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  • March 2010 (Revised August 2010)
  • Case

Systems Infrastructure at Google (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Emily Stecker
This case describes how a senior vice president of engineering at Google, Bill Coughran, leads a high-performing engineering organization. The case focuses specifically on Coughran's encouraging two teams of engineers to develop competing solutions for application... View Details
Keywords: Independent Innovation and Invention; Innovation and Management; Innovation Leadership; Leadership Development; Product Design; Groups and Teams; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives; Competitive Strategy; Technology Industry; United States
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  • 17 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 17

responsible for deciding which innovations to fund, a privilege that was previously reserved for a few experts, such as venture capitalists and grant‐making bodies. Little is known about the degree to which the crowd differs from experts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2009 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance

By: Robert G. Eccles and Laura Winig
The equity research department of Credit Suisse and the expert network firm of Gerson Lehrman Group, historically competitors, have established a strategic alliance which both believe will give them a competitive advantage. Under the leadership of its head of equity... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Financial Crisis; Investment Banking; Innovation and Invention; Alliances; Social and Collaborative Networks; Competitive Advantage; Banking Industry
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  • 13 Apr 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

spark and sustain innovation for competitive advantage—can learn a lot of new notes from Davis's example. "The album Kind of Blue was also a commercial success—the most commercially successful jazz... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music
  • Blog

Leading Successful Digital Transformation

may be disrupted in the future is not the best recipe for long-term success. Experimentation: Companies often run hackathons and innovation days that inspire employees to start many new digital projects. Senior management encourages these... View Details
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

set of matching candidates may be attractive because it also reduces the competition among agents on the same side of the market. An agent who sees fewer candidates knows that these candidates also see fewer potential matches and so are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

    Tanner Houston

    Keywords: biotechnology; digital health; health care
    • 02 Sep 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: September 2

    legacy labor and health care costs-is seriously incomplete and that GM's share collapsed for many of the same reasons that many of the other highly successful American firms of the 50s, 60s, and 70s were forced from the market, including a failure to understand the... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 16 Oct 2018
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas, October 16, 2018

    digitally enabled open platforms. I go on to argue that the competitive success of open platforms against closed platforms gave rise to the "vertical-to-horizontal" transition in the computer industry in the 1980s and 1990s.... View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • 04 Jun 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: June 4

    and even though the entrepreneur holds all of the market power in the model. Furthermore, although perfectly competitive investors expect zero alpha in equilibrium, the nature of the three-way interaction results in a correlation between... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 29 Oct 2019
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Robots in the Boardroom

    effective targets. Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer ToolRadiation oncologists are few in number, especially if you are nowhere near a cancer facility. Could artificial intelligence be used to deliver an oncologist's... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • 07 May 2014
    • What Do You Think?

    How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

    down the top" with capital reform. Can we devise a way that doesn't involve taxes? This might include sanctions on the flight of capital to tax havens. Or should we do something to stimulate competition and technological View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • January 2024 (Revised July 2024)
    • Case

    CloudEats: Revolutionizing the Cloud Kitchen in Southeast Asia

    By: Paul A. Gompers and Adina Wong
    Philippines-headquartered cloud kitchen CloudEats harbored the ambition of becoming the largest cloud kitchen in Southeast Asia, but it was considering several strategic paths forward. View Details
    Keywords: Technological Innovation; E-commerce; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Competitive Advantage; Food and Beverage Industry; Philippines; Southeast Asia
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    • 08 Mar 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem

    Wal-Mart's and Microsoft's dominance in modern business has been attributed to any number of factors, ranging from the vision and drive of their founders to the companies' aggressive competitive practices. But the performance of these two... View Details
    Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
    • Web

    Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

    Articulating Business Strategy with the Four Ps Show Hide Details Concepts Making Tough Choices: Course Introduction Balancing Innovation and Control, Part I Balancing Innovation and Control, Part II... View Details
    • Web

    The Idea of Instant Photography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

    Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness Leadership... View Details
    • 20 May 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: May 20

    findings suggest that restricting the entry of large stores does not necessarily lead to a world with fewer stores, but one with different stores, with uncertain competitive effects on independent retailers. Publisher's link:... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

    with 10 percent of total revenues in fiscal 2021. HBS Online Although HBS Online revenue declined 3 percent to $74 million in fiscal 2022 from $76 million a year earlier, the group performed well in the face of increased competition and... View Details
    • 24 Jan 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: Jan. 24

    Authors:Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high technological, market, and competitive uncertainty. In this... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 27 Nov 2000
    • Research & Ideas

    The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

    independent. "Firestone's historical excellence and disastrous response to global competition and technological innovation," writes Sull, "posed a paradox for industry observers: Why had the industry's best managed company... View Details
    Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation