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  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Capitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan

By: Robert Dujarric and Andrei Hagiu

Japan's industrial landscape is characterized by hierarchical forms of industry organization, which are increasingly inadequate in modern sectors, where innovation relies on platforms and horizontal ecosystems of firms producing complementary products. Using three... View Details

Keywords: Globalized Markets and Industries; Government Legislation; Innovation and Invention; Industry Structures; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration; Manufacturing Industry; Japan
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  • September 1995 (Revised October 1995)
  • Case

Transcape Systems: Creating a Market

Entrepreneurial companies must overcome substantial barriers to create markets for innovative products in industries reluctant to embrace change. Transcape Systems faces this callenge as it attempts to create a market for interactive multimedia software in the... View Details
Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Applications and Software; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Product Marketing; Information Technology Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Health Industry
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Time and the Value of Data

By: Ehsan Valavi, Joel Hestness, Newsha Ardalani and Marco Iansiti

Managers often believe that collecting more data will continually improve the accuracy of their machine learning models. However, we argue in this paper that when data lose relevance over time, it may be optimal to collect a limited amount of recent data instead of... View Details

Keywords: Economics Of AI; Machine Learning; Non-stationarity; Perishability; Value Depreciation; Analytics and Data Science; Value
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  • 08 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Return of the Salesman

products with new inventions. But a strong sales force could also create a barrier to entry as in the case of IBM. Tom Watson himself noted that even though IBM did not always have the most innovative... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 17 Jul 2007
  • First Look

First Look: July 17, 2007

bundle. Dominant firms otherwise sheltered from entry by standalone rivals may be vulnerable to an adjacent platform provider's envelopment attack. We analyze conditions under which envelopment strategies are likely to succeed. Download... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 2009 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

TOTO: The Bottom Line

TOTO, the leading manufacturer of toilets in Japan, is struggling to penetrate the U.S. market with its premier bidet-toilets, which are present in 63% of homes in Japan. The case examines the behavioral, cultural, and institutional barriers that TOTO faces in gaining... View Details
Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Disruptive Innovation; Product Positioning; Market Entry and Exit; Organizational Culture; Consumer Products Industry; Japan; United States
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  • 23 Jul 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

Wikipedia user "Artw" recommended the article for deletion, characterizing the entry as "Neologism of dubious utility." An administrator eventually deleted the work, but Enterprise 2.0 was resurrected as a lengthier piece. An AfD was... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Publishing
  • 15 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

Incompatible Assumptions: Barriers to Producing Multidisciplinary Knowledge in Communities of Scholarship Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract Co-locating knowledge workers from different disciplines may be a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2023
  • Article

Moral Escalation: Contested Category Emergence and Its Consequences in the Toy Industry

By: Ryann Noe
Preexisting research has outlined the cognitive, competitive, and economic barriers to market category emergence. Yet scholars have paid scant attention to the processes and consequences of moral resistance to nascent categories. Through a longitudinal, qualitative... View Details
Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Market Entry and Exit; Product Positioning; Technology Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 20 May 2014
  • First Look

First Look: May 20

aimed at curbing the entry of large retail stores have been introduced in many countries to protect independent retailers. Analyzing a planning reform launched in the United Kingdom in the 1990s, I show that independent retailers were... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Jul 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

Selection, Reallocation, and Spillover: Identifying the Sources of Gains from Multinational Production

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro & Maggie X. Chen
  • 26 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 26, 2016

Accounting Review The Capital Market Consequences of Language Barriers in the Conference Calls of Non-U.S. Firms By: Brochet, Francois, Patricia L. Naranjo, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We examine how language View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • HBS Case

How Will the Tech Titans Behind ChatGPT, Bard, and LLaMA Make Money?

publicly available online. The barriers to entry for AI are not as high as it may seem. So many companies will be in the game, at least for specific vertical AI models and applications. Rand: Is it too soon... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology
  • 29 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 29

business model performance when value loops of two industry players interact; to analyze how Amazon expanded its business model and overcame barriers to entry in a platform market that generates... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

Sustainability. Past Roads and Future Prospects By: Bergquist, Ann-Kristin, Shawn A. Cole, John Ehrenfeld, Andrew A. King, and Auden Schendler Abstract— This working paper examines key barriers to business sustainability discussed at a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 12, 2016

show that the empirical results are driven entirely by newly eligible households that did not enroll, suggesting uninsured risk from leaving wage employment is the primary barrier to entrepreneurship for this population. Download working... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

suppliers to curate subscription boxes of artisanal food sold online. Why employees don’t want to return Barriers to rebuilding restaurant staffing begin with ensuring the safety of restaurant workers, including the need to take into... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

affects each of Porter's Five Forces as well as the resources and capabilities of the firm. The availability of patents may be key to deciding what barriers to entry exist. The enforceability of covenants... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
  • 09 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent

organizational entry points. What entry-level jobs truly require a four-year degree to succeed? Can you remove degree requirements or other barriers to cast a wider net? What skills and training will help... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi E. Abdelal, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Boris Groysberg

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