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- May 2021 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
Coats: Supply Chain Challenges
By: Willy C. Shih and Adina Wong
Coats, the largest thread maker in the world, transformed its business to digital colour measurement so that it could respond better to customer demand in the garment industry for rapid product cycles and more fragmented colour choices. Its embrace of digital colour...
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Keywords:
Inventory Management;
Supply Chains;
Digital;
Operations;
Supply Chain Management;
Apparel and Accessories Industry;
Asia
Shih, Willy C., and Adina Wong. "Coats: Supply Chain Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 621-115, May 2021. (Revised July 2021.)
- 2017
- Working Paper
Digital Agility: The Impact of Software Portfolio Architecture on IT System Evolution
By: Alan MacCormack, Robert Lagerström, Martin Mocker and Carliss Y. Baldwin
The modern industrial firm increasingly relies on software to support its competitive position. However, the uncertain and dynamic nature of today’s global marketplace dictates that this software be continually evolved and adapted to meet new business challenges. This...
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Keywords:
Information Systems;
Software;
Architecture;
Modularity;
Agility;
Coupling;
Applications and Software;
Design;
Decisions;
Performance
MacCormack, Alan, Robert Lagerström, Martin Mocker, and Carliss Y. Baldwin. "Digital Agility: The Impact of Software Portfolio Architecture on IT System Evolution." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-105, May 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
- 2020
- Working Paper
Dog Eat Dog: Balancing Network Effects and Differentiation in a Digital Platform Merger
By: Chiara Farronato, Jessica Fong and Andrey Fradkin
Digital platforms are increasingly the subject of regulatory scrutiny. In comparison to multiple competitors, a single platform may increase consumer welfare if network effects are large or may decrease welfare due to higher prices or reduction in platform variety. We...
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Keywords:
Platform Differentiation;
Digital Platforms;
Network Effects;
Measurement and Metrics;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Outcome or Result
Farronato, Chiara, Jessica Fong, and Andrey Fradkin. "Dog Eat Dog: Balancing Network Effects and Differentiation in a Digital Platform Merger." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28047, November 2020.
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
image by Edmon de Haro image by Edmon de Haro Boris Eykher (MBA 2009) and Ilya Chernilovskiy (MBA 2013) watched the 2015 global price slump in commodities with horror. Prices for commodities fell to their lowest levels since the financial crisis, sending mining...
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Nicole Torres
- 14 Sep 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Digital Labor Market Inequality and the Decline of IT Exceptionalism
- April 2000 (Revised November 2003)
- Case
H. E. Butt Grocery Company: The New Digital Strategy (A)
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Melissa Dailey
Shows how the company's IT priorities have moved from primary supply chain restructuring to e-commerce. Shows the new organization structure created by the company.
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Supply Chain;
Technology Adoption;
Information Technology;
Retail Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Melissa Dailey. "H. E. Butt Grocery Company: The New Digital Strategy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 300-106, April 2000. (Revised November 2003.)
- February 2021
- Case
Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Norris
In 2020, Mike Heyink and Maya Stewart, co-founders of the Pay-as-you-Go Solar company Yellow were considering how to grow their startup. They had achieved some success in their first market, Malawi, and had recently entered Uganda, where business was slower. What did...
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Keywords:
Solar Energy;
Business Model;
Business Startups;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Alternative Energy;
Renewable Energy;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Green Technology;
Salesforce Management;
Diversification;
Expansion;
Energy Industry;
Africa;
South Africa;
Malawi;
Uganda
Applegate, Lynda M., Frank V. Cespedes, and Michael Norris. "Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa." Harvard Business School Case 821-041, February 2021.
- March 2012
- Article
The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras
By: Mary J. Benner and Mary Tripsas
New industries sparked by technological change are characterized by high technological, market, and competitive uncertainty. In this paper we explore how a firm's conceptualization of products in this context, reflected in its introduction of product features, is...
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Keywords:
Technology;
Transformation;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Competitive Strategy;
Product;
Values and Beliefs;
Mathematical Methods;
Power and Influence;
Behavior;
Experience and Expertise;
Design;
Market Entry and Exit;
Employment Industry;
Computer Industry
Benner, Mary J., and Mary Tripsas. "The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras." Strategic Management Journal 33, no. 3 (March 2012): 277–302.
- 23 Jan 2024
- News
More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World
- 11 Aug 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Influence of Prior Industry Affiliation on Framing in Nascent Industries: The Evolution of Digital Cameras
- February 2021
- Tutorial
What is AI?
By: Tsedal Neeley
This video explores the elements that constitute artificial intelligence (AI). From its mathematical basis to current advances in AI, this video introduces students to data, tools, and statistical models that make a computer 'intelligent.' Through an explanation of...
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- 07 Mar 2024
- News
Integrating Digital Tools into Every Stage of Your Sales Strategy
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
SUMMING UP Is antitrust just a quaint notion in the internet/Cloud age? What do you think? The lack of response to November’s column sends me a message: There appears to be less interest in antitrust issues regarding technology platforms...
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- February 2002
- Case
Innovating an "Outsourced R&D" Process for Matsushita Electric (MEI): Launching the Panasonic Digital Concepts Center
By: Henry W. Chesbrough and Jeremy Tachau
Shows interaction of venture capital, incubator, and external R&D in Panasonic's technology strategy.
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Keywords:
Technology;
Venture Capital;
Innovation Strategy;
Research and Development;
Technology Industry;
Japan
Chesbrough, Henry W., and Jeremy Tachau. Innovating an "Outsourced R&D" Process for Matsushita Electric (MEI): Launching the Panasonic Digital Concepts Center. Harvard Business School Case 602-120, February 2002.
- Article
How to Launch Your Digital Platform: A Playbook for Strategists
By: Benjamin Edelman
The ubiquity of Internet access has caused a sharp rise in the number of businesses offering platforms that connect users for communication or commerce. Entrepreneurs are particularly drawn to these platforms because they create significant value and have modest...
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Keywords:
Platforms;
Launch;
Mobilization Strategy;
Two-Sided Platforms;
Network Effects;
Adoption;
Entrepreneurship;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "How to Launch Your Digital Platform: A Playbook for Strategists." Harvard Business Review 93, no. 4 (April 2015): 90–97. (Reprinted in Launch a Start-Up That Lasts, Harvard Business Review OnPoint, Winter 2016.)
- Web
Technology | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Guides Technology Technology A starting place for research on the information technology industry; this guide points to the best resources available to the HBS community....
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- May 2017
- Article
The Reference Wars: Encyclopædia Britannica's Decline and Encarta's Emergence
By: Shane Greenstein
The experience of Encyclopædia Britannica provides the canonical example of the decline of an established firm at the outset of the digital age. Competition from Microsoft’s Encarta in 1993 led to sharp declines in the sales of books, which led to the distressed sale...
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Keywords:
Digital;
Britannica;
Diseconomies;
Encyclopedias;
Applications and Software;
Books;
Competition;
Publishing Industry
Greenstein, Shane. "The Reference Wars: Encyclopædia Britannica's Decline and Encarta's Emergence." Strategic Management Journal 38, no. 5 (May 2017): 995–1017.
- October 2001
- Supplement
BMW AG: The Digital Auto Project-An Interview With Chris Bangle, Head of Global Design
By: Stefan H. Thomke
Chris Bangle describes how BMW is trying to reduce its development time by half with the aid of computer-aided technologies. To leverage these technologies in the very competitive automotive industry, he talks about how BMW is faced with the challenges of changing its...
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Keywords:
Interpersonal Communication;
Management Practices and Processes;
Time Management;
Product Development;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Problems and Challenges;
Competition;
Information Technology;
Auto Industry
Thomke, Stefan H. "BMW AG: The Digital Auto Project-An Interview With Chris Bangle, Head of Global Design." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 602-802, October 2001.