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- 28 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Unilever: Transformation and Tradition
possessed, first, strong capabilities in branding and marketing. It understood local markets, and it knew how to market to them. It was at the frontier of market segmentation View Details
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
to leverage the brand’s heritage for innovation and creativity with existing and new audiences. With few resources other than heritage, Overman View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
Miaomiao Zhang
Miaomiao Zhang is a doctoral candidate at the Technology & Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Miaomiao received a B.S. in Applied Mathematics & Statistics and Economics from Emory University. She worked at the Strategy Unit at Harvard... View Details
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When information is digitized, it can be aggregated and shared nearly instantly. I am interested in how this acceleration in the aggregation and availability of information, via digitization, affects firms and firm strategy.
Platforms have emerged as marketplaces for... View Details
Keywords: Market Platforms; Social Media; Information Disclosure; Platform Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Information; Technology Platform; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
to change your life. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54720 in press Health Care Management Review Innovation Contest: Effect of Perceived Support for Learning on Participation By: Jung, Olivia S., Andrea... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Clusters and Competition
fascinating paradox that we've seen all over the world,” he observed. “In the age of globalization — with open markets, high-speed communication, and rapid transportation — location still matters.” For more... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Crisis and Creativity
waste.” He’s correct. Now more than ever is the time for innovative managers and entrepreneurs to come up with ideas that lead to opportunities to launch new ventures. There is considerable anecdotal... View Details
Keywords: Bhaskar Chakravorti
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
differences and beckons all who dare to envision lives unshackled by present realities. Steel City: A Story of Pittsburgh By William J. Miller, Jr. (PMD 56, 1988) Lyons Press Steel City is the story of the 1890s golden age of Pittsburgh,... View Details
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
(rate and direction) and value-capture strategies in response to Google’s entry threat and actual entry into their markets. We find that, after... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next
strategy of the last decade has been to foster areas of specialization within its subsidiaries around the world—small cars in Europe, subcompacts in Asia, trucks and SUVs in North America—and this has... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018
they will be as busy in the future as they are today increased the likelihood that customers would both open the email and click a link to purchase various services. In sum, making the future feel as busy as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
strategies in response to Google’s entry threat and actual entry into their markets. We find that, after Google’s entry threat increases, affected developers reduce innovation... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
disruptive innovation has gained considerable currency among practitioners despite widespread misunderstanding of its core principles. Similarly, foundational research on disruption has elicited frequent citation View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
bringing. “It’s really about reconciliation and that’s going to take seeing and admitting that everyone has contributed, and everyone can contribute.” This article originally... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 30 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018
that were more responsible and sustainable as well as how these strategies have faced constraints, trade-offs, and challenges of legitimacy. The industries covered range from... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers
who have rides to offer. (Same idea as Airbnb, which connects people needing rooms with home-owners.) So to launch as a platform service, these companies need to find users on both the supply and demand... View Details
- 15 Nov 2022
- Op-Ed
Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)
YouTube’s $28.8 billion. It will probably not be able to command that kind of revenue without going outside its present niche. “TikTok may surprise us with innovation in unexpected directions. In particular, it could build on the devotion... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
- 02 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving
has raised both excitement and significant funding, building a successful cloud kitchen has proved easier said than done. In dozens of interviews, we learned that even the most sophisticated data users like... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
report things,” she says. RELATED Watch alumni discuss innovation inside City Hall Snow removal, potholes, trash pick-up, and graffiti removal; it doesn’t bring the hipster-cred of a high-tech start-up or... View Details
Karim R. Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details