Digital Manufacturing - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Feb 2019
Book

What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

and showrooming are not going away. They decided to charge manufacturers for putting those items on the shelf. When a company like Samsung puts TVs on display at Best Buy, Samsung is benefiting whether you buy it from Best Buy or Amazon.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Beauty & Cosmetics; Insurance; Service; Retail

18 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

How Economic Clusters Drive Globalization

(Photo source: iStock) Economic cluster theory has been used to describe the growth of many industries, including the automotive business around Detroit, high tech in Silicon Valley, and digital media in Seoul. These regions benefit by a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness

20 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Gaps in the Historical Record: Development of the Electronics Industry

begin with consumer electronics. That industry began with radio. Two enterprises commercialized, that is, brought the technology into public use: Radio Corporation of America (RCA), a joint venture of the three leading U.S. electrical and telecommunication View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Consumer Products

07 Feb 2019
Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

other mistake companies make with innovative culture is presenting it as something that is going to be really fun." And, sometimes responding is not even the right response. As I write in the book with the example of digital... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

considered to be especially important. “I have had papers rejected because they are ‘of interest to a specialized audience and not to a general audience,’” says Shane Greenstein, the MBA Class of 1957 Professor of Business Administration and co-chair of the HBS View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

01 Jul 2021
Office Hours

Readers Ask: Which Companies Are Transforming Work?

system. They’re just not working. "We do a very poor job of teaching that in the United States—giving people a basic familiarity with digital technology." "The second is that a lot of the shortage of workers is coming in the form of View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

31 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018

and financial technology, the digital health ecosystem is in its nascent stages and has been waiting for a catalyst to seed the system. This National Health Protection Scheme is expected to provide just this impetus for widespread... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Aug 2024
Book

Why Competing With Tech Giants Requires Finding Your Own Edge

native brands. Founded in 2011 by ex-Googler Steven Yang, Anker sells digital accessories—batteries, cables, chargers, and so forth. These products are also offered by hundreds of other manufacturers or... View Details

Keywords: by Feng Zhu; Technology; Information Technology

15 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 15

more: http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9780631215066_chunk_g978063121506624 Peer-to-Peer File Sharing and the Market for Digital Information Goods Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Andres Hervas-Drane... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

(CD) and the compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM) and, again with Philips, the digital videodisk (DVD). By the 1990s Philips's functional capabilities were unable to meet the Japanese competition. Its technical capabilities had been... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Manufacturing

14 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Andy Grove on the Confident Leader

digital form, stored in this platform, and therefore ready to be transported in digital form. WK: Journeying from one business model to another is a formidable leadership challenge, especially in an industry... View Details

Keywords: by Walter Kiechel; Technology

10 Dec 2007
HBS Case

One Laptop per Child

agreed to manufacture the laptop. On the technological front, OLPC tackled puzzles such as creating a product both useful and fun for children of primary school age. (See CloseUp below). But despite its visionary goals and widespread... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Computer

14 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Getting Down to the Business of Creativity

the wake of advances made in digital technology. "Fuji experienced the same situation that buggy whip manufacturers confronted when cars were invented," she says. "The difference is that there... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Entertainment & Recreation

11 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 11

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52472 Harvard Business School Case 717-474 Walmart: Navigating a Changing Retail Landscape As the largest company, by revenue, in the world, Walmart has been a lightning rod for criticism. However, in an attempt to stay... View Details

21 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 21

ecosystem. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911066-PDF-ENG Cipla 2011 Rohit Deshpandé, Sandra J. Sucher, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 511-050 Dr. Yusuf Hamied, head of the Indian pharma and generics View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507005 Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola and Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector Harvard Business School Case 407-027 Chief Timothy Adeola Odutola was an important contributor to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Nov 2020
In Practice

How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other

stronger demand for home goods and furnishings. Many retailers may be wary about excess inventory and will pare back their ordering. The COVID-19 pandemic is also adversely affecting the supply chains of manufacturers who provide goods to... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Retail

20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

manufacturer like Ford Motor Company. Ford cooperates with its suppliers to design new vehicles even as it negotiates vigorously with them over the terms on which parts will be supplied. By cooperating to develop new cars, Ford and its... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

Packaged good manufacturers were eager to create a direct-to-consumer link like the one Dell found to sell computers. Such a link would minimize wasteful and inefficient marketing practices, which to date have mostly focused on broadcast... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail

February 2018
Teaching Plan

Tesla in 2015

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Olivia Hull and Sarah Mehta

Teaching Note for HBS No. 817-081. View Details

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