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  • 18 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 18

make its service worthwhile for all. Drivers hesitate to pay for SaferTaxi's smartphones and service unless these will deliver passenger bookings-and passengers have no reason to sign up unless drivers are available. Meanwhile, regulators... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 07 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 7

Course MaterialsDemand Media John Deighton and Leora KornfeldHarvard Business School Case 511-043 Google search had helped Demand Media grow to be a $1.9 billion online publisher. Then, social media and smartphone apps began to change the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Oct 2012
  • First Look

First Look: October 30

Taiwan-based HTC Corp. faced difficult times by 2012. CEO Peter Chou, who drove HTC's transformation from an unknown manufacturer of PDAs for other companies to a well-known global player in smartphones, faced an uncertain and complex environment. Apple's lead in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 23, 2015

small, Apple was increasingly dependent on the iPhone to drive its growth. Could Cook continue Apple's dominance in the smartphone market in the face of growing competition? Could he revitalize the iPad business, become a leader in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Sep 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Web Surfers Have a Schedule and Stick to It

allocated. Clickstream data was provided by ComScore, an audience measurement firm. In the development of the internet, 2008 and 2013 were landmark years. Netflix and Hulu began offering streaming services in 2008, and YouTube videos were all over the Web. View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail; Web Services
  • 19 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?

cutbacks, the firm was late to the game in the digital imaging market. In 2012, Kodak filed for bankruptcy. The aforementioned Nokia fixated on maintaining its leadership in the low-end phone business, a failure to anticipate the rise of View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Apr 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Are Technology Companies Ripe for Disruption?

smartphones for the masses to similar other innovative technologies for rural households." Heaven forbid, Kapil Kumar Sopory even suggested that the problem is us. "Each one (of us) has his limited priorities and remains content... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology
  • 10 Nov 2008
  • Research Event

Social Media Leads the Future of Technology

set the context for the ensuing discussion. Today, millions of Web users generate free content, and we are witnessing an "explosion" in video and cell phone use, he continued, with more than 100 million smartphones already in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 15 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 15

penetration of smartphone devices was high and the economy was developed or in markets where the use of mobile devices was taking off but the economy was still developing. The other critical decision was whether to continue to invest in... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

note:http://hbr.org/search/612067-PDF-ENG Quietly Brilliant: Transformational Change at HTC Michael L. Tushman and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Case 412-070 The case examines smartphone maker HTC's 2006 decision to become a branded... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Aug 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Supersmart Manufacturing Tools are Lowering Prices on TVs, Bulbs, and Solar Panels

especially anything incorporating electronics. It’s also instructive to watch industries China is subsidizing where there are dramatic capacity expansions. It’s actually amazing how cheap (for the level of quality you get) it is to buy a camera lens for a View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing; Electronics
  • 09 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 9, 2015

changed competitive environment the company faced in smartphones and mobile phones. The strategy shift would include transitioning Nokia's phone operating system to Microsoft Windows and closing phone R&D centers and factories in 13... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 7

many users but also multiple types of users. For example, it's not enough that many customers want to book taxis by smartphone. Drivers must also be willing to accept smartphone bookings. Harvard Business School professor Ben Edelman has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309114 Purchase the supplement: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309115 HTC Corp. in 2009 Harvard Business School Case 709-466 Taiwan-based HTC Corp. had emerged as the world's fourth... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 25

worldwide PC market still languished below 5%. Growth in iPod sales was slowing down. iPhone faced increasing competition in the smartphone industry. And would Apple's latest creation, the iPad, take the company to the next level?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Crowdfunding a Poor Investment?

writers—to fund their work, often with the only return an advance copy of a DVD, concert tickets, or a signed thank-you note. Some companies have run with the Kickstarter concept to create products as well, the most successful being Pebble, a watch capable of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 19 Feb 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

smartphones for them to easily report anomalies or concerns. Reports from the app are embedded in a new real-time crisis management platform used by several Swiss companies, federal authorities, and the Swiss Army. Despite a full array of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 May 2015
  • Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation
  • 17 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 17

smartphone business, leveraging experimentation it has done in tablets and a range of hybrid devices. Will its experimentation and recombination of features lead it to market success or simply confuse consumers? Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Jan 2021
  • Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

fraught example, about TraceTogether—a smartphone app to support community-driven contact tracing to slow the spread of COVID-19—that public entrepreneurs leave their office to ask people for feedback. Lagace: How do you hire talent for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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