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  • 06 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Kodak: A Parable of American Competitiveness

American company that filed for bankruptcy protection in January. The company developed the first digital camera in 1975. Yet Kodak was never able to ride the digital wave over the long haul, and the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing
  • 26 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

evidence to challenge a common misperception about internalization theory. The theory has often been criticized for maintaining that it assumes a hierarchically organized MNE based on knowledge flowing from the home country. This is not... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 10 Nov 2011
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

groups of constituents and board members, using technology wisely, and planning for a future in the digital world. It also shows that there are alternative paths for a CEO to take—and that a strong organizational leader can make up for... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • November 1998 (Revised February 1999)
  • Case

Microsoft Office: Finding the Suite Spot

By: Stefan H. Thomke and Steven Sinofsky
Describes a key decision-making process within Microsoft's Office products division. At a time when the PC software business has a great deal of uncertainty, Microsoft's management has to make a key decision regarding the future of software suites. A strengthening of... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Applications and Software; Strategic Planning; Organizational Design; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Product Development; Managerial Roles; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk and Uncertainty; Goals and Objectives; Digital Platforms; Innovation and Management; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • 30 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

2019 HarperBusiness The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power By: Cusumano, Michael A., Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie Abstract—The Business of Platforms explores the strategic,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 27 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

forthcoming Harvard Journal on Legislation From the Digital to the Physical: Federal Limitations on Regulating Online Marketplaces By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Abbey Stemler Abstract—Online marketplaces have transformed how we shop, travel,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 21, 2019
  • Article

When Tech Companies Compete on Their Own Platforms

By: Feng Zhu
One common complaint from third parties about platform businesses is that they see what succeeds on their platforms and then enter the most profitable areas themselves, often decimating third parties in the process. Studies have identified several motivations for... View Details
Keywords: Platform-based Markets; Platform-owner Entry; Digital Platforms; Market Entry and Exit; Competition
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  • Article

Managing Proprietary and Shared Platforms

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
In a platform-mediated network, users rely on a common platform, provided by one or more intermediaries, that encompasses infrastructure and rules required by users to transact with each other. A fundamental design decision for firms that aspire to develop... View Details
Keywords: Governance Controls; Digital Platforms; Infrastructure; Competition; Cooperation; Information Infrastructure
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  • June 2019
  • Case

ClearLife: From Prospect to Platform

By: Alexander Braun, Lauren Cohen, Mauro Elvedi and Jiahua Xu
ClearLife’s first product was a trading and analytics platform for participants in the U.S. life settlement market, the secondary market for life insurance. ClearLife played a key role in facilitating transactions and devising a common language for expressing value and... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Insurance; Entrepreneurship; Expansion; Diversification; Strategy
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  • 30 Jan 2018
  • First Look

January 30, 2018

Abstract—The article discusses the notion of advertising as a profession in relation to the impact of digital analytics and data-driven marketing. Topics include the history of internet marketing, the investments of the content-driven... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

Hybrids and Hybrid Organizing: A Review and Roadmap for Future Research By: Battilana, Julie, Marya Besharov, and Bjoern Mitzinneck Abstract—The purpose of this chapter is to advance research on hybrids by bringing together work from these multiple perspectives;... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change

a player’s keypress. To complete the game, the player—human or machine—had to navigate the digital self to a goal using four moves: up, down, right, or left. Human players used arrow keys. Each of the game versions interfered with the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • 13 Jul 2016
  • HBS Case

How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers

three of the best-known and most successful startups—Uber, Etsy, and Airbnb—hoping to find some commonalities in how those businesses solved the dilemma. Spoiler alert: it’s the egg that needs incubating. As Teixeira reports in a new HBS... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail; Service; Transportation
  • 22 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 22, 2008

common goal via information-sharing, joint decision-making, and coordination of activities. In contrast to prior work, we distinguish forms of collaboration by three organizational goals—unit management, routine production, and process... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 May 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

classrooms, labs, dining halls, and elsewhere on campuses have a unique influence on the course of scientific research, according to the study, coauthored by Eamon Duede, a postdoctoral fellow at the Digital Data Design Institute at... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

Article Getting Value from Digital Technologies By: Frank Cespedes and Georg Krentzel Companies need digital technologies in an omni-channel buying world where online and in-person interactions are... View Details
  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

more: http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631215066_chunk_g978063121506624 Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Help - Alumni

to those who are not also alumni. When is it appropriate to use the Harvard Business School name or shield logos? Generally, alumni are not permitted to use Harvard Business School logos for any use including gifts, event materials, clothing, print & View Details
  • December 2005
  • Case

IBM and Eclipse (A)

IBM faces a collective action problem: It open sourced its $40 million application platform and has to convince other companies to contribute. Explores the events leading up to IBM's decision to make the Eclipse platform available as an Open Source project. In 1998,... View Details
Keywords: Digital Platforms; Open Source Distribution; Cooperation; Adoption; Computer Industry; Information Technology Industry
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  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Interview

Jeffrey Rayport on Product Market Fit, Profit Market Fit and Whiplash, and More

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Doug Levin
This episode of "Lessons from Startup Life" podcast features Jeffrey Rayport, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Jeffrey specializes in teaching and researching growth-stage technology ventures and their scalability. Prior to... View Details
Keywords: Scaling And Growth; Start-up; Diversity; Equity; Inclusion; Technology; Business Startups; Product Marketing; Business Growth and Maturation
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