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- June 24, 2016
- Other Article
Why Brexit Is a Big Deal
By: John A. Quelch
The consequences of yesterday's vote by the British people to leave the European Union will be far-reaching, but there is no reason for global markets to panic.
Brexit is a vote against the European Union. Once heralded as the engine of a one-for-all and... View Details
Brexit is a vote against the European Union. Once heralded as the engine of a one-for-all and... View Details
Keywords: British Vote; Brexit; European Union; Impact; Historical Result; Governing Rules, Regulations, And Reforms; Disruption; Transition; Volatility; Decision Making; Globalization; Government and Politics; History; Leadership; Outcome or Result; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; European Union; Republic of Ireland; United Kingdom
Quelch, John A. "Why Brexit Is a Big Deal." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (June 24, 2016). (Republished by Forbes.com on June 24, 2016 at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2016/06/24/why-brexit-is-a-big-deal/#2c5e5c587297.)
- September 2014
- Supplement
Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (B)
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Wesley M. Cohen, Kynon Ingram, Tushar Kothalkar, Maxim Kuzemchenko, Santosh Malik, Cynthia Meyn, Stephanie Healy Pokrywa and Greta Friar
This supplemental case follows up on the Netflix Prize Contest described in Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A). In the A case, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings must decide how to organize a crowdsourcing contest to improve the algorithms for Netflix's movie... View Details
Keywords: Crowdsourcing; Prizes; Digitization; Algorithms; Recommendation Software; Disruption; Transformation; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Sharing; Applications and Software
Lakhani, Karim R., Wesley M. Cohen, Kynon Ingram, Tushar Kothalkar, Maxim Kuzemchenko, Santosh Malik, Cynthia Meyn, Stephanie Healy Pokrywa, and Greta Friar. "Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 615-025, September 2014.
- July 2019
- Case
Autonomous Vehicles: Smooth or Bumpy Ride Ahead?
By: Elie Ofek and Akhil Waghmare
In early 2019, transportation was set to undergo a major transformation with the advent of autonomous vehicles (AVs), also referred to as driverless cars, which were nearing completion from an R&D and testing phase. Yet many questions remained open regarding exactly... View Details
Keywords: Transportation; Technological Innovation; Disruptive Innovation; Transformation; Technology Adoption; Business Model; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry
Ofek, Elie, and Akhil Waghmare. "Autonomous Vehicles: Smooth or Bumpy Ride Ahead?" Harvard Business School Case 520-008, July 2019.
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, where he studies how technological innovation can fuel growth in developing cities and nations. “You can’t regulate what you don’t yet have.” When government just gets... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- January 2021 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Ocado Group: Ready for the Future
By: José B. Alvarez, Damien McLoughlin and Natalie Kindred
Keywords: Growth and Development; Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Innovation Leadership; Strategy; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Internet and the Web; Consumer Behavior; Crisis Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; United Kingdom; United States; Europe
Alvarez, José B., Damien McLoughlin, and Natalie Kindred. "Ocado Group: Ready for the Future." Harvard Business School Case 521-061, January 2021. (Revised May 2021.)
- May 2025
- Teaching Note
Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (B): A New Model in Kansas City
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This Teaching Note helps instructors teach students the HBS Case, Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (B): A New Model in Kansas City. In late 2016, Bridj was expanding its digital platform to help address urban mobility problems faced by cities across the country... View Details
Keywords: App Development; Innovation; Stakeholder Engagement; Collaboration; Ride-sharing; Entrenchment; Digital; Transportation; Urban Development; Disruption; Business Startups; Digital Platforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Expansion
- September 2023 (Revised December 2023)
- Case
Twiddy & Company: Trust in a Chaotic Environment
By: Sandra J. Sucher, Shalene Gupta and Tom Quinn
Twiddy & Company, known for Southern hospitality rooted in personal interactions, needed to adjust to contactless remote customer service as fear of the contagious virus prevented person-to-person contact. Local elected officials, in a bid to stop tourists from... View Details
Keywords: Trust; Health Pandemics; Organizational Culture; Disruption; Government Legislation; Transportation; Tourism Industry; North Carolina; United States
Sucher, Sandra J., Shalene Gupta, and Tom Quinn. "Twiddy & Company: Trust in a Chaotic Environment." Harvard Business School Case 324-021, September 2023. (Revised December 2023.)
- June 1999 (Revised November 1999)
- Background Note
Processes of Strategy Definition and Implementation, The
By: Clayton M. Christensen and Jeremy Dann
Strategy definition is not a short, discrete process. Rather, outside influences (market, political, technological, etc.) and the company's own resource allocation process continually reshape an organization's strategy. View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Management Practices and Processes; Resource Allocation; Strategic Planning; Situation or Environment; Strategy
Christensen, Clayton M., and Jeremy Dann. "Processes of Strategy Definition and Implementation, The." Harvard Business School Background Note 399-179, June 1999. (Revised November 1999.)
