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  • 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
  • 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
  • 12 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 12, 2008

huge impact on the business models of major record labels. Modularity, and the commoditization spill-over enabled by modularity in the personal computer industry, was a major force in the development of the market. While Apple's iPod... 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

Demo Day | New Venture Competition

that automates the customs brokerage process end-to-end to improve the efficiency of logistics companies. Kykloris Hande Ilhan (MBA 2025) Kykloris installs modular systems in industrial seafood processing facilities, converting waste into... View Details
  • 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
  • 07 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

is a specialist in "wafer probing," a highly specialized niche sandwiched between the "front-end" and the "back-end" of semiconductor manufacturing. Because the semiconductor industry uses modular processes... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 30 Oct 2018
  • News

Paths of Victory

continents. “We continue to build a new category in the digital manufacturing space. We empower engineering and manufacturing professionals to design, order, and commission custom factory equipment as fast as three days, through a self-serve cloud platform and View Details
Keywords: Alumni New Venture Contest; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government
  • 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
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 10

and then go further to consider ways the domain of innovation itself has changed. We suggest that because of fundamental shifts in communication and information processing costs and the increasing modularity of products and services, the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

a shift in the perceived boundaries in the value chain. Global Unichip sees itself as a "virtual integrated device manufacturer," a throwback to the vertically integrated model that fell out of favor for most chips. The case offers an opportunity to examine a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
  • 02 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 2

SilvestriHarvard Business School Case 411-095 The case traces the evolution of Jones Lang LaSalle's organization and strategy between the years 2005-2008, as it transitioned from a modular to an integrated structure. The case protagonist,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 19, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708445 Horizontal Specialization and Modularity in the Semiconductor Industry Harvard Business School Note 609-001 Well-codified interfaces have enabled horizontal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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
  • 10 May 2016
  • First Look

May 10, 2016

broadly than operational boundaries, is likely to be a superior 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... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel