Technology Transitions - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Dec 2021
Research & Ideas

The Popular Stock Metric That Can Lead Investors Astray

investors identify value stocks,” Wang says. Why the metric isn’t working One reason the metric became less reliable over time? The transition to a knowledge-based economy, the researchers say. Corporate investments in intangible... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Evolving Executive Education: Five Lessons from the Senior Associate Dean

working and living. The HBS Executive Education team went into action, and the team's ability to adapt has been wonderful to watch. We changed direction quickly, executing an all-virtual portfolio of programs. We leveraged new View Details

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

open platforms and then provide a brief history of open digital platforms. I go on to argue that the success of open platforms in competition with vertically integrated firms gave rise to the “vertical-to-horizontal” transition in the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

Education By: Snook, Scott, and Rakesh Khurana Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50349 forthcoming Administrative Science Quarterly Environmental Demands and the Emergence of Social Structure: View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues

banker, for instance, who authored "A New World for Women" in 1936, concluded, "It is inevitable that more and more women will occupy places of responsibility in our country's banks." Indeed, the Bulletin provides a window on the View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

the inception of the company in 1999. eClinicalWorks was a privately run business in the healthcare information technology field that took in $25 million in revenue in 2005. Revenues for 2006 were projected to reach $40 million. This... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Sep 2024
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The Making of a Streaming Sensation

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details

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Michael R. Bloomberg

chose Salomon. He was smart, ambitious and energized by the hyper-intense Wall Street environment. Becoming an entrepreneur was not yet on his radar screen. At Salomon, he quickly rose through the ranks and eventually ran information View Details

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Case Method 100 Years | Baker Library

“Training Course in Personnel Administration” using the case method for teaching. 1939 15K Cases Produced in 18 Years In the 18 years since the case method’s inception, nearly 15,000 cases have been produced. 1941 Case Method Flexibility Allows for View Details

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Maggie Sanchez (MBA 1990) on Purpose-Driven Board Leadership - Blog: RGE Report

with Microsoft, for example, took her to Paris to lead the company’s transition to the cloud. She joined Vodafone at its headquarters in the UK shortly after the company had acquired a variety of telecom companies throughout Europe and... View Details

13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13

diffusion of the commercial internet. Theory predicts that firms with greater market share will be more likely to adopt innovations that build on their existing strengths, while they will resist more radical technological advances. While... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2011
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Making Their Way

for aggressively growing our U.S.-based manufacturing operations, while incorporating a global mindset and offering our customers a true international capability.” With technology leveling the playing field, CGM can function as a globally... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 1997
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Blockbuster Deals

manage the transition of their information systems? "If a company is addressing the transition of information systems after a merger, it is probably too late to avert the loss of key information View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

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Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) - Course Catalog

range of organizational challenges. While traditional leadership courses contemplate “what” is leadership, LEAP focuses on “how” leaders must take action at critical moments to shape their organizations and their careers. The course helps students View Details

28 Sep 2010
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First Look: September 28, 2010

incentivized boards of directors may have played a role in protecting the interests of outside investors. Technology Diffusion and Postwar Growth Authors:Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn Publication:NBER Macroeconomics Annual (forthcoming)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Apr 2023
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Circularity in Denmark

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

have today's senior executives, trained in the days when the pyramidal organization and domestic markets held sway, made the transition to a global, technology-driven economy? For three 1971 classmates and corporate leaders, Donald J.... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

20 Apr 2020
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To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual

featured speakers Clause Jensen, Chief Digital Officer and Head of Technology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and information technology author and thought leader Dan Roberts, CEO and President of Ouellette & Associates... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2020
News

In Review

and moving some activities online when the virus becomes more widespread (as happened in early November). We also transitioned many of our Executive Education programs into a virtual delivery model leveraging the Live Studio View Details

22 Jul 2021
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Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

the textile industry brings wealth to the local economies. I appreciate the opportunity to introduce technologies and new businesses to these markets so they will be able to adopt sustainable practices.” In addition to Mansukhani and... View Details