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  • March 2009 (Revised July 2009)
  • Case

KiOR: Catalyzing Clean Energy

By: Ramana Nanda and Toby E. Stuart
Biofuels start-up KiOR was developing a proprietary technology that had the potential to dramatically impact the emerging renewable energy landscape: a process that converted cellulosic biomass into "bio-crude," a hydrocarbon mixture with properties to those of crude... View Details
Keywords: Business Headquarters; Decision Choices and Conditions; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Geographic Location
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  • August 2006
  • Case

Cellular Service

Background on cellular service technology and "friends and family" plans as foundation for discussing network effects. View Details
Keywords: Network Effects
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  • July 2024
  • Case

The Voice Wars Continues 2024: Hey Google vs. Alexa vs. Siri vs. ChatGPT

By: David B. Yoffie and Sarah von Bargen
In 2024, the Voice War was transforming from a relatively simple index-based technology system, which relied on a list of commands and answers, to a generative AI system, which offered the promise to enable free flowing conversations between people and machines. The... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Competition; Technological Innovation; Technology Industry
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  • 10 Dec 2024
  • Interview

A New Model for Funding Healthcare Innovation

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Duke Rohlen
Ajax Health founder Duke Rohlen (HBS MBA 2001) and HBS Professor Regina Herzlinger join host Brian Kenny to discuss the key success factors for both start-up and established medical technology firms. The case “Ajax Health: A New Model for Medical Technology Innovation”... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Business Model; Private Equity; Health Industry
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  • January 2014
  • Case

In a Bind: Peak Sealing Technologies' Product Line Extension Dilemma

By: Robert J. Dolan and Heather Beckham
Peak Sealing Technologies (PST), a manufacturer of premium carton sealing tapes, stresses technological innovation as the company's core value. But when a new regional competitor introduces a less expensive and inferior product, PST is faced with a decision that could... View Details
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  • January 1987 (Revised January 1990)
  • Case

The World VCR Industry

By: David B. Yoffie
In the 1980s Japan dominated the world industry for video cassette recorders. This case looks at the evolution of the technology and competition in VCRs, the battles between VHS and Beta, and the emerging threats to Japanese dominance. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Competition; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Japan
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  • April 2001 (Revised August 2001)
  • Case

Color Kinetics Incorporated (A)

By: Das Narayandas and Mary N. Caravella
Two-year-old start-up Color Kinetics has developed unique colored lighting technology using digitally controlled LEDs, and has developed that technology into a successful line of products for its first targeted market of "retailtainment." Now in November 1999, the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Growth and Development; Management Teams; Marketing Strategy; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Electronics Industry
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  • October 2021 (Revised February 2023)
  • Case

Ant Group (A)

By: Krishna G. Palepu, Feng Zhu, Susie L. Ma and Kerry Herman
In 2004, Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba created Alipay, an app to facilitate payments on its e-commerce sites. As Alibaba grew, so did Alipay, until Alipay spawned its own ecosystem of financial technology products and services under the name of Ant Group. By 2020,... View Details
Keywords: Payment Systems; Information Technology; Value Creation; Network Effects; Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Initial Public Offering; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; China
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  • 2016
  • Blog

Building A Culture of Health - John A. Quelch: Creating A Culture of Health

By: John A. Quelch
All American companies are in the health business whether they like it or not. The private sector directly pays for one-fifth of the whopping 17.5% of GDP spent on healthcare in the United States. Rather than viewing health merely as an insurance expense to be... View Details
Keywords: Building A Culture Of Health; Intersection Of Healthcare And Business; Impact Of Healthcare On Business; Population Health Footprint; Healthcare As An Investment; Change; Education; Health; Human Resources; Labor; Leadership; Management; Marketing; Operations; Performance; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Value; Health Industry; Insurance Industry; Canada; North America; United States
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  • April 2009
  • Case

SAP AG: Orchestrating the Ecosystem

By: Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani
Business ecosystems require careful orchestration and strategic choices regarding make/buy/partner decisions and membership access. This case examines the strategic and technological issues related to managing SAP's thriving ecosystem of user communities, software... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Business Strategy; Technology Industry
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  • 25 Aug 2016
  • News

What's Old is New Again

  • 25 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Will Machine Learning Make You a Better Manager?

the firm will all rely on data science capabilities.” In short, to be competitive next decade, most companies should be thinking today about investing in data-driven technologies such as data analytics, machine learning, View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology

    Michael S. Kaufman

    A Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School, Michael co-developed and teaches a second year MBA course, “Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry.” 

    A founder and partner of Positive Strategy LLC, a management/strategy consulting... View Details

    • 10 Dec 2020
    • HBS Seminar

    Wanda Orlikowski, MIT Sloan School of Management

      Julie Battilana

      Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the founder and faculty... View Details

        John W. Pratt

        John W. Pratt is a professor of business administration, emeritus, at Harvard Business School. He was educated at Princeton and Stanford, specializing in mathematics and statistics. Except for two years at the University of Chicago, and a sabbatical in Kyoto on a... View Details

        • 04 Dec 2016
        • News

        Harvard Professor Swaps Content For Connections In EdTech Strategy U-Turn

        • 03 Dec 2020
        • HBS Seminar

        Negin Golrezaei, MIT Sloan School of Management

        • 06 Apr 2011
        • News

        Harvard helps retired leaders find new purpose

        • 19 Oct 2012
        • Research & Ideas

        Digital Technology’s Profound Game Change for Marketers

        technology is radically transforming the marketing function and the role of the marketing professional. The changes rippling through the marketing industry goes far beyond the simple mantra of "follow... View Details
        Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang; Technology; Technology