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  • 27 Sep 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

Ratcheting, Competition, and the Diffusion of Technological Change: The Case of Televisions Under an Energy Efficiency Program

Keywords: by Tomomichi Amano and Hiroshi Ohashi; Telecommunications; Entertainment & Recreation
  • January 2025
  • Supplement

Hippo: Weathering the Storm of the Home Insurance Crisis (B)

By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Sophia Pan
Rick McCathron, CEO of Hippo, was optimistic about the InsurTech's path to profitability after navigating the financial uncertainties of 2022. By bundling their home insurance services with third-parties and established insurance incumbents, Hippo was adopting a... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Underwriters; Big Data; Homeowners' Insurance; Catastrophe Risk; Global Warming; Environment; Business Economics; Vertical Specialization; Bundling; Economies Of Scale; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Technological Innovation; Natural Environment; Natural Disasters; Weather; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Business Earnings; Insurance; Social Issues; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Insurance Industry; California; United States
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  • August 2005 (Revised December 2006)
  • Case

Procter & Gamble: Electronic Data Capture and Clinical Trial Management

By: Robert S. Huckman and Mark J. Cotteleer
Considers whether the management of Procter & Gamble (P&G) Pharmaceuticals should adopt Web-based electronic data capture (EDC) as the default standard for the management of its clinical drug trials. Provides a detailed description of the existing paper-based process... View Details
Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Adoption; Business Processes; Industry Structures; Technological Innovation; Service Operations; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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  • 15 Nov 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

innovative design in the built environment. To create an environmentally sustainable built environment, design that focuses on maximizing natural resource efficiency, planning that fosters public health, business models that attract the... View Details
Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
  • 12 Feb 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Management Practices, Relational Contracts, and the Decline of General Motors

Keywords: by Susan Helper & Rebecca Henderson; Auto
  • September 2012 (Revised December 2012)
  • Case

Addleshaw Goddard LLP (Abridged)

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson and James Weber
Addleshaw-Goddard (AG), the 15th largest law firm in the UK, is seeking ways to serve larger clients on more important legal matters. Part of this strategy involves its "Client Development Centre (CDC)," an innovative idea and set of services launched by Dr. Jim Hever... View Details
Keywords: Price; Innovation and Invention; Service Operations; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Advantage; Diversification; Legal Services Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

influential, and industry less influential, than we commonly assume. How Early Adoption Has Increased Wealth—Until Now Authors:Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012) Abstract Societies that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Customers As Innovators: A New Way to Create Value

    Product R&D at many companies is a major bottleneck. The difficulty is that fully understanding the needs of just a single customer can be an inexact and costly process--to say nothing of the needs of all customers or even groups of them. In the course of... View Details
    • 19 Sep 2023
    • HBS Case

    How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money?

    whether we should adopt AI—but rather, when and how to do so,” says Andy Wu, the Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Wu’s recent case study and background note, AI Wars... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
    • July 2004 (Revised July 2005)
    • Case

    Activision: The 'Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer' Project

    By: Alan D. MacCormack, Enrico D"Angelo and Kerry Herman
    Mike Ward, the producer in charge of developing the Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer game for Activision, must decide whether to launch the game in time for the 2002 Christmas season. Complicating his decision are the lukewarm response from consumers to TV test spots of the... View Details
    Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Product Development; Customer Satisfaction; Projects; Business or Company Management; Product Launch; Marketing Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Industry Structures; Innovation Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States
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    • 22 Apr 2022
    • Blog Post

    Celebrating Earth Day 2022 with the HBS Business and Environment Initiative

    We are honoring Earth Day by sharing stories from the HBS Business and Environment Initiative blog that highlight HBS community members and business leaders who are dedicated to environmental sustainability and inspiring innovation at the... View Details
    • 12 Jun 2014
    • News

    Second Wind

    • 02 Jan 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    10 Trends to Watch in 2024

    The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • January 2018 (Revised March 2019)
    • Case

    Autonomous Vehicles: The Rubber Hits the Road...but When?

    By: William Kerr, Allison Ciechanover, Jeff Huizinga and James Palano
    The rise of autonomous vehicles has enormous implications for business and society. Despite the many headlines and significant investment in the technology by early 2019, it was still unclear when truly autonomous vehicles would be a commercial reality. Students will... View Details
    Keywords: Technology Management; Artificial Intelligence; General Management; Robotics; Technological Innovation; Transportation; Disruption; Information Technology; Decision Making; AI and Machine Learning; Auto Industry; Technology Industry
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    • July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
    • Case

    Washington Hospital Center (B): The Power of Insight

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
    Dr. Craig Feied considers how to take a major technical innovation beyond his own department into a large hospital system. Reviews how proprietary information systems became indispensable in the department of emergency medicine and what it took to introduce the change... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Medical Specialties; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Technological Innovation; Higher Education; Adoption; Health Industry; District of Columbia
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    • Research Summary

    Overview

    The focus of Professor Gross’ research agenda is U.S. technological innovation, innovation policy, and the effects of technological change on economic activity. He is also interested in learning about what drives individual creative behavior. Methodologically, he is... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; Technological Innovation; Innovation and Management; Technology Adoption; United States
    • 25 Jun 2014
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

    ideas as a result. One much-anticipated event in the fall, for example, is the "36-hour DASH" exercise, in which students practice the skills they will need for their international project, but in a domestic context. A student team charged with increasing the... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
    • October 1991 (Revised November 1993)
    • Case

    Philips' Compact Disc Introduction (A)

    Asks that students adopt the perspective of Philips in 1979, after technical development of the CD was complete, but three years before it was introduced commercially. At that time, Philips' management had to decide whether to attempt to establish a CD standard through... View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Product Launch; Standards; Product Development; Technology Industry
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    • 28 Aug 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

    measure both face-to-face and electronic interaction before and after the adoption of open office architecture. The results inform our understanding of the impact on human behavior of workspaces that trend toward fewer spatial boundaries... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 03 May 2024
    • Research & Ideas

    How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

    in seed funding. In-person is especially important for innovation Roche stresses that the team’s findings pertain specifically to the influence of proximity on technology adoption in startup coworking... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand