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Strategy and Technology - Course Catalog

semiconductors, operating systems, streaming media, intellectual property, mobile communications, electronic ink, blockchain, crypto currency, and wearable technology. Course Content and Organization The course is structured into six... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck

have not taught managers and marketers we have a problem, and so, if you think that more data will solve the problem of what is not in the data, then we are misleading people in a serious way. How would cars work as an example of a job that customers need to get done?... View Details
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

A Career to Smile About

roofs in some foreign markets. "I found in certain countries that being a woman executive can be hard," she says. "I dealt with it by making a very pragmatic decision: 'OK, it's awkward for them to work with a woman, so for the sake of business, let's set up a View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Managing the Map

rectangle reflecting electron valences, but a tree structure depicting ancestral and functional affinities among the human genes... the resulting tools will clearly spawn myriad individual projects, with dramatic consequences for... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
  • Portrait Project

Nathalie duPreez

disadvantage. It's the fact that their parents often do not have the resources to inspire them to achieve their dreams. For generations, structural change in Africa has seemed impossible. But while she is a "forgotten... View Details
  • 08 Jul 2025
  • Blog Post

In-Office, Remote, or Hybrid: Strategies for Success

during meetings and hold one another accountable when distractions arise. Focus is a team practice. Tip: Set “focus hours” with notifications off and use shared calendars to signal availability. This helps reinforce boundaries and protect time for deep work. Routines:... View Details
  • January 2020
  • Case

The Origins of Bell Labs

By: Tom Nicholas and John Masko
In 1947, scientists at Bell Labs invented the transistor—a tiny signal amplifier that would go on to become the fundamental building block of the digital age. But, confounding most traditional economic assumptions, it was not a vigorous startup that made this momentous... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Innovation Leadership; Technological Innovation; Patents; Monopoly; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Telecommunications Industry; Boston; Massachusetts; New York (city, NY)
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  • 30 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

properties help us understand how the intensity of communication among group-members and some select structural characteristics of the group affect recognition outcomes in novel and structurally ambiguous... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Mar 2012
  • Article

The Looming Challenge to U.S. Competitiveness

suffering not only from a deep cyclical downturn but also from underlying structural threats to its long-term competitiveness. The authors cite evidence of structural problems in trends that predate the... View Details
  • 29 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 29

differences in ownership structure across countries, measured by the difference in sectoral vertical integration indexes, are smaller in sectors with similar levels of protection. Finally, ownership View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 9

extensive historical study: (1) link responsibility and control, (2) manage moral hazard, (3) pool risk in sound institutions, (4) adopt market conforming approaches to the extent possible, and (5) structure markets to promote safe... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Surprisingly Successful Marriages of Multinationals and Social Brands

emphasize expanding sales, with profitability to follow with a lag—rather than having to produce high profitability along with rapid expansion from the start. And, finally, a key virtue of acquisition from the perspective of the mice is that it may, if View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage
  • 01 Oct 2000
  • News

Books

Baldwin and Dean Kim Clark remind readers in their new book, Design Rules: The Power of Modularity. Baldwin and Clark are intrigued by the underlying structure of these human-designed products and systems and the ways in which they evolve... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 19

depending on the characteristics of the applications market. Second, giving open access to one side in a proprietary platform may lead to fewer users and developers and to lower investment, relative to a platform with closed access to both sides. Third, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 24

divisions. Our two studies allow us to demonstrate that spontaneous within-game dialogue and manipulated pre-game talk lead to the same results. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-039.pdf   PublicationsCost Structure... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

a problem of nightmarish proportions [because of] the growing complexity of the systems and the interdependent structure of their designs. Each new computer system had to be designed from the ground up, and only new systems could take... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology
  • Profile

Marcela Sapone

Explain. It almost doesn’t matter what HBS does. It is a magnet for interesting people who are trying to figure out what is going on in the world. It’s about HBS having a structure and creating solidarity so this fixed group of people are... View Details
  • 02 Aug 2021
  • Blog Post

ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY

racial injustice in the United States to send shock waves across the globe. But in their wake—and in the midst of a pandemic that has hit communities of color hard—urgent calls for a long-overdue racial reckoning are inspiring innovative approaches to exposing and... View Details
  • 27 Sep 2016
  • First Look

September 27, 2016

reshape the structure of demand for executive development. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51662 The Skills Gap and the Near-Far Problem in Executive Education and Leadership Development By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

product line within Xerox. He had the support of Xerox's chief executive officer, David Kearns, for establishing the new internal structure. This structure would work much like an internal venture capital firm. Xerox would exploit Adams's... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough