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  • 02 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

10 Trends to Watch in 2024

The lightning-fast ascent of generative AI isn’t the only sea change on the horizon for businesses in the new year. The global economy is in flux as war, climate change, trade issues, and infrastructure problems demand attention. Many companies continue to struggle to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 18 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education

theory of disruptive innovation, often applied to a variety of other industries, such as technology and health care. Christensen's theory was first explored in his two New York Times bestsellers, The Innovator's Dilemma (1997) and The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
  • Program

Real Estate Management Program

succeed in a complex market by taking a holistic approach to real estate projects and addressing challenges from a cross-disciplinary perspective. As you examine sustainability goals, design considerations, financing strategies, industry relationships, new View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; Real Estate
  • 09 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

  Working PapersThe Architecture of Complex Systems: Do Core-Periphery Structures Dominate? Authors:Alan MacCormack, Carliss Baldwin, and John Rusnak Abstract Any complex technological system can be decomposed into a number of subsystems... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Dec 2017
  • Blog Post

The 23rd Annual Harvard Business School Tech Conference

(VC) funds. The unifying theme of this year’s conference was ‘The Future We’re Building’. At the baseline, we wanted to discuss emerging technologies and trends such as blockchain, augmented reality/virtual... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • February 2014
  • Technical Note

Mobile Broadband and the Telecommunications Industry in 2011

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Kerry Herman and Christine Snively
Mobile broadband carriers provide network access to the Internet for a range of devices (typically portable or mobile), including consumer devices such as smartphones, tablets and E-Readers, but also a host of new emerging devices. Mobile broadband networks enable data... View Details
Keywords: Telecommunications; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • 26 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change

humans. “People were solving everything faster; self-orientation doesn’t seem to exist at all for AI,” De Freitas says. How does the technology need to improve? Developers still need to figure out how and where AI can learn to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Technology
  • May 2025
  • Case

Boutiqaat: Influencing Retail in MENA

By: Juan Alcacer and Noor Al Qadhi
Boutiqaat, a Kuwait-based e-commerce platform, scaled an influencer-driven beauty retail model across MENA and now faces critical strategic choices about offline expansion and globalization. Founded in 2015, Boutiqaat combined social commerce, localized logistics, and... View Details
Keywords: Emerging Markets; Digital Strategy; Growth and Development; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Retail Industry; Kuwait; Saudi Arabia; Middle East; North Africa
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  • November–December 2023
  • Article

Iterative Coordination and Innovation: Prioritizing Value over Novelty

By: Sourobh Ghosh and Andy Wu
An innovating organization faces the challenge of how to prioritize distinct goals of novelty and value, both of which underlie innovation. Popular practitioner frameworks like Agile management suggest that organizations can adopt an iterative approach of frequent... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Novelty; Goals; Specialization; Coordination; Field Experiment; Software Development; Agile; Scrum; Iteration; Iterative; Organizations; Innovation and Invention; Value; Goals and Objectives; Integration; Applications and Software
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  • 21 Mar 2014
  • Blog Post

East Asia MBA Market Update

retail, consumer goods, and technology companies. Private equity opportunities have generally decreased and although a lot of money has been raised in Asia, much has yet to be invested. According to Private Equity International there’s... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Technology
  • November 2008 (Revised August 2011)
  • Case

UnME Jeans: Branding in Web 2.0

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
This case introduces emerging Web 2.0 social media in virtual worlds, social networking sites, and video-sharing sites and encourages students to explore the opportunities and risks they present for brands. The case allows students to grapple with the strategic and... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Risk and Uncertainty; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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  • 10 Jul 2023
  • In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

entertaining experience during my leisure time. With this thoughtfully curated selection, I look forward to expanding my knowledge, gaining fresh perspectives, and finding moments of relaxation throughout the summer. Hise Gibson is a Senior Lecturer in the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Program

Strategic Marketing for Driving Growth

Summary Strategic agility and an unyielding focus on growth are essential for the success of any organization, especially when new technologies such as generative AI are profoundly changing how businesses acquire, engage, and retain... View Details
  • August 2022
  • Case

Air Wars: Deregulating the U.S. Airline Industry

By: Tom Nicholas and James Weber
In the early decades of the twentieth century, the U.S. government assisted in the development of an airline industry by subsidizing the delivery of mail and allowing mail carriers to also fly passengers. Because the government awarded mail routes to the lowest... View Details
Keywords: Government Regulation; Deregulation; Change Management; Economics; Entrepreneurship; Financial Management; Business History; Human Resources; Compensation and Benefits; Labor; Labor Unions; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Industry Structures; Operations; Strategy; Adaptation; Competition; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry; United States
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    Suraj Srinivasan

    Suraj Srinivasan is the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration, a member of the Accounting and Management faculty unit, and chair of the View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; financial services
    • May 2025
    • Teaching Note

    Boutiqaat: Influencing Retail in MENA

    By: Juan Alcacer and Noor Al Qadhi
    Boutiqaat, a Kuwait-based e-commerce platform, scaled an influencer-driven beauty retail model across MENA and now faces critical strategic choices about offline expansion and globalization. Founded in 2015, Boutiqaat combined social commerce, localized logistics, and... View Details
    Keywords: Emerging Markets; Digital Strategy; Growth and Development; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Retail Industry; Kuwait; Saudi Arabia; Middle East; North Africa
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    • 2024
    • Report

    The Eco-Digital EraTM: The Dual Transition to a Sustainable and Digital Economy

    By: Suraj Srinivasan, Andy Feinstein, Amol Khadikar, Jiani Zhang, Noémie Lauer, Hiral Shah, Sally Epstein, Jerome Buvat and Vaishnavee Ananth
    Since the proliferation of smartphones and social media in the late 2000s, digital has captured an increasingly large portion of the economy. In this Capgemini Research Institute report, The Eco-Digital EraTM: The dual transition to a sustainable and... View Details
    Keywords: Technology Adoption; Digital Transformation; Environmental Sustainability; Trends
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    • 11 Aug 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras

    Keywords: by Mary J. Benner & Mary Tripsas; Electronics
    • Web

    Strategy - Doctoral

    structures; innovation in emerging markets; and the causal effect of incentive policy reform, expatriates and social relationships on innovation. Program Requirements Profiles Dafna Bearson Strategy Rowan Clarke Strategy Professor Maria... View Details
    • November 2000
    • Exercise

    Atlantis-Biovent Negotiation: Confidential Instructions for Atlantis

    By: Michael A. Wheeler
    This two-party exercise illustrates bidding strategy in the context of settling a large insurance claim. Specifically, the claimant (Biovent) and the insurer (Atlantis) are asked to submit confidential offers to a dispute resolution Web site that will determine whether... View Details
    Keywords: Insurance; Bids and Bidding; Digital Platforms; Negotiation Process; Conflict and Resolution; Strategy; Internet and the Web
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