Publications

August 2021
Case

Wymsee

By: Julia Austin, Sarah Mehta and Tom Quinn

Wymsee was a company that aimed to develop a mobile application (app) that would allow television audience members to identify and purchase clothing or accessories worn by characters in the program they were watching, with the Wymsee founders taking a percentage of... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Business Plan; Business Startups; Film Entertainment; Television Entertainment; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Acquisition; Product Positioning; Opportunities; Adaptation; Mobile Technology; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)

Profile

Luc Sirois

Company in Montreal and Toronto on graduating in 1997, and then in 2002 cofounding Resonant Medical, a medical company that developed 3D ultrasound technology that finds and tracks cancer masses. “Our tool allowed for taking a picture... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Technology; Technology

July 2000 (Revised April 2011)
Supplement

Greeley Hard Copy, Portable Scanner Initiative (B)

By: Michael L. Tushman and Daniel Radov

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Production; Product Development; Information Infrastructure; Business Divisions; Organizational Structure

11 Apr 2017
Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Andrew Grochal on His Path to CarGurus

Current Position: Director of Product Management, CarGurus Current Location: Cambridge, MA Describe your role at CarGurus.CarGurus is an automotive search engine, helping buyers (consumers) find great deals from top-rated dealers. I focus... View Details

Keywords: Technology

June 2021
Case

HelloSelf: Search

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In August 2018, after nearly six months of searching, Charles Wells was convinced that he should found HelloSelf to help people improve their sense of mental wellbeing. Those feeling mentally unwell would receive support from fully qualified clinical psychotherapists,... View Details

Keywords: Mental Health; Health Care and Treatment; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Product Launch

autumn 2000
Article

eBay, Inc.

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Auctions; Consumer Products Industry

Find at Harvard

September 1996
Case

Silicon Graphics, Inc. (B)

By: Marco Iansiti and Alan D. MacCormack

After the release of the "Challenge" computer in 1993, Silicon Graphics executives meet to discuss the follow-up project. Should they pursue an incremental improvement to the Challenge, or opt for a radically new design recently demonstrated at Stanford University? View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Technological Innovation; Management Practices and Processes; Product Development; Hardware; Computer Industry

01 Jun 2020
News

Prognosis

patients than any other hospital in the state—to bend without breaking under the pressure of the pandemic. Professor Robert Huckman is an economist and health care researcher who serves as unit head for Technology and Operations... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

05 Oct 2022
News

Inside the Chip Shortage

Photo via Digital Chosun Photo via Digital Chosun The shortage of semiconductors that has hamstrung the automotive industry since 2020 isn’t over yet, and Renesas CEO Hidetoshi Shibata (MBA 2001) predicts the shortage will continue well into the middle of 2023,... View Details

Keywords: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

01 Dec 2017
News

Flight Path

goggles. “You need to be able to see a wall, and react, before you hit it,” he explains. Because DRL provides broadcast-ready content to networks, it helps that Horbaczewski has a background in film production and special effects.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

portions of the code that would rarely be developed spontaneously by members of the Linux-developer community. Q: From your modelling, what can Microsoft do strategically to remain competitive against a product that is argued to be of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

October 2005 (Revised February 2006)
Case

Reactivity: A Case of Re-Invention

By: Myra M. Hart and Sylvia Sensiper

By the time Glenn Osaka joined Reactivity as its new CEO in January 2001, the Internet bubble had burst, the financial markets had turned, and the company's core businesses were drying up. He was not hired to lead a turnaround, but Osaka found that the firm's future... View Details

Keywords: Management Style; Venture Capital; Organizational Culture; Applications and Software; Leadership Style; Product; Transformation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry