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- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
As the Nigeria-Biafra war raged around them, Stella Dyer (MBA 1994), her mother, and her brother made a dangerous dash for a better life. Huddled in the belly of a Portuguese cargo plane returning from delivering arms to the Biafran forces, Dyer remembers Nigerian...
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Ralph Ranalli
- April 2017
- Case
Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (A)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Roman Beck and Christoph Müller-Bloch
Applegate, Lynda M., Roman Beck, and Christoph Müller-Bloch. "Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (A)." Harvard Business School Case 817-100, April 2017.
- 24 Jul 2023
- News
SEC Hosts Summer Blockchain Hackathon
- April 2017 (Revised November 2017)
- Supplement
Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Roman Beck and Christoph Müller-Bloch
Applegate, Lynda M., Roman Beck, and Christoph Müller-Bloch. "Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 817-101, April 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Blockchain 101: the Primer We Still Need
- May 2020
- Teaching Note
fidentiaX: The Tradable Insurance Marketplace on Blockchain
By: Alexander Braun, Lauren H. Cohen and Jiahua Xu
- 12 Jun 2020
- News
What Blockchain Could Mean for Your Health Data
- January 2019
- Teaching Plan
Blockchain and the Movement of Value in Africa
By: John D. Macomber
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 219-084.
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- October 2021 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
Chia Network: Reimagining Programmable Money
By: William A. Sahlman and George Gonzalez
Chia Network developed a novel blockchain platform that was more eco-friendly, decentralized, and scalable than Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other blockchains. Now, company leadership must decide how to scale the startup and prioritize various partnerships, use cases, and...
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Blockchain;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Technology Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Sahlman, William A., and George Gonzalez. "Chia Network: Reimagining Programmable Money." Harvard Business School Case 822-039, October 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- November 2017
- Teaching Note
Deutsche Bank: Pursuing Blockchain Opportunities (A) and (B)
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Roman Beck and Christoph Müller-Bloch
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 817-100 and 817-101.
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- Fall 2018
- Article
What Problems Will You Solve with Blockchain?: Before Jumping on the Bandwagon, Companies Need to Carefully Consider how Ledger Technologies Fit into their Overall Strategy
By: Teppo Felin and Karim R. Lakhani
Distributed ledger technologies — collectively known as blockchain — have burst onto the business scene, accompanied by a significant amount of hype.They are widely expected to disrupt existing industries and lead to the creation of new types of companies. Some of the...
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Felin, Teppo, and Karim R. Lakhani. "What Problems Will You Solve with Blockchain? Before Jumping on the Bandwagon, Companies Need to Carefully Consider how Ledger Technologies Fit into their Overall Strategy." Reprint 60115. MIT Sloan Management Review 60, no. 1 (Fall 2018).
- 9 Jun 2019 - 11 Jun 2019
- Conference Presentation
Disrupting the Disruptors or Enhancing Them? How Blockchain Re-Shapes Two-Sided Platforms
By: Daniel Trabucchi, Antonella Moretto, Tommaso Buganza and Alan MacCormack
Trabucchi, Daniel, Antonella Moretto, Tommaso Buganza, and Alan MacCormack. "Disrupting the Disruptors or Enhancing Them? How Blockchain Re-Shapes Two-Sided Platforms." Paper presented at the 26th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management, Leicester, UK, June 9–11, 2019.
- May 2023 (Revised June 2023)
- Case
Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain
By: Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan
The case describes Harvard University’s consideration to decarbonize its supply chain by replacing cement with a low-carbon substitute called Pozzotive®. Developed and produced by Urban Mining Industries, Pozzotive® is a ground-glass material made with post-consumer...
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Keywords:
Carbon Emissions;
Blockchain;
Supply Chain;
Green Technology;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability
Lu, Shirley, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Case 123-076, May 2023. (Revised June 2023.)
- December 2018 (Revised April 2020)
- Case
Fluidity: The Tokenization of Real Estate Assets
By: Marco Di Maggio, David Lane and Susie Ma
In December 2018, the blockchain startup Fluidity was about to participate in its first tokenization deal, which would create digital access to property rights in a 12-unit Manhattan condominium complex. The deal was proof-of-concept for Fluidity, which hoped to...
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Blockchain;
Tokenization;
Data Security;
Revenue Model;
Finance;
Technological Innovation;
Strategy
Di Maggio, Marco, David Lane, and Susie Ma. "Fluidity: The Tokenization of Real Estate Assets." Harvard Business School Case 219-057, December 2018. (Revised April 2020.)
- April 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Ripple: The Business of Crypto
By: David B. Yoffie and George Gonzalez
The case explores Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s mission to disrupt the global payments industry by leveraging the cryptocurrency XRP. Students will learn about Bitcoin and the blockchain industry, as well as Ripple’s unique crypto business model. The case provides an...
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Keywords:
Payment Systems;
Cryptocurrency;
Bitcoin;
Blockchain;
Fintech;
Business Startups;
Business Model;
Disruption;
Strategy;
Banking Industry;
Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B., and George Gonzalez. "Ripple: The Business of Crypto." Harvard Business School Case 719-506, April 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- February 23, 2022
- Article
Can WEB3 Bring Back Competition to Digital Platforms?
By: Christian Catalini and Scott Duke Kominers
Like the early Internet, blockchain and Web3 applications promise a new wave of decentralization and competition—yet at the same time, it is unclear which of the dynamics that drove concentration in online platforms and services will remain in force under the Web3...
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Web3;
Blockchain;
Interoperability;
Internet and the Web;
Technological Innovation;
Competition;
Digital Platforms
Catalini, Christian, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Can WEB3 Bring Back Competition to Digital Platforms?" Competition Policy International (online) (February 23, 2022).
- Article
Why Build in Web3
By: Jad Esber and Scott Duke Kominers
A major change is coming to the internet. While today’s dominant platforms have guarded their troves of user data and maintained an advantage through network effects, new companies—working in what they're calling a “Web3” model—are proposing a new value proposition to...
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Keywords:
Blockchain;
User Experience;
Digital Platforms;
Network Effects;
Internet and the Web;
Competition;
Web Services Industry
Esber, Jad, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Why Build in Web3." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (May 16, 2022).
- November 2023
- Technical Note
How Decentralized are Layer 1 Protocols? The Costs and Benefits of Decentralization in the Blockchain Ecosystem
By: Marco Di Maggio
Di Maggio, Marco. "How Decentralized are Layer 1 Protocols? The Costs and Benefits of Decentralization in the Blockchain Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Technical Note 224-048, November 2023.