Mobile - Publications - Faculty & Research

March–April 2017
Article

Innovation Outcomes in a Distributed Organization: Intrafirm Mobility and Access to Resources

Prior research has established a relation between intra-firm mobility and innovation outcomes at distributed organizations. The literature has also uniformly agreed on the mechanism underlying this relationship: the sharing of tacit knowledge and recombination of ideas... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Structure; Innovation and Invention; Resource Allocation

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03 Jan 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Value of Advice: Evidence from Mobile Phone-Based Agricultural Extension

Keywords: by Shawn A. Cole; Agriculture & Agribusiness

February 2025
Article

Seeing the Whole: Configurational Cognition and New Venture Resource Mobilization

By: Goran Calic, François Neville, Santi Furnari and C. S. Richard Chan

Research is scant on how multiple venture attributes combine as “whole packages” of signals (or cognitive configurations) in resource holders’ eyes, shaping a venture’s ability to mobilize resources. Drawing on a Qualitative Comparative Analysis of 1,395 crowdfunding... View Details

Keywords: Crowdfunding; Mission and Purpose; Entrepreneurship; Communication; Perception

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May–June 2013
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Can Global Brands Create Just Supply Chains? Response: Promoting Political Mobilization

By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel

Codes of conduct indicate that working conditions are improving overall at the factories being monitored by multinational corporations, and that these codes of conduct also create possibilities for political mobilization that can improve labor conditions more broadly. View Details

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01 Mar 2013
News

For Mobile Devices, Think Apps, Not Ads

30 Apr 2008
News

Perspectives: XG's low-energy mobiles threaten high disruption

24 Apr 2014
News

MBAs mobilize to assist small business owners

Michael Baker (MBA 2014) and three of his HBS classmates hit the road last summer to create MBAs Across America (MBAxAmerica), a movement of MBAs and entrepreneurs working together to revitalize America. “We believe a new generation of MBAs can help unleash the... View Details

July 2012 (Revised April 2014)
Case

Research In Motion: The Mobile OS Platform War

By: Alan MacCormack, Brian Dunn and Chris F. Kemerer

The case describes competition in the market for smart phones in the US, and the position of one player, Research In Motion (RIM) who manufacture the popular Blackberry line of products. Early in 2011, RIM is in trouble. Its stock price has plummeted, amidst poor... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Product Development; Technology Strategy; Platform Strategy; Software; Hardware; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Applications and Software; Telecommunications Industry; Technology Industry; Canada; United States

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April 2007
Teaching Note

iPod vs. Cell Phone: A Mobile Music Revolution? (TN)

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching note to 707419. View Details

Keywords: Music Entertainment; Emerging Markets; Brands and Branding; Sales; Opportunities; Price; Business Model; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Service Delivery; Music Industry

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14 Dec 2015
News

Mobilizing Action on Climate Change and Water Quality

environment, in Ireland and in Europe, and in the world, I wanted to work with the Irish EPA. The main things we’re working on is water quality and climate change, trying to get people in Ireland mobilized and active, and changing... View Details

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Mobile Exporters: New Foreign Investors in East Asia

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Trade; Asia

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2018
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Measuring Venezuela's Inflation Using Crowdsourcing and Mobile Phones

By: Alberto Cavallo

Keywords: Inflation; Crowdsourcing; Macroeconomics; Inflation and Deflation; Venezuela

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Mobile Apps: Possibilities and Pitfalls of Location-Based Marketing

By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz

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November 2013
Teaching Note

Research In Motion: The Mobile OS Platform War

By: Alan MacCormack, Brian Kimball Dunn and Chris F. Kemerer

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30 Sep 2020
Podcast

How San Antonio’s Project Quest facilitates upward mobility

In confronting the economic and social crises roiling the US in late 2020, it helps to have deep roots in local communities. San Antonio’s Project Quest brings to the task decades of success in advancing upward mobility in underserved areas. The nonprofit’s savvy,... View Details