Market Power - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 17, 2023
Article

01 Oct 2000
News

Books

Design Rules: The Power of Modularity (Volume 1) by Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim B. Clark (The MIT Press) Today's fast-paced global economy often seems to operate as an independent force, but its products, firms, and View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Alumni Books

have distilled six counterintuitive practices these organizations use to improve the world. They offer lessons for readers interested in creating significant social change, including nonprofit managers, donors, and volunteers. The View Details

Keywords: Noel Capon; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2019
News

INK: Big News for Small Business

spur a powerful transformation in access and opportunity. If we can foster an environment where innovation comes together with capital markets and lending and reduces the barriers and frictions in small... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2005
News

Changing Lives One Computer at a Time

the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Academy, an innovative arts-focused charter school in the South Bronx. Dell has run the TechKnow program in 38 communities nationwide and served 4,100 students since early 2002. But the HBSAAA... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Sep 2010
News

You’ve Been YouTubed

or not we’re active users of them. A new case coauthored by HBS marketing professor John Deighton and research associate Leora Kornfeld offers an object lesson in what that means for big, recognizable companies and their brands. “United... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; social media; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services; Air Transportation; Transportation

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

the repo market be one of them? How can we set these markets so we don't have recurring panics? Finally, there's no question that there is one glaring omission in the legislation. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

Web

Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

into the power of a value proposition, conduct customer discovery, and determine whether a startup has achieved product-market fit? How can modern genAI tools assist in the ideation and value proposition discovery process? 2. Go to View Details

Web

Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment

Careers Climate Rising Climate Stories Clubs Courses & Curriculum Creating Emerging Markets Entrepreneurship Event Faculty Faculty Research IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production 2023 IFC Decarbonization & Sustainable Production... View Details

22 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

When Protestors Knock at Your Door

may serve as a clever way to differentiate a brand or product and capture market share. Q: What can managers learn from past experiences of targeted companies? Spar: I think the broadest lesson is not to underestimate the View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

Profile

Kayode Ogunro

power of private enterprise to bring positive change to Africa. "VCPE seemed like a pretty efficient way to finance growth," says Kayode. An e-mail exchange with Professor Lerner evolved into a guided thesis project on foreign... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

‘Green’ Trailblazers

on clean energy and the carbon markets Craig Lund (MBA 2008) 1366 Technologies Lexington, MA Develops innovative manufacturing solutions for silicon cell manufacturers that dramatically cut the cost of installed solar View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance; Management; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Professional Services

16 Jul 2013
News

Embracing Chaos

Ravi Venkatesan If anyone could write the recipe for business success in emerging markets, it would be Ravi Venkatesan (MBA 1992). After all, he's led not one, but two, major multinational companies—Cummins and Microsoft—in India and brought both to dominate their... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Oct 1997
News

Antitrust in Historical Perspective

within the same companies and as these companies grew ever larger. Wholesalers, who had long been powerful players in the American economy, began to see their functions made obsolete as big companies started View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Are Crummy Products Your Next Growth Opportunity?

cameras are almost expendable devices, offering much less quality but good enough to be incorporated into cell phones and PDAs reaching mass markets. Solar cells met limited success as alternative energy sources to the power grid, but... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1999
News

The Message and the Media: Advertising's Brave New World

to expand their market power through vertical and horizontal integration," Silk explains. Within the media industry, a central fact is that its many actors, from venerable big-city dailies to the hottest... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

identified in the education and skill system, labor market incentives and flexibility, the ability to translate R&D outcomes into economic value creation, and in preparing the economy for the new realities of globalization. Maybe most... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2022
In Practice

7 Trends to Watch in 2022

While some find the idea of exchanging digital tokens puzzling, in many ways it’s nothing new—through the same type of technology that powers cryptocurrency, NFTs provide a sort of “digital deed” that we can use to establish ownership of... View Details

Keywords: by HBS News

01 Dec 2008
News

Alumni Books

plans that are easy to apply. It highlights why marketing plans matter and where they go wrong and explains how to create a powerful plan that will help build a strong, profitable business. More than Money:... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

March 2012
Article

The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras

By: Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas

New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high technological, market, and competitive uncertainty. In this paper we explore how a firm's conceptualization of products in this context, reflected in its introduction of product features, is... View Details