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  • May 2024
  • Teaching Note

AI21 Labs in 2023: Strategy for Generative AI

By: David Yoffie
Teaching Note for HBS Case 724-383. The case has 3 important teaching purposes: First, what are the advantages and disadvantages of imitation? (e.g., Should AI21 imitate OpenAI with a chatbot?) Second, what are the advantages and disadvantages of keeping new technology... View Details
Keywords: AI; Generative Ai; Generative Models; AI and Machine Learning; Innovation Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Model; Business Startups; Open Source Distribution; Competitive Advantage; Technology Industry; Israel
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  • 10 Jun 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How Numbers Talk to People

The problem with big data is that there is, well, so much of it. Analyzing it is like trying to sip from a firehose. Just in time, a new book on the art and science of quantitative analysis arrives this week. In Keeping Up with the... View Details
  • February 2024
  • Case

Continuity & Change at Boston Consulting Group

By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and David Lane
As the new CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG) since autumn 2021, Christoph Schweizer had big shoes to fill—his predecessor, Rich Lesser, had tripled the partnership’s total revenues and created digital initiatives that contributed 40+% of 2021 revenues, more than... View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Change Management; Talent and Talent Management; Governance; AI and Machine Learning; Environmental Sustainability; Leading Change; Risk Management; Organizational Culture; Partners and Partnerships; Revenue; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Consulting Industry
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  • 15 Aug 2006
  • First Look

First Look: August 15, 2006

compared to their Mexican counterparts. In Mexico, foreign companies, which had access to financial markets abroad, also had lower average connections with banks. I conclude by arguing that even though the Brazil, Mexico and the United... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 1980 (Revised December 1984)
  • Case

Hudepohl Brewing Co.

By: Malcolm S. Salter
Presents the problem of how an established regional brewer can survive the onslaught of national breweries, some of which are being cross-subsidized by diversified parent companies. Requires detailed analysis of what operations are profitable and unprofitable for... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Profit; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Industry Growth; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Competition; Diversification
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  • 23 Jun 2020
  • Book

Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System

spread the ideas of Final-Five Voting, scaling a few early innovators into a coast-to-coast campaign of universal adoption and action. Thanks to the upstart laboratories of democracy that have shown us the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

efficiency and innovation, between maintaining existing businesses and creating new ones, between revenue growth and increased profitability.... View Details
Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni
  • 16 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs

China, in particular in the major eastern cities Beijing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou. First of all, it is impossible to grasp the scale of the transformation without seeing it with one's own eyes. The physical,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 30, 2016

documented features of credit booms and busts, including the link between credit growth and future returns and the “calm before the storm”... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Jul 2014
  • Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

shortage of success stories in particular schools and districts," Rivkin says. "The problem is that they tend to get bottled up in individual localities." Since business leaders are often adept at View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education
  • 20 Aug 2024
  • Book

Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge

thriving products at their core. To ensure sustained growth of an ecosystem, a company must prioritize the defensibility of its product. In the case of Anker, the company was able to convince industry leaders, such as Apple View Details
Keywords: by Feng Zhu; Technology; Information Technology
  • April 2001 (Revised September 2001)
  • Case

Merloni Elettrodomestici: Building for a New Century

By: Joseph L. Bower
In 2001 a young new CEO has to develop a strategy to move his company beyond the hyper-competitive conditions of Western Europe. A major acquisition in Russia and a new Web-based service business provide interesting new directions. This case traces the development of... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Multinational Firms and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Web; Russia
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  • 13 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 13, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317039-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 217-011 Qalaa Holdings and the Egyptian Refining Company This case follows Qalaa Holdings, a successful Egypt-based private equity firm, View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

roots to the present day, and examines the growth of Whole Foods Market in the context of the broader growth of the organic industry. Also investigates John Mackey's role as a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

boots. Creating variations of these core products, along with expansion into apparel, had sustained Timberland's business for more than 30 years. Timberland's growth in the past six years was due to increased international sales View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

  Publications August 2013 The Industrial Policy Revolution I: The Role of Government Beyond Ideology Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal By: Alfaro, Laura, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Sep 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

greater support for maintaining or expanding the scale of its programs. Lifting the Veil: The Benefits of Cost TransparencyA firm's costs are typically tightly guarded secrets. Researchers identify when and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

Following deregulation, resource misallocation declines, and the left-hand tail of the firm size distribution thickens significantly, suggesting increased entry by small firms. However, the dominance and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2006 (Revised December 2009)
  • Compilation

Skype

By: Peter A. Coles and Thomas R. Eisenmann
Presents eBay's rationale for its $2.6 billion acquisition in late 2005 of Skype, a fast growing voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) provider. Describes Skype's history, technology, business model, and competition, as well as government regulation of VoIP services. View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Model; Communication Technology; Growth and Development Strategy; Network Effects; Competitive Strategy; Internet and the Web; Information Infrastructure; Telecommunications Industry
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  • 30 Jul 2019
  • Blog Post

Leadership That Defines you – Reflecting on my Time at HBS

inspire change on a global scale and challenge our understanding of society.  Two months ago, I graduated from Harvard Business School. It still feels like a dream that I was even admitted. I feel so blessed... View Details