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- 13 Aug 2024
- News
Boards Need a New Approach to Technology
- December 2003 (Revised April 2004)
- Case
Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (B): Confronting New Digital Formats
Investigates how the rise of digital video formats threatens to make videocassette technology obsolete; how this technological substitution might alter the economics and structure of the video rental and retail industries; and how Blockbuster Inc., the industry leader,... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Decisions; Technological Innovation; Competition; Change Management; Service Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Coughlan, Peter J., and Jenny Illes. "Blockbuster Inc. & Technological Substitution (B): Confronting New Digital Formats." Harvard Business School Case 704-407, December 2003. (Revised April 2004.)
- 26 Apr 2016
- Video
Astraeus Technologies wins 2016 New Venture Competition Business Track
- February 2018
- Article
Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
By: William R. Kerr
This study tests the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The empirical analysis has three comparative advantages: including emerging and advanced economies, isolating panel variation regarding the link between productivity and... View Details
Keywords: Exports; Comparative Advantage; Technological Transfer; Innovation; Networks; Patents; Residency; Technology Adoption; Trade; Research and Development; Immigration; United States
Kerr, William R. "Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns." World Bank Economic Review 32, no. 1 (February 2018): 163–182.
- 2013
- Working Paper
Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns
By: William R. Kerr
This study tests the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The empirical analysis has three comparative advantages: including emerging and advanced economies, isolating panel variation regarding the link between productivity and... View Details
Keywords: Exports; Comparative Advantage; Technological Transfer; Innovation; Networks; Patents; Residency; Technology Adoption; Trade; Research and Development; Immigration; United States
Kerr, William R. "Heterogeneous Technology Diffusion and Ricardian Trade Patterns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-039, November 2013. (NBER Working Paper Series, No. 19657, November 2013.)
- October 2015 (Revised January 2017)
- Case
UPower Technologies Inc.
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, William A. Sahlman and Liz Kind
The UPower founders, Jake DeWitte and Caroline Cochran, were recent graduates from MIT's Nuclear Science and Engineering Department. They chose to attend Palo Alto–based Y Combinator's accelerator program to focus on building a "mini" nuclear reactor that would produce... View Details
Keywords: Nuclear; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Power; Energy Markets; New Nuclear; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurial Marketing; Business ＆ Government Relations; Off-grid; Energy; Renewable Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; United States
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, William A. Sahlman, and Liz Kind. "UPower Technologies Inc." Harvard Business School Case 816-054, October 2015. (Revised January 2017.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in new technologies to accelerate change
Girish Nadkami (MBA 1988), a venture capitalist in Switzerland, talks about the impact of investing in new technologies for communications, robotics, and environmental start-ups. (Published April 2014) View Details
- November 1985 (Revised February 1992)
- Case
New Technologies at Tiner Trucking Co. (A)
By: Richard E. Walton
Walton, Richard E. "New Technologies at Tiner Trucking Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 486-037, November 1985. (Revised February 1992.)
- 13 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
From Turf Wars to Learning Curves: How Hospitals Adopt New Technology
Harvard Business School professors are more likely to be found in the pages of the Academy of Management Review than the New England Journal of Medicine, but recently Gary Pisano and Robert Huckman used the latter to discuss their... View Details
- 12 Aug 2018 - 14 Aug 2018
- Conference Presentation
Abstraction, Knowledge Flows, and the Rapid Dissemination of Emerging Technologies
By: Willy C. Shih
Many emerging technologies are remarkably complex and embody high levels of technological sophistication, and they often are key enablers for new products and services. Yet the speed of dispersal of the know-how required to employ these technologies and foster... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies
organizations successfully integrate new technologies into their operations. "In an industry context in which individual heroism and skill are assumed to be critical determinants of important... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 10 Feb 2012
- News
Why New Technologies Do Not Make Poor Countries Rich
- July–August 2021
- Article
Case Study: Will a Bank's New Technology Help or Hurt Morale?
A case study is presented on the effort to introduce new information technology into a community bank and what impact that process may have on bank employees. View Details
Keywords: Employee Morale; Community Banks; Information Technology; Banks and Banking; Employees; Technology Adoption
Schlesinger, Leonard A. "Case Study: Will a Bank's New Technology Help or Hurt Morale?" Harvard Business Review 99, no. 4 (July–August 2021): 144–149.
- 22 Feb 2019
- News
7 Lessons On Winning New Markets Without Technology
- March 1986 (Revised March 1992)
- Case
Securities and Exchange Commission: New Technologies Initiative
Porter, Leslie R. "Securities and Exchange Commission: New Technologies Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 186-279, March 1986. (Revised March 1992.)
- February 1992
- Supplement
New Technologies at Tiner Trucking Co. (C)
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Roger H. Hallowell
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Roger H. Hallowell. "New Technologies at Tiner Trucking Co. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 692-089, February 1992.
- February 1992
- Supplement
New Technologies at Tiner Trucking Co. (B)
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and Roger H. Hallowell
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and Roger H. Hallowell. "New Technologies at Tiner Trucking Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 692-088, February 1992.
Experimentation Matters: Unlocking the Potential of New Technologies for Innovation
Every company's ability to innovate depends on a process of experimentation whereby new products and services are created and existing ones improved. But the cost of experimentation is limiting. New technologies—including computer modeling and simulation—promise to... View Details
- 03 Jun 2023
- News