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  • January 2024 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Huawei: Resilience amid Autarky and Adversity

By: William C. Kirby and Daniel Fu
In September 2023, Huawei made a dramatic return to the global smartphone space with the launch of its Mate 60 Pro smartphone, equipped with an indigenously designed, 7nm chip. This came despite a myriad of export controls and restrictions imposed against the company... View Details
Keywords: International Strategy; Semiconductors; Smartphone; Government And Politics; Government And Business; Digital Infrastructure; 5G; Political Risk; Business and Government Relations; Global Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; AI and Machine Learning; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Leadership; Retirement; Corporate Strategy; Technology Industry; China; United States; Europe; Asia; Middle East
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  • November 1996 (Revised December 1996)
  • Case

Rogers Communications, Inc.: The Wave

By: John A. Deighton, Karsten Voermann and Reginal Gilyard
Rogers Communications, Inc., Canada's largest cable television provider, is deciding how it should respond to developments that appear to portend the convergence of its industry with the computing and telecommunications industries. In particular, it is investigating... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Innovation and Invention; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Internet and the Web; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Consumer Behavior; Technology Adoption; Telecommunications Industry; Canada
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  • 02 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 2, 2010

modular, closed architecture. Over time, the more open firm can drive the ROIC of competitors below their cost of capital, causing them to shrink and possibly exit the market. The strategy was used by Sun Microsystems in the 1980s and Dell View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Nov 2019
  • Blog Post

Future Leaders Dive into the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). With just three days to complete a prototype, Batt’s team created a connected device and mobile app that delays a smartphone alarm from sounding until the shower... View Details
  • May 1983 (Revised December 1987)
  • Case

Technical Data Corp.

By: William A. Sahlman
Describes a decision confronting the president of a small company about selling some or all of the shares in his company to another firm. Technical Data Corp. provides analytical services to professional bond market traders over a system of computer terminals operated... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Valuation; Negotiation Tactics; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Information Industry; Service Industry
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  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

wide array of robustness tests that address the concerns expressed by AS2016. Our empirical findings reinforce the conclusions of CW2013. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52775 Inventory Management for View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Aug 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Exclusivity and Control

Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu & Robin S. Lee; Entertainment & Recreation

    Rosabeth M. Kanter

    Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

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    • 25 Nov 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: November 25, 2008

    Amazon.com, Inc., specializing in the provision of web-based storage and computing services to web developers. The case focuses on the issues facing Andy Jassy, the head of AWS, in 2008 as AWS faces increased competition from established... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

    Herman Miller, 1980–1987 Edward DeBartolo Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, 1948–1994 Arthur J. Decio Skyline Corporation, 1959–1998 Alonzo G. Decker, Jr. Black & Decker Corporation, 1964–1975 Robert F. Dee SmithKline Corporation, 1972–1982 Michael Dell Dell View Details
    • December 2022
    • Supplement

    Freelancer, Ltd. Case Supplement

    By: Christopher Stanton, Karim R. Lakhani, Jin Hyun Paik and Nina Cohodes
    Over the course of the 2010s, the rapid advancement of mobile technologies and the rise of online freelancing platforms seemed to portend a radical transformation of labor markets into on-demand, flexible talent pools. Even though several Fortune 500 companies,... View Details
    Keywords: Labor Markets; Freelancers; Change Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Globalized Firms and Management; Human Capital; Employment; Digital Platforms; Global Range; Adoption; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development Strategy; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Australia; United States; Philippines
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    Help - Alumni

    Directory profiles. The mapped results of your search are as specific or generalized as the information alumni share in their profiles. Does this work on any computer? The new directory mapping tool works on your personal computer or... View Details
    • 20 Apr 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    The 5 Strategy Rules of Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Steve Jobs

    envision a world in which there was a computer on every desk at a time when personal computers didn't exist. But he also realized that the way to capitalize on that future was to focus his energies on... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer
    • 15 Aug 2023
    • HBS Case

    (Virtual) Reality Check: How Long Before We Live in the 'Metaverse'?

    technological fiefdoms, similar to how social networks and mobile app stores operate today? The answer is not yet clear—and may not be for years to come. When will the metaverse make a splash? “For the last 10 years, metaverse and virtual... View Details
    Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Computer; Computer; Computer
    • 12 Jun 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

    returned to debt within six weeks. One to two years after intervention, treatment individuals were borrowing at the same rate as control households. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54587 Show or Tell? Improving Agent Decision Making in... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 28 Apr 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: April 28

    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2542242   Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 215-037 Apple, Einhorn, and iPrefs In March 2013, Apple Computer has a very large cash balance and is under pressure to... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Profiles - MBA

    an authentic desire to build the world they want to live in. ” Tech areas of interest: AI/ML, Design, Human Computer Interaction, Sustainability, Privacy, Security & Trust Formative experience at the intersection of technology and... View Details
    • 23 Jun 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: June 23

    port their data between products securely and reliably. This paper reviews the rationale for these principles and examines their impact on competition in the cloud computing ("Internet-software") environment. Download the paper:... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 26 May 2015
    • First Look

    First Look: May 26

    By: Buciuni, Giulio, and Gary P. Pisano Abstract— It is widely presumed that in today's globalized economy, the value of geographic clustering of manufacturing industries is no longer valuable. Manufacturing is represented as a highly View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 12 Apr 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks

    thanks to technological advances like internet connectivity, mobile devices, and software. Autonomy is a much-touted benefit at many organizations, and it’s nice to believe that we each know the best path to our own optimal productivity.... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health