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Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation

take risks, experiment, and learn from failures Unleash the diverse talent in your organization to create "collective genius" Manage your network of relationships with colleagues, employees, and other stakeholders to break down barriers... View Details

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Placement - Doctoral

fellow Dissertation: Mapping Networks to Probability Distributions in the Economy Advisors: Emmanuel Farhi , Xavier Gabaix , David Laibson , and Tomasz Strzalecki . Close Health Policy (Management) 2021 Emilie Aguirre Health Policy... View Details

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Rising Generation in the Family Enterprise

responsibility into plans for the future Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and... View Details

September 2017 (Revised December 2017)
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Hulu: Redefining the Way People Experience TV

By: Henry W. McGee and Christine Snively

In May 2017, Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins announced the launch of Hulu Live TV, a new offering that would "change the way people experience TV." The new service would allow consumers to bypass traditional cable and satellite delivery and use the Internet to access live... View Details

Keywords: Television Industry; Internet; Television Entertainment; Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Competitive Strategy; Price; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

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Driving Digital Strategy

omnichannel strategies Engage customers through digital, social, and mobile marketing Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from... View Details

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Growing as a Purposeful Leader

work Increase employee engagement and commitment, and in turn generate new levels of contribution Uncover untapped creativity and innovation as employees strive to do their job better Expand your personal and professional network Extend... View Details

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Launching New Ventures

required resources and support Recruit and develop the talent needed to support an entrepreneurial mindset and effort Balance vision and pragmatism as you pursue growth Expand your personal and professional network Extend your View Details

August 2011
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InnoCentive.com (B)

By: Karim R. Lakhani and Eric Lonstein

InnoCentive.com enables clients to tap into internal and external solver networks to address various business issues. In 2008, InnoCentive introduced "InnoCentive@Work" (lC@W), which recognized clients' reluctance to share problems and solutions with an external... View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Cost vs Benefits; Intellectual Property; Networks; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Product; Groups and Teams; Communication Technology

October 2023 (Revised April 2024)
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TetraScience: Unlocking the Power of Scientific Data

By: Satish Tadikonda and William Marks

After pivoting from a focus on hardware to a focus on scientific data, TetraScience, led by veteran SaaS executive, Patrick Grady and Founder Spin Wang, has embarked on a journey from nearly cash-out to a player in the scientific data management space. This case... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Information Management; Business Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Information Technology Industry

November 2020 (Revised July 2022)
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Dell Technologies: Bringing the Cloud to the Ground

By: Navid Mojir and V. Kasturi Rangan

The case tells the story of Dell Technologies and its efforts to revitalize its value proposition and escape a commodity trap by acquiring EMC for $67 billion—the largest tech acquisition in history. It also shows the deeply intertwined connections between a company’s... View Details

Keywords: Value Proposition; Go-to-market; Strategic Positioning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Divisions; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry

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Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management

effective organizational transformation to drive impact Build a governance system that enables mission performance Expand your personal and professional network Extend your network by living and working with... View Details

January 2010 (Revised January 2014)
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Twitter

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, David Chen, Bill Heil and Aaron Smith

Twitter is a micro-blogging company that allows users to send short text updates to others. The site is used by people, including celebrities, government officials, and businesses. It helps to raise money for non-profit organizations and provides first-responders with... View Details

Keywords: Blogs; Revenue; Information Publishing; Growth and Development Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks; Web

Winter 2021
Article

Dealmaking Disrupted: The Unexplored Power of Social Media in Negotiation

By: James K. Sebenius, Ben Cook, David A. Lax, Isaac Silberberg and Paul Levy

While social media has had profound effects in many realms, the theory and practice of negotiation have remained relatively untouched by this potent phenomenon. In this article, we survey existing research in this area and develop a broader framework for understanding... View Details

Keywords: Bargaining; 3D Negotiation; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Social Media

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30 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 30

to the conclusion that diaspora connections continue to be important even as online platforms provide many of the features that diaspora networks historically provided (e.g., information about potential... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Ranjay Gulati

Ranjay Gulati is the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration and the former Unit Head of the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. His pathbreaking research, which focuses on unlocking organizational and unleashing... View Details

Keywords: information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry; information technology industry

05 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 5

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/AmbigMainTextFinal_8a88b410-0618-40ea-969a-c29f3e509d9d.pdf May 2015 Journal of Information Technology Big Other: Surveillance Capitalism and the Prospects of an View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

November 2012 (Revised May 2013)
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ASUSTeK and the Google Nexus 7 Tablet

By: Willy C. Shih and Jyun-Cheng Wang

Days after Jerry Shen introduced a new tablet computer at the Consumer Electronics Show, a Google meeting convinced him to go with a lower price point and co-branding as the Nexus 7. While his company would have a premier position at launch, companies like Samsung... View Details