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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Case Study: Gazelle's New Predators
initial revenue push, but the critical move might be to redefine Gazelle around a model of exchanging a product for cash and then extending more product lines. That could lead to relationships with vendors,... View Details
- September 1998 (Revised August 1999)
- Case
IBM's Lotus Development in 1999
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Kelley Porter
Describes Lotus' acquisition by IBM, its movement from proprietary standards to open standards, and its current market position. Microsoft is gaining ground with its Exchange Server, and Lotus has received unfavorable press. View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Product Marketing; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Kelley Porter. "IBM's Lotus Development in 1999." Harvard Business School Case 799-014, September 1998. (Revised August 1999.)
- 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
Iansiti, Marco, and Alan D. MacCormack. "Silicon Graphics, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 697-038, September 1996.
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
blotting paper in 2009 using a grassroots marketing campaign. Identifying a 200-year-old book employed by Japanese geisha, Tsai started to diversify her product line into skin and other cosmetic products.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) When Uma Subramanian (MBA 2008) joined Aero Technologies as CEO in March 2019, the company... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- February 2011
- Teaching Note
Porsche: The Cayenne Launch (TN)
By: John Deighton and Jill Avery
Teaching Note for 511-068. View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
back then,” he admits. Before that, he was part of a team at Avid Technology that won an Emmy Award for digital video editing—something we take for granted on our phones today, he says, but it was unthinkable at the time. “Granted,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
“If you look at it, you might think, ‘Oh, it’s just a plastic bottle,’” says Macadam. “But there’s more technology involved than you’d think. There are four layers in the wall of that container — one layer is an oxygen barrier to give the... View Details
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
this month's column. Bruce Bockmann stated the case for the "flat-worlders" in reminding us that "it is the responsibility of government to support technology in its own country. If government does that, the capital and... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- October 1996 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Presenting PenPoint (A)
Containing excerpts from Jerry Kaplan's best-selling book, Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure, this case begins with Kaplan's idea for developing a handheld, pen-operated computer. It follows Kaplan, who becomes the CEO of GO Corp., as he goes on the road to sell his... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Entrepreneurship; Product Marketing; Computer Industry; United States
Ibarra, Herminia M., and Jennifer Suesse. "Presenting PenPoint (A)." Harvard Business School Case 497-030, October 1996. (Revised May 1998.)
- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan
induced about 12 percent of the pharmaceutical market to buy that way. Once that was done, it was comparatively straightforward to use the same inducements to persuade people who had Web access to do that over the Internet, saving the cost of telemarketing centers. Q:... View Details
Joseph C. Wilson II
Having grown up in his father’s photography products firm, Haloid Company, Wilson knew the business well enough to spot the need for Haloid to find a new technology in which to invest. He found such a... View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
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IFC India 2025: From Gray to Green: A Glimpse of the Future of Green Hydrogen in India - Blog - Business & Environment
Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable View Details
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
overseas suppliers. One example is Hasbro, which began sourcing from firms in India, Vietnam, and Mexico in the last five years. Moving existing suppliers out of China. Goertek, a supplier of Google’s Pixel watch, and Foxconn, a manufacturer of Apple’s MacBook, have... View Details
- 05 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 5, 2009
clients. URBI has built substantial competitive advantage in the technology and culture that matches the outputs of these two production systems. The company has also built extensive expertise in accessing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- December 1993 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Honeywell's Tushino Project
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Honeywell's Tushino Project." Harvard Business School Case 794-064, December 1993. (Revised August 1994.)
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Customizing Couture Online
The way Áslaug Magnúsdóttir sees it, her new website, Tinker Tailor, which uses interactive web technology to customize high-end designer clothing, is an old-school approach to fashion. “Couture always was a collaboration between the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)
students? Doerr: What's in the shortest supply is great marketing talent for technology-based companies. So in addition to entrepreneurship, HBS should emphasize education and research into understanding and marketing technology View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
PublicationsFinancial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade Authors:Bo Becker, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen Publication:Review of Corporate Finance Studies (forthcoming) Abstract Exporting firms face significant up-front costs in View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
that we’re smart in the things we’re attacking, and to try to solve real-world problems that make an impact.” Watson General Manager David Kenny (MBA 1986) adds: “The tech sector tends to reward short-term thinking.” But Watson is different, he says: A View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page