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- February 1983 (Revised June 1983)
- Background Note
Fitting Information Systems Technology to the Corporate Needs: The Linking Strategy
Parsons, Gregory L. "Fitting Information Systems Technology to the Corporate Needs: The Linking Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 183-176, February 1983. (Revised June 1983.)
- March 2021
- Case
Wearable Technology
By: Andy Wu, Jacob Chouinard and Christie Klauberg
Wearable electronics were endpoint devices designed to be worn, sense the human body and interact with the environment around the wearer, connecting humans to the Internet of Things. Wearable technology received a great deal of attention in the past decade and reached... View Details
Keywords: Wearables; Internet Of Things; Technological Innovation; Product Development; Technology Adoption; Analysis
Wu, Andy, Jacob Chouinard, and Christie Klauberg. "Wearable Technology." Harvard Business School Case 721-453, March 2021.
- July 2000
- Background Note
Industry Transformation
By: Michael E. Porter and Jan W. Rivkin
One of the steepest challenges a strategist faces is to navigate his or her company through a period of industry transformation--an era of rapid and wholesale changes in industry structure. This note considers how periods of transformation typically unfold. It then... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Management; Management Practices and Processes; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
Porter, Michael E., and Jan W. Rivkin. "Industry Transformation." Harvard Business School Background Note 701-008, July 2000.
- 2019
- Working Paper
Who Drives Digital Innovation? Evidence from the U.S. Medical Device Industry
By: Cirrus Foroughi and Ariel Dora Stern
Does the large-scale technological change that is characteristic of an industry-wide digital transformation entrench industry leaders or enable the rise of new entrants? We offer a novel approach to this question by studying the medical device industry, a unique... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Medical Devices; Digitization; Medical Technology; Technological Innovation; Applications and Software; Market Entry and Exit; Industry Growth; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
Foroughi, Cirrus, and Ariel Dora Stern. "Who Drives Digital Innovation? Evidence from the U.S. Medical Device Industry." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-120, June 2019.
- 1994
- Chapter
The Role of Technology in an Information Age: Transforming Symbols into Action
By: R. L. Nolan and S. H. Haeckel
- 1995
- Working Paper
The Effect of Information Technology on Organizational Structure: A Critical Review
By: Hossam Galal and Richard L. Nolan
- September 2008
- Case
Yucheng Technology
By: Li Jin, Li Liao, Chang Chen and Aldo Sesia
The founder and CEO of an IT company servicing the needs of the financial services industry in China needs to raise capital for the company to grow and survive. He has two options. He can try and obtain financing from private equity investors, or he can accept a... View Details
- Web
IT Strategy: The Future of the Web at HBS | Information Technology
IT Strategy: The Future of the Web at HBS Strategic Initiative: 3.09 Web Content Management System (CMS) Program By Annie Harrison on April 9, 2024 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print Share via email The Opportunity The project team aims to modernize how HBS... View Details
- August 2015 (Revised July 2017)
- Technical Note
Hotel Industry
By: Arthur I. Segel, Daniel Woodbury and Michael Horowitz
This note teaches the critical elements to understand the fundamentals of hotel investing, ownership, and management. It outlines the basics of hotel segmentation, operations, ownership, management, and valuation. The changing impact of technology is also addressed. View Details
Segel, Arthur I., Daniel Woodbury, and Michael Horowitz. "Hotel Industry." Harvard Business School Technical Note 216-012, August 2015. (Revised July 2017.)
- August 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Background Note
U.S. Universities and Technology Transfer
By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Josh Lerner and Phillip Andrews
Technology transfer from U.S. universities to industry has increased dramatically in the last 25 years. Reviews the history of technology transfer with particular emphasis on the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. It then examines how universities responded to Bayh-Dole, the... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Information Technology; Laws and Statutes; Education Industry; Education Industry; United States
Hamermesh, Richard G., Josh Lerner, and Phillip Andrews. "U.S. Universities and Technology Transfer." Harvard Business School Background Note 812-016, August 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
- 26 Sep 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Technological Leadership (de)Concentration: Causes in ICTE
- Article
The Control of Technology Alliances: An Empirical Analysis of the Biotechnology Industry
By: Josh Lerner and Robert P. Merges
Lerner, Josh, and Robert P. Merges. "The Control of Technology Alliances: An Empirical Analysis of the Biotechnology Industry." Journal of Industrial Economics 46, no. 2 (June 1998): 125–156. (Special Symposium "Inside the Pin Factory": Empirical Studies Augmented by Manager Interviews.)
- 2012
- Talk
Cleaning House: The Impact of Information Technology on Employee Corruption and Performance
By: Daniel Snow
- November 1978 (Revised June 1985)
- Case
Hanson Industries (A)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
Hanson Industries produces and sells an award-winning design ski boot. Describes the company history from founding through July 1978, the product, production processes, marketing strategy, and background information for related cases on budgeting and finance. View Details
Keywords: Product; Marketing Strategy; Production; Finance; Budgets and Budgeting; Consumer Products Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Hanson Industries (A)." Harvard Business School Case 179-076, November 1978. (Revised June 1985.)
- February 2000
- Article
How the Incumbent Can Win: Managing Technological Transitions in the Semiconductor Industry
By: Marco Iansiti
Iansiti, Marco. "How the Incumbent Can Win: Managing Technological Transitions in the Semiconductor Industry." Management Science 46, no. 2 (February 2000).
- July 2014 (Revised November 2014)
- Background Note
The Structure and Functioning of the Fashion Industry
By: Mukti Khaire and Hannah Catzen
Fashion is the quintessential social-consumption good; all consumers comply with or react to fashion. Although very few consumers actually control trends, virtually every consumer is affected by fashion and contributes to it by adopting or rejecting popular styles. A... View Details
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- March 2017 (Revised August 2021)
- Teaching Note
HomeAway: Organizing the Vacation Rental Industry
By: Rory McDonald and Matt Higgins
Teaching Note for HBS No. 615-036. View Details
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Technological Change and Competitive Strategy
Richard S. Rosenbloom continues to explore issues in the strategic
management of technology and the relationship between technological
change and competitive strategy. He is currently investigating the
histories of radical technological innovations and their... View Details