- March 2002 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Saudi Arabia: Getting the House in Order
By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Rebecca Evans
Provides a vehicle to explore Islamic development and political issues within BGIE (business, government, and international economy). Set in early 2002, the case focuses on Crown Prince Abdullah's efforts to liberalize a failing rentier state, that had been dependent... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Development Economics; Non-Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; International Relations; Leading Change; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
Vietor, Richard H.K., and Rebecca Evans. "Saudi Arabia: Getting the House in Order." Harvard Business School Case 702-031, March 2002. (Revised March 2008.)
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
disruptions using an optimization-based approach, you can get more efficiency out of the system and still have a nice balance of fairness” In the event of significant delays in the system, the FAA allocates arrival slots to airlines based... View Details
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down
performance to improve, only to be bitterly disappointed. For some reason, the right things still don't happen. Why is change so hard? First of all, most people are reluctant to alter their habits. What worked in the past is good enough;... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
- May 2025
- Teaching Note
The VideaHealth AI Factory: CEO Florian Hillen on Speed, Scale, and Innovation
By: Tsedal Neeley
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 425-720. Florian Hillen, co-founder and CEO of VideaHealth, a startup using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect dental conditions on x-rays, spent the early years of his company laying the groundwork for an AI factory. This AI factory,... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
least in the short run. But with that increase of fossil fuel burning comes an ever-escalating cloud of CO2 emissions destined to linger in our atmosphere and oceans for hundreds, even thousands of years. OP-ED COLLECTION The Business of Climate View Details
- November 2016
- Case
Pete & Gerry's
By: Jose Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
Keywords: ＂Pete ＆ Gerry's; ＂ Eggs; Egg Industry; Avian Flu; Cage Free; Free Range; Agribusiness; Agriculture; Industry Structure; Industry Evolution; Price Volatility; Small Business; Strategy Formulation; Branding; Marketing; Premium Brand; Growth; Consumer; Consumer Behavior; Animal Welfare; Retail; Grocery; Food Labeling; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Advertising Campaigns; Business Model; Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transition; Trends; Volatility; Customer Value and Value Chain; Entrepreneurship; Food; Ethics; Health; Problems and Challenges; Operations; Sales; Risk and Uncertainty; Quality; Public Opinion; Value; Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Retail Industry; United States
Alvarez, Jose, and Natalie Kindred. "Pete & Gerry's." Harvard Business School Case 517-048, November 2016.
- February 28, 2020
- Article
How Tesla Sets Itself Apart
By: Lou Shipley
Tesla and its flamboyant, and sometimes erratic, innovator Elon Musk have turned the more than a century old industry upside down in a mere 16 years. Traditional automakers are ill prepared to compete in today’s software-centered world. Unlike nimble Tesla, they are... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Information Technology; Transportation; Business Model; Technological Innovation; Disruption; Auto Industry
Shipley, Lou. "How Tesla Sets Itself Apart." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (February 28, 2020).
- March 2022
- Case
DealShare: Social E-Commerce for the Indian Mass Market
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Malini Sen
Launched in September 2018, e-retail startup DealShare has created a tech-enabled model for the Indian mass market that allows customers to buy together, save money on good quality goods, and at the same time have fun. It targets customers who are still getting used to... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Disruption; Trends; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Value; Cost vs Benefits; Value Creation; Internet and the Web; India
Palepu, Krishna G., and Malini Sen. "DealShare: Social E-Commerce for the Indian Mass Market." Harvard Business School Case 322-099, March 2022.
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
and 75% rise in licensing revenues from multinationals. Second, using additional information on each scientist in these labs, we examine how their research productivity changed in response to different managers. Notably, we find that the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- January 2022
- Supplement
Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (B)
By: Ariel D. Stern, Robert S. Huckman and Sarah Mehta
Set in early 2020, this (B) case provides an update to the (A) case (no. 622-009) and provides additional context regarding the challenges facing Somatus. View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Disruption; Entrepreneurship; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Management; Strategy; Business Strategy; Value; Value Creation; Health Industry; United States; Virginia
Stern, Ariel D., Robert S. Huckman, and Sarah Mehta. "Somatus: Value-Based Kidney Care (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 622-045, January 2022.
- 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
Nicholas, Tom, Christopher T. Stanton, and Matthew G. Preble. "Edwin Land: The Art and Science of Innovation." Harvard Business School Case 817-107, March 2017. (Revised February 2025.)
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
Texas, to Nevada, where the tax rates are significantly lower. That is causing disruptions in those local markets because of the influx of new people. The delta between the cost of homes in California or in Boston or New York relative to... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette