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- November 2020
- Article
Disrupting the Disruptors or Enhancing Them? How Blockchain Re‐Shapes Two‐Sided Platforms
By: Daniel Trabucchi, Antonella Moretto, Tommaso Buganza and Alan MacCormack
The importance of platform‐based businesses in the modern economy is growing continuously and becoming increasingly relevant. Specifically, the deployment of digital technologies has enhanced the applicability of two‐sided business models, enabling companies to act not... View Details
Keywords: Blockchain; Two-Sided Platforms; Business Model; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation
Trabucchi, Daniel, Antonella Moretto, Tommaso Buganza, and Alan MacCormack. "Disrupting the Disruptors or Enhancing Them? How Blockchain Re‐Shapes Two‐Sided Platforms." Journal of Product Innovation Management 37, no. 6 (November 2020): 552–574.
- 24 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?
digital age is a fertile area of his research. Luca is looking at rankings, expert evaluations, online consumer reviews, and quality disclosure laws to see how they work in market settings, and which are most View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
success over the course of their lives. And the seminal study, the Gallop Purdue Index, identified that far more View Details
- September–October 2015
- Article
Facts and Figuring: An Experimental Investigation of Network Structure and Performance in Information and Solution Spaces
By: Jesse Shore, Ethan Bernstein and David Lazer
Using data from a novel laboratory experiment on complex problem solving in which we varied the structure of 16-person networks, we investigate how an organization's network structure shapes performance of problem-solving tasks. Problem solving, we argue, involves both... View Details
Keywords: Networks; Experiments; Clustering; Problem Solving; Exploration And Exploitation; Knowledge; Search; Collaboration; Collaboration Structures; Transparency; Communication; Communication Technology; Information; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance Effectiveness; Theory; Information Industry; Information Technology Industry; Public Administration Industry; Technology Industry; Service Industry
Shore, Jesse, Ethan Bernstein, and David Lazer. "Facts and Figuring: An Experimental Investigation of Network Structure and Performance in Information and Solution Spaces." Organization Science 26, no. 5 (September–October 2015): 1432–1446. (Won 2014 INGRoup Outstanding Paper Award.)
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Lance Batchelor (MBA 1993)
decisions. The Navy showed me the importance of that. And I have tried to do that in my civilian roles ever since, whether it was as a brand... View Details
- July 2024 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Shell’s Balancing Act: Resource Allocation and the Green Transition (Abridged)
By: David Collis and Haisley Wert
In mid-2023, amid pressure from climate change activists, shareholder activists, and confronting enormous uncertainty about the future demand for and price of fossil fuels, new Shell CEO Wael Sawan (Harvard MBA 2003) announced a change in strategy for the U.K. oil... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
Where Credit Is Due The article “Seeking Silent Voices” in the September Bulletin, while featuring the work of four HBS faculty (myself... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Bank of America Turned Branches into Service-Development Laboratories
The use of the prototype center reflects an important tenet of service experiments: design and production problems... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Class of 1949 Gift Supports HBS Faculty Development
L. Gregory, Jr. (MBA '49), retired chairman of Rohm & Haas and chairman of the 45th Reunion campaign, noted, "Our class recognizes the View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 2017
- Mimeo
Innovation in Tradition: Rural Livelihood Creation in the Indian Craft Sector
By: Mukti Khaire, Shashank Shah and Kundan Madireddy
This publication is a study of the Indian Crafts Sector. It is an outcome of the team's research, engagement, and interactions with over 75 crafts enterprises across India. It documents the research process, insights generated, the impact, and policy recommendations... View Details
Khaire, Mukti, Shashank Shah, and Kundan Madireddy. "Innovation in Tradition: Rural Livelihood Creation in the Indian Craft Sector." Harvard University South Asia Institute, 2017. Mimeo. (This publication is an outcome of a grant from the Tata Trusts.)
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
the development of transistors, can take decades to develop. Of course, the development of high-level ideas is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 2007
- Text Book
Teaching the Moral Leader: A Literature-Based Leadership Course
By: Sandra J. Sucher
This book is a comprehensive, practical manual to help instructors integrate moral leadership in their own courses, drawing from the experience and resources of the Harvard Business School course "The Moral Leader," an MBA elective taken by thousands of HBS students... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Curriculum and Courses; Moral Sensibility; Body of Literature; Books; Leadership; Personal Development and Career
Sucher, Sandra J. Teaching the Moral Leader: A Literature-Based Leadership Course. Routledge, 2007.
- 2023
- Chapter
Marketing Through the Machine’s Eyes: Image Analytics and Interpretability
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Flora Feng and Kannan Srinivasan
he growth of social media and the sharing economy is generating abundant unstructured image and video data. Computer vision techniques can derive rich insights from unstructured data and can inform recommendations for increasing profits and consumer utility—if only the... View Details
Zhang, Shunyuan, Flora Feng, and Kannan Srinivasan. "Marketing Through the Machine’s Eyes: Image Analytics and Interpretability." Chap. 8 in Artificial Intelligence in Marketing. 20, edited by Naresh K. Malhotra, K. Sudhir, and Olivier Toubia, 217–238. Review of Marketing Research. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023.
- 24 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day
Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School; and Marco Piovesan, an associate economics professor at the University of Copenhagen and a former research... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
very grateful. As you know, the Alumni Board of Directors works hard to ensure that the quality of your experience as an HBS graduate doesn't... View Details
Keywords: Edmund A. Hajim (MBA '64)
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions
that mean for prospective applicants? Wheelwright: With a record number of applicants of increasing diversity, the GMAT is extremely helpful in providing an View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Business Answers the Call
several important lessons from his school-board service: “Without innovative leadership, nothing gets done. We wanted a nontraditional change agent, so we went after the general and hired him. If you have... View Details
- September 2019
- Case
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem
By: Willy C. Shih
Vaccines for children has been a long-standing focus for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and its critical role in public health made its production an important economic and political issue. This case describes the Foundation's investment in a breakthrough vaccine... View Details
Keywords: Vaccine; Production; Supply Chain; Product; Biotechnology Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Belgium
Shih, Willy C. "Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 620-021, September 2019.
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
retired." This led Illysa to comment, "One more reason we must choose not only our careers but our work places carefully: who do we want to become?" Heidi Olson wondered "if the change in hormones when gaining power is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett