Modeling Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

May 2008 (Revised March 2010)
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Palm (B): 2001

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Kevin Boudreau and Jordan Mitchell

This case series looks at three important inflection points in Palm's history that relate to decisions about its platform: when the company was debating whether to open its operating system (OS) for licensing to third-party hardware manufacturers; 2001, when the... View Details

Keywords: History; Decisions; Business Model; Technological Innovation; Strategy; Value Creation; Digital Platforms; Rights; Competition; Computer Industry

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28 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Helping Yelp Create More Accurate Reviews

and its reviews drop from three stars to two—does the rating system pick up on this change in a timely manner that is meaningful to diners? Is the same merit placed on old reviews as new ones? How will a diner know that the food and menu have changed? "Our View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Food & Beverage

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Getting Involved - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Health Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network VBHCD Initiative VBHCD... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Driven

innovative framework for understanding the human experience and offers intriguing insights into individual and organizational behavior with practical applications for government, business, and community leaders. Noted experts on... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Oct 2000
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Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right

With his thorough understanding of the airline industry's complex pricing policies, Brier was the ideal person to explain to carriers how they, as suppliers, would benefit from the new venture. With the airlines on board, more than five million customers would follow,... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network effects, users prefer to consume the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 13

and Tiona ZuzulHarvard Business School Case 410-081 Living PlanIT is a start-up company that has developed a new, innovative business model for sustainable urbanization. This View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2010
Teaching Note

American Well: The Doctor Will E-See You Now (TN)

By: Elie Ofek

Teaching Note for 510061. View Details

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Innovation and Invention; Online Technology; Revenue; System; Opportunities; Technology Adoption; Growth and Development; Brands and Branding; Business Model; Health Industry; United States

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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Industry Research | Baker Library

and security tech. To explore industry information, use the Sectors tab from the top navigation menu. For trends and insights, select the Analysis tab. Frameworks for analysis include Innovation Landscapes, Consumer Insights, Thematic... View Details

12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

firms. They also affect trading signal classifications, back-testing inferences, track records of individual analysts, and models of analysts' career outcomes in the three years following the changes. Long-Run Stockholder Consumption Risk... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3

solutions to known problems, the founding team formed an emergent goal that presented an innovative solution to a new problem and became the basis of the new company's business model. We analyze this process to explain how, under... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2024
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The Road Less Traveled

Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; illustrations by WACSO; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

interests were extremely broad, especially when I considered different functions” she recalled. Adam’s analytical aptitude coupled with his appetite for understanding climate change solutions resonated with Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), a venture capital firm... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016

successful company or career. Koch’s innovative business model and frank stories offer counterintuitive lessons applicable to business and to life. He has surprising advice on sales, marketing, hiring, and... View Details

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An Emerging Entrepreneur | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

validating the model before closing the initial investment round, after which he hopes to scale quickly, with the goal of serving 10,000 students in five years. Reflecting on his time at HBS, Bichara cites the case method’s impact in... View Details

06 Dec 2018
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Source Code

MORE Listen to Donna Dubinsky explain why we shouldn't fear the Terminator, on the Skydeck podcast Google can identify a dog because the search engine has been fed millions of images of dogs—all labeled as such by humans—and it’s used those images to create a visual... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

25 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 25

(shortest expected processing time). Moreover, they exercise more discretion as they accumulate experience. Exploiting random assignment of tasks to doctors’ queues, instrumental variable models reveal that these deviations erode... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”

state-of-the-art enterprise B2B software utilizing SaaS business models inspired him to seek more. Going to HBS, with its start-up support system, would give Stan, “a guided experience into the world of entrepreneurship.” Gaining an... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship

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DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS RESEARCH LINKS SITE CREDITS GEORGES F. DORIOT Introduction EDUCATION Early Years at HBS Educating Leaders INNOVATION & VC Wartime View Details

27 Jan 2023
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Turning Up the Volume

Edelman’s corporate sponsorship model gives its employees the ability to work pro bono with sponsored clients. “Because of Lex’s leadership, our partnership is beyond the run-of-the-mill corporate-sponsorship model,” notes Goldman, “and... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

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