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  • February 2006
  • Case

Millions of Customers and the Search for a Business: the Challenge of IRC-Hispano

Like many online services, IRC-Hispano, the world's largest Spanish-language chat organization, has many customers but sees few revenues. As an association, its structure presents many limitations and hurdles to overcome involving investing in technology platform... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Platforms; Technology Adoption; Internet and the Web; Organizational Structure; Technological Innovation; Revenue; Web Services Industry; Technology Industry; Spain
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  • 17 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 17, 2015

Societal and Political Dimensions of Innovation Innovation and Business Growth By: Kerr, William R. Abstract—Innovation and the pursuit of new business opportunities are essential for growth at the firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 24

firms' hierarchies. Our findings have important implications for studying innovation in the knowledge-based economy. Does Mandatory IFRS Adoption Improve the Information Environment? Authors:Joanne Horton,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Dec 2019
  • Blog Post

Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA

guidelines from FDA on regulatory pathway for software based products or GDPR framework for security etc. has opened the field for significant investment and adoption of technology in health care. I think today is a great time to be in... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

From the Classroom to Casablanca

Issami, who oversees the university’s involvement with Blue Space. By 2020, Bank of Africa had opened the center and ISCAE was ready to launch its program. However, due to the pandemic, they had to adopt a digital approach to working with... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
  • 09 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Port Esbjerg: Deploying Offshore Wind

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
  • 29 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

business units and improving their leadership skills. The CDC has adopted an innovative pricing structure. Rather than charging direct fees for these consulting services, it proposed to the client that it... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jul 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

chart from the same two years. Chances are, those two charts look pretty similar. Sure, there are organizational outliers, like online shoe-seller Zappos, which famously adopted “holacracy,” a structure of no job titles and no... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 13

  Publications January 2015 Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics Agglomeration and Innovation By: Carlino, Gerald, and William R. Kerr Abstract—This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

Books

as by the innovative technology that makes them possible. Companies must learn to build and foster these relationship networks because they engender speedy and seamless interaction, encourage creativity and collaboration, and release the... View Details
Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 02 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 2

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0910.html#wp10-061 Accelerating Innovation in Energy: Insights from Multiple Sectors Authors:Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell Abstract A combination of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Dec 2021
  • What Do You Think?

How Will the Metaverse Affect Productivity?

[expletive] out of the U-Stor-It.” Recently, Mark Zuckerberg reminded us that the notion of the Metaverse has been flourishing in the tech world. Let’s assume that his adoption of the notion as a central organizing strategy for Facebook... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

2017 in Manufacturing: The Supply Chain Goes High Tech

Customer relationship management is new in manufacturing, and again, the electronics industry is one of the first to have adopted this advance. There are still many companies that haven’t fully digitalized, but the next step will be... View Details
Keywords: Jerry Jasinowski (AMP 97, 1985), former president and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

the paper: http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042673 Mandatory IFRS Adoption and Financial Statement Comparability Authors: Francois Brochet, Alan Jagolinzer, and Edward J. Riedl Publication: Contemporary Accounting Research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 27

possibility of competitive imitation means an entrant needs to strategically choose whether to reveal its innovation by competing through the new business model or conceal it by adopting a traditional,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 08 Apr 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

Summing Up What's the Downside to Disruption in High Tech? This month's column gave many readers an opportunity to join my rant about the need for disruption to combat the increasing inscrutability and waste of technological innovations... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology
  • 25 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 25

the investor's and the investee's countries, affects the asset allocation decisions of global mutual funds. We find that investors tend to underweight investees with greater accounting distance. Using the mandatory adoption of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2025
  • News

Venture: A Welcome Assist

to websites, apps, online shopping, banking, and transportation; fines for non-compliance could range between 5,000 and 20,000 per violation. Besides that, Bervell argues, “There’s a huge case to be made that if you invest in what I call the edges of the bell curve,... View Details
Keywords: Jen Mcfarland Flint; photo courtesy Michael Bervell; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

the September 23 summit, “New Directions in Non-profit Leadership,” to give the city’s nonprofit leaders an opportunity to hear innovative thinking and best practices from a trio of HBS professors and nearly fifty practitioners. Sessions... View Details
  • 17 Nov 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?

"targeted negative feedback" from a trusted authority. Pointing out what has gone wrong or what's less than perfect will motivate the pessimist to innovate products, improve plans, and solve problems. For this reason, pessimists... View Details