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January 1997
Exercise

Negotiating Corporate Change: Confidential Information, Jack Morris, VP, Food Division

This case provides the confidential role information necessary for one person in a four-person negotiation simulation about a major corporate change. Specifically, it describes the role of Jack Morris as he attempts to negotiate a new uniform corporate information... View Details

Keywords: Business Units; Transformation; Food; Information Management; Negotiation Deal; System

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17 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

Sprint-Nextel, and Verizon Wireless; technology and service vendors, such as RealNetworks and Microsoft; and mobile virtual network operators, such as Virgin Mobile. Covers the origins of the mobile music business, projections on its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 24

features. First, financiers engage in the costly but potentially profitable process of innovation: they can invent better methods for screening entrepreneurs. Second, every screening process becomes less effective as technology advances.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2020
Supplement

Instabeat—Crossing the Finish Line

By: Shikhar Ghosh, Nicole Tempest Keller and Alpana Thapar

Lebanese entrepreneur Hind Hobeika was just 21 years old when she launched her startup, Instabeat, which had developed the first real-time bio-feedback device for swimmers to monitor and improve their performance. It had been an extremely testing 10-year journey to... View Details

Keywords: Start-up; Wearables; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Strategy; Operations; Management; United States; Lebanon

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June 2023 (Revised November 2024)
Case

Collaboration Wars: Slack vs. Microsoft Teams 2023

By: David B. Yoffie, Kriti Gupta, Mehek Punatar, Poonam Sacheti and Poorvi Vijay

What's the future of corporate communications? Email? Corporate messaging? The battle for corporate messaging in 2023 was stacking up as a fight between Slack, which had been recently acquired by Salesforce, and Microsoft Teams. This case explores a classic judo... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Acquisition; Technology Industry; Technology Industry

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17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

forthcoming Handbook of International Trade and Transportation Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen Abstract—Falling transportation costs and rapid technological progress in recent... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2007
News

Mead Treadwell

involving fifteen federal agencies. In the private sector, Treadwell is chairman and CEO of Venture Ad Astra, which invests in and develops new geospatial and imaging technologies. “From 2007 to 2009, we are marking the International... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Transportation

01 Jun 2022
News

Closing the 'Network Gap'

addition to taking Austin’s Startup Operations field course, the founders were Social Enterprise Summer Fellows, and the company was part of the Rock Accelerator program. The Equity Network was also a semifinalist in the Social Enterprise track of the 2021 New View Details

Keywords: April White

March 2010 (Revised June 2010)
Case

Dassault Systemes

By: Stefan H. Thomke and Daniela Beyersdorfer

Dassault Systèmes, a leader in product lifecycle management software, has enjoyed a very profitable business model in 3D engineering design. In the past, it has successfully managed market disruptions and opportunities through acquisition and organic innovations. Its... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Product Marketing; Technology Industry

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance New Venture Competition Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public... View Details

April 2005 (Revised March 2007)
Case

eAccess, Ltd.

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann, Masako Egawa and Ariko Ota

The managers of eAccess, Japan's third largest provider of digital subscriber line (DSL) service, must decide whether to enter the mobile communications business. Japan's mobile services are among the world's most expensive, and incumbent carriers' profits are high. To... View Details

Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Diversification; Policy; Business Startups; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Communications Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Japan

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September 1999 (Revised January 2000)
Technical Note

Last Mile of Broadband Access, The: Technical Note

By: Jay O. Light, Lynda M. Applegate and Daniel J. Green

Provides an overview of broadband access technology. Includes technical overviews of cable, DSL, fixed wireless, and satellite systems, and suggests the technical suitability of each to accommodate broadband applications. View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology

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13 Aug 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success

business reasons and family reasons why we think this is true. The Business Reasons In today's competitive environment of rapid technological change and quickly evolving industries, it doesn't pay to become too attached to current lines... View Details

Keywords: by Michael J. Roberts

23 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2007

technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local family-dominated conglomerates. Addresses new venture financing in an asset-intensive business through the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Nov 2011
News

A Storybook Beginning

goal of touching a million kids’ lives by 2015” by providing them with e-readers. Risher developed the idea for the venture during a world tour with his family that combined sightseeing with hands-on community improvement activities such... View Details

Keywords: Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

25 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Leaders Program

vegetable garden with my parents and going to national parks with my family, so I have always had an appreciation for nature and the environment around me. I started my career as an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners, focusing largely... View Details

29 Aug 2024
Blog Post

Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship

Technology Venture Immersion and Launch Lab I/II, guided me to achieve the proper mindset to start my own company. As I saw others fearlessly jump into their own ideas, I realized I really needed three key... View Details

22 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/217069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 318-001 Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather It is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

January–February 2020
Article

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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