Platforms And Ecosystems - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Rescuing Products with Stealth Positioning

its market penetration—like that of rivals Microsoft (with the Xbox) and Nintendo (with the GameCube)—has been limited by a narrow customer base of mostly males in their late teens and twenties. Sony's goal... View Details

Keywords: by Youngme Moon

18 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 18

https://hbr.org/product/indus-towers-from-infancy-to-maturity/415005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-031 Homestrings, Inc.: Diaspora-Based Financing and the Crowd Funding of Development Homestrings is an online investment View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29

such a way that talent is developed along with the business. Publisher's link: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/esm/doifinder/10.1057/9781137294678.0085 August 2013 International Journal of Industrial Organization Information and Two-Sided... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 23

costs for the company contacts outsourcing the work, as the workers in India are paid about the market wage for their work. These results and other observations lead to the conclusion that diaspora connections continue to be important... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Nov 2006
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2006

founded a regional marketing effort to brand or market the area, but then shifted focus to building clusters. Examines the motivations of companies and company executives to get involved in regional competitiveness efforts View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

of data and protocols so that records can be aggregated. In Massachusetts, for example, Blue Cross Blue Shield has invested heavily in a pilot program to develop a medical records platform that could be... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

with a duopoly, no operating system ends up exploiting fully its potential because developers' efforts wind up divided between the two systems. However, with a monopoly, the efforts to develop new software and improve the View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

Healthsuite is an open platform that provides a secure and private home for data, allowing care providers and consumers to use the information to make decisions about patient... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

20 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 20, 2007

market); developing a platform for DVR-based advertising; entering the audience research business; leveraging TiVo's intellectual property both through litigation and in the marketplace; View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

May 2017
Supplement

Betfair (B)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, John Heilbron and Neil Campbell

Buoyed by success in the market for gambling contracts, Betfair attempts to enter the market for financial products using its exchange model. View Details

Keywords: Betfair; Exchange; Business Model; Betting; Leisure Industry; Market Design; Digital Platforms; Diversification; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Europe

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08 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 8

2005, China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) announced it would join the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). At that time, COSCO initiated sustainability reporting practices in line with the UNGC, and over the next six years these... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

It’s All in a Name: Reputable Investors Help Startups Shine

a new study coauthored by Harvard Business School Professor Shai Bernstein. “Attracting high-quality talent is an important challenge for any young firm, and it’s critical to establishing reputation and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

the platform for one conversation in which all stakeholders can and must participate.” Additionally, One Report ensures that a coherent and consistent message is going out to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

emerged in areas ranging from labor markets to credit applications to housing—sometimes made worse by a lack of regulation, the absence of in-person interactions, and the use of automation and big data. How... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

19 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 19

"money management" and the "investment systems platform" businesses. Students analyze why BlackRock decided to unbundle its Aladdin investment platform and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 18, 2007

of two software product platforms through the modeling lens of design structure matrices (DSMs) and design rule theory. Our analysis shows that DSM models and options theory... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

July 2015 (Revised August 2015)
Teaching Note

Resuscitating Monitter

By: Benjamin Edelman and Wei Sun

Supplements 915027. View Details

Keywords: Digital Platforms; Strategy; Entrepreneurship

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27 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 27, 2007

between a standalone videogame console and a PC tailored to play videogames. It remained unclear, however, where along the spectrum from dedicated console to PC Microsoft should position the Xbox. Would it be an open View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 5

Publications August 2014 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Emodiversity and the Emotional Ecosystem By: Quoidbach, Jordi, June Gruber, Moïra Mikolajczak, Alexsandr Kogan, Ilios Kotsou, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne