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  • 01 Feb 2019
  • News

Apple held hostage by its Chinese puzzle

    Carliss Y. Baldwin

    Carliss Y. Baldwin is the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. She studies the process of design and its impact of design architecture on firm strategy, platforms, and business ecosystems. With Kim Clark, she authored... View Details

    Keywords: computer; electronics; software
    • April 2009
    • Article

    Sovereign Wealth in Abu Dhabi

    By: Rawi Abdelal
    By the turn of the century, oil had already made the tiny emirate of Abu Dhabi rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams. A sovereign wealth fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), has invested extra oil revenues abroad for more than thirty years and amassed a... View Details
    Keywords: Development Economics; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Sovereign Finance; Wealth; Diversification; Abu Dhabi
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    • 16 Apr 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Strategy and the Internet

    applications makes it more difficult to sustain operational advantages than ever. In previous generations of information technology, application development was often complex, arduous, time consuming, and hugely expensive. These traits... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael E. Porter

      Lakshmi Ramarajan

      Professor Ramarajan is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research examines the management and consequences of identities in organizations.

      She teaches the... View Details

      Keywords: nonprofit industry

        Robert C. Merton

        Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

        Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

        Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
        • 2004
        • Working Paper

        Thinking About Technology: Applying a Cognitive Lens to Technical Change

        We apply a cognitive lens to understanding technology trajectories across the life cycle by developing a coevolutionary model of technological frames and technology. Applying that model to each stage of the technology life cycle, we identify conditions under which a... View Details
        Keywords: Design; Fluctuation; Technology; Perception
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        • June 2010 (Revised January 2019)
        • Case

        The Guggenheims and Chilean Nitrates

        By: Geoffrey Jones and Felipe Tamega Fernandes
        The case describes the growth of Guggenheim Brothers as one of the largest mining companies in the world in the early twentieth century. Global expansion led the firm to Chile, first in copper and later in natural nitrates. Chile's economic growth was driven by the... View Details
        Keywords: History; Venture Capital; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Crisis; Mining Industry; Chile
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        • 02 Nov 2016
        • HBS Seminar

        Gillian Hadfield, University of California, Gould School of Law

        • December 2003 (Revised October 2005)
        • Case

        High-Definition TV: The Grand Alliance

        By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
        Describes political and economic forces that influenced the development of an all-digital, high-definition television (HDTV) standard in the United States between 1986 and 1996. Outlines the stakes for various government and industry participants in the... View Details
        Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Policy; Management Practices and Processes; Emerging Markets; Standards; Business and Government Relations; Networks; Research and Development; Technology Adoption; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Technology Industry; Japan; Europe; United States
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        • December 2009 (Revised April 2012)
        • Case

        Neoprene

        By: Tom Nicholas and Felipe Tamega Fernandes
        In 1931, during one of the worst economic crises in U.S. history, Du Pont announced the discovery of an innovative rubber synthetic product—neoprene. Yet at the time of the announcement, Du Pont did not have any neoprene to sell. Manufacturing facilities were still... View Details
        Keywords: Financial Crisis; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Chemical Industry; United States
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        • 10 May 2010
        • Research & Ideas

        What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

        central part of their mission, asserting that they educate and develop leaders for society. And yet, if we look at the leading research universities and at the business schools within them, the topic of leadership is actually given fairly... View Details
        Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education
        • 04 Feb 2022
        • Book

        Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries

        Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details
        Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
        • June 2017
        • Case

        Guillermo Jaime—An Endeavor Entrepreneur

        By: Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia
        Guillermo Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a for-profit company providing affordable housing to low-income Mexicans living at the base of the pyramid (BOP). This case tells the story of Jaime and Endeavor, a nonprofit dedicated to... View Details
        Keywords: Base Of The Pyramid; Social Capitalism; Housing; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Wealth and Poverty; Social Entrepreneurship; Construction Industry; Mexico
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        • 02 Mar 2011
        • Research & Ideas

        Managing the Open Source vs. Proprietary Decision

        Editor's note: In their new book, The Comingled Code: Open Source and Economic Development, HBS professor Josh Lerner and London School of Economics professor Mark Schankerman look at the impact of open... View Details
        Keywords: by Josh Lerner & Mark Schankerman; Technology
        • 02 Nov 2015
        • HBS Seminar

        Kevin Boudreau, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School

        • March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
        • Case

        Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)

        By: Shawn A. Cole, John Masko and T. Robert Zochowski
        In 2017, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) faced the first big investment decision in its new Scaling Solar project. Founded in 1956, IFC was an international investment body with national governments as shareholders, whose mission was to promote economic... View Details
        Keywords: Impact Investing; Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Equity; Bonds; Financing and Loans; Growth and Development; Emerging Markets; Non-Governmental Organizations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Energy Industry; Zambia
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        Overview

        Professor Goh’s primary research interest is applying mathematical models to real-world problems in health care in order to inform, improve, and enhance medical decision making and health policy. His recent work in this domain focuses on developing new methods for... View Details
        Keywords: Uncertainty; Optimization; Inventory Management; Health; Decision Making; Supply Chain
        • June 2002
        • Case

        "One Country, Two Systems"? Italy and the Mezzogiorno (B)

        By: Bruce R. Scott and Jamie Matthews
        In 1992, a corruption investigation and two assassinations created a crisis that prompted the Italian government to dispatch 7,000 troops to Sicily to "retake the island" from the Mafia. This case examines the crisis and the efforts of both the Italian state and the... View Details
        Keywords: History; National Security; Crime and Corruption; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Italy
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        • April 2001 (Revised August 2001)
        • Case

        UNext: Business Education and e-Learning

        By: Michael G. Rukstad, David J. Collis and Tyrell Levine
        UNEXT has signed agreements with Columbia, Stanford, Chicago, Carnegie Mellon, and the London School of Economics to create online business courses. The company is backed by Michael Milken and Larry Ellison and has four Nobel laureates on its advisory board. Describes... View Details
        Keywords: Business Education; Curriculum and Courses; Technological Innovation; Internet and the Web; Competition; Disruptive Innovation; Performance Efficiency; Higher Education; Learning; Education Industry
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