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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Seeing Things Others Don’t
impressive results as he has moved in and out of stocks with an uncanny ability to anticipate their ups and downs amid the economy’s twists and turns. Said a colleague, “How do you explain genius? Ken just sees View Details
- October 2003 (Revised January 2016)
- Exercise
The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: An Exercise
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Laura Feldman
This short fictional case forms the basis of a team decision-making exercise. The case, inspired by a real decision facing a major telecommunications company, describes a cross-functional management team convened by the CEO for the purpose of developing a... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Risk and Uncertainty; Information Management; Perspective; Product Launch; Internet and the Web; Knowledge Sharing; Telecommunications Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Laura Feldman. "The BCPC Internet Strategy Team: An Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 604-035, October 2003. (Revised January 2016.) (Six supplements available for Chris Berkowitz, Dana Jones, Jan Trow, Kim Wilson, Leslie Rhee, and Terry Maneri.)
- 08 Sep 2016
- Blog Post
4 Unexpected Things I Learned at HBS
day-out with the extraordinary people who have surrounded me for the last two years. As I ready for my move to Chicago for my next adventure, I wanted to share a few things that I’ve learned during my time here. 1. I learned to ask for... View Details
- March 1999 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Network Associates: Securing the Internet
By: Debora L. Spar
Follows one company's path through the uncharted terrain of government regulation and the Internet. In March 1998, Network Associates announced it would begin selling powerful encryption software from its Dutch subsidiary. Such a move looked to the U.S. government like... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Information Technology Industry; Public Administration Industry; Telecommunications Industry; United States
Spar, Debora L., and Jennifer Burns. "Network Associates: Securing the Internet." Harvard Business School Case 799-087, March 1999. (Revised May 1999.)
- 2001
- Chapter
The Commercialization of Internet Access: Lessons from Recent Experience
By: Shane Greenstein
Greenstein, Shane. "The Commercialization of Internet Access: Lessons from Recent Experience." Chap. 10 in Innovation Policy in the Knowledge-based Economy, edited by Maryann Feldman and Albert N. Link, 213–230. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.
- 24 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things
hold six. No matter that your favorite craft beer store permits you buy bottles one at a time. Chances are you’d still buy six, just to fill all six spaces in the box. “People really don’t like to leave things incomplete,” says Kate... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
The Next Big Thing
It's a case of competition and strategy on a global scale, and the stakes could hardly be higher. The prize? Leadership in the realm of life sciences, a field that experts say will shape and dominate... View Details
- 18 Feb 2021
- News
What You Gain When You Give Things Up
- 2021
- Chapter
Geographic Inequality and the Internet
By: Chris Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein
BOOK ABSTRACT: This cutting-edge Handbook offers fresh perspectives on the key topics related to the unequal use of digital technologies. Considering the ways in which technologies are employed, variations in conditions under which people use digital media and... View Details
Forman, Chris, Avi Goldfarb, and Shane Greenstein. "Geographic Inequality and the Internet." In Handbook of Digital Inequality, edited by Eszter Hargittai. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising
billboard-shaped notices—about 10 percent of those who saw the ads were enticed to click on them. These surfers were taken to the sponsor's Web site, and a new age in advertising had begun. Today, advertising on the View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
- February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
- Module Note
Things Fall Apart Summary: The Challenge of New Principles
By: Sandra J. Sucher
A summary of the major themes discussed in the fourth class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details
Sucher, Sandra J. "Things Fall Apart Summary: The Challenge of New Principles." Harvard Business School Module Note 607-068, February 2007. (Revised March 2007.)
- March 2002
- Case
AOL, Cisco, Yahoo!: Building the Internet Commons
By: James E. Austin
Since the spring of 2001, AOL, Cisco, and Yahoo! had collaborated on ways to improve the effectiveness of using the Internet to benefit society. Each company considered itself strongly committed to philanthropy, making significant charitable donations, and fostering a... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Community Relations; Information Technology Industry; Web Services Industry
Austin, James E. "AOL, Cisco, Yahoo!: Building the Internet Commons." Harvard Business School Case 302-088, March 2002.
- 2011
- Chapter
Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lessons from the Internet
By: Shane Greenstein
Greenstein, Shane. "Nurturing the Accumulation of Innovations: Lessons from the Internet." In Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors, edited by Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell, 189–224. National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. University of Chicago Press, 2011.
- 15 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
Sustainability is a core value at HBS, and we endeavor to build a healthier, more sustainable, and inclusive community. We know that environmental sustainability is of growing interest to our student community and teamed up with the HBS... View Details
- 25 Feb 2013
- News
In Search of the Spark...and the Next Big Thing
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Play's the Thing
weekly community-service visits to the old man for six months. "It's an arrangement neither of them is very happy with," Baron told the St. Petersburg Times (July 12, 2001), "but once they get to know each other a little better, they end... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- September 2001
- Article
The Emerging Position of the Internet as an Advertising Medium
By: Alvin J. Silk, Lisa R. Klein and Ernst R. Berndt
Silk, Alvin J., Lisa R. Klein, and Ernst R. Berndt. "The Emerging Position of the Internet as an Advertising Medium." Netnomics 3, no. 2 (September 2001): 129–148.
- Research Summary
Internet Auctions for Close Substitutes
(with Eric Budish)
This is mainly an experimental project where we compare many auction designs in a market for close substitutes. We hypothesize some information will not get to market if there is sequential bidding and/or a hard close, and that this will... View Details
- 2005
- Chapter
The Economic Geography of Internet Infrastructure in the United States
By: Shane Greenstein
Greenstein, Shane. "The Economic Geography of Internet Infrastructure in the United States." Chap. 8 in Handbook of Telecommunications Economics, Volume 2: Technology Evolution and the Internet, edited by Sumit K. Majumdar, Ingo Vogelsang, and Martin Cave, 289–364. Elsevier/North-Holland, 2005.
- 19 Oct 2016
- News