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- 01 Jun 2000
- News
VC Luminary John Doerr: Education Reform Critical to Success of New Economy
with start-ups such as Amazon.com, drugstore.com, Netscape, Excite, and Sun Microsystems. Through the years, Doerr and his partners have invested more than $1.3 billion in 250 technology ventures in the United States, creating companies... View Details
- 31 May 2016
- HBS Case
Who Owns Space?
to engage with,” Weinzierl says. “It helps that we’re at a remarkable point in history where we have people like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk with the vision and the capital to even make such a discussion possible.” “If a private company can find a way to develop a View Details
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
(once a characteristic of living things only, right?) in its answer. It assessed the situation, took a calculated risk, and bet just enough to win. Game, set, and match—$53,601 to $42,399—to the still-undefeated Wired One. (Dollars are just a figure of speech here; no... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 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
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in the Transportation Industry
converging with dramatic technological advances. Although these changes – including shared mobility and automation – are rapidly altering the mobility landscape, predictions about the future of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
In Memoriam
Emeritus, passed away in October at the age of 78. His work focused on exploring the strategic uses of technology by corporations and the relationship between technological View Details
- 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
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
invest in flexibility where the likelihood of future changes makes this valuable. The authors identify three general ways managers can increase flexibility in product development. First, they should consider adopting inherently flexible... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- 22 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
"Luxury, Technology, Integration"
revolutionized by e-commerce. At HBS we learned how disruptors change an industry through the Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE) course, and I have certainly observed many of the elements of a disruptor at YNAP. Both... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
Arjun Chopra
Arjun Chopra (MBA 2004) is a Partner at FLOODGATE and leads the firm's investments in opportunities that transform the "IT stack" in ways that help companies change the way they do business and compete. Arjun was the CTO at Cambridge... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA
technologies to address climate change at scale, where he accepted a summer internship as a Portfolio Greenhouse Gas Impact Analysis Intern. Kaelyn refined her broad career interests after hearing a guest... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- January 2017 (Revised May 2020)
- Case
Sesame Workshop (A): Bringing Big Bird Back to Health
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli and Jonathan Cohen
Sesame Workshop was transforming in 2016. CEO Jeff Dunn had reorganized and shifted the iconic institution to respond to digital disruption and a consensus culture. This case examines his efforts to turn Sesame Workshop around. It notes Sesame's storied history and the... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Information Technology; Education; Media; Strategy; Education Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, Ryan Raffaelli, and Jonathan Cohen. "Sesame Workshop (A): Bringing Big Bird Back to Health." Harvard Business School Case 317-094, January 2017. (Revised May 2020.)
- March 2024
- Case
Transforming a Region: Gothenburg’s path from Shipyards to E-Mobility
By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Orjan Solvell
The case profiles the economic development of the Gothenburg region in Western Sweden, and the efforts of the regional economic development agency. During this period the region’s traditionally strong automotive cluster started to transform towards e-mobility... View Details
Keywords: Regional Economic Activity; Cluster; Economic Development; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; Transformation; Green Technology; Auto Industry; Sweden
Ketels, Christian H.M., and Orjan Solvell. "Transforming a Region: Gothenburg's Path from Shipyards to E-mobility." Harvard Business School Case 724-403, March 2024.
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: Energy’s Next Era
time, and allow demand to follow supply. Are global R&D budgets being allocated efficiently to the most promising technologies to prepare for the next era—or to those technologies in which our industrial... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
another arranges funding new schools. “Some volunteers get a taste for what is not necessarily monetarily rewarding, but quite rewarding nonetheless, and it changes their perception of life,” she says. After HBS, Huebner moved to... View Details
- March 2007 (Revised April 2007)
- Case
Fujifilm: A Second Foundation
Fujifilm was the second largest manufacturer of photographic film in the world when digital imaging began to substitute for its core business. In contrast to some photography incumbents, such as Polaroid, Fuji had a relatively successful transition to digital imaging.... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Transition; Mission and Purpose; Globalized Markets and Industries; Opportunities; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
Gavetti, Giovanni M., Mary Tripsas, and Yaichi Aoshima. "Fujifilm: A Second Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 807-137, March 2007. (Revised April 2007.)
- 29 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Read Our Most Popular Research Stories of 2019
them—and all soon-to-be managers—make the shift. These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, these four corporate leaders stepped forward—and changed how we think of leadership forever.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2011
- News
Building an Online Swap Shop
labels and schedules home pickups. The Times called thredUP an example of how “shopping is changing in the wake of the Great Recession,” with Americans burnt out by their decades-long spending spree. In a phone interview in early January,... View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape
By: Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas
Even as the demand for managerial skills continues to grow, executive education worldwide has entered a period of disruption caused by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication. The current offerings of many executive education program providers... View Details
Keywords: Executive Education; Internet and the Web; Disruption; Competency and Skills; Leadership Development
Moldoveanu, Mihnea, and Das Narayandas. "Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-097, March 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
Complex trends in globalization, demographic shifts, and new technologies are raising urgent challenges for managers on an everyday level. Because of the number of companies undergoing digital transformation, managers need to navigate an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace