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- May 24, 2021
- Article
What Makes an Online Marketplace Disruptive?
By: Clifford Maxwell and Scott Duke Kominers
Platforms like Airbnb, eBay, and Angie’s List have changed how markets work. But while many are innovative and make life easier for consumers, which are truly disruptive? Hewing to Clay Christensen’s theory of disruption, platforms—which operate as online...
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Maxwell, Clifford, and Scott Duke Kominers. "What Makes an Online Marketplace Disruptive?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (May 24, 2021).
- December 2004 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
Intel Research: Exploring the Future
By: Alan D. MacCormack and Kerry Herman
It is 2004 and David Tennenhouse, the director of Intel Research, is reviewing the organization he has built since 2000. Intel Research was charged with exploring new and disruptive technologies that lay off the "silicon roadmap" that drove most of Intel's R&D efforts....
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Keywords:
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Research and Development;
Performance Evaluation;
Venture Capital;
Technology Networks;
Semiconductor Industry;
United States
MacCormack, Alan D., and Kerry Herman. "Intel Research: Exploring the Future." Harvard Business School Case 605-051, December 2004. (Revised October 2005.)
- 25 Jan 2017
- News
Everybody's in a Bubble, and That's a Problem
- 28 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War
Division.Silverthorne: Your work examines how the newspaper industry responded to the perceived threat of the Internet, and how that response matched—or failed to match—what might be expected from models of disruptive View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- News
The Right Way to Get Your First 1,000 Customers
- May 1997 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
Teradyne: The Aurora Project
By: Joseph L. Bower
Three cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change provides historic and administrative background for the other two cases. This case deals with the problems facing the head of...
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Keywords:
Business Divisions;
Business Startups;
Customer Satisfaction;
Product Launch;
Product Development;
Corporate Strategy;
Semiconductor Industry
Bower, Joseph L. "Teradyne: The Aurora Project." Harvard Business School Case 397-114, May 1997. (Revised October 2007.)
- 13 Feb 2019
- News
Want Digital Disruption? Decouple the Customer Experience
- 07 Dec 2011
- News
Cautious capitalism
- August 2022 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Braintrust: The Blockchain-Powered Talent Network
By: Christopher Stanton, Joseph B. Fuller and George Gonzalez
A San Francisco startup seeks to disrupt the freelancing industry through its user-owned talent network powered by the cryptocurrency, BTRST.
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Keywords:
Freelancers;
Blockchain;
Cryptocurrency;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Talent and Talent Management;
Technology Industry;
Technology Industry;
United States
Stanton, Christopher, Joseph B. Fuller, and George Gonzalez. "Braintrust: The Blockchain-Powered Talent Network." Harvard Business School Case 823-039, August 2022. (Revised February 2023.)
- October 2011 (Revised September 2014)
- Case
Music and the (Real) World: Thirty Years of MTV
By: Mukti Khaire and Eleanor Kenyon
The case is useful for teaching students the structure of creative industries - especially fashion - and the issues to consider when attempting disruptive innovation and entrepreneurship in these industries.
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Keywords:
Industry Structures;
Entrepreneurship;
Disruptive Innovation;
Internet and the Web;
Networks
Khaire, Mukti, and Eleanor Kenyon. "Music and the (Real) World: Thirty Years of MTV." Harvard Business School Case 812-041, October 2011. (Revised September 2014.)
- March 2016 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
Lotus F1 Team
By: Stefan Thomke, Nikolaos Trichakis, Jérôme Lenhardt and Daniela Beyersdorfer
Describes the detailed inner workings of a high performance Formula One (F1) racing team. It shows how Lotus F1 Team has been able to battle bigger rivals in a very fast-moving, highly regulated, and ultra-competitive environment, where winning races can come down to...
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Keywords:
Formula One;
Motor Sport;
Racing Cars;
Car Development;
Supply Chain;
Logistics;
Innovation and Management;
Competitive Advantage;
Product Design;
Research and Development;
Auto Industry;
Sports Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Thomke, Stefan, Nikolaos Trichakis, Jérôme Lenhardt, and Daniela Beyersdorfer. "Lotus F1 Team." Harvard Business School Case 616-055, March 2016. (Revised February 2021.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
The Future of Executive Development: The CLO's Compass and The Executive Programs Designer's Guide
By: Mihnea Moldoveanu and Das Narayandas
Executive education worldwide has entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication—while the demand for managerial skills is growing. The forces of disintermediation, disaggregation, and decoupling are creating...
