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  • 12 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 12

let people pay their bills online, and airline apps let them check in and monitor the status of their flights. (2) Offer unique value. In South Korea, commuters can use an app to order groceries while waiting for their trains. (3) Provide social value. Apps on Facebook... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Health Care - Faculty & Research

Affordable Care Act. The (A) case in this series discusses the legislative strategy in the House of Representatives, where three different committees each had jurisdiction over health care legislation. Blog Post Innovation in Health Care... View Details
  • 15 Nov 2022
  • Op-Ed

Why TikTok Is Beating YouTube for Eyeball Time (It’s Not Just the Dance Videos)

YouTube’s $28.8 billion. It will probably not be able to command that kind of revenue without going outside its present niche. “TikTok may surprise us with innovation in unexpected directions. In particular, it could build on the devotion... View Details
Keywords: by John Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
  • 28 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

paper quantifies anecdotal evidence that Chinese firms are more diversified than similar firms in other countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-007.pdf Innovation through Global Collaboration: A New Source of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2020 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Algramo

By: Michael Chu, Monica Silva and Mariana Cal
Founded in 2013 by José Manuel Moller in Chile, Algramo first became known for addressing the “poverty tax” (the surcharge paid by lower income families for staples sold in smaller sizes) through specially-designed dispensers in low-income neighborhood grocery stores... View Details
Keywords: Packaging-as-a-wallet; Plastic Waste; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Reusable Packaging; Alliances With FMCGs To Meet ESG Goals; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Value Creation; Goals and Objectives; Business Model; Consumer Products Industry; Latin America; South America; Chile
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  • 28 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 28, 2008

platform-based products (applications) and users of such products. We show that the unique equilibrium under platform compatibility leads to higher profits than the symmetric equilibrium under incompatibility. Notwithstanding,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

scale capabilities in the realm of digital products, data strategy and architecture, analytics, machine learning and AI, the group will work to build platforms and deliver applications that enable innovation in research, teaching,... View Details
  • 06 Jun 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful

What makes a successful entrepreneurial leader? Is it the technical brilliance of Bill Gates? The obsessive focus on user experience of Steve Jobs? The vision, passion, and strong execution of Care.com’s Sheila Lirio Marcelo? Or maybe... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
  • 01 Dec 2023
  • News

Thinking Ahead

employers to go beyond the obvious cost-saving benefits to determine technology’s impact on workers. In other words, is the innovation making the job more, or less, engaging for employees? “You don’t want to automate the part of work that... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 27 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 27

  Publications August 2013 Princeton University Press A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media By: Piskorski, Mikołaj Jan Abstract—Almost no one had heard of social media a decade ago, but today websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have more than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Feb 2020
  • In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

itself, companies are considering their user data and their tech employees as the primary drivers of competitive advantage.” Frank Nagle (@frank_nagle), an assistant professor who is also affiliated with the HBS Digital Initiative, the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • Web

Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

processes Develop a strategic innovation toolkit and learn when and how to apply design thinking and innovative problem-solving tools and exercises Practice empathy in applying a human-centered approach to... View Details
  • 28 Nov 2018
  • HBS Case

On Target: Rethinking the Retail Website

knew from previous experience leading data science at Gap Inc. that consumers get frustrated with slow mobile apps. To him, the most important engineering requirement was providing users with a response to their search in milliseconds... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • Web

Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

entrepreneurship, branding, and innovation expertise. Bluemercury’s innovative retailing and human resource model has been the topic of numerous books, including Shopping: Why We Love it and How Retailers... View Details
  • Web

Faculty & Advisors - MBA

MS/MBA joint degree program. He is an expert in the management of innovation and new product development, with a focus on the design and deployment of digital technologies. He is best known for his pioneering work on software development,... View Details
  • 02 Jun 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving

has raised both excitement and significant funding, building a successful cloud kitchen has proved easier said than done. In dozens of interviews, we learned that even the most sophisticated data users like Uber Eats have struggled to... View Details
Keywords: by Lena Ye and Geoffrey Jones; Food & Beverage
  • 10 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

Taxes: An Analysis Perspective Harvard Business School Note 107-047 Provides an overview of accounting for deferred taxes. The primary objective is to provide external users with a basic understanding of deferred taxes. A simple... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

operating systems like Apple, Microsoft, Symbian, and Palm derive their profits from users through licensing fees and do not charge much to allow application developers to access their platforms. On the contrary, videogame console makers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 30 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Racial Bias Might Be Infecting Patient Portals. Can AI Help?

the fact that in 2009, a new law had widely expanded the use of electronic health systems, by early 2020, just 38 percent of patients had logged into a secure online health portal. And communities of color used these health care platforms even less. The pandemic’s... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Health
  • 12 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

and if they were provided with immunity from prosecution for self-disclosed violations. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-020.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsBang & Olufsen: Design Driven Innovation Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne