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- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
such as Apple Computer and America Online in the United States and British auction Internet site QXL. "We aimed to be the most active investor from early stage to buyouts within several chosen sectors," said Cohen, especially in... View Details
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
like when Apple was the subject of a New York Times feature about working conditions at its supplier, Foxconn. When you have the hundreds of workers killed in a garment factory fire in Pakistan or the collapse of a factory building in... View Details
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
some point early on, the startup that becomes Apple or Google first consisted of a few people in a garage or dorm. And in the case of political innovation, there is an entrenched political-industrial complex engineered to quash any new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Black Swans and Big Trends Can Ruin Anyone's Internet Prediction
iPod. As I finished writing Speed Trap, the music industry was celebrating the shutdown of Napster, and the major labels were busy organizing their own download services. A few months later, like a bolt out of the blue, Apple launched the... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health
billion mobile smart phones, and the advent of Apple’s Healthkit, also deployed in the new Apple Watch, promised to stimulate broader use and more innovation. Many of these products, sometimes faddish in nature, appealed to a younger... View Details
- 24 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 24
Prosperity In 2014, Khuram Mir, CEO of HN Agri Serve, an innovative apple orchard company in the Kashmir region of Northern India, wonders about the best growth strategy for his company. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
The story behind Dean Kamen's Segway scooter, and his combustive meeting with the kingpins of Apple and Amazon. Excerpt from Code Name Ginger. 5. Updating a Classic: Writing a Great Business Plan Harvard Business School professor William... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817042-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-020 Accounting for the iPhone Upgrade Program On September 9, 2015, Apple Inc. announced the “iPhone Upgrade Program,” a new way to purchase iPhone... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels
Apple has done over the last decade. They formerly were heavy users of commodity products, often made by competitors. But they have shifted to designing more and more of their own microprocessors and ancillary silicon chips as well as... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
frustrating to find the Chamber at odds with us in this effort." Despite taking such a bold measure against the powerful Chamber, Apple ranks far below its industry peers in the Green Rankings produced by Newsweek, the second largest... View Details
- 18 Oct 2016
- First Look
October 18, 2016
durable, consumable, functional, and hedonic products) and evidence from a real-word dataset of lost Apple iPhones demonstrate how the availability of product upgrades increases cavalier behavior toward possessions. Moreover, we show that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
selling complements to recorded music. We see some examples for this strategy even today: Apple sells songs to promote its iPods. Prince gives away his most recent release to promote his concerts. We need careful continuous monitoring of... View Details
- 06 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing
in frequency and complexity as the virtual model spreads and takes root. Apple is in the extraordinarily uncomfortable position of suing one of its major suppliers, Samsung, for alleged patent infringement. And now, with Rana Plaza and... View Details
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
This observation reinforces the fact that poor areas are always at more risk.” Most of the empirical literature has been cross-country. That's always a little bit of a problem because you're almost comparing apples and oranges. Here we... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Blockbuster! Why Star Power Works
blockbuster approach. In the book, I provide several examples, from Apple to Red Bull and from Victoria's Secret to Burberry. And I describe in depth how the blockbuster strategy is increasingly carrying the day in the hospitality sector,... View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 14
entire album at once and exclusively via the Apple iTunes Store, without any prior promotion-a significant, and potentially very risky, departure from how music was traditionally released. Sony Music's label Columbia Records, with whom... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?
maybe two directors are members of management, and everybody else is "independent." To argue against independent directors is like arguing against patriotism and apple pie. On the other hand, more and more people are becoming... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
decision for firms that aspire to develop platform-mediated networks is whether to preserve proprietary control or share their platform with rivals. A proprietary platform has a single provider that solely controls its technology, for example, Federal Express, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
platform has a single provider that solely controls its technology, for example, Federal Express, Apple Macintosh, or Google. With a shared platform, such as Visa, DVD, or Linux, multiple firms collaborate in developing the platform's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
View Video Video by Amelia Kundhardt They keep on coming—corporate scandals involving revelations of deplorable working conditions at overseas factories. If it’s not the Foxconn factories that Apple employs in China, then it’s Gap’s... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding