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- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
advertising. “Government is a giant customer. They buy a lot of stuff” Harvard Business School professor Mitchell Weiss explores this strategy pivot in a new case on Bigbelly, co-written with case researcher Christine Snively, that looks at the implications for View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- Blog Post
Care for the Elderly: Process is More Important Than the Destination
service engagement, curation and advisory platform, back in China. We have learned first-hand that this is still a forming and fragmented market where customers have need but not yet demand. There is a lack of a dedicated channel for this service and View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- April 2020
- Teaching Note
Indigo Agriculture: Harnessing Nature
By: Michael W. Toffel and James Barnett
Teaching Note for HBS No. 620-024. Indigo Agriculture used a digital-enabled research and development (R&D) process to launch its initial product, microbial coatings for agricultural seeds, which increase crop yields while reducing the need for fertilizers. In doing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
virtually any metropolitan center these days, unsecured “hot spots” can be found and exploited. It is, he says, an example of “the twin–headed dilemma of new technology — introducing better productivity and... View Details
- 23 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs
which is dominated by white, urban, professional men. To truly recognize the potential of products appealing to women and other groups, Koning says, companies must continue the hard work of diversifying... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- January 2023
- Case
Proday: Calling the Right Play
By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
Sarah Kunst knew the elements of a successful startup from her tenure at venture capital firms. In April 2018, however, her own app – Proday, a home fitness platform featuring exercises filmed by professional sports stars – was floundering. Kunst theorized that... View Details
Keywords: Social Media; Entrepreneurship; Advertising; Digital Marketing; Product Launch; Social Marketing; Failure; Sports; Applications and Software; Business Startups; Technology Industry; United States
Hyde, Lindsay N., Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Tom Quinn. "Proday: Calling the Right Play." Harvard Business School Case 823-005, January 2023.
- February 2004 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge
By: Noam T. Wasserman
Describes the issues facing a founder-CEO regarding building a board of directors, assembling an executive team, managing tension between co-founders, and outsourcing system development work. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Conflict Management; Governing and Advisory Boards; Employees; Management Teams; Product Development; Technology Industry
Wasserman, Noam T. "Ockham Technologies: Living on the Razor's Edge." Harvard Business School Case 804-129, February 2004. (Revised March 2004.)
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
New Releases
Technology Integration by Marco Iansiti (Harvard Business School Press) In the old days, coping with technological change was simple: you kept track of developments, tried to decide if they had legs, and... View Details
Keywords: Robert Binstock
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Digital Deck
As a professor in the Strategy Unit, Bharat Anand has studied how media companies move a traditional product into the online space. Some have managed that transition well, he says, and others have not. In the early days, Anand observes,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 09 Mar 2016
- Lessons from the Classroom
In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade
simulations, but Strategic Brew stands alone in scope. All 940 first-year students play the game simultaneously as part of the required Strategy course. Roughly 40 faculty and project members manage and supervise the events. “It’s a View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
Recently featured on the cover of Forbes with Intel chairman Andrew Grove, Associate Professor Clayton M. Christensen is the author of The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. His research on "disruptive... View Details
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
says Luo. “But if you think more broadly about how liability influences demand, then you can think about how investing in complementary products might help doctors manage risk and perform procedures more safely overall.” Investing in... View Details
- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
change, oil companies are diversifying their businesses, putting money toward renewable energy sources and green technology. While sustainable funds shun fossil fuel producers, which contribute half of the world’s greenhouse gases,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Protagonist Goes Prime Time
To create a multimedia case about IDEO’s creative process, a video crew from HBS’s Educational Technology Services followed a design team through each step of a project with Peru-based movie theater chain Cineplanet. (Photos courtesy of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Student-Profile
Anil Doshi
economists, operations management scholars, organizational theorists, and others studying topics ranging from open innovation to information technology to product innovation. I have borrowed freely from... View Details
- 22 Apr 2020
- Research Event
How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities
Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency
Ask fund managers covering the Hong Kong market about smart technology plays in these days of crashing dot-coms and you’re likely to hear one company name repeated often. Li & Fung has become the firm to watch for post-frenzy investors.... View Details
- Profile
Brooke Boyarsky
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I felt that I had a lot to learn. I knew that the cases and skills taught at HBS would give me the foundation to be an effective general manager, and the case study method at HBS would help me develop my leadership... View Details
- April 2001 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
Zaplet, Inc.
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and Brian DeLacey
Start-up Zaplet, Inc., has radical software, prestigious venture capital funding, and a multitude of business opportunities. New CEO Alan Baratz must select a strategy and redesign the organization to deliver. This case describes the roles and philosophies of the... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Information Technology; Organizational Design; Venture Capital; Valuation; Business Strategy; Restructuring; Expansion; Product Development; Innovation Strategy; Human Resources; Information Technology Industry; California
Leonard, Dorothy A., and Brian DeLacey. "Zaplet, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 601-165, April 2001. (Revised July 2001.)
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
where people want to buy their cars,” Thomke says. “The companies can’t simply restructure their way out of their difficulties.” Thomke, an authority on the management of technology and product innovation,... View Details