manjari Raman and Carl Kreitzberg
This case describes how caregiving responsibilities influence American employees, firms, and the broader economy. It details how sociodemographic trends in the late 20th century transformed the way that Americans balance their personal and professional lives, analyzing... View Details
Keywords: Human Resources; Talent and Talent Management; Demographics; Labor; Health Care and Treatment; Family and Family Relationships; Strategy; Management; United States
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  • 17 Jul 2019
  • News

The Trust Crisis

  • November 22, 2021
  • Article

Manage Your Talent Pipeline Like a Supply Chain

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Sigelman
In supply-chain management, you get what you plan for. Companies understand that principle when it comes to the goods that they consume and produce, but not when it comes to the people they hire and train. For decades, companies have adopted a short-term, ad hoc... View Details
Keywords: Talent Management; Talent and Talent Management; Labor; Strategic Planning
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  • February 2018 (Revised December 2019)
  • Case

Rise of the Drones: Identified Technologies

By: Andy Wu and George Gonzalez
The founder and CEO of Identified Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based drone software and services company, faces a dilemma when San Francisco–based DroneDeploy begins to disrupt the industry with its drone software platform. Identified Technologies needs to consider... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Disruption; Network Effects; Computer Industry; Web Services Industry; Pittsburgh; San Francisco
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  • 14 May 2013
  • Blog Post

MBAxAmerica Update: Week 6, New Orleans

the $1million revenue mark are usually beyond the scope of Idea Village’s work, we determined that providing strategic help to some of these companies is crucial both to get these businesses to the next level and to provide powerful proof... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
  • May 2019
  • Supplement

Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices

By: Karen Mills and Jan W. Rivkin
This supplement discusses Amazon’s 2018 decision to split its HQ2 between two locations--Long Island City in New York and National Landing outside Washington, DC—as well as the ensuing response from local politicians and the public. View Details
Keywords: Economic Development; Headquarters; Local Government; Incentives; Business Headquarters; Business and Government Relations; Development Economics
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  • 29 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces the 2022-2023 Blavatnik Fellows

ventures as MBA students and start their fellowship year with the largest seed financing raised as a new cohort. I am excited to work with them and carry on the program’s mission to inspire young life... View Details