Publications

20 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Exploring Cleantech at HBS

write a case on a challenge they are facing, or do a high level industry scan to explore a broader trend. Cleantech can be a risky career choice – businesses are often highly capital intensive and vulnerable to commodity prices and... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet

As people get more accustomed to using the Internet to conduct business transactions, their demands will become more sophisticated. Cyberspace is jam-packed with startups trying to second-guess what consumers of the future will want. "Whole new View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

December 1999 (Revised April 2002)
Case

International Business Machines Corporation (A)

By: David F. Hawkins

Perform financial ratio analysis to identify changes in IBM's business mix and profitability. Teaching purpose: Ratio analysis. View Details

Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Capital Structure; Performance Efficiency; Business Earnings; Business Model; Private Sector; Commercialization; Computer Industry; Computer Industry

August 2007
Case

New York Magazine

By: Guhan Subramanian and David Chen

Describes the events surrounding the sale of New York Magazine to Bruce Wasserstein in 2003. Wasserstein's last-second cash bid of $55 million surprised other potential buyers and allowed him to win ownership of the magazine. View Details

Keywords: Journals and Magazines; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Negotiation Deal; Publishing Industry; Publishing Industry

01 Nov 2016
First Look

First Look - November 1, 2016

Leveraging Digital Opportunities: Research, Industry Practice, and Open Questions Luxury Branding Research: New Perspectives and Future Priorities By: Keinan, Anat, Sandrine Crener-Ricard, and Silvia Bellezza Abstract—Several major trends... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Other Article

The Market That Wasn't: The Non-emergence of the Online Grocery Category

By: Chad Navis, Greg Fisher, Ryan Raffaelli and Mary Ann Glynn

We examine the non-emergence of a potential new market category. In the late 1990s the entrepreneurial firms that attempted to sell groceries online attracted significant resources, made meaningful technological advancements and generated immense publicity, yet online... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Food; Emerging Markets; Service Industry; Service Industry

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March 2017
Supplement

Donna Dubinsky, Numenta and Artificial Intelligence

By: David B. Yoffie

Donna Dubinsky, CEO of Numenta, discusses her views of the future of artificial intelligence and the strategic challenges of building a new platform. View Details

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Strategy; Technological Change; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry

February 2007
Supplement

Supplement to InfoVision (A): Technology Transfer at Georgia Tech

Keywords: Information Technology; Higher Education; Engineering; Education Industry; Atlanta

fall 2007
Article

An Empirical Study of System Improvement by Frontline Employees in Hospital Units

By: A. L. Tucker

Keywords: Information; System; Employees; Health; Health Industry

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April 2003 (Revised March 2009)
Case

Operational Execution at Arrow Electronics

By: Ananth Raman and Zeynep Ton

Distribution center operations (from order taking to order fulfillment) and the importance of attending to process details at Arrow Electronics, a large distributor of electronic components and computer products are described. The case also details the actions the... View Details

Keywords: Information; Distribution; Logistics; Strategy; Electronics Industry

12 Feb 2016
Op-Ed

The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills

by advances in communications and information technology and dramatic improvement in global logistics, fueled the outsourcing of jobs to emerging markets. More jobs disappeared as American companies opted for automation, which replaced... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Fuller and Matt Sigelman; Manufacturing; Electronics

10 May 2016
First Look

May 10, 2016

losing to them in court). Moreover, we neither find any markers of significant NPE pass-through to end innovators, nor of a positive impact of NPEs on innovation in the industries in which they are most prevalent. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Oct 2019
News

Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

Photo courtesy of Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux (MBA 2004) started at HBS in 2002, the private space industry was really just... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

April 2012
Case

Bank of America: Mobile Banking (Abridged)

By: Sunil Gupta and Michael Norris

In January 2010, Bank of America is discussing its future mobile strategy. Should the company add complexity to its app, design multiple apps for business segments, or expand into other mobile channels? View Details

Keywords: Technology Adoption; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; United States

29 May 2017
Blog Post

The Diverse Community at HBS

with a liberal arts background, I had been thinking about going to business school to learn more about different industries and topic areas (like finance and accounting) in order to better position myself to impact the way people consume... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup

what’s out there to avoid any unpleasant surprises.” Besides similarity of name, search results incorporate information on industry sectors and trademark classes. “What trademark is about is the likelihood... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

January 2022
Case

Hybrid Classroom - an Opportunity or a Threat?

By: V.G. Narayanan

When the Covid pandemic struck in the spring of 2020, HBS pivoted to remote instruction while maintaining the interactive and engaged discussions which distinguished the case system pedagogy. In fall 2020 HBS adopted a hybrid approach, fitting out its classrooms with... View Details

Keywords: Education; Teaching; Higher Education; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Internet and the Web; Adaptation; Opportunities; Education Industry