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- March 2004 (Revised June 2004)
- Case
Blackout: August 14, 2003
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Ryland Matthew Willis
On August 14, 2003, an electricity blackout cascaded throughout the northeastern United States and Canada. Describes the structure, technology, and economics of the electric utility industry and how gradual deregulation beginning in the 1970s placed unprecedented, and... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Performance Improvement; Infrastructure; Energy Sources; Business and Government Relations; Networks; Emerging Markets; Failure; Economics; Utilities Industry; Canada; Northeastern United States
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Ryland Matthew Willis. "Blackout: August 14, 2003." Harvard Business School Case 804-156, March 2004. (Revised June 2004.)
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key decision facing firms worldwide is the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
build an informal network of relationships with executives and business managers, which allowed them to resist being stereotyped as either compliance champions or business partners. Instead they created and shaped the perception of their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 17
Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency (revised) Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda Abstract Katz and Shapiro (1985) study systems compatibility in settings with one-sided platforms and direct View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 27, 2007
Working PapersFrom Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark Authors:Sylvain Lenfle and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Kim Clark occupies a unique place in management scholarship. As a member of the Technology and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
Publications 2006 O'Reilly Media, Inc. Managing Startups: Best Blog Posts By: Eisenmann, Tom, ed. Abstract—Harvard Business School Professor Tom Eisenmann annually compiles the best posts from many blogs on technology startup... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
Manage yourself: Learn that management isn't about getting things done yourself. It's about accomplishing things through others; 2) Manage a network: Understand how power and influence work in your organization and build a network of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
deep historical origins of 'born global' companies; the importance of networks and diaspora in new international market development; the key role of public policy in shaping cross-border entrepreneurial activity; and the impact of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
Umit Gurun, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract—The patent system is commonly justified as a way to promote social welfare and, more specifically, technological progress. For years, however, there has been concern that patent litigation is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806086 Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce Harvard Business School Case 505-016 BP's IR director has begun a program to use information regarding external views... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50914 April 2016 Harvard Business Review Network Effects Aren't Enough By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Simon Rothman Abstract—In many ways, online marketplaces are the perfect business model. Since... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
outdated. Instead, innovations are increasingly brought to the market by networks of firms, selected for their unique capabilities, and operating in a coordinated manner. This new model demands that firms develop different skills, in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- August 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Slanket: Responding to Snuggie's Market Entry
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
How does a pioneer in a new product category deal with the runaway success of a follower? Can search engine marketing and social media help? In 2008 Slanket CEO, Gary Clegg, found that his product, a blanket with sleeves, had been eclipsed by The Snuggie, another... View Details
Keywords: Digital Marketing; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Market Entry and Exit; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web
Deighton, John A., and Leora Kornfeld. "Slanket: Responding to Snuggie's Market Entry." Harvard Business School Case 510-034, August 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
transformation. Over the preceding two years, Davis and Gorowitz had grown Swagbucks from a relatively small venture staffed by people from Gorowitz’s personal and professional networks into a professionally managed and rapidly scaling... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
technologies which they leveraged to carve a leadership role in the inherently risky artificial fertilization business. As the company grew, its executives grappled with managing the political, ethical, and business risks associated with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants
assistant professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit. "If you're one of them and you're not getting a kidney, you should be able to understand why and what the criteria are." A Long Line About 500,000 people in... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
Manufacturing and information technology these days go together like bread and butter. But it wasn't always so. As Professor David Upton pointed out in a Global Alumni Conference panel titled "E-Commerce and the New Operations,"... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
than one million rooms and 7% of worldwide room supply. In the previous decade the growing ubiquity of internet-based commerce had facilitated the rise of technology platforms such as Expedia and Airbnb. The case enables students to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research: May 23, 2017
substantial variation exists across organizations with regard to management, suggesting frictions in the broader diffusion of management knowledge. We argue that peer networks may allow for the diffusion of productive management across... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
receptive? If not, there's not going to be sufficient returns to the investors. Assess your qualifications to lead the enterprise. Entrepreneurs don't actually have to be the techies, but they need to have an understanding and capability in the View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace