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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

The Architecture of Platforms: A Unified View

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and C. Jason Woodard
The central role of "platform" products and services in mediating the activities of disaggregated "clusters" or "ecosystems" of firms has been widely recognized. But platforms and the systems in which they are embedded are very diverse. In particular, platforms may... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Industry Clusters; Infrastructure; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms
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  • 15 Dec 2024
  • News

Kelp Is on the Way

Petrochemicals are all around us—from ubiquitous plastic packaging to the inconspicuous lining of your takeaway coffee cup, and in everyday products like soaps, deodorants, and toothpaste. But that will change, according to Matthew Perkins (MBA 2009). When View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustration by Melinda Beck; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities
  • May 2000 (Revised April 2003)
  • Case

Contractual Innovation in the UK Energy Markets: Enron Europe, The Eastern Group, and the Sutton Bridge Project

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Peter Tufano
In December 1996, Enron Europe and The Eastern Group were on the verge of signing an innovative transaction in the utility industry. Eastern was going to buy a long-term option to convert natural gas into electricity from Enron, thereby giving it the economic right to... View Details
Keywords: Project Finance; Infrastructure; Supply and Industry; Corporate Finance; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry
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  • March 1994 (Revised July 1995)
  • Case

Lotus Development Corp. in 1994

Jim Manzi, president and CEO of Lotus, must decide whether to position the firm as a provider of network applications or of the architectural programs required to support network applications. The decision will have lasting implications for Lotus's position in both... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Competitive Advantage; Applications and Software; Industry Structures; Information Technology Industry
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  • 20 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Globalization Hasn’t Killed the Manufacturing Cluster

Globalization hasn't made manufacturing clusters obsolete, but the geographically concentrated pockets of industry have to be smart to ensure their survival, according to new research from Harvard Business School. Gary P. Pisano, the... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion
  • 03 Oct 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

US. A "commons" fosters the process-oriented innovation that in turn contributes to the vitality of the industrial sector and the health of the economy. Respondents to this month's column were somewhat pessimistic that such... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Ask the Expert: On the Fly

always been intriguing to me,” says Carty, which explains his five decades in the field—starting at Air Canada, moving on to American Airlines (where he served as chairman and CEO), and including board stints with Porter Airlines, Virgin America, and Hawaiian Airlines.... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

Elevator Pitch: Power Sourced

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Chaku Foods Nikki Okrah (MBA 2021), CEO and Founder Concept: A snack-food company in Okrah’s native Ghana that is building farming supply chain infrastructure for other consumer... View Details
Keywords: agriculture; Africa; food manufacturing; entrepreneurship; startup; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
  • 08 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Everything Must Go: A Strategy for Store Liquidation

liquidation process. “We don't spend enough time thinking about the death or liquidation of businesses” "When we were first exposed to the issue of store liquidations, we didn't have a sense of how big it was—that there is a massive View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail
  • 01 Dec 2018
  • News

Research Is the Foundation

fundamental means by which people interact in any organization.” Her research—published in her award-winning 2017 book, The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations (Princeton University Press)—“wouldn’t have happened... View Details
  • 24 Jul 2013
  • Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

are steps that major players working together in metropolitan areas can do to save their cities: When it comes to the elements of soft infrastructure such as education and healthcare, it's essential to create an environment for capital,... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto
  • Career Coach

Imam Akinlade

tech, Imam can share key insights into how to assess each of these industries against your personal post-MBA job criteria as well as what to expect in each of these industries from sourcing to recruitment... View Details
  • Career Coach

Elizabeth Gelb

Liz is happy to talk through career opportunities and strategies to pivot into roles in investing, consulting, sustainability, and energy, both internationally and domestically. Having worked in these industries prior to HBS and exploring... View Details
  • 09 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Incentives and Operational Excellence

was rented out and at what price. Rentrak monitored the scanner data and performed audits and spot checks to monitor compliance with the revenue-sharing contracts. Fifty years ago, Narayanan added, the movie industry did almost the same... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 08 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

and infrastructure to launch new product lines or businesses, or enter new markets. Industrial Age business innovation's favored producers. The innovations included: Physical or analog production and... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
  • May 1997 (Revised May 2008)
  • Case

Intel Corporation: 1968-1997

By: Gary P. Pisano, David J. Collis and Peter K. Botticelli
Traces Intel's history and strategy from 1968 to 1997. Examines the company's decision to exit DRAMS and its entry into microprocessors. Focuses on how the company managed to achieve and sustain its competitive advantage in microprocessors, and the threats it faces in... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Information Infrastructure; Corporate Strategy; Industry Structures; Technology Industry
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  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

Telling the Electronic Century's Unfinished Story

infrastructure for the Industrial Century did not compete, conquer, or die in the manner of the national industries that created the View Details
Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities
  • 01 Jun 2014
  • News

Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over

smooth experience, Brazil's brand will take a hit. To claim success, Brazil must put on a great party, demonstrate efficient economic management of the Cup, keep financial corruption to a minimum, and re-purpose Cup investment and View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 04 Oct 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies

dire implications for the world We need to dramatically accelerate deployment of capital into sustainable infrastructure projects.” – Amanda Li (MBA 2018), COO and co-founder of Banyan Infrastructure Amanda... View Details
  • 25 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist

Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist “We need to get the water molecule on the same footing as the carbon molecule. This industry has not communicated effectively. Solving the water crisis... View Details