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  • 10 Jul 2023
  • Video

Leadership

  • 17 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 17

paper discusses five trends in technology-enabled transportation innovation: connected vehicles; connected roads; big data analytics in air transportation; Intelligent Transportation Systems; and innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 1998 (Revised March 1999)
  • Case

Sun Microsystems and the N-tier Architecture

By: Richard L. Nolan and Kelley Porter
Sun Microsystems is a pioneer in networking computing. Sun's servers maintain a large market share and are considered highly scaleable. The case describes the n-tier architecture for building and managing large networks in which thousands of workers and customers are... View Details
Keywords: Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Technological Innovation; Business Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Information Technology Industry
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  • October 2022
  • Case

Beam Dental (A)

By: Rembrand Koning and Alicia Dadlani
In May 2014, Alex Frommeyer, cofounder and CEO of Kentucky-based Beam Dental, a seed-stage startup that developed connected toothbrushes that tracked brushing habits, needed to decide which strategy to pitch to a venture capital firm. The first pitch deck played to the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Business Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Presentations; Product Development; Insurance Industry; United States; Kentucky; Ohio
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  • 2011
  • Book

The Innovator's DNA: Mastering the Five Skills of Disruptive Innovators

By: Jeffrey H. Dyer, Hal B. Gregersen and Clayton M. Christensen
Some people are just natural innovators, right? With no apparent effort, they discover ideas for new products, services, and entire businesses. It may look like innovators are born, not made. But according to Jeffrey Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clay Christensen anyone can... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Disruptive Innovation; Competitive Advantage
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  • January–February 2019
  • Article

Why Some Platforms Thrive and Others Don't

By: Feng Zhu and Marco Iansiti
In the digital economy, scale is no guarantee of continued success. After all, the same factors that help an online platform expand quickly—such as the low cost of adding new customers—work for challengers too. What, then, allows platforms to fight off rivals and grow... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Competition; Network Effects; Competitive Strategy
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  • 22 Oct 2015
  • Blog Post

Why We Recruit: 3M

recruiting tactics have you found most successful in engaging with students at HBS?3M has connected with strong candidates through hosting a presentation on Company Information Day and offering Company Appointments. We encourage... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
  • April 2009
  • Case

Young Presidents' Organization

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, John D. Macomber and David Chen
The board of Young Presidents' Organization needs to decide on the future of its Networks Initiative, designed to connect its geographically dispersed membership base through 60 different interest-based networks. So far, one half of these networks have been considered... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • 18 May 2023
  • Video

Rosabeth Moss Kanter presents "Toward Inclusive Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Leading High-Impact Change"

  • Research Summary

Social Networks and Unraveling in Labor Markets

This paper develops a model of local unraveling (or early hiring) in entry-level labor markets. Information about workers' productivity is revealed over time and transmitted credibly via a two-sided network connecting firms and workers. While employment starts only... View Details

    C. Fritz Foley

    C. Fritz Foley is the André R. Jakurski Professor of Business Administration. Foley’s research focuses on corporate finance and the role of the CFO, and he currently teaches Corporate Financial Operations, a second-year MBA elective course he created. He also... View Details

    • 20 Jan 2019
    • News

    You can’t be productive without routines and rituals. Here’s why

    • 13 Jan 2020
    • Blog Post

    Blending my Tech and Managerial Mindsets

    We recently caught up with Yuval Gonczarowski (MBA 2017), the Chief Technology Officer at ClimaCell Inc, a weather technology SaaS startup utilizing unique data sources like wireless signals and connected vehicles to map all the weather... View Details
    • 28 Feb 2019
    • News

    Pursuing Precision Medicine at Intermountain Healthcare

    • 25 Jul 2012
    • News

    Answers to Your Questions on Skilled Immigration

    • 23 Oct 2013
    • News

    Stop Relying On Experts For Innovation

      Digital Ubiquity: How Connections, Sensors, and Data Are Revolutionizing Business

      When Google bought Nest, a maker of digital thermostats, for $3.2 billion just a few months ago, it was a clear indication that digital transformation and connection are spreading across even the most traditional industrial segments and creating a staggering array... View Details

      • 08 May 2019
      • Blog Post

      In the Business of Flexibility

      As founder of Prokanga, the innovative recruiting firm that connects companies with experienced, flexible marketing and finance expertise, Jamie Cheney (MBA 2007) understands the value of a fluid workforce. Together with Annie Davis (MBA... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Nonprofit / Government
      • 22 Apr 2016
      • Blog Post

      Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Mary-Kate Johnson

      What is your favorite part about working with employers? I get asked a lot of the same questions throughout the day but what I love most about my job is that, in many cases, the answers will be different. There is not one right answer for every recruiter and how they... View Details
      Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
      • 07 Jan 2025
      • Blog Post

      Revolutionizing Wellness: Kate Twist (MBA 2008) Shapes the Future of Consumer Health Brands

      If there were a theme to Kate Twist’s (MBA 2008) career, it would be building brands known for the emotional connection they foster with their consumers. Twist is experienced in directing powerful consumer brands. She cofounded the... View Details