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Keywords:
Digitalization;
Executive Education;
Disruption;
Leadership Development;
Management Skills;
Curriculum and Courses;
Internet and the Web;
Design
Moldoveanu, Mihnea, and Das Narayandas. "The Future of Executive Development: The CLO's Compass and The Executive Programs Designer's Guide." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-060, November 2019.
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
equity investors (Gompers, Kaplan, and Mukharlyamov forthcoming). Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51659 Executive Development Programs Enter the Digital Vortex: I. Disrupting the Demand Landscape By:...
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Keywords:
Sean Silverthorne
- May 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change
By: Joseph L. Bower
Three cases deal with the introduction of a new product to Teradyne's line of semiconductor test equipment. This case provides historic and administrative background for the other two cases. Teradyne: The Aurora Project deals with the problems facing the head of a...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Change Management;
Business or Company Management;
Market Entry and Exit;
Product;
Problems and Challenges;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Technology
Bower, Joseph L. "Teradyne: Managing Strategic Change." Harvard Business School Case 397-113, May 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- April 2009 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Backchannelmedia: Making Television 'Clickable'
By: Sunil Gupta, Kavita Shukla and Zachary Scott Clayton
Backchannelmedia (BCM), a three-year-old start-up, intended to completely disrupt the world of advertising by transforming the way Americans watched television. BCM had developed a technology to make television "clickable," enabling viewers to interact with the content...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Investment;
Disruptive Innovation;
Technological Innovation;
Marketing Strategy;
Partners and Partnerships;
Competition
Gupta, Sunil, Kavita Shukla, and Zachary Scott Clayton. "Backchannelmedia: Making Television 'Clickable'." Harvard Business School Case 509-026, April 2009. (Revised August 2009.)
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports
In the business of entertainment, digital technologies are dramatically disrupting the way products are developed, marketed, and distributed. As a result of this paradigm shift, entertainment executives and content producers are challenged to effectively allocate...
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- Teaching Interest
The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (Executive Education)
By: Anita Elberse
In the business of entertainment, digital technologies are dramatically disrupting the way products are developed, marketed, and distributed. As a result of this paradigm shift, entertainment executives and content producers are challenged to effectively allocate...
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- 2019
- Chapter
Origins and Development of Global Business
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter explores how business enterprises have been powerful actors in the spread of global capitalism between 1840 and the present day. Emerging out of the industrialized Western economies, global firms created and co-created markets and ecosystems through their...
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Keywords:
Global Business;
Multinational;
Globalization;
Business History;
Strategy;
Africa;
Asia;
Europe;
Latin America;
Middle East;
North and Central America;
Oceania
Jones, Geoffrey. "Origins and Development of Global Business." Chap. 2 in The Routledge Companion to the Makers of Global Business, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Christina Lubinski, and Heidi J.S. Tworek, 17–34. New York: Routledge, 2019.
- March 2016 (Revised April 2017)
- Teaching Note
Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility (A): Introducing a New Model
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen
This note is for the purpose of aiding classroom instructors in the use of the Harvard Business School case "Bridj and the Business of Urban Mobility: Introducing a New Model." Instructors may use it to help students understand the challenges that come with disrupting...
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Keywords:
Startup;
Startup Management;
Big Data;
Smart Transit;
Stakeholder Engagement;
Stakeholder Management;
Urban Vehicle;
Mobility;
Mass Transit;
Uber;
Government Relations;
Technological Innovation;
Analytics and Data Science;
Entrepreneurship;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business Startups;
Transportation;
Business and Government Relations;
Transportation Industry;
United States
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
which all organized human groups are susceptible—the suppression, especially during planning and decision-making, of views that might be perceived as contentious or disruptive to an organization's foundational beliefs. Consider the costs...
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by Garry Emmons