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- 05 Nov 2024
- Research & Ideas
AI Can Help Leaders Communicate, But Can't Make Employees Listen
efficient by automating busy leaders’ routine tasks—such as the electronic communication that takes 24 percent of a CEO’s time, studies show. In theory, this would allow the executive to devote more time to strategic planning, for... View Details
- 10 Nov 2008
- Research Event
Social Media Leads the Future of Technology
electronic device nearby, and married couples usually do not share cell phones. Innovation will serve people who want simplicity of technology usage. As the network gets larger it becomes less relevant to individuals, she said, so people... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
over the estate from her father in 1980, wonders whether a new lower-priced wine should be added to the portfolio. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507033 Philips Electronics NV Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
did against precious metals? I argue that they do. By and large all cryptocurrencies possess all of our favorite qualities in an electronic currency: speed of transaction, ease of portability (compared to say a credit card or a phone app... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
time. They believe that in pursuing its own self-interest in opening and expanding the BOP market, business can make a profit while serving the poorest of consumers and contributing to development. As Rangan explains, "For business,... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
What was the future of TV? The case considers Samsung Electronics TV Group's product development processes, as the company's mobile and TV offerings increasingly converged and consumer demands and behavior... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
may not involve government. Value-net games have to do with cooperation and competition among businesses. 7 Public interest games pit coalitions of businesses, and even entire industries, against nonbusiness organizations like unions, View Details
- 11 Dec 2018
- Research & Ideas
Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History
Question: What patterns emerge from history that can help us better understand where we are today? Sophus Reinert: To many people, globalization is teleological, something that necessarily becomes stronger over time and leads to an ever-more economically interconnected... View Details
- 15 Feb 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Delivering Information Services: A 30-Year Perspective
Internet to market its products or services? Nolan: I do, albeit it's a different experience for the consumer to buy a book from Amazon.com, let's say, than it is from a retailer such as Barnes & Noble. The value added by the Internet... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
specific customer groups either are overserved or are unsatisfied nonconsumers. Overserved customers consume a product or service but don't need all its features or functionality. Three specific indicators point to this customer group:... View Details
- September 2023 (Revised May 2025)
- Teaching Note
On
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karolin Frankenberger, Sascha Mader, Jordan Mitchell and Karen Elterman
Teaching Note for "On," HBS Case No. 723-430. On is a premium performance running shoe company founded in Switzerland in 2010. The company rapidly gained traction through its unique CloudTec cushioning technology, its innovative midsole plate called the Speedboard, and... View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Startups; Business Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Digital Marketing; Disruptive Innovation; Distribution Channels; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Global Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Marketing Strategy; Product Design; Product Development; Product Marketing; Social Media; Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Technological Innovation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Europe; Germany; Switzerland; United States
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, a veteran of doing battle with much larger Microsoft, has some words of wisdom on competing against a market giant: "If you want to beat Bobby Fischer, don't play chess." Glaser, president and CEO of the streaming media... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
Determination Through Brand Biography Authors:Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, Jill Avery, and Juliet Schor Publication:Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of an underdog brand biography (UBB) to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising
The Subcommittee: My name is Benjamin Edelman. I am an assistant professor at the Harvard Business School, where my research focuses on the design of electronic marketplaces, including designing online marketplaces to assure safety,... View Details
- 27 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 27
The Effect of Service Quality and Competition on Demand By: Balasubramanian, Karthik, and David F. Drake Abstract—The use of electronic money transfer through cellular networks ("mobile money") is rapidly increasing in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- November 2017
- Case
iRobot: Moving Beyond the Roomba
By: Rajiv Lal and Scott Johnson
The makers of the Roomba, a robotic vacuum cleaner, connected the latest version of their product to the Internet. This new feature opened up a wealth of new opportunities and challenges for the company. View Details
Keywords: Irobot; Smart Home; Connected Home; Roomba; Vacuum; Mapping; Internet Of Things; Connected Products; Organizational Structure; Organizational Design; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
Lal, Rajiv, and Scott Johnson. "iRobot: Moving Beyond the Roomba." Harvard Business School Case 518-055, November 2017.
- January 2023
- Supplement
Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (B)
By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh and Christian Godwin
In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, Apple and Google partnered to develop a contact tracing application that would collect information about users infected with the disease and notify those who they had been in contact with. While Apple/Google’s... View Details
Keywords: Iphone; Encryption; Data Privacy; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Globalized Firms and Management; Government and Politics; Health; Health Pandemics; Leadership; Markets; Safety; Social Issues; Information Technology; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Europe
McGee, Henry, Nien-hê Hsieh, and Christian Godwin. "Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 323-066, January 2023.
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
management talent. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=906403 Best Buy Stores, Inc.: Competing on the Edge Harvard Business School Case 706-417 While Circuit City struggles, Best Buy has overtaken it to become the premier... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 20, 2007
broadband Internet, and the related crisis faced by companies whose business models relied on TV advertising—played to TiVo's unique strengths. Leadership in DVR technology and a TV-centric user interface arguably positioned TiVo to become something more than a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 2013
- Book
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book examines the history of entrepreneurship and multinationals in the making of the modern world. In recent years economists, historians, and political scientists have written extensively on the history of globalization and patterns of global wealth and poverty,... View Details
Keywords: FDI; Economic History; Business History; Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America
Jones, Geoffrey. Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013.