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25 Feb 2020
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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing Business

Administration. “The traditional model has been turned upside down. Having the data to innovate at scale is now the main thing.” Lakhani and Marco Iansiti, the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration, are frequent... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Winning with Digital Platforms Online Course | HBS Online

public sentiment surrounding competition and fair business practices. Highlights How 3rd Party Sellers Create Value Amazon’s Encroachment Open and Closed Platforms Show Hide Details Concepts Coopetition: The... View Details

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Your Customers: Use Them or Lose Them

half a percentage point on your account to have what is truly exceptional service? When the bank put branches in Manhattan two years ago, Commerce Bank grew faster there than anywhere else, she said. Other banks can't afford to stay open... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2015
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A Bridge to the Future

Returning to the place where their HBS experience began, students in the MBA Class of 2015 convened with sectionmates in their first-year classrooms in late April to participate in an innovative new capstone course. Bridges, part of a... View Details

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

important part of how businesses operate, and that can only increase going forward.” “Increasingly, the tech architectures inside firms are a source of competitive advantage.” In a new industry and background note written with HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

January 2001 (Revised February 2002)
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Rambus, Inc.: Commercializing the Billion Dollar Idea

Rambus, Inc. was founded to develop a new type of high-speed memory chip technology to enable DRAMs to keep up with ever-faster microprocessors. After developing the technology, Rambus chose an unusual licensing approach to commercialize it. This case focuses on the... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Competition; Commercialization; Information Infrastructure; Cooperation; Technology Industry

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January 2025
Teaching Note

AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup

By: Frank Nagle and Susan Pinckney

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-444. In 2024, AI agent startup company AGENTS.inc faced multiple strategic decisions that could shape the company’s ability to grow into the future AI agent market leader. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; AI and Machine Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Open Source Distribution; Entrepreneurial Finance; Competition; Computer Industry; Technology Industry; Europe; Germany

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January–February 2020
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Competing in the Age of AI

By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani

Today’s markets are being reshaped by a new kind of firm—one in which artificial intelligence (AI) runs the show. This cohort includes giants like Google, Facebook, and Alibaba, and growing businesses such as Wayfair and Ocado. Every time we use their services, the... View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Algorithms; Technological Innovation; Business Model; Competition; Competitive Strategy; AI and Machine Learning

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01 Dec 2003
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Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

base. As a result, they get cost savings, and we get sales.” Welcome to the new reality in U.S. manufacturing, where, more than ever, intense foreign competition is driving product and strategy innovations. Even those firms without direct... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

December 2008 (Revised March 2009)
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The Metropolitan Opera (A)

By: Anita Elberse and Crissy Perez

In April 2007, the New York City Metropolitan Opera's general manager Peter Gelb looks back on the first season of a daring experiment to broadcast performances live in high-definition to movie theaters across North America. While the "Live in HD" program has received... View Details

Keywords: Arts; Technological Innovation; Marketing Strategy; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Advantage; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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01 Dec 2019
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Making Eco Easy

consumption, but found that everything from shampoo to toothpaste to glass cleaner came packaged in single-use plastic. Gina Pak (MBA 2015) during her presentation at the 2019 HBS New Venture Competition (photo by Susan Young) Gina Pak... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

21 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them

digital platform, and the increased fiscal pressures created by the worldwide economic crisis. Unfortunately, the educational programs for future health care leaders fail to provide many of the needed skills, according to a survey of CEOs of the world's most View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry; Health; Education

01 Oct 2001
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New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook

HBS Most important were the people I met. They had and continue to have a huge influence on me — they've opened doors and given me guidance that changed my life. Best business advice In my final day in Ben Shapiro's class at HBS, he made... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2017
News

2017 in Retail: Voice-Activated, One-Hour-Delivery Shopping

innovation is accelerating rapidly, and means big changes and challenges for the sector. We are seeing rapid changes both in traditional retailers and in startups. The largest traditional retailers are investing heavily in their online... View Details

Keywords: Ron Johnson (MBA 1984), founder and CEO, Enjoy

24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

care. The paper contains an interview with Kaplan and Porter about their experiences with improving the measurement of health care outcomes and cost. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52117 forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Growth... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details

29 Aug 2024
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Shoot for the Stars: What to Know About the Space Economy

revolutionized by bringing in market forces in a way that they never were before. Competition that we take for granted in most sectors of the economy is now driving efficiencies and innovations in the space... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Aerospace

Melvin H. Baker

With $100,000 in capital, Baker founded the National Gypsum Company with two colleagues in 1925. When he assumed the CEO position a few years later, he led his company from a newcomer in a highly competitive field, making one product in... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

2016
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Markets for Ideas: Prize Structure, Entry Limits, and the Design of Ideation Contests

By: Pavel Kireyev

Contests are a popular mechanism for the procurement of innovation. In marketing, design, and other creative industries, firms use freelance marketplaces to organize contests and obtain high-quality ideas for ads, new products, and even business strategies from... View Details

Keywords: Idea Generation; Crowdsourcing; Contest Design; Structural Estimation; Motivation and Incentives; Competition; Innovation and Invention

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July 2006 (Revised August 2007)
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The Mozilla Foundation: Launching Firefox 1.0 (A)

Explores the Mozilla Foundation's decisions leading up to the launch of Firefox 1.0, including its default browser, managing corporate partnerships, managing product development, and moving toward a revenue-based model. Mitchell Baker, president of the Mozilla... View Details