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  • 30 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

mobilize business leadership on a sufficient scale to make a difference." "Our view is the system could go, if companies don't step up," says Bower. "It's companies that have the skill sets necessary to go from a vision to making... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • Web

Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

crisis management implications when a foodborne illness strikes. Disruption/Technology. We will examine how restaurants are assessing, adopting, affording and maximizing the utility of technological changes such as mobile ordering,... View Details
  • Web

Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Hyatt, IBM, John Deere, the Library of Congress, Texas Instruments, and Wal-Mart rely on Endeca to power business-critical applications that increase revenue, reduce costs, and streamline operations. Evertrue Brent Grinna Arjun Ohri EverTrue, LLC (“EverTrue”) develops... View Details
  • 12 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

interest in finding a cure for the disease, even if they choose not to participate in AIDS patient groups or contribute to funding AIDS research. Yet the U.S. mobilization around AIDS was highly successful. Nor is this a recent... View Details
Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

A New Approach to Contact Tracing

devise a new way to do contact tracing, Weiss says, “I became very interested because I’ve been so focused on the question, ‘Can governments try new things?’” Bluetooth vs. GPS Technology When TraceTogether is downloaded and left running, the View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Government
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

develop institutional structures for the industry as a whole. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52613 April 10, 2017 Harvard Business Review The Different Approaches Firms Use to Set Strategy By: Teti,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Feb 2021
  • Research & Ideas

To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?

DePaul University analyzed patents issued between 2008 and 2017. To Cohen’s surprise, among the top 50 green patent producers were Exxon Mobil (ranked 11), Royal Dutch Shell (18), BP (27), ConocoPhillips (28) and Chevron (30). The energy... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Energy
  • 02 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 2

413-031 Talking Strategy at Greighton Partners Since its inception, London-based private equity firm Greighton Partners had managed over $15 billion in investor capital. The firm employed about 150 professionals around the globe and had... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Oct 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53418 Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market By: Wen, Wen, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how app developers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 6, 2008

its historic status as a vendor of the Macintosh personal computer (PC) line. Mac sales remained vital to Apple's future, but they now accounted for less than half of its total revenue. The company's line of iPod media players, its iTunes online content store and its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Profile

Marla Malcolm Beck

wasn’t a plan, I was just always asked to be a leader. I was never the best athlete or the best at anything. But I have always been a very quick learner and I was so reliable and I always knew where to go. I could see the vision and the View Details
  • November 2019
  • Supplement

Innovation at Uber: The Launch of Express POOL

By: Chiara Farronato, Alan MacCormack and Sarah Mehta
This multimedia supplement accompanies the case “Innovation at Uber: the Launch of Express POOL” (case no. 619-003). Set in March 2018, the case follows ride-sharing company Uber as it develops and launches a new product called Express POOL. This multimedia supplement... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Digital Platforms; Technology Industry; California; San Francisco
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  • 20 Sep 2021
  • Research & Ideas

How Much Is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

considerations in choosing gig work, despite the lack of benefits and legal protections that other employees enjoy. Armed with data on 426,385 meal-delivery drivers working for DoorDash in California, Oberholzer-Gee, the Andreas Andresen Professor in the View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology
  • 18 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

considerations in choosing gig work, despite the lack of benefits and legal protections that other employees enjoy. Armed with data on 426,385 meal-delivery drivers working for DoorDash in California, Oberholzer-Gee, the Andreas Andresen Professor in the View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

consoles (particularly handheld ones) were facing increasing substitution from online and mobile games played on social networks and/or mobile phones (e.g. Zynga's Farmville). First, could Nintendo come up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • November 2012 (Revised May 2013)
  • Case

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
Keywords: Nexus; Google; ASUSTeK; Android; Tablet; Kindle; Kindle Fire; Notebook Computers; ODM; Apple; Price Point; App Store; Ecosystem; Open Handset Alliance; Reference Design; iPad; EMS; Electronic Manufacturing Services; Smartphone; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Product Marketing; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Industry Structures; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Taiwan; United States
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  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

Clark Bids Farewell to HBS

more than rigorous and relevant. It should give some measure of inspiration and aspiration to the world. Part of our work is providing the means to more effectively mobilize society’s resources — not just in pursuit of personal wealth... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 28 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

and services including computers, handheld devices, servers, and digital entertainment, employed 172,000 people and posted $104 billion in sales in 2007. PSG, one of HP's three major divisions, offered notebook and desktop personal computers, handheld View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 1995 (Revised April 1996)
  • Case

ENTel and the Privatization of Argentine Telecommunications

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Growing fiscal deficits, persistent economic recession, and underinvestment in the nation's telecommunications infrastructure lead the Argentine government to privatize its state-owned monopoly provider of telecommunications services, ENTel, in late 1990. The... View Details
Keywords: Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Communication Technology; Privatization; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Development Economics; Policy; Government and Politics; Performance Effectiveness; Telecommunications Industry; Argentina
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  • 15 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

two-sided market, we study how uncertainty and asymmetric information concerning the success of a new technology affects the strategies of the platforms and the market outcome. We find that the incumbent dominates the market by setting... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne