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  • 03 Dec 2015
  • Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

can be done. Fortunately, there are a number of new ventures that promise to thwart the threat of coal with next-generation nuclear power plants in time to save the planet, if only the world will let them: NuScale Power specializes in small View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy
  • 08 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

organizations will develop more modular designs than tightly coupled organizations. We test this hypothesis using a sample of matched-pair products. We find strong evidence to support the mirroring hypothesis. In all of the pairs we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 May 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

CORe: HBS Powers Up Online Program on Business Fundamentals

topics such as entrepreneurship and innovation; disruptive innovation, growth, and strategy; and the microeconomics of competitiveness. Finally, HBX this summer will introduce HBX Live, a virtual classroom allowing participants worldwide to interact directly with one... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 11 Dec 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing Price Tag Confusion

the impact of price partitioning on the perception of value depends on the desirability of all parts of the deal offered. Q: The use of price partitioning in the market is on the increase. Why is this, and can you provide some examples? A: Electronic commerce... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 13 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?

semiconductors and software, but monetization of IP only works there because of some very specific conditions. You need to have a very modular knowledge base; that is, you need to be able to break up a "big puzzle" into its... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

problems. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612017-PDF-ENG Digital Microscopy Is Making Me Crazy! Willy ShihHarvard Business School Case 612-002 For Carl Zeiss Microimaging, modular hardware and software enabled... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

to HBS was Sustainability & Technology Collaboration Engineer at Pratt & Whitney. Luca Mantovani (MBA 2025, Section J), Summer Internship: Business Operations, Antora Energy Antora Energy is a Series B California-based startup that develops View Details
  • 23 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 23

challenges of innovating in the Android value network in which firms specialized in only one part of the value chain, yet collectively they had to compete with a more vertically integrated Apple and its iPad. The case is intended to be part of a discussion on View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 03 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

ODM provider. The case is a vehicle for discussing new market disruption and the impact of modularity and the evolution of the value network in the global PC supply chain. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Aug 2016
  • News

Connecting with the Past

networking cards; Modular Visions Systems; and Gage Electronics, the first manufacturer of computer-based instrumentation. In 1991, the need to find and warn family members of their genetic heritage prompted Diamond to concentrate on that... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
  • Web

4.2 Student/Faculty Ventures | MBA

appointments are made for educational purposes, and thus are subject to this policy. Emeriti Professors without current appointments or assignments are excluded from this policy. The application of this policy to participants in longer View Details
  • 07 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 7, 2016

strategy. Firms can also strategically “break the mirror” in two ways: by implementing modular partitions within their own boundaries or by building relational contracts that support technical interdependency across their boundaries.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 May 2012
  • Research & Ideas

A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

shipping systems, and felt driven by a moral obligation to remake every facet of the company's ecosystem. The initiative drastically changed how Interface manufactured, distributed, and sold its carpet--including the production of carpet not as entire floor units, but... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 04 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

platform systems, showing that, in contrast to step processes, this technology rewards the multiplication of options, increasing risk, and modularity. Moreover, given a modular architecture, a platform system can be open, with different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 13

sequencing platform as a black box, much as people in other industries relied on specialization and a modular division of labor? Or did it take the kind of cross-training and cross-boundary work in which Zhang himself had invested two... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Casey Gerald

and make it modular enough so that it can go viral?” he said. “How do we help create a country where every entrepreneur in every community has the resources they need to draw from?” By stamping an end date on the... View Details
  • 02 Mar 2023
  • News

Carbon's Second Act

in modular configurations, and then deploy them anywhere in the world to either extract CO2 directly from the air or from emission stacks from industries that would otherwise be impossible to decarbonize. DM: But Ocochem's approach... View Details
  • 05 Mar 2020
  • News

Green Light

“We have to produce 70 percent more calories than we produce today to feed that population.” Addressing a problem with that kind of span requires scaling beyond the 8' x 40' units—and beyond Millis. “The modular unit that’s going into... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Scott Nobles
  • 26 Jul 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn

including 40 kinds of cheesecake. The average per-person check and return visits per restaurant are an estimated 50 percent higher than the industry average. In the kitchen, a modular menu process (revised every six months) keeps costs... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 06 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

architecture. In particular, we draw from modular systems theory to develop a series of hypotheses about how different types of coupling impact the ability to update, remove, or replace the software applications in a firm’s portfolio. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne