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- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
that has been disrupted by the earthquakes, including agriculture and animal husbandry—to remain in place and not have to settle elsewhere. “This allows them to modernize their lifestyle but still allows them to live with their animals... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
would be least disruptive to her advancement as a financial analyst. As she emphasized in her earlier Bulletin interviews, she has also depended on a family network comprising her and her husband's parents and siblings to "share the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
changed dramatically, or succeeded. This realization, in turn, led Sahlman to focus on execution—the proving ground for people, opportunity, context, and deal. For example, he wrote about the contrasting implementation strategies of Ovation View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
At Cyberposium, Amazon's Bezos Debunks Internet Myths
movie theaters did with the advent of television. Myth #2: There are no barriers to entry on the Internet. What about the huge sums, asked Bezos, that Amazon and other e-commerce companies invest in their businesses? Barriers to entry are actually getting higher in the... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
A Streamlined Time Inc.
vice president of Time Inc. and president of brands, laid out his vision for a more efficient and innovative future for the 94-year-old media company: “There’s clearly some disruption going on in the marketplace and we’re making some... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
whom he’d known since high school. They were equally intrigued. “We thought, why don’t we use that technology to disrupt the grocery industry by bringing the same type of efficiencies to the supermarket?”... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age
When considering how to enter the digital learning arena, HBS did what any startup would do. It began in 2012 by identifying a challenge: How to merge the unique elements of the HBS learning experience with the latest technology to create... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Health Industry Alumni Convene for Conference
analyses. Afternoon sessions included a presentation by HBS professor Clayton Christensen on disruptive technologies in health care; a panel, moderated by HBS professor Gary Pisano, on individually tailored... View Details
- 05 May 2011
- News
Blazing a Trail for Glenn Beck
companies, Morgan said she has drawn inspiration and guidance from HBS professor Clay Christensen’s book, The Innovator’s Dilemma. In it, he describes his theory of how disruptive technologies help to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Anti-Social Media
Li Photo courtesy Altimeter Group A former executive at Forrester Research and consultant at Monitor, in 2008 Charlene Li (MBA 1993) founded the Altimeter Group, which designs pragmatic strategies to help companies leverage disruptive... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
Here, alumni and faculty experts weigh in on some of the assumptions about a hyper-connected world. The upgrade to 5G will be revolutionary for consumers. The arrival of 3G, which delivered the iPhone to the world and made it mainstream, was the stuff of real View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
to merge with information from other facilities. There’s a new disruptive technology in the works, personal electronic health records (PEHRs), an open-source tool that collects data from all providers and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
The Digital Deck
miles apart? To find a new sort of energy, HBS built a unique technology platform to support classic HBS learning tools, notes HBX's executive director Jana Kierstead. In the case of a cold call, for example, a student is given a question... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
increase? —Rob Kautz (MBA 1987) Many argue that anonymity is one of the key disruptions Bitcoin introduces. I think anonymity is valuable only in the early days and for a specific group of people. If we want Bitcoin to become more... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
if we had been more alert. Fortunately, the benefits gained from confronting the problem will outweigh the pain. What benefits do you foresee? We're learning lessons that will change future behavior. Some of us are finally understanding not only how reliant we are on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
From Fellowship Recipient to ‘The Most Influential Business Thinker On Earth’
Investing in HBS Giving Through HBS Giving Together Jump-Start FAQ Renowned as the leading authority on disruptive innovation, Professor Clay Christensen attributes his remarkable success as an entrepreneur and as a scholar to his humble... View Details
Keywords: awards
- 10 Apr 2019
- News
Rakuten’s Mikitani Bets $5.5 Billion To Shake Up Japan’s Telecom Industry
A recent feature in Forbes outlines Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani’s plan to disrupt Japan’s mobile phone market. Named Rakuten Mobile, the company hopes to build the network in “half the time and at a cost of up to 40% less than what it... View Details
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition
more than 10 awards for innovation. Busbud promotes its disruptive innovation as freeing bus travelers from having to go to physical bus stations to buy tickets or plan their travel while expanding their transportation options. It also... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
technologies that changed how or what we see, we changed ourselves and the world around us. Visual technologies propelled the human journey from walking apes to masters of nature to self-obsessed screen... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
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Technologies for Innovation, Thomke argues that many companies are not yet making the best use of breakthrough technologies for experimentation — including simulation and computer modeling — to generate and... View Details