Publications

23 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

PublicationsOn the Integration of Growth and Business Cycles Author:Diego Comin Periodical:Empirica (forthcoming) Abstract This paper presents evidence on the relevance of macro models where endogenous technological View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2025
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: Miami

Professor Kanter termed "the air conditioning paradox" – the cycle where cooling systems that combat rising temperatures simultaneously contribute to climate change through their energy consumption. Blue Frontier's innovative View Details

December 2000
Case

CellFor, Inc.

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Frantz Edward Alphonse and Laure Mougeot Stroock

A new private company has developed a process to clone and multiply seeds for the forestry industry. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Transition; Technological Innovation; Private Ownership; Research and Development; Science-Based Business; Technology Adoption; Forestry Industry

07 Oct 2014
News

Network Effect

was shocked by their advice. “They said, ‘Try three Advil a day. It might help. There are a few FDA-approved drugs for Alzheimer’s disease, and they won’t help,’” he recalls. McCance, a venture- capital pioneer with Greylock Partners, had spent 40 years as eyewitness... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

01 Dec 2005
News

Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations

is teeming with people grabbing a bite to eat, checking e-mail, or picking up cases. Hawes Hall, the School’s first new classroom building in fifty years, and its newly renovated neighbor, Aldrich Hall, have the technology to beam a... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

April 2017 (Revised February 2020)
Supplement

edaixi (eWash): Digital Transformation of Laundry Services (B)

By: Feng Zhu, Weiru Chen, Chuang Chen and Ciwu Lin

Founded in 2013 as a laundry service featuring online ordering for home pickup and delivery, China’s edaixi (eWash) illustrated the online-to-offline (O2O) business model. As yet unclear in 2016 was the optimal way to organize third-party laundry service providers,... View Details

Keywords: Laundry; O2O; Online-to-offline; Service Operations; Business Model; Digital Platforms; Transformation; Service Industry; China

May 2000 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Sothebys.com

Sotheby's has taken 50% of its business by volume to the Internet. How do the economics change? How do logistics and customer support needs change? What leverage does the Internet provide this established bricks-and-mortar auction house? View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Internet and the Web; Auctions

June 2001
Background Note

IT Asset: the "Legacy" System Problem

By: Richard L. Nolan

Describes the legacy system problem facing traditional companies as they strive to build strategic I-Nets. Identifies the key trends amplifying legacy system problems that cause IT assets to become IT liabilities. View Details

Keywords: Trends; Management Systems; Problems and Challenges; Business Strategy; Information Technology

01 Jan 2005
News

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

twenty years ago the company was unprepared for changes in the marketplace as competitors emerged that offered clients individual pieces of the technology package, such as a database program or storage... View Details

06 Jul 2009
What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

new technology . Is (it) irrational (to) place a higher value on their current solution than they do on a future uncertain benefit(?)" What about the impact on management? Nicola Stevens concluded that "It (irrational behavior)... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

June 1995
Case

Northern Telecom and Tong Guang Electronics (A1): Getting to Know Each Other

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Pamela A. Yatsko

In its second year of operation, the joint venture between Northern Telecom (Nortel) of Canada and Tong Guang Electronics of China to manufacture telecommunications equipment in China has hit a crisis. The Chinese partner has asked Northern Telecom to replace its... View Details

Keywords: Mobile and Wireless Technology; Joint Ventures; Change Management; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Financial Crisis; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Leadership; Telecommunications Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Canada; China

Find at Harvard

01 Sep 2010
News

Dean Nohria Looks Ahead

which has always been a great force for change. I have a sense that there will continue to be important technological changes that we, as a school, will have to learn how to be on top of and respond to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson

01 Dec 2016
News

Vive la Madeleine!

Georges Viana surveyed a factory floor filled with silent, outdated machinery. Then, a quick, scuttling movement caught the corner of one eye: rats. He hadn’t known what to expect when he arrived in the city of Caen, 150 miles west of his Paris home, but rats were not... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

25 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Leaders Program

startup after graduation. Through my experiences with BEI and CLP, I've realized that addressing climate change requires more than just technological advancements and capital funding. We need a business... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

programs. “Those funds,” says Cox’s Camargo, “are drying up.” The Chinese market is evolving quickly in the face of sun-setting subsidies. Shen, for example, is using technology developed by a German firm he acquired to produce two basic... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

February 2024
Supplement

Seeds of Innovation: GALY’s Quest to Cultivate the Future of Agriculture in the Lab

By: George Serafeim

In 2023, Luciano Bueno, CEO and founder of plant cell culture agriculture company GALY, was considering the best path forward for his company as he planned to pitch Series B investors. GALY, founded in 2019, aimed to produce cotton and other crops from cells grown in... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Green Technology; Goods and Commodities; Growth and Development Strategy; Science-Based Business; Entrepreneurship; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Startups; Decisions; Technological Innovation; Production; Entrepreneurial Finance; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Boston; Sao Paulo

29 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 29

discusses the common growth drivers (e.g., school accountability, 21st century skills, and advanced technological innovations) and theories of change (e.g., personalization, access, and productivity) for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2020
Case

The June Oven

By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Christian Godwin

The June Oven was a smart oven which was capable of identifying food and cooking it accordingly. This type of smart oven represented the next step in the long history of oven and stove development. Due to the widespread use of traditional ovens, the market for the June... View Details