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- February 2010 (Revised January 2013)
- Case
The Dabbawala System: On-Time Delivery, Every Time
By: Stefan H. Thomke and Mona Sinha
Describes the Mumbai-based Dabbawala organization, which achieves very high service performance (6 Sigma equivalent or better) with a low-cost and very simple operating system. The case explores all aspects of their system (mission, information management, material... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Service Operations; Service Delivery; Logistics; Alignment; Management Systems; Human Resources; Innovation and Invention; Mumbai
Thomke, Stefan H., and Mona Sinha. "The Dabbawala System: On-Time Delivery, Every Time." Harvard Business School Case 610-059, February 2010. (Revised January 2013.)
- 14 Mar 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Can AI and Machine Learning Help Park Rangers Prevent Poaching?
- 03 Apr 2019
- Book
Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business
will dramatically change the options for small businesses.” Her new book, Fintech, Small Business, & the American Dream: How Technology is Transforming Lending and Shaping a View Details
- May 2018 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Apple Inc. in 2018
By: David B. Yoffie and Eric Baldwin
Many observers worried about what would happen to Apple when Steve Jobs died in 2011. But Apple had performed above everyone's expectations in Cook's six years as CEO. Apple's core business—the iPhone—continued to deliver spectacular results. In addition, Cook was... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B., and Eric Baldwin. "Apple Inc. in 2018." Harvard Business School Case 718-439, May 2018. (Revised December 2019.)
- 2003
- Case
Analog Devices, Inc.: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
By: Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble and Julie Lang
In the late 1980s, Analog Devices, Inc., a semiconductor company, developed a technology known as Microelectromagnetic Machines, or MEMS. The technology allows tiny moving parts to be embedded within traditional silicon chips. The potential applications are widespread.... View Details
Govindarajan, Vijay, Chris Trimble, and Julie Lang. "Analog Devices, Inc.: Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)." 2003. (Case No. 2-0018.)
- November–December 2017
- Article
Innovation Streams and Executive Leadership
By: Michael Tushman
Incumbent firms face steep challenges in dealing with technological change and associated innovation streams. The firm's senior leadership team, and especially R&D leadership, plays a central role in shaping a firm's ability to both exploit existing capabilities and... View Details
Keywords: Ambidexterity; Exploit Vs. Explore; Dynamic Capabilities; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Technology Adoption; Innovation Leadership
Tushman, Michael. "Innovation Streams and Executive Leadership." Research-Technology Management 60, no. 6 (November–December 2017): 42–47.
- 03 Apr 2009
- What Do You Think?
How Much Obsolescence Can Business and Society Absorb?
existing organization communication patterns" [such as bottom up plus top down, outside in—from customers—plus inside out, etc.]. Challenges of new information technologies and how to deal with them... View Details
- 23 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Product Disasters Can Be Fertile Ground for Innovation
including a 20-article investigative series in the New York Times that discovered similar cases at other hospitals. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) started investigations of the CT devices, dozens of patients joined in a... View Details
- December 2016 (Revised December 2017)
- Case
Faber-Castell
By: Ryan Raffaelli and Christine Snively
By 2016, Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell had led the 255-year-old pencil manufacturer Faber-Castell through waves of technological change. The pocket calculator decimated Faber-Castell’s slide rule business in the 1970s, and computer aided design technology... View Details
Raffaelli, Ryan, and Christine Snively. "Faber-Castell." Harvard Business School Case 417-010, December 2016. (Revised December 2017.)
- Fall 2012
- Article
How 'Big Data' Is Different
Many people today in the information technology world and in corporate boardrooms are talking about "big data." Many believe that, for companies that get it right, big data will be able to unleash new organizational capabilities and value. But what does the term "big... View Details
Keywords: Big Data; Analytics; Mathematical Methods; Information Management; Information Technology Industry
Davenport, Thomas H., Paul Barth, and Randy Bean. "How 'Big Data' Is Different." MIT Sloan Management Review 54, no. 1 (Fall 2012).
- October 2009 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
Qualcomm Incorporated 2009
By: David B. Yoffie, Andrei Hagiu and Elizabeth A. Kind
Paul Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated, smiled as he reflected on the success of Qualcomm's code division multiple access (CDMA) technology. By the summer of 2009, CDMA was the basis for all third generation technologies available for cellular... View Details
Keywords: Business Units; Diversification; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Telecommunications Industry
Yoffie, David B., Andrei Hagiu, and Elizabeth A. Kind. "Qualcomm Incorporated 2009." Harvard Business School Case 710-433, October 2009. (Revised March 2011.)
- October 2001 (Revised February 2002)
- Case
Nasdaq Japan: E-Merging Markets
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kristin M. Kohler
Describes the design and launch of Nasdaq Japan. Addresses issues concerning the design of electronic markets, the impact of information technology on market structures and relationships, the launch of new ventures by established firms, and the cultural issues that... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Financial Markets; Technological Innovation; Management; Industry Structures; Competitive Strategy; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Japan
Applegate, Lynda M., and Kristin M. Kohler. "Nasdaq Japan: E-Merging Markets." Harvard Business School Case 802-056, October 2001. (Revised February 2002.)
- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
From Farms to Fuel Tanks: Collective Actors and New-Venture Innovation in the U.S. Biodiesel Fuel Sector
By: Shon R. Hiatt
Little is known about the influence of collective actors on innovative technological recombinations by new ventures. Using data from U.S. biodiesel producers, I examine how the efforts of multiple collective actors (farm associations) to promote varying types of... View Details
- December 2022
- Article
The Rise of People Analytics and the Future of Organizational Research
By: Jeff Polzer
Organizations are transforming as they adopt new technologies and use new sources of data, changing the experiences of employees and pushing organizational researchers to respond. As employees perform their daily activities, they generate vast digital data. These data,... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Analytics and Data Science; Technology Adoption; Employees
Polzer, Jeff. "The Rise of People Analytics and the Future of Organizational Research." Art. 100181. Research in Organizational Behavior 42 (December 2022). (Supplement.)
- 10 Jun 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Going Digital: Implications for Firm Value and Performance
Keywords: by Wilbur Chen and Suraj Srinivasan
- Article
Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?
By: Diego A. Comin, Bill Easterly and Erick Gong
We assemble a dataset on technology adoption in 1000 B.C., 0 A.D., and 1500 A.D. for the predecessors to today's nation states. We find that this very old history of technology adoption is surprisingly significant for today's national development outcomes. Our strong... View Details
Keywords: Cost Accounting; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Growth and Development; Adoption; Business Strategy; Cost; Cost Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Culture; Technology Industry
Comin, Diego A., Bill Easterly, and Erick Gong. "Was the Wealth of Nations Determined in 1000 B.C.?" American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 2, no. 3 (July 2010): 65–97.
- April 2004 (Revised July 2008)
- Case
Showdown on the Waterfront: The West Coast Port Dispute (B)
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Dina R. Pradel
New technology underlies a protracted dispute between West Coast longshoremen and their employers. Severe economic consequences lead to government intervention in the dispute. View Details
Keywords: Economics; Negotiation Process; Business and Government Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Shipping Industry; Western United States
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Dina R. Pradel. "Showdown on the Waterfront: The West Coast Port Dispute (B)." Harvard Business School Case 904-067, April 2004. (Revised July 2008.)
- August 2001 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Worldzap
By: Rohit Deshpande, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Suma Raju and David Kiron
In February 2001, the CEO of a new technology start-up had to decide how to present his firm's value proposition to future clients, customers, and business partners. The technology allowed distribution of full-motion video clips of sports highlights to "third... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Information Technology; Marketing Strategy; Distribution; Technology Adoption; Forecasting and Prediction; Value Creation; Information Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry; Europe
Deshpande, Rohit, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Suma Raju, and David Kiron. "Worldzap." Harvard Business School Case 502-007, August 2001. (Revised May 2002.)
- September 2021
- Article
Trials and Terminations: Learning from Competitors' R&D Failures
I analyze project continuation decisions where firms may resolve uncertainty through news about competitors' research and development (R&D) failures, as well as through their own results. I examine the trade-offs and interactions between product-market competition and... View Details
Krieger, Joshua L. "Trials and Terminations: Learning from Competitors' R&D Failures." Management Science 67, no. 9 (September 2021).
- March 1998 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
Beta Golf
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Laurence E. Katz
The Beta Group is a technology incubator in Menlo Park, CA that has successfully built a portfolio of businesses in the medical, consumer products, and industrial technology sectors by systematically matching proprietary technologies to unmet market needs. Beta has... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Investment; Financial Strategy; Information Technology; Commercialization
Sahlman, William A., Michael J. Roberts, and Laurence E. Katz. "Beta Golf." Harvard Business School Case 898-162, March 1998. (Revised December 2005.)