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- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
book was published in 2012. When you add in the unprecedented communication requirements of the pandemic and the subsequent transition back to the workplace, conversational leadership becomes a necessity.... View Details
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
world with two pieces in particular, both published in Harvard Business Review: "Marketing Myopia" (1960) and "The Globalization of Markets" (1983). With nearly 900,000 reprints sold to date, "Marketing... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
challenges and opportunities posed by digital platforms, The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power is a new book by Harvard Business School Professor David B. Yoffie and coauthors Michael... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- May 2017
- Article
The Reference Wars: Encyclopædia Britannica's Decline and Encarta's Emergence
By: Shane Greenstein
The experience of Encyclopædia Britannica provides the canonical example of the decline of an established firm at the outset of the digital age. Competition from Microsoft’s Encarta in 1993 led to sharp declines in the sales of books, which led to the distressed sale... View Details
Keywords: Digital; Britannica; Diseconomies; Encyclopedias; Applications and Software; Books; Competition; Publishing Industry
Greenstein, Shane. "The Reference Wars: Encyclopædia Britannica's Decline and Encarta's Emergence." Strategic Management Journal 38, no. 5 (May 2017): 995–1017.
- 30 Jan 2006
- HBS Case
The Case of the Mystery Writer’s Brand
take-charge author, the publishing industry, and the business of book clubs to analyze the success of various modes of marketing. Patterson, a former chairman of J. Walter Thompson, View Details
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
For Harvard Business School faculty, summer marks the perfect time to catch up on reading for work and pleasure. We asked six faculty what they're looking forward to digging into over the next few months. Jeff Bussgang wo of my books... View Details
- February 2009 (Revised December 2009)
- Case
eReading: Amazon's Kindle
By: Bharat N. Anand, Peter W. Olson Esq. and Mary Tripsas
In November 2007, Amazon introduced the Kindle, the first electronic reader with wireless functionality. The case describes the launch of the Kindle and provides information on representative players in the industry (or broader ecosystem) who are likely to be affected... View Details
Keywords: Books; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Industry Structures; Standards; Distribution Channels; Competitive Strategy; Publishing Industry
Anand, Bharat N., Peter W. Olson Esq., and Mary Tripsas. "eReading: Amazon's Kindle." Harvard Business School Case 709-486, February 2009. (Revised December 2009.)
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Linking the Globe: The Role of Media and Communications
more," he said. "With book printing, one single person could reach, at least theoretically, everybody. "Today, with the Internet, everybody can reach everybody any time at any place. The individual is a content provider and... View Details
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
collaboration could make the two platforms differentiate themselves further, causing Apple to focus even more on device sales and Amazon more on book sales for their profits. Through their mathematical model, Zhu and his collaborators... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
of the widely-praised book Merchants of Doubt, corporate support of the global warming "denial industry" dangerously perpetuates US skepticism of climate science and contributes to the country's lack of policy initiatives. Broad... View Details
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
in the 1960s, with research done here in Boston. Stanley Milgram, the renowned social psychologist, randomly chose people from phone books out of Kansas and Nebraska and asked them to forward a letter to a friend of his in Boston through... View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
entrepreneurs. Resolve Your Toughest Work Problems With 5 Questions In his book Managing in the Gray, Joseph Badaracco offers managers a five-question framework for facing murky situations and solving tough problems. The Truth About... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
Menkel-Meadow to edit this book and publish it now? What was your thinking when you selected the many essays? Michael Wheeler: I disagree with the cynics. When it comes to ethics, negotiation is where the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
development of the U.S. railroad industry in the latter half of the 19th century. Al went straight to the sources and expanded upon them in a series of important articles in the Business History Review. That work developed into his pathbreaking View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
in the political arena, use this research to make better decisions? It seems like the public and many politicians are unwilling or unable to see beyond the immediate effects of their actions. A: Our article, and the book that we View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
existential risk for human civilization.” Do we need to give more attention to the dark side of innovation? What do you think? Original Post Every year about this time McKinsey Quarterly publishes a list of View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1590245 Cases & Course MaterialsBook Publishing in 2010 Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy BartlettHarvard Business School Note 711-419 Legacy book View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jan 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs
immensely creative, but he writes 'Rushdie' books, and his publishers have to create a market for his books, not ask him to write books that will sell more easily than literary fiction," she says.... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Competition of Countries
periods of time. They must manage political stability. And they must manage equitable distribution of income. Q: What research do you have planned next? A: Having just published a case text on competing countries, I am about to start a... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
to read the book and to comment that "becoming an outstanding leader is not very different from becoming a chef. Both roles require passion, discipline, authenticity, and an experimental attitude." Bennis apparently had an... View Details