Directed Technological Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

2006
Book

Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries

By: David S. Evans, Andrei Hagiu and Richard Schmalensee

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Applications and Software; Innovation and Invention; Transformation

Arjun Chopra (MBA 2004) is a Partner at FLOODGATE and leads the firm's investments in opportunities that transform the "IT stack" in ways that help companies change the way they do business and compete. Arjun was the CTO at Cambridge... View Details

Keywords: Aviation & Aerospace;#13;#Biotech & Life Sciences;#20;#Ecommerce;#24;#Electronics & Hardware;#28;#Energy, Oil, Renewables, & Environment;#31;#Finance;#37;#Gaming;#45;#Insurance;#58;#Real Estate & Housing;#64;#Software/App;#75;#Venture Capital

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Cynthia Chen | MBA

technology. Tech areas of interest: AI Interpretability, Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Enterprise ML Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: As a software intern at Scale AI, I had the unique... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

Vision: Sound Science

on one model of success. Technology and financing landscapes change constantly, and you have to adapt.” Biotech ventures have what Simons refers to as “many potential failure modes,” and raising capital can... View Details

Keywords: Deb Blagg

16 Dec 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Marrying Distance and Classroom Education

would think about taking advantage of both. You heard in the workshop some of the things that are advantageous to the technology side besides the obvious advantages of asynchronicity and not having to travel. Mediated work, for example.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

June 2015 (Revised August 2018)
Case

American Electric Power: Facing the Challenges of Distributed Generation

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Hilary White

American Electric Power, like most utilities in the USA, is currently exposed to distributed generation and the problem of net-metering. Solar installations in particular have been heavily subsidized, by the state and by regulation, which does not allow grid operators... View Details

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29 Jun 2016
News

The Latest Local Motor: A Self-Driving Bus

(photo by Local Motors) (photo by Local Motors) The Jetsonian era may be upon us. A recent NPR piece details how 24-year-old Colombia native Edgar Sarmiento worked with Local Motors to build a vehicle called Olli—a self-driving electric minibus. Sarmiento’s design came... View Details

22 Mar 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

(BiGS), which he described as an interdisciplinary research enterprise that will position HBS as an intellectual hub for examining the most critical issues and opportunities of our times—from climate change and environmental... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

Tatsuyuki Saeki: Putting Stock in New Options at Nasdaq Japan Edwin Yu: Bidding on the Future Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk William K.L. Fung (MBA 1972): E-Commerce and... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

17 Apr 2019
Blog Post

Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty

direct question: did they just need a break to refresh, reload, and return, or did they want to pursue other passions? A big concern was “zombie partners,” or those who were burned out but kept going, effecting not only their own... View Details

05 Dec 2022
Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

behind the 2022 theme: "When the Co-Chairs and I met earlier in the summer to decide on the direction of this year's Climate Symposium, we continued to come back to the themes of intersectionality of climate View Details

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Georgia Messinger | MBA

Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: I have a variety of experience working at startups, and I've learned that technology and business go hand in hand. I believe innovative... View Details

16 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Has Apple Reinvented the Watch?

the Apple Watch, read Ryan Raffaelli's blog: Why the Apple Watch Is a Gift to the Swiss Watch Industry. Christian Camerota: Do you think the Apple Watch will fundamentally change our lives in a similar way the iPhone and iPad did? Betting... View Details

Keywords: Re: Ryan L. Raffaelli; Electronics; Retail; Health

31 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 31, 2007

the national microfinance markets of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru within the context of global microfinance. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307060 Foreign Direct Investment and South... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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 venture in Chester Carlson’s electric... View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

Profile

Ankita Chowdhry

to celebrate her and get excited for her baby. What is one thing you brought with you to campus, and one thing you'll be leaving with? I came to HBS with lots of curiosity and open questions about what direction my career could take, and... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

'Rooted' In Innovation

products, thereby gaining a foothold in the $1 trillion global health-and-wellness food market. This could yield unprecedented opportunities for the 500 farmers in Cameroon from whom CassVita sources the produce. “I love using technology... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2015
News

Ink

but with outside technology and partnerships across industries as well. “He mixed and matched these elements brilliantly, of course, infused the remix with Apple’s unique design sensibility, and created a new business model that totally... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Open Market

and changing market dynamics, all while still launching new products and services to remain competitive. Robinhood has adapted to many changes and, if anything, has proven to be a disruptor in how it has... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Keith Negley; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

09 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

company. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/719456-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 518-038 Index In December 2017, Marc Freed-Finnegan and Jonathan Wall, the co-founders of retail technology company Index, had to... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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