Information And Transformation Function - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The Inner Workings of Corporate Headquarters

based on who communicates with whom. A large, multidivisional information technology company (referred to in the paper as "BigCo") agreed to let the researchers have access to internal e-mails among more than 30,000 employees... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

transformed life and work in the second half of the twentieth century. I chronicle the evolution of the new high-tech industries from their beginnings by the first-movers until the end of the twentieth... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

about the relationships between financial and nonfinancial information, developing the supporting metrics to test and validate these relationships, and then pulling all of this... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2013
News

Recognizing Potential

When Mark Stevens (MBA 1989) first heard about HBX, he immediately recognized its potential for providing a transformational learning experience for participants around the world. "I understand the impact you can achieve by creating... View Details

Keywords: Internet; distance learning; online education; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

11 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Financial Services 24/7

week for it to clear will be equally unfathomable. Technology is transforming the banking industry so rapidly that anything less than around-the-clock electronic access to bank accounts seems unthinkable. While predictions vary widely as... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

23 Feb 2016
First Look

February 23, 2016

months, on average, after AIPA's enactment. These findings suggest a hitherto unexplored benefit of the patent system: by requiring inventions to be published through a credible, standardized, and centralized repository, it mitigates... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

number of Americans eligible for cancer prevention and treatment. The new strategy brings with it considerable political risk. Leveraging an organization with three million volunteers, this case describes how he skillfully View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Why I Spent this Summer Coding

entrepreneurs to build our own technical skillsets to become the person who can transform seedling ideas into actual offerings. When you're building, you're constantly expanding your understanding of both the problem View Details

13 Jun 2016
Blog Post

Is HBS Cutthroat or Collaborative?

techie, and me (a science teacher turned dental-startup enthusiast) convert into a confident, informed team providing direction to a momentous company, potentially affecting accessibility of millions of... View Details

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business of Babies

We prefer to think of babies as cuddly bundles of joy, but they are also products at the center of a multibillion-dollar market in adoptions and scientific conception, a market that few people acknowledge View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

01 Sep 2004
News

Outsourcing for Radical Change

distinctive aspects of transformational outsourcing. First, senior management has the explicit intention of transforming the organization, and secondly, the impact of the... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Information; Information

15 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

A New Model for Business: The Museum

we understand the role and appreciate that an expert who functions as our decision-making proxy makes for a much better museum-going experience” But Harvard Business School's Ray Weaver says that what... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

November 2024
Case

Ather Energy: The Future of Mobility

By: Shunyuan Zhang, Kannan Srinivasan and Malini Sen

Ather Energy, India’s third-largest electric scooter maker by volume, was founded in 2013. Five years later, the start-up launched its first electric scooter, Ather 450, which was powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), to navigate... View Details

Keywords: Energy Policy; Climate Change; Alternative Energy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Transportation; Transformation; Green Technology; Technology Adoption; Communication Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Asia; India

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17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

article: http://hbr.org/2012/07/a-better-way-to-tax-us-businesses/ar/1 How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure Authors:Anil Doshi, Glen W.S. Dowell, and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jul 2016
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July 5, 2016

range of behavior change models and evidence related to littering, water and energy conservation, and land management. We also discuss the methodology View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?

different brands and categories at various stages of market development. Much of the controversy surrounding DTCA involves the question of whether advertising informs rather than persuades. Our present... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

14 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 14, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808040 Dove: Evolution of a Brand Harvard Business School Case 508-047 Examines the evolution of Dove from functional brand to a brand with a point of view after Unilever... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

August 2004
Case

Microsoft.NET (Abridged)

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman

Set in the summer of 2000, following the unveiling of Microsoft's .NET initiative to the public. Three of the key figures in .NET's development are considering the next steps they would have to take to keep the initiative moving forward. Specifically, the challenges... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Structure; Digital Platforms

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Kamen Bliznashki

has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path to date? My HBS experience has been absolutely transformational for not just my career ambitions, but also my values and attitudes. It has... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Extractive Minerals; Manufacturing

February 1999 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Egghead to Egghead.com (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell

Over the course of 12 months in 1997 and 1998, Egghead senior management decided to shut down its 180 brick-and-mortar retail stores and move to an electronic store. The case describes the evolution of that process, and the role of its CEO George Orban, and poses... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Internet and the Web; Transformation; Decisions; Corporate Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Market Transactions; Buildings and Facilities; Retail Industry

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