Publications

April 1989 (Revised July 1992)
Supplement

Technology Transfer: Anti-Inflammatory Drug (C)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health; Pharmaceutical Industry

January 2000 (Revised November 2000)
Case

Lucent Technologies New Ventures Group

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett

Lucent Technologies' successful New Ventures Group must present company executives with a strong case for continuing corporate venturing activities despite a troubled financial performance in difficult market conditions. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Management Teams; Business Ventures; Venture Capital; Financial Condition; Change Management; Wireless Technology; Financial Services Industry; Computer Industry; New Jersey

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May 1996
Case

Colliers and the Technology Solution

By: Lynda M. Applegate and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Keywords: Technology

Video

Dean Nohria on technological relevancy

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Tulsa Massacre | Information Technology

Featured Case Tulsa Massacre This multimedia case tells the story of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the 1921 massacre that destroyed 35 square blocks, left 10,000 homeless, and resulted in the murder of as many as 300 Black Tulsa residents. The case... View Details

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Get Help | Information Technology

Get Help Contact Us By Audience Faculty, Staff & Doctoral Students +617-495-6600 ithelp@hbs.edu MBA Students +617-495-6600 mbaithelp@hbs.edu Executive Education Participants +617-495-6600 exedithelp@hbs.edu Alumni +617-384-5977 hbs@edusupportcenter.com How can we help?... View Details

June 2007 (Revised August 2007)
Case

Royal DSM N.V.: Information Technology Enabling Business Transformation

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Edward Watson and Mara Vatz

Describes how Royal DSM NV, an $8 billion dollar global corporation, leveraged information technology to enable a major corporate portfolio transformation between 2000 and 2006. View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology

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The Experience | Information Technology

teaching experience. As soon as you make your first cold call, the technology seems to fade away. I never want to teach in any other classroom again. I love it here! Nancy F. Koehn Baker Foundation Professor James E. Robison Professor of... View Details

December 2007
Article

Adoption of Information Technology under Network Effects

By: Deishin Lee and Haim Mendelson

Because information technologies are often characterized by network effects, compatibility is an important issue. Although total network value is maximized when everyone operates in one compatible network, we find that the technology benefits of the users depend on... View Details

Keywords: Network Effects; Standards; Competitive Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Information Technology; Technology Adoption

20 Aug 2020
Book

From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

1984
Book

Technology Crossing Borders: The Choice, Transfer, and Management of International Technology Flows

By: Louis T. Wells and Robert B. Stobaugh

Keywords: Knowledge Dissemination; Technology

1981
Chapter

Diffusion of Energy Conservation Technologies

By: D. A. Leonard

Keywords: Technology Adoption; Energy Conservation; Energy Industry

August 2008
Article

Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

By: William R. Kerr

This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Ethnicity; Production; Integration; Knowledge Sharing; Patents; Employment; Performance Productivity; Entrepreneurship; Change; Developing Countries and Economies; Immigration; China; United States

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26 Apr 2016
Video

Astraeus Technologies wins 2016 New Venture Competition Business Track

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers

cleaning solvent formula. However, before deciding to deploy these critical assets in a particular country, multinational executives have a key issue to explore: Does the country where I'm transferring technology have intellectual... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

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Information Technology | Harvard Business School

Information Technology From Brainstorm to Breakthrough: HBS IT Hackathon Inspires AI Innovations Last summer, HBS IT staff participated in a Hackathon that challenged teams to discover new ways to learn and work with AI. While the event... View Details

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Multimedia Development | Information Technology

cases designed to meet the needs of our faculty partners. Pairing Technology with Storytelling to Reimagine Learning As part of case study development at the Harvard Business School, the IT Multimedia Development team partners with... View Details

April 1989 (Revised May 1993)
Case

Technology Transfer: Anti-Inflammatory Discovery (A)

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Information Technology; Knowledge Dissemination; Health Industry

July 2004 (Revised September 2004)
Background Note

A Conversation about Information Technology

Two managers discuss the benefits, costs, opportunities, and headaches of corporate computing. Topics include security, training, the Internet and Web, collaboration, productivity, Moore's Law, computer crashes, upgrades, open source software, network effects,... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Problems and Challenges

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