Open Source Software - Publications - Faculty & Research

March 2011
Teaching Note

InnoCentive.com (A) (TN)

Teaching Note for 608170. View Details

Keywords: Research and Development; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; System; Open Source Distribution; Competition; Web Services Industry

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29 Feb 2016
HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

cities” field. “I wanted to explore the opportunities and challenges of selling to government in a company that is moving from selling hardware in big chunks to selling software as a service,” says Weiss, the MBA Class of 1961 Senior... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

02 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

contributions per year from France, creating social value by increasing the availability and quality of free and open source software. Estimates indicate this would have cost paid View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

He cites Hailo, a software company that links passengers with licensed cabs. Notably, Hailo ceased North American operations last year due to competition with Uber and Lyft. Edelman writes: On paper, Hailo had every advantage: $100... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

January 2025
Teaching Note

AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup

By: Frank Nagle and Susan Pinckney

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 724-444. In 2024, AI agent startup company AGENTS.inc faced multiple strategic decisions that could shape the company’s ability to grow into the future AI agent market leader. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; AI and Machine Learning; Growth and Development Strategy; Open Source Distribution; Entrepreneurial Finance; Competition; Computer Industry; Technology Industry; Europe; Germany

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29 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

surplus, in addition to their intrinsic motivation. The more importance open source developers attach to consumer surplus, the more effort they put into developing software... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

important part of how businesses operate, and that can only increase going forward.” “Increasingly, the tech architectures inside firms are a source of competitive advantage.” In a new industry and background note written with HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

08 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Cost-Accounting/9780132109178.page Mixed Source Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Gaston Llanes Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract We study competitive interaction... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

10 Reasons Customers Might Resist Windows 8

Software giant Microsoft is launching the Windows 8 version of its operating system this week, and suffice it to say that it's radically different from Windows 7. The familiar Start button and menu are gone, for example, replaced by a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Computer; Consumer Products

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

The Benefits of “Not Invented Here”

talks about "open innovation" and his new book. Silverthorne: What's the one take-away you would like your business reader to walk away with from the book, Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 29, 2008

after only a brief trial. Management was considering whether marketing partnerships and open sourcing its software might relieve strains and facilitate future growth. Linden... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 2024
Supplement

AlphaGo (C): Birth of a New Intelligence

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

This case, the final of a three-part series, explores DeepMind's pivotal transition from mastering games to solving real-world scientific challenges. In December 2020, DeepMind's AI system AlphaFold 2 achieved a breakthrough by solving protein folding—a 50-year-old... View Details

Keywords: Autonomy; Deep Learning; Drug Discovery; Healthcare Innovation; Neural Networks; Scientific Research; Technology Startup; AI and Machine Learning; Technological Innovation; Research and Development; Business Model; Business Strategy; Open Source Distribution; Technology Industry; United States

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19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

THE COMPANY'S SERVICES" As an example, one of our portfolio companies at Flybridge, MongoDB, has done that extremely well. They are an open source database software company,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

A.S.—(Norway)—The Cenapio Project Harvard Business School Case 806-090 Describes the creation of an open source software venture in Norway, Australia, and the United States... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Innovation in Asia

Although Asian countries have been able to use cost advantages and software coding prowess to attract outsource business from around the world, the region is quickly moving up the value chain to challenge America's leadership in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

03 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders

of like Lowes opening a store inside Home Depot. But since Amazon makes its profits from product sales to consumers, while Alibaba makes money from service and advertising fees from merchants, both could help the other increase its... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information; Publishing; Technology

March 2008 (Revised March 2014)
Case

Facebook

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Thomas R. Eisenmann, Aaron Smith, David Chen and Brian Feinstein

As Facebook topped one billion monthly users in October 2012, the online social network continued to face questions about how best to monetize its surging traffic. The company could invest further in new advertising products, which represented the majority of the... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Profit; Open Source Distribution; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Information Technology Industry

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05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

Software 806-121 Black Duck Software involves a venture-backed start-up that converted software developers' concerns about violating copyright licensing agreements or View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

How Kayak Users Built a New Industry

annoyed and annoyed and annoyed, and one day you do something about it. Eric Raymond, of open source fame, calls this "scratching an itch." (Open source View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation

October 2015
Case

Facebook: The First Ten Years

By: Shane Greenstein, Marco Iansiti and Christine Snively

Facebook celebrated its ten year anniversary in February 2014. Over the past decade it has grown into the largest social network in the world with one billion users. After filing an IPO in 2012 at a $104 billion valuation (the third largest IPO in U.S. history), the... View Details