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- September 1999
- Background Note
Revolution in the Communications Switching Industry
By: Jay O. Light, Lynda M. Applegate and Daniel J. Green
As data packet switches threatened the voice circuit switch industry in 1999, major switch and router vendors began paying high premiums to acquire venture-backed switch companies. This note explains what a switch is and suggests why large vendors might be so anxious... View Details
- 28 Jun 2022
- News
Open Digital Platforms to Spur Innovation
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) When Uma Subramanian (MBA 2008) joined Aero Technologies as CEO in March 2019, the company... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- February 2023
- Supplement
Astyanax Kanakakis at norbloc: A Founder's Experience with the DIFC Fintech Hive
By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
norbloc was founded in 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, by Astyanax Kanakakis and his co-founders, Vitalii Demianets and Sam Saatchi. Kanakakis and Demianets got to work to address a key gap in the industry: Know Your Customer (KYC) data sharing. As the first distributed KYC... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Organizations; Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Digital Platforms; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Business Startups; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Sweden; Europe; Singapore; London; United Arab Emirates; Dubai; Middle East; Athens; Greece
Hill, Linda A., and Lydia Begag. "Astyanax Kanakakis at norbloc: A Founder's Experience with the DIFC Fintech Hive." Harvard Business School Supplement 423-066, February 2023.
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
cheap, fast, and "easy," don't you think Cisco would have used them? Q: What are the characteristics of successful Web service implementations today? What kinds of companies can benefit most? Are there certain types of processes that work best as Web... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
diffusion of the commercial internet. Theory predicts that firms with greater market share will be more likely to adopt innovations that build on their existing strengths, while they will resist more radical View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
project focuses on six key forces: technology trends such as automation and artificial intelligence, contingent workforces and the gig economy, workforce demographics and the “care economy,” the middle-skills gap and worker investments,... View Details
- February 2013 (Revised March 2015)
- Case
The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?
By: Willy C. Shih and Sen Chai
Senior managers at the LEGO Group are faced with a quandary: Should they patent inventions coming out of their manufacturing process development work, should they keep them as trade secrets, or should they publish them so that they would go into the public domain and... View Details
Keywords: Plastics; Injection Molding; Toys; LEGO; LEGO Group; Tools; Additive Manufacturing; 3D Manufacturing; Toolmaking; Patenting; Spillovers; Knowledge Spillovers; Change; Trends; Engineering; Machinery and Machining; Intellectual Property; Patents; Operations; Production; Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Europe; Denmark
Shih, Willy C., and Sen Chai. "The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?" Harvard Business School Case 613-079, February 2013. (Revised March 2015.)
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
technology from a competitor? We felt the Palm OS was the best platform for a handheld. OK, we were biased on this subject! We knew that we could get a product to market much faster by licensing the operating system rather than creating... View Details
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
to $2 million to hospitals serving Medicare patients that adopted electronic medical records (EMRs). Quelch and HBS research associate Margaret L. Rodriguez released a case study in April about one organization that has ramped up its... View Details
- Web
The Strategic Case for Diversity in Digital Transformation - Blog: RGE Report
Digital Transformation Daniella Diniz Author tag Board Diversity Digital Transformation Needs Human Diversity to Succeed Board leaders recognize that digital transformation is the key to maintaining competitive advantage in today’s market. Emerging View Details
- June 2011
- Case
CA Technologies: Bringing the Cloud to Earth
By: Marco Iansiti and Kerry Herman
Adam Famularo, general manager, Cloud Computing business, CA Technologies, and David Dobson, WVP and group executive, Customer Solutions Group, were preparing for a presentation on communicating and positioning CA Technologies' new strategy for cloud computing.... View Details
Keywords: Disruptive Innovation; Product Positioning; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption
Iansiti, Marco, and Kerry Herman. "CA Technologies: Bringing the Cloud to Earth." Harvard Business School Case 611-047, June 2011.
- December 2001
- Case
Dairy.com
By: Ray A. Goldberg and James M Beagle
Dairy.com's ecommerce exchange attempts to provide value to the dairy industry through price discovery mechanisms. View Details
- 21 Jun 2021
- News
5 Questions Boards Should Be Asking About Digital Transformation
- October 20, 2020
- Article
Expanding AI's Impact with Organizational Learning
By: Sam Ransbotham, Shervin Khodabandeh, David Kiron, François Candelon, Michael Chu and Burt LaFountain
Most companies developing AI capabilities have yet to gain significant financial benefits from their efforts. Only when organizations add the ability to learn with AI do significant benefits become likely. View Details
Ransbotham, Sam, Shervin Khodabandeh, David Kiron, François Candelon, Michael Chu, and Burt LaFountain. "Expanding AI's Impact with Organizational Learning." MIT Sloan Management Review, Big Ideas Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy Initiative (website) (October 20, 2020). (Findings from the 2020 Artificial Intelligence
Global Executive Study and Research Project.)
- January 2006 (Revised November 2007)
- Compilation
Podcasting
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Kerry Herman
Profiles the nascent podcasting industry, based on a compilation of published articles. Describes factors driving industry growth, barriers to adoption, ecosystem roles, and potential business models. View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Communication Technology; Entrepreneurship; Industry Growth; Media; Internet and the Web; Technology Adoption; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Kerry Herman. "Podcasting." Harvard Business School Compilation 806-109, January 2006. (Revised November 2007.)
- March 2014
- Case
MediaTek: From Feature Phones to Smartphones
By: Willy Shih
MediaTek was the third largest fabless semiconductor company in the world, and was the second largest supplier of the silicon microchips that powered mobile phones. Yet as the company's chairman reflected on his R&D strategy, he wondered why it hadn't moved faster on... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption; Telecommunications Industry; Semiconductor Industry; China; Taiwan
Shih, Willy. "MediaTek: From Feature Phones to Smartphones." Harvard Business School Case 614-059, March 2014.
- May 2013
- Article
Guidance from ARIN on Legal Aspects of the Transfer of Internet Protocol Numbers
By: Benjamin Edelman and Stephen Ryan
Every device connected to the global Internet needs a numeric identifier, an "Internet Protocol" address ("IP address"). The Internet's continued growth presents a challenge: most IP addresses have already been assigned to networks and organizations, leaving few left... View Details
Keywords: IP Addresses; Regulation; Market Design; Market Transactions; Rights; Contracts; Internet; Technology Adoption; Technology Networks
Edelman, Benjamin, and Stephen Ryan. "Guidance from ARIN on Legal Aspects of the Transfer of Internet Protocol Numbers." Business Law Today (May 2013).