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  • 29 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Inventing Products is Less Valuable Than Inventing Ideas

origins of one of the most successful companies on the planet, but are also a commentary on the origins of any invention. "Anytime you invent something, you have really invented two things—the thing itself, and an idea," says Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology
  • 21 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Bio-Piracy: When Western Firms Usurp Eastern Medicine

for anything where the prior art is known," explains Prithwiraj Choudhury, an assistant professor in the Technology, Operations, and Management unit at Harvard Business School. "But when a Western firm goes to a Western... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Legal Services; Biotechnology
  • 07 Oct 2014
  • First Look

First Look: October 7

Harvard Business School Case 714-519 Bitcoin: The Future of Digital Payments? No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/Bitcoin--The-Future-of-Di/an/714519-PDF-ENG Harvard View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

Obviously it will have to get more users. A: Well, what do you mean by "success"? There are at least three different ways in which you can imagine Apple going forward; I'm sure Steve has more. One is to say they're going to build their View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2009
  • Teaching Note

Cyworld: Creating and Capturing Value in a Social Network (TN)

By: Sunil Gupta and Sangman Han
Teaching Note for [509012]. View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Mergers and Acquisitions; Revenue; Leadership Style; Decision Choices and Conditions; Digital Marketing; Customers; Service Operations; Competency and Skills; Web Services Industry; South Korea
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  • February 2025
  • Case

Luca de Meo at Renault Group (A) (Abridged)

By: Emily Truelove, Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
When Luca de Meo became CEO of Renault Group in 2020, the 122-year-old French automaker faced financial challenges and the double technological disruption of the automotive industry: the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and the rise of software-defined vehicles (SDVs).... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Interpersonal Communication; Forms of Communication; Talent and Talent Management; Experience and Expertise; Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Making; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Alternative Energy; Engineering; Global Strategy; Governance; Digital Transformation; Digital Strategy; Technology Adoption; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Innovation Leadership; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leading Change; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Crisis Management; Management Skills; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Performance Efficiency; Transportation; Auto Industry; Battery Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; France; Europe; China
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  • 19 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

common struggle for firms to get innovation investments right, says Josh Lerner, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School. On one hand, firms large enough to house their own research labs too often... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Jul 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

products. “The tech industry in general, young or old, can accommodate stretched goals, simply because digital can reach millions of people worldwide in one second, and all that they have to do is to create the product once [versus] other... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 18 Sep 2007
  • Research & Ideas

How Brand China Can Succeed

Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.As the British nineteenth... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 02 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

Double-digit long-term growth might justify bragging rights for any country. But a turbocharged GDP comes at a price, says Eric D. Werker, an associate professor in the Business, Government and International Economy unit at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
  • 20 Feb 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

Japan. "Wireless Internet is a reality in Japan," he said, speculating that broadband, digital content, and semiconductors will all be controlled by Japan by 2005. Vogel commented that finance and retail were also promising new... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
  • June 2016 (Revised August 2019)
  • Case

Numenta: Inventing and (or) Commercializing AI

By: David B. Yoffie, Liz Kind and David Ben Shimol
In March 2016, Donna Dubinsky (co-founder and CEO) and Jeff Hawkins (co-founder) were struggling with a key question: Could Numenta be successful in both creating fundamental technology and building a commercial business? Located in Redwood City, CA, Numenta was... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Machine Intelligence; Machine Learning; Strategy; Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Information; Technological Innovation; Research; Research and Development; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Digital Platforms; Commercialization; AI and Machine Learning
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  • September 1995
  • Case

Ares-Serono

By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Jean-Pierre Jeannet and Carin-Isabel Knoop
Ares Serono, a medium-size Swiss pharmaceutical company, is the global leader in the field of fertility drugs. The company has successfully transformed into one of the very few biotech firms in Europe. The case treats a set of major strategic and organizational... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Globalized Firms and Management; Asset Management; Balance and Stability; Expansion; Digital Platforms; Leadership Development; Health Care and Treatment; Transformation; Family Business; Problems and Challenges; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Switzerland; Europe
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  • 07 Jan 2015
  • What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?

problems." Nevertheless, there was enthusiasm for disclosure, perhaps using a system of disclosing "pay bands" within which holders of specific jobs are compensated. Pete described a specific example this way. "Back in the 90's View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 18 Feb 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Wrap-up: Software, Telecom, and Recovery

According to experts at the conference session titled "From Bubble to Recession: The Current State of the Venture Capital Industry," none of the answers are simple, but a sense of perspective remains one highly valuable commodity. According to Walter... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications
  • 03 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders

other, along certain dimensions they are collaborating” So why would Amazon release a version of its Kindle Reader on Apple's iPad, allowing users to access its library of exclusive digital books? "Doesn't that diminish interest in the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information; Publishing; Technology
  • June 2022
  • Case

Zalando: Becoming the Starting Point for Fashion

By: Antonio Moreno, Leela Nageswaran, Emilie Billaud and Federica Gabrieli
Born in 2008 as a small startup selling flip flops, by mid-2021 Zalando had turned into an online fashion company with an assortment of more than 4,500 international brands, 45 million active customers, and a presence in 23 European markets. An essential component in... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Digital Platforms; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Service Operations; Strategy; Business Strategy; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Distribution Industry; Retail Industry; Service Industry; Shipping Industry; Technology Industry; Europe
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  • 07 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 7

formula for estimating the lifetime value of each piece of content. As the business models of print and broadcast media declined, Demand had figured out how to leverage digital and social media tools to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2020 (Revised February 2023)
  • Teaching Note

Uber: Competing Globally

By: Alexander J. MacKay
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-404. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Geography; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Strategy; Globalization; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Law; Management; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Market Entry and Exit; Market Participation; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Planning; Strategic Planning; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Networks; Adaptation; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Transportation Networks; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Ghana; Asia; China; Shanghai; Shanghai Shi; India; New Delhi; Europe; United Kingdom; London; England; Latin America; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US); South America; Colombia
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  • 19 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 19

http://people.hbs.edu/reccles/2011SU_Features_EcclesSaltzman.pdf Deprival Value' vs. 'Fair Value' Measurement for Contract Liabilities: How to Resolve the 'Revenue Recognition' Conundrum? Authors:Joanne Horton, Richard H. Macve, and George Serafeim... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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