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- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 21 Apr 2020
- Webinars: Career
The Future of Project Work
In light of the COVID-19 crisis, it is clear that the world around us and our work lives are changing dramatically. This fundamental shift is bringing not only challenges but also the opportunity for new ways to work as well -- including meaningful project work. Join... View Details
- September 2022 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Audrey Tang: Using Technology to Strengthen Democracy in Taiwan
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Since the early days of the internet, Taiwan had a vibrant community of civic hackers and open-source programmers who engaged with social issues. Audrey Tang was one of them. She spearheaded the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan, where protestors peacefully... View Details
Keywords: Democracy; Internet; Web Technology; Digital Transformation; Digital Platform; COVID; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Governance; Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Taiwan; China; Asia
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Audrey Tang: Using Technology to Strengthen Democracy in Taiwan." Harvard Business School Case 823-048, September 2022. (Revised August 2023.)
- 03 Apr 2013
- News
Judgment as the Essence of Leadership
- 05 Apr 2018
- HBS Seminar
Connie Helfat, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
- 05 Jan 2011
- News
The Capricious Value of Private Equity Investments
- 01 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes
or other macroeconomic factors. With these factors in mind, here are four things to focus on in 2024: Balancing margins and volume. For decisions about whether to adjust prices, it is not simply a question View Details
- November – December 1998
- Article
Clusters and the New Economics of Competition
This article explains how clusters foster high levels of productivity and innovation and lays out the implications for competitive strategy and economic policy. Economic geography in an era of global competition poses a paradox. In theory, location should no longer be... View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Clusters and the New Economics of Competition." Harvard Business Review 76, no. 6 (November–December 1998): 77–90.
- 27 Jun 2021
- News
Master the Politics of the New Hybrid Office
Impact of Online Consumer Reviews on Sales: The Moderating Role of Product and Consumer Characteristics
This article examines how product and consumer characteristics moderate the influence of online consumer reviews on product sales using data from the video game industry. The findings indicate that online reviews are more influential for less popular games and... View Details
- 16 Dec 2013
- News
The Way of The Blockbuster
- 2009
- Article
Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It
By: Benjamin Edelman
The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: Existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP addresses"), and central authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: Sharing... View Details
Keywords: Internet; Performance Capacity; Technology Networks; Market Transactions; Resource Allocation; Policy; Price; Information Technology Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It." Auctions, Market Mechanisms and Their Applications 14 (2009): 95–106. (Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Science.) (Featured in Working Knowledge: When the Internet Runs Out of IP Addresses) (Circulated in 2008 as Running Out of Numbers? The Impending Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It.)
- 2009
- Working Paper
Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It
By: Benjamin Edelman
The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: Existing protocols allow only a finite set of computer numbers ("IP addresses"), and central authorities will soon deplete their supply. I evaluate a series of possible responses to this shortage: Sharing... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Resource Allocation; Market Transactions; Internet; Technology Networks; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-091, February 2009. (Revised March 2009.)
- January 2013 (Revised April 2013)
- Technical Note
Relational Contracts and the Roots of Sustained Competitive Advantage
This note focuses on organizational "competencies" or "capabilities" as a potential source of sustained competitive advantage. Research in this area hypothesizes that some firms outperform their competition because they can do things that their rivals cannot. View Details
Henderson, Rebecca M. "Relational Contracts and the Roots of Sustained Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Technical Note 313-105, January 2013. (Revised April 2013.)
- January–February 2014
- Article
IDEO's Culture of Helping
By: Teresa Amabile, Colin M. Fisher and Julianna Pillemer
Leaders can do few things more important than encouraging helping behavior within their organizations. In the highest-performing companies, it is a norm that colleagues support one another's efforts to do the best work they can. That has always been true for efficiency... View Details
Keywords: Management Style; Behavior; Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Relationships; Social and Collaborative Networks
Amabile, Teresa, Colin M. Fisher, and Julianna Pillemer. "IDEO's Culture of Helping." Harvard Business Review 92, nos. 1-2 (January–February 2014): 54–61.
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Economic and Technical Drivers of Technology Choice: Browsers
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
The Neglected Benefits of the Commute
- 22 Apr 2020
- News
The Curious Case of the Coronavirus Commercial
- December 1999 (Revised December 2000)
- Case
Charles Schwab: A Category of One
By: Stephen P. Bradley and Thomas H. Esperson
Examines Charles Schwab's on-line discount brokerage firm and questions whether or not Schwab has effectively balanced the old and new world of stock trading, and has remained a leader between giants like Merrill Lynch and Internet pure plays like E-Trade. Also looks... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Technological Innovation; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
Bradley, Stephen P., and Thomas H. Esperson. "Charles Schwab: A Category of One." Harvard Business School Case 700-043, December 1999. (Revised December 2000.)
- Research Summary
The Role of Information Technology in the Provision of Services
By: James I. Cash
James I. Cash, Jr. is exploring the role of information technology in service management. Specifically, he is studying the implications of the ubiquity of information technology at three levels in service-providing organizations. (In the United States today, service... View Details
- September 2001
- Background Note
Note on Application of the Antitrust Laws to the New Economy: An Analysis of United States v. Microsoft Corporation
Analyzes the 1991 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the seminal New Economy antitrust case United States vs. Microsoft Corp., 253 F.3rd 34 (D.C. Cir. 2001), which arose out of Microsoft's efforts to promote Internet Explorer... View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Software; Intellectual Property; Monopoly; Laws and Statutes; Information Technology Industry; District of Columbia
Bagley, Constance E. "Note on Application of the Antitrust Laws to the New Economy: An Analysis of United States v. Microsoft Corporation." Harvard Business School Background Note 802-090, September 2001.