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    Marco Iansiti

    Marco Iansiti, David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration,is a codirector of the Laboratory for Information Science at Harvard and of the Digital Initiative at HBS.

    Prof. Iansiti's research examines the digital transformation of companies and... View Details

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    • 16 Mar 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It

    Keywords: by Benjamin Edelman; Computer; Computer; Computer
    • 19 Dec 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: December 19, 2006

    difficult to compute. Yet these customers generate value to the firm because their presence attracts fee-paying sellers. In this paper we consider the value of a customer in these types of networked setting. We View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 24 Mar 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: March 24, 2009

      Working PapersRunning Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What to Do About It (revised) Author:Benjamin Edelman Abstract The Internet's current numbering system is nearing exhaustion: existing protocols allow only a finite set of View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 12 Feb 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Platform Competition, Compatibility, and Social Efficiency

    Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & Francisco Ruiz-Aliseda; Computer
    • 2018
    • Working Paper

    Quantile Forecasts of Product Life Cycles Using Exponential Smoothing.

    By: Xiaojia Guo, Kenneth C. Lichtendahl Jr. and Yael Grushka-Cockayne
    We introduce an exponential smoothing model that a manager can use to forecast the demand of a new product or service. The model has five features that make it suitable for accurately forecasting product life cycles at scale. First, the trend in our model follows the... View Details
    Keywords: New Product Development; Demand Forecasting; Product Adoption; Innovation Diffusion; Product Development; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Adoption
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    Faculty & Advisors | MBA

    Co-Director of Harvard Stem Cell Institute Program Advisors Students have access to a network of program advisors who serve as mentors, speakers, and career advisors for the community. Christiana (Chris) Bardon MBA ‘03, Harvard... View Details
    • 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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    • 03 Oct 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: October 3, 2006

    contact each other through trusted intermediaries on the network to offer or seek jobs, consulting engagements, expertise, and financing. The company had outpaced its competitors by building the most populous online business network, but... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 12 Sep 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: September 12, 2006

    through successive stages of industry evolution. We then show how this strategy was used by Sun Microsystems against Apollo Computer in the 1980s and by Dell against Compaq and other personal computer makers... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • March 2017 (Revised February 2018)
    • Case

    VMware and the Public Cloud

    By: Raffaella Sadun and Christine Snively
    In 2015, VMware, a pioneer in server and network virtualization and a member of parent company EMC’s “federation” of companies, had set its sights on becoming a leading public cloud provider. Two years prior, VMware first entered the public cloud market with its vCloud... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Internet and the Web; Computer Industry; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
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    • 27 Dec 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

    Bill George, Professor of Management Practice Social networking is the most significant business development of 2010, topping the resurgence of the U.S. automobile industry. During the year social networking... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • 24 Mar 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

    markets, these are the kinds of concerns you should think about when setting payment terms and dealing directly with suppliers. One tool to deter fraud: pay later. Edelman's new research on a major advertising affiliate network... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services

      Karim R. Lakhani

      Karim R. Lakhani is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He specializes in technology management, innovation, digital transformation and artificial... View Details

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      • November 2020 (Revised July 2022)
      • Case

      Dell Technologies: Bringing the Cloud to the Ground

      By: Navid Mojir and V. Kasturi Rangan
      The case tells the story of Dell Technologies and its efforts to revitalize its value proposition and escape a commodity trap by acquiring EMC for $67 billion—the largest tech acquisition in history. It also shows the deeply intertwined connections between a company’s... View Details
      Keywords: Value Proposition; Go-to-market; Strategic Positioning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Technological Innovation; Business Divisions; Computer Industry; Computer Industry
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      • May 2004
      • Background Note

      56K Modem Battle

      By: David B. Yoffie and Deborah Freier
      Examines the battle to set the standard for the 56K modem. Set in 1996, this case looks at how computers accessed the Internet via a telephone line, or dial-up connection, and a hardware modem. In 1995, there were 18.6 million total modem unit shipments, with market... View Details
      Keywords: Announcements; Revenue; Patents; Product Launch; Network Effects; Standards; Competition; Information Infrastructure; Internet and the Web; Technology Industry; Illinois
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      • 14 Dec 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

      problems from (in)convenience to price to congestion, he says. “Robust computer control is at the core of a successful PRT.” The concept is well known—you have likely encountered automated, driverless people movers in cities such as... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation
      • 21 Oct 2008
      • First Look

      First Look: October 21, 2008

      (in particular DRAMs and FLASH memory) and flat panel displays. Taiwan is also the center for notebook computer manufacturing, and Taiwanese companies, through their China-based manufacturing and assembly operations, drive 60% of the IT... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 29 Jun 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: June 29, 2007

      analyses, specifically, to compute net present value (NPV) internal rate of return (IRR) and payback period. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207121 Vivaldi Food Concepts—The Start-up of... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 19 Apr 2016
      • First Look

      April 19, 2016

      forthcoming Journal of Marketing Research Does 'Liking' Lead to Loving? The Impact of Joining a Brand’s Social Network on Marketing Outcomes By: John, Leslie K., Oliver Emrich, Sunil Gupta, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Does “liking” a... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne