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07 Oct 2014
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Network Effect

backed if he had chosen the software industry as a career.” Tanzi explained that, owing to recent advances in gene sequencing and data mining, he believed he could identify many more genes in a short time... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

iPhoto, etc., and become more of a service and software digital home application company. The strategy going forward is going to be more like a consumer electronics company, making hardware and software, rather than being a computer... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

January 2018 (Revised January 2020)
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STRIVR: Changing the Game in Virtual Reality

By: Rajiv Lal, Matt Denison, Robert Higgins and Scott Johnson

The CEO of a growing virtual reality company that trains athletes must decide whether or not to stay in sports or expand into other areas. View Details

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Arthur Rock

Computer. Rock has had a remarkably intuitive sense of the people with whom he invested and his steady hand and ever-curious intellect provided invaluable mentorship and advice to a legion of technology giants. What has become standard View Details

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

New Paths to Success in Asia

business, Portnet.com, that licenses its world-class transshipment port operations and technology to ports around the world. In some cases, PSA not only sells the software but also operates the port. I'm looking at how Singapore is using... View Details

Keywords: by Alejandro Reyes & Deborah Blagg

23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

other sources of entrepreneurial influence: we find that peer influences are strongest for those who have less exposure to entrepreneurship in other aspects of their lives. Family Control of Firms and Industries Authors: Belén Villalonga... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 May 2019
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Ask the Expert: In Security

Illustration by Taylor Callery Remember a decade ago, when the main cybersecurity worry was a retail breach of credit card information? “Obviously that still happens,” says Chris Young (MBA 2003), CEO of the security software company... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; cybersecurity

12 May 2009
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First Look: May 12, 2009

illustrates how deep dives guide the formation of a set of new core activities in the variation-selection-retention process. No PDF is available at this time. PublicationsWhat Causes Industry Agglomeration? Evidence from Coagglomeration... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007

FDI" in several different ways. First, we look at the possibility that the effects of FDI differ by sector. Second, we differentiate FDI based on objective qualitative industry characteristics including the average skill intensity... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Mar 2015
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The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)

to code help make a difference—in education and also more broadly on a society level? “We often think about technology in the context of the ‘tech’ industry. The reality, though, is that software has transformed every View Details

Keywords: Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services

24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

industrial ecology literature that highlights the environmental benefits of by-product synergy. By-product synergy is defined as the conversion of a firm's waste stream from a manufacturing process into valuable feedstock for another... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2020
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Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

engineer, worked as process engineer at ArcelorMittal where her daily vocabulary included terms like ‘electrogalvanizing’ and ‘laser flatness’, while Adam, who holds an AB and MS in English and is a self-taught coder, worked in various View Details

Keywords: All Industries

04 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?

aspect. But as Tim Cook wrote in his letter, jeopardizing customer security is a slippery slope. Q: So is the cost not just to Apple but to the e-commerce industry prohibitive here? A: It’s a strange situation from Apple’s point of view.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Technology

July 2019
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Challenges and Opportunities in Software-Driven Medical Devices

By: William J. Gordon and Ariel Dora Stern

The safety and security of medical devices driven by software, the software-development processes, and the need for data collection and privacy, all offer challenges and opportunities for device regulation and clinical care. View Details

Keywords: Medical Devices; Healthcare; Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Applications and Software; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

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November 2020
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DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome

By: Ayelet Israeli

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 519-010. DayTwo is a young Israeli startup that applies research on the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations to its users in order to minimize blood sugar spikes after meals.... View Details

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09 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 9, 2015

toothpaste was clinically proven to reduce and prevent cavities more effectively than toothpaste with the same level of fluoride alone. All major industry players, including Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, and Colgate itself, had... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 31

interpersonal team diversity. Using detailed project—and individual-level data from an Indian software services firm, we find that the interaction of task change with intrapersonal diversity is related to improved project performance,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

number of niche firms for long, sustained periods of time. In the software industry, a large number of niche players have endured for many years, constantly generating a variety of product innovations. Despite the contraction caused by... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13

trusts. Read the paper: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03585522.2011.617574 Working PapersWhen to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry Author:Hong Luo Abstract How completely should an innovator... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Feb 2005
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The VC Quandary: Too Much Money

It might be hard for the ordinary business owner or consumer to imagine having "too much" money. But that's exactly where the venture capital industry finds itself: with too much money available for the number of emerging... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Financial Services

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Network Effect

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

STRIVR: Changing the Game in Virtual Reality

Arthur Rock

New Paths to Success in Asia

First Look: March 23

Ask the Expert: In Security

First Look: May 12, 2009

First Look: June 19, 2007

The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)

First Look: July 24, 2007

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?

Challenges and Opportunities in Software-Driven Medical Devices

DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome

First Look: June 9, 2015

First Look: August 31

Strategy for Small Fish

First Look: Dec. 13

The VC Quandary: Too Much Money