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  • 01 Mar 2017
  • News

Swimming with the Stream

get ahead of these business model disrupters and be the change yourself? For more in-depth data on the music streaming sector from Statista, see eBaker, our online research portal for alumni. View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 27 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

dangerous, and male-dominated—because these settings have undergone radical operational and cultural changes designed to increase safety and effectiveness. In the particular company we studied, these changes resulted in a decline in the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • 21 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

toward gunfire, where they certainly would be needed. Southwest Airlines famously provides structure to staff built on culture and an aligned operating model. In the field, staff members know what levers they can pull to respond to... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
  • January 2010
  • Teaching Note

Transforming ASUSTeK: Breaking from the Past (TN)

By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for [610041]. View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Transformation; Contracts; Production; Product Design; Customers; Competition; Management Practices and Processes; Value; Performance Effectiveness; Brands and Branding; Disruptive Innovation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry
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  • March 2017 (Revised February 2025)
  • Case

Edwin Land: The Art and Science of Innovation

By: Tom Nicholas, Christopher T. Stanton and Matthew G. Preble
Throughout the second half of the 20th century, Polaroid first invented—and then continuously reinvented—the field of instant photography. Under the leadership of its mercurial founder Edwin Land, the company regularly released new instant cameras and films, often... View Details
Keywords: Instant Photography; Company History; Change Management; Disruption; Forecasting and Prediction; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Innovation Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Intellectual Property; Patents; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Development; Chemical Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Additional Archives - Creating Emerging Markets

global network of scholars working to shift how Africa and its elites are understood through collaborative research and public outreach. The project seeks to disrupt and renew both academic and public discussions of African leadership,... View Details
  • October 2010 (Revised January 2012)
  • Background Note

Book Publishing in 2010

By: Stephen P. Bradley and Nancy Bartlett
Legacy book publishers wrangled with ebook retailers over royalty rates, release strategy, and distribution rights as customer demand for cheaper ebooks eroded publishers' profitable print formats. E-readers like Kindle, as well as Apple's iPad that invigorated the... View Details
Keywords: Price; Information Publishing; Books; Disruptive Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Distribution; Strategy; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Publishing Industry
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  • 01 Jun 2015
  • News

Learning from Global Immersion Experiences

“There was a difference between how we experienced these disruptions and the attitude of our Turkish business partners,” says Mayo. “To them, unexpected adversity is often just business as usual.” The value of this kind of immersive... View Details
  • Web

HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer

Consolidated Balance Sheet Supplemental Financial Information From the Chief Financial Officer After a year and a half of disruption caused by the global pandemic, fiscal 2022 was a year of renewal and growth for Harvard Business School.... View Details
  • May 2004 (Revised March 2005)
  • Case

Music Downloads

By: David B. Yoffie and Deborah Freier
Examines the competition between competing music formats. In the '90s, the MP3 format challenged the traditional means of music distribution by allowing for storage of near CD-quality recordings at 1/10th of their previous size. The threat to traditional distribution... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Music Entertainment; Legal Liability; Distribution; Competition; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Information Infrastructure; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Music Industry
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  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

would find a new owner, continuing to operate very successfully to the present time. I Really Meant to Tell You : Finding the Courage for Kindness by Jeff Hutsell (MBA 1978) BookLogix Have you ever regretted not telling someone you love... View Details
  • 12 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis

Prevention programs disrupted "The pandemic threatens to dismantle all the gains made in the US in the recent six-year fight against opioids and heroin,” says Jim Langford (HBS MBA 1984), Executive Director of the Georgia Prevention... View Details
Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Health
  • 06 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

Meet the Black Investment Club

aerospace industry where she led highly technical teams at The Boeing Company developing disruptive technologies to usher in the future of mobility and responsible innovation. The major focus of her work was on space exploration, product... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital; Investment Management / Hedge Fund
  • 30 Jan 2018
  • First Look

January 30, 2018

practice related to AI in developing countries. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52296 December 2017 Journal of Advertising Research Rethinking the Profession Formerly Known as Advertising: How Data Science Is View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

seeking to pioneer radical or disruptive innovations while pursuing incremental gains. A business does not have to escape its past, these cases show, to renew itself for the future. [...] A New Lens On Growth One company that has used an... View Details
Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman
  • 10 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

consumer’s site, through decentralized & innovative vertical farming. We Develop, Build & Operate hydroponic vertical farms, and sell the produce (fodder) to our customer via a secure long-term off-take agreement. Graze it is... View Details
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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

Julia Austin Field Course: Startup Operations Entrepreneurial Management Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Field Course: Startup Operations Studio (SOS) Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 1.5 ^ back to top B... View Details
  • 06 Nov 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

Coast operations and its West Coast computer people would severely affect the company. The focus for much of this division was PARC. In the 1970s, PARC was remarkably successful in developing ingenious products that would fundamentally... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
  • 10 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

expenditures under the entry of new generation lab managers. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46697 Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape By: Moldoveanu,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 30 Sep 2016
  • News

Competing Against Luck

taught many of our alums, Professor Clay Christensen, member of the MBA class of 1979, and a 1992 DBA grad. In addition to his teaching, Professor Christensen has written several influential business books, including The Innovator's Dilemma, which introduces the theory... View Details