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- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part One]
several decades of experience with information technology. We've just moved from private networks to public networks, and I think that has a huge impact. The technology is revolutionary; yet in terms of how organizations and businesses... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- March 2020
- Article
Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems
By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
In vertically integrated energy systems, integration frequently entails operational gains that must be traded off against the requisite cost of capacity investments. In the context of the model analyzed in this study, the operational gains are subject to inherent... View Details
Keywords: Vertical Integration; Volatility; Capital Investment; Capacity Management; Renewable Energy; Green Hydrogen; Decarbonization; Carbon Emissions; Environment; Energy; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Investment; Decision Making; Operations; Technological Innovation; Green Technology; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Europe; North America; South America; Africa; Asia
Glenk, Gunther, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems." Production and Operations Management 29, no. 3 (March 2020): 526–546.
- 26 Aug 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Built for Global Competition from the Start
recent questions entrepreneurs are facing, even if the answers are far from certain; and identifying areas where previous HBS students felt underprepared for handling the challenges. As an example, one case discussed in LGV was EverTrue Mobile View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
"mountain of treasure." Dresser sought Komatsu's design technology and a cash infusion for plant modernization and capital expenditures. Komatsu hoped to become a successful global player, so it wanted better North American... View Details
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Risks and Rewards of the Intrapreneur
levels of the company, particularly from the CEO. Evaluate the company's other start-up efforts and how it handled projects that failed in some regard, said Jim Barron, vice president of Innosight L.L.C., a consulting firm specializing in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
California, policy mattered a great deal. However, Danish firms, building on inherited technological capabilities and benefitting from a small-scale and decentralized industrial structure, benefitted more from Californian public policies.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208145 Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston and Dr. Bradford J. Shingleton (2004) Harvard Business School Case 608-151 Dr. Bradford Shingleton has developed some of the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
The $2 trillion health care system is one of the United States' largest industries—but one of its worst performing by almost any measure other than technological innovation. The problems are painful, including escalating costs, expensive... View Details
- 05 Sep 2000
- What Do You Think?
Whither the Information Economy?
end is knowledge. As he puts it, "to gain more knowledge, we will have to think more." In his view, information is no substitute for thinking and knowledge. Nor, in the opinion of Suresh Annappindi, has new technology... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
government turns out to be different from that in the United States. It shows that big business emerged as a constructive player in environmental policy in the 1960s, when it persuaded the government to establish a joint research institute known as the IVL and a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
Authors:Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high technological, market, and competitive uncertainty. In this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
further demonstrate that financing risk has the greatest impact on firms with the most real option value. Hence, the mix of projects funded and type of investors who are active varies with the level of financing risk in the economy. We also highlight that some... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
Can you design processes to reflect the promises implicit in hard-wiring?; (4) Do you have the people, incentives, and technology to deliver on the promise?; (5) Are you big enough?; (6) Do you have the financial capability to protect... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
telecommuting can create the feeling of "losing touch," but when used judiciously, it can "lead to peace of mind." In addition to determining the role and timing of telecommuting, respondents provided advice for supervisors and telecommuters alike.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools
forces with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Boston Consulting Group to determine how business leaders can partner more effectively with educators to support America's students and schools. "Study after study has shown... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
skilled employees for three weeks to non-profit health organizations to provide pro bono consulting and technology services. It focuses on a handful of projects each year selected from an applicant pool of... View Details
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
When most people think of innovation, they envision developed-world companies such as the U.S.A.'s IBM, Japan's Sony, South Korea's Samsung, Finland's Nokia, or Switzerland's Novartis, technology leaders that have stayed at the cutting... View Details
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
and provide the impetus for evaluating research on disruptive innovation in management and strategy. We trace disruptive innovation theory’s intellectual history, noting both how core principles have crystallized through a process of anomaly-seeking research and how it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
Working PapersThe Business of Free Software: Enterprise Incentives, Investment, and Motivation in the Open Source Community Authors:Marco Iansiti and Gregory L. Richards Abstract In this paper, we examine the motivations of large information View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
number of researchers and commentators. It is perhaps indicative of the degree to which affluence combined with technology is making it possible to produce and consume a greater range of products and services. But is this in everyone's... View